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16 Dec 10 - 07:00 AM (#3054635) Subject: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: Susan of DT If this has been covered already, I apologize - it is hard to know what the thread title might have been - and please point me to the old thread. I am looking for a program that would: 1) Read a music score with a melody line only (in most cases) and play it 2) Could transpose it 3) Could print it in the new key 4) Would run on Windows 7 5) Does not cost a fortune Does such a program exist? |
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16 Dec 10 - 07:08 AM (#3054640) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: Will Fly I have a very good program which runs on my Mac - and runs on Windows - called Harmony Assistant (by the French company Myriad Software). Cost me about £50 and is a kind of junior version of Sibelius. You can input notes, print the score, transpose, and import/export from a huge variety of musical formats such as midi, abc, etc. Myriad Software |
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16 Dec 10 - 07:17 AM (#3054647) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: Mooh I'm happily using Finale PrintMusic, but Finale has other similar software. www.finalemusic.com Peace, Mooh. |
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16 Dec 10 - 07:17 AM (#3054648) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: DMcG I'd second Harmony Assistant, but be aware the program to read a music score is a separate product. I have both and, like text OCR document readers, I generally find that it is faster to retype the text or music than sort out the mistakes in a scanned version. Not that OMER is poor, it's simply that OCR of any kind is difficult and I suspect reading music is even trickier than text because there are things available in text - like checking against a dictionary - that don't really correspond to anything in music. |
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16 Dec 10 - 07:19 AM (#3054650) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: Will Fly I generally find that it is faster to retype the text or music than sort out the mistakes in a scanned version. Seconded. |
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16 Dec 10 - 07:51 AM (#3054660) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: andrew e Finale is good,[I have the full Finale] but as others have said, scanning doesn't work too well and it's best to enter all the notes. Does take a bit of learning though. There's a good forum for asking questions. I create mostly SATB choir scores. |
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16 Dec 10 - 04:52 PM (#3055070) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: Tangledwood Melody Assistant is a less complex version of Harmony Assistant and serves me well. I don't know if it's available for Windows7. I agree with the previous comments regarding OCR. Some pdf scores can be imported, with a plug in, but it depends on what software was used to create them. In some cases, as with OCR, it's quicker to type a single line than to correct misinterpretations. |
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16 Dec 10 - 04:52 PM (#3055071) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: IvanB If by "reading" you mean scanning in the music from a printed copy, then I second the suggestions for entering the notes yourself unless you have one of the high end music scanner programs. I have Finale (full) and Smartscore (also full) and get few enough scanning errors that I figure it's far faster to scan than enter most music myself. But all this is at a pretty hefty cost, so it doesn't meet your criterion #4, Susan. Once you've entered the notes, there are many low cost programs that can accomplish your other wishes. NoteWorthy, which a number of Mudcatters (including myself) use is one, but there are a number of others as well. |
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16 Dec 10 - 07:16 PM (#3055171) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: Tootler Noteworthy Composer. Very easy to learn and is more capable than first appears. It meets all your criteria as I interpret them. It has a somewhat quirky interface which some don't like but you soon get used to it. It's interface does have it's advantages for multi part scores, though. I've been using it since the late 90's and it originally cost me $40US (About 24GBP at the then current exchange rate). Twelve years or so later and it still only costs $49US. Noteworthy has served me well over the years and I have recommended it to others who have subsequently bought it. Excellent value for money. |
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16 Dec 10 - 11:27 PM (#3055298) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: JohnB I have just the the free download version of noteworthy for the bits of stuff I have done. Give it a try. JohnB |
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17 Dec 10 - 06:07 AM (#3055421) Subject: RE: Tech: Music score reading/writing/playing prog From: Susan of DT Thanx, all. I am examining the websites of these programs and pondering. |