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Tech: music software

30 Apr 15 - 02:03 PM (#3705523)
Subject: Tech: music software
From: GUEST

Does anyone know of software or an app which will scan in sheet music and play it back as audio?


30 Apr 15 - 02:11 PM (#3705525)
Subject: RE: Tech: music software
From: GUEST,Jon

Have a look through this: Music OCR


30 Apr 15 - 02:20 PM (#3705528)
Subject: RE: Tech: music software
From: GUEST,IanA

I have used OCR technology and have to say it is unreliable. Music has so many dots, lines and squiggles that it will always need someone with 'the knowledge' to check the results.


30 Apr 15 - 04:25 PM (#3705544)
Subject: RE: Tech: music software
From: Stanron

Sibelius can scan in sheet music and play the score as midi and also generate a stand alone midi file.


30 Apr 15 - 06:51 PM (#3705576)
Subject: RE: Tech: music software
From: GUEST

Thanks for the comments I will check them out


01 May 15 - 04:20 AM (#3705641)
Subject: RE: Tech: music software
From: Les in Chorlton

An incredible amount of folk tunes have been encoded into ABCexplorer. It is a free download and it is easy to find tunes in code, put them into ABC and hear them. It is also easy to code turns from sheet music:

ABCexplorer

JCs Tunefinder

The Session


01 May 15 - 03:24 PM (#3705787)
Subject: RE: Tech: music software
From: Mark Clark

There is an iOS and Android app available called Notate Me that does what you ask. The free version is limited to a single staff but that is often what most of us want for folk tunes anyway.

Notate Me also lets you quickly write down music on your device. It then cleans it up and lets you play it back, print it or whatever. It also imports and exports MusicXML so you can exchange scores with other apps and users.

      - Mark