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Demote Staffordshire Hornpipe and Sonny Brogan's Mazurka to the Library.
author Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
date Fri, 05 Jul 2013 20:16:46 +0100
parents 7b98278d6e8b
children b4a0161e8870
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#!/bin/bash
#
# Transpose a book for Horn in F.

if [ $# != 1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: makeFHorn.sh <book dir name>"
    exit 1
fi

dir=`pwd`

booke=$dir/$1
outdir=$dir/$1-HornInF

mkdir -p $outdir

# Copy book component items.
cp $booke/*.txt $outdir

echo "Horn in F" > $outdir/instrument.txt

find $booke -name "*.abc" | sort |
    while read filename
    do
        name=`basename $filename .abc`
        tmpfile=$outdir/$name.abc.tmp

        # Strip out guitar chords first. This has the advantage of removing
        # text with arbitary lower case characters too.
        sed -e "s/\"[^\"]*\"//g" $filename > $tmpfile

        # Transpose concert pitch up a fifth.
        # If there are any notes at or above C above middle C, transpose
        # down a seventh instead.
        transpose=5
        if grep -v "^[A-Z]:" $tmpfile | sed -e 's/"[^"]*"//g' | grep -q "[a-g]"; then
            transpose=-7
        fi

        # Transpose. By default abc2abc will report errors in the output,
        # but this messes up output formatting so stop it. Also force all
        # output to be in treble clef; some lower tunes with the odd high
        # note will otherwise appear in bass clef, which is not what this
        # crap horn player wants.
        abc2abc $tmpfile -e -t $transpose | \
            sed -e "/^ *K:/s/$/ clef=treble/" > $outdir/$name.abc
        rm $tmpfile
    done