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1. Martin Senftleben
   Posted May 5, 2016 at 5:52 pm | Permalink

   Hi,
   I’m looking for a way to produce note bars (no idea how they are called). What I mean is:
   when singing psalms, there are usually many syllables sung on a single note, and I don’t want this note to be printed for everay syllable, but as a long note that stretches over the entire text that’s sung on this one note. How is that possible? Or: is there anywhere a full reference of GABC, preferably as pdf?

   Thanks,

   Martin

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   • Olivier Berten
     Posted May 20, 2016 at 11:26 am | Permalink

     Hi!
     As far as I know this isn’t possible with Gregorio. You could ask at https://github.com/gregorio-project/gregorio/issues for it to be added.

     Olivier

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   • Ir. Tomás
     Posted October 18, 2016 at 5:26 pm | Permalink

     You can use the “white” neume. It is used to imply many syllables with the same ‘note’. just add r to the gabc notation

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   • atanacio
     Posted July 11, 2017 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

     note+r …example: (hr) note wite

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   • Lincoln
     Posted May 4, 2020 at 8:19 pm | Permalink

     You can use the symbol with “R” : ex: t{e}xt sung in one note(gR)
     The brackets { } will align the note with the first letters of the text.

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2. Jan Go-ski
   Posted June 9, 2016 at 3:59 am | Permalink

   Full reference of gabc and Gregorio program you can find at: https://github.com/gregorio-project/gregorio/releases . Look for release of Gregorio program you use and download file GregorioRef-x_y_z.pdf, where x_y_z is your release number. For newest release filename is GregorioRef.pdf.
   In this file you find “Appendix A Font Glyph Tables”. Table A.1 contains list of all font glyphs and gabc code to obtain it.

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3. Radulphus
   Posted December 12, 2017 at 1:39 am | Permalink

   GregoBase is wonderful! But how can I open GABC with MAC and OpenOffice oder other program without finding a lot of strange chiffres in the text?

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   • Olivier Berten
     Posted December 12, 2017 at 9:10 pm | Permalink

     GABC is text with “strange chiffres”. If you want a picture, choose eps or png instead.

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4. edwardr42000@icloud.com
   Posted March 21, 2018 at 7:53 pm | Permalink

   I’m trying to do bold text for certain parts to encourage the congregation to join in some of the chants, but I get “syntax Error” when trying to generate pdf. I’m putting either side of the phrase like this – what am I doing wrong?

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5. Janis
   Posted February 22, 2019 at 10:03 pm | Permalink

   This is probably a common question, but is there a way to force a line break in the notation in Gregorio? I’ve been searching, but this appears to be a missing feature in the online editors I’m finding. 🙁 Any help would be appreciated!

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   • Christophorus
     Posted March 6, 2019 at 8:51 pm | Permalink

     (z) or (Z) They do slightly different things. There’s also a (0) or (1) that tweaks it further.

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   • Veaceslav
     Posted May 3, 2019 at 11:56 am | Permalink

     try to put (Z)

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   • David
     Posted May 6, 2019 at 4:14 pm | Permalink

     Use Z or z within brackets.

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6. Nancy Pilar
   Posted August 25, 2019 at 3:41 am | Permalink

   Muchas gracias…es muy útil. justo lo buscaba las partitura del canto gregoriano y me encontré con un tesoro. Gracias Gracias,,,,

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7. Sr Michaela
   Posted March 8, 2020 at 7:17 am | Permalink

   I’m adding the hymns of the “Bernardine hymnal”, the 2d cistercian hymnal. Would you please add as source:
   “Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe, Hymnarium cisterciense – Lichtenthal 28”
   and I’ve a problem with the Westmalle Hymnarium because we don’t have the 1909 edition, only the 1952’s one, and pages are different so I leave that field blank. If you know an online resource where I can find the pages, please let me know – or is it better add the 1952 as another source?
   thanks a lot

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   • Olivier Berten
     Posted December 24, 2020 at 1:48 am | Permalink

     Lichtenthal 28 added: https://gregobase.selapa.net/source.php?id=43&images=1

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   • Olivier Berten
     Posted December 25, 2020 at 12:53 am | Permalink

     1952 Hymnarium added as well: https://gregobase.selapa.net/source.php?id=44&images=1

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8. Stephen Thudium
   Posted June 10, 2020 at 6:39 pm | Permalink

   Is there software that will play the music that is written in GABC? I am familiar with the Square Note: Gregorian Chant app that was released by the Oblates of St. Joseph in 2017. It plays from a list of over 600 pre-stored chants, but does not read GABC.

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9. Geremia
   Posted September 10, 2020 at 11:04 pm | Permalink

   The JavaScript-based JGABC can compile/render GABC code

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10. Father Bruno
    Posted October 30, 2020 at 5:06 pm | Permalink

    Good morning.

    I have in a Word file some musical notes from the mass that was sent to me. When I open the file, it gets disconnected and many strange characters come out telling me that I don’t have the font or character to read the notes. I have already installed 7 possible lyrics fonts for Gregorian, but the original text is still not identified. You know a program or character to read those notes and the file is complete for printing.

    I will be grateful in advance for your answer.

    Father Bruno

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