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Post by Zi on Feb 9, 2023 9:12:33 GMT
It dawned on me that between us we probably know of a good deal of music software. So, could we put together some ideas? I thought I'd quick off with MuseScore. MuseScore can be found as a free download here: musescore.org/enIt's available for Linux, Mac and Windows. It's described as a professional music notation software. It can be used to write music for a variety of instruments and it's really good for inputting a few bars of music that are proving a challenge rhythmically. It's dawned on me that if I tried what corenfa suggests and tried to write 8 bars of music then this would be what I'd use. Unless of course anyone can suggest better? I hope so!
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Post by corenfa on Feb 9, 2023 9:57:18 GMT
Unfortunately... When I compose I use a pencil and manuscript paper. I used to use Sibelius with a midi keyboard in university but that was the setup in the music lab, so not my own
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Post by Zi on Feb 9, 2023 10:04:07 GMT
Unfortunately... When I compose I use a pencil and manuscript paper. I used to use Sibelius with a midi keyboard in university but that was the setup in the music lab, so not my own That's because you can hear it in your head. I think I'd have to think of a note and then try to match it and work from that! I must have a go even though I suspect I'll end up with more admiration than I started with.
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Post by pavane on Feb 9, 2023 10:52:41 GMT
I use Lilypond. To be honest, it's quite geeky - it works for me because I've used LaTeX a lot in the past. If I were starting from scratch I'd learn to use MuseScore but, you know how it is. MuseScore afaik is a drag 'n' drop based interface whereas Lilypond is a text markup system. Basically, you write what you want using any text editor, then use the Lilypond programme to convert what you've written to a pdf of the score. It's a free download and available for pretty much any system. There are also some front end programmes like Frescobaldi that make it all a bit more straightforward - you can more easily see what you're creating as you go along and errors are easier to track, it has lots of Lilypond commands built in, auto indents and colour codes your text, etc. You've still got to write markup though. If anyone is interested, this will print the first 8 bars of the first of Vaughan Williams's Six Studies in English Folksong. The obvious line near the end transposes it up a semitone to be played on an A clarinet - I find this useful, though I'm sure MuseScore offers the facility too; likewise MS would probably produce a midi file as LP will. Corenfa's paper and pencil is probably a lot easier!
\version "2.22.1" \paper { oddHeaderMarkup = \markup \null evenHeaderMarkup = \markup \null oddFooterMarkup = \markup \null evenFooterMarkup = \markup \null % page-count = #2 } \header { title = "I" subtitle = "For Clarinet in A" composer = " " arranger = " " } \layout { \context { \Score skipBars = ##t } }
clarinet = \relative c' { \slurUp \clef treble \key a \major \time 3/4 \partial 4 fis8.( gis16 | a8 fis8 b4 a8 fis8 | a4 fis2~) | \numericTimeSignature\time 4/4 fis2. fis8( gis8 | \time 3/4 a8 b8 cis4 a'4 | fis4 \grace { gis16[fis] } e2~) | \numericTimeSignature\time 4/4 e2. a4 | \time 3/4 fis4 e4 cis8 a8 | b8 cis8 e,2~ | }
% The score definition \score { << \new Staff << \context Staff << %\context Voice = "clarinet" { \clarinet } \transpose b c { \clarinet } >> >> >> \layout { #(layout-set-staff-size 20) \context { \Score } } }
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