Klarinet Archive - Posting 000136.txt from 2011/01

From: matthew dineen <mgnat45@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music scanning and transcription software?
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 11:33:49 -0500

Keith, thanks very much for the information. Matt

--- On Sat, 1/15/11, Keith Bowen <keith.bowen@-----.com> wrote:

> From: Keith Bowen <keith.bowen@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Music scanning and transcription software?
> To: "'The Klarinet Mailing List'" <klarinet@-----.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011, 5:11 AM
> Matt
> =

> I have done quite a bit of the same thing. Scanning and
> reading parts does
> need one of the high end programmes, in my view. But if you
> are not a
> professional musician, you may be able to afford it!!
> =

> I use Neurotron Photoscore, the pro version, together with
> Sibelius. It has
> been getting better over the years and is certainly far
> quicker than hand
> copying. It is pretty much 100% accurate for the notes, 90%
> for accidentals
> and not all that accurate for clefs. So yes you do need to
> hand edit and
> correct. Best results are often obtained with input direct
> from PDF (which
> also needs a piece of freeware plugin for Windows systems),
> and free PDF
> files of many public domain works, parts included, are on
> IMSLP.
> =

> You should also look at the Rosewood Editions website,
> which has quite a lot
> of stuff for mixed wind/piano/strings.
> =

> Keith
> =

> =

> -----Original Message-----
> From: matthew dineen [mailto:mgnat45@-----.com]
> =

> Sent: 15 January 2011 04:55
> To: Woodwind Klarinet
> Subject: [kl] Music scanning and transcription software?
> =

> Hello, everyone.
> =

> I play with amateur groups that have piano cello and
> sometimes violin plus
> me.=A0 There's not as much written for clarinet in
> chamber pieces in the 18th
> and 19th Century as we all might like, and we might just
> like to play pieces
> not originally written for our instrument. (Plus pieces
> written for the A
> clarinet, not the B Flat, for those of us who only have the
> B Flat). =

> =

> And there are pieces written for other instruments in more
> or less the same
> range - viola, flute, oboe, basset horn, even violin, I
> think.=A0 =

> =

> It would be great if there were transcriptions of these
> parts for clarinet
> easily available, but they seem hard to come by.=A0 =

> =

> I've read that to get around the problem many clarinetists
> have become adept
> at transposing at sight concert pitch parts, or can easily
> transpose them in
> writing. For me, an amateur, that's too labor-intensive and
> likely to result
> in many errors.
> =

> I've heard that there are music softwares, SmartScore in
> particular, that
> can be used to scan in the viola, flute etc. part, then
> export it to
> Sibelius or Finale to transpose it with the click of a
> mouse to "our" B
> flat.
> =

> I know this is the lazy musician's out, but I have a
> full-time job (not
> music), and family.=A0 So, has anyone had experience,
> good or bad, with these
> music scanning plus transposition softwares?
> =

> I know that "office" software for character recognition
> (OCR) is not yet
> 100%. How accurate is the music scanning and transposition
> software, and is
> it yet worth the considerable investment? =

> =

> Or does anyone have any other ideas for dealing with the
> situation? =

> =

> Thank you so much, in advance,for your thoughts.
> =

> Matt Dineen (NYC)
> =

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