---
name: "qabc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "qabc"
version: "1.13-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/qabc"
---

# qabc(1)

minimal GUI for ABC music notation

## NAME

qabc — minimal GUI for ABC music notation

## SYNOPSIS

**qabc** \[file.abc\] ...

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the **qabc** program.

**qabc** is a minimal graphical program that allow one to edit musical scores in the ABC format.

**qabc** uses third-party software to view the generated score and to play audio. For now, qabc uses by default: abc2midi to generate MIDI, fluidsynth to play MIDI, and abcm2ps to generate Postscript, plus evince to view the generated score.