App: Songbook
Whatever happened to Songbook, app for Android? I can't find a way to upload to my Songbook from my sheet music.
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Whatever happened to Songbook, app for Android? I can't find a way to upload to my Songbook from my sheet music.
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Can you be more specific? What precisely are you doing, and what exactly goes wrong when you try?
In reply to Can you be more specific? by Marc Sabatella
6 months ago or so I installed an app called Songbook from Musescore, and I was able to upload a few songs from my score sheets to practice in the Songbook on my phone. And a few weeks ago, I needed to practice some new songs, (I don't remember how I did it the first time) so I tried to look for the way to upload on to my Songbook. I couldn't find any mention of Songbook anywhere on my Musescore nor on the Musescore web site. I have no problem synching my Scoresheet musics with my phone, but the Songbook made it easier to access on the phone to practice.
I just wondered if that Songbook app is still active or not.
Thanks.
In reply to 6 months ago or so I by nkg0319
If you still have the app on your device, it should still work, and if you don't, then as far as I know, you can still download / install it.
I believe the main main way you get songs into the app is from the app itself - it accesses the score sharing site musescore.com and lets you download scores from there. So if you have MuseScore on your computer, you'd use Save Online to save to msuescore.com, then you can find them and downlaod them form the app. On some versions of the app, I think you can also open songs directly in the app if you have them on your device already, like attached to an email message.
In reply to If you still have the app on by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for your input.
Yes, I do still have the app on my device, and there are old songs still there and I can open them with no problem. I just can't introduce any new files or songs to this app, Songbook. There's no way to download a file from my desktop Musescore, and vice versa. And frustrating part is I can't find any help on this issue.
In reply to Thanks for your input. Yes, I by nkg0319
Did you try the things I just said - send a song to yourself as an email and then opening in the app from there, or use Save Online to save to musescore.com? As far as I know, those have always been the ways to get songs into the app.
In reply to Did you try the things I just by Marc Sabatella
Hi Marc,
I have music that I am not able to put onto your site for various reasons. I would still like to be able to move that music from my desktop to my Android mobile device. Is there a way?
Thank you,
Aaron
In reply to Hi Marc, I have music that… by Aaron Grosky
Hi! To be clear, MuseScore.com is not my site. If you're having some sort of trouble with it, best to ask over there.
In reply to Hi! To be clear, MuseScore… by Marc Sabatella
Sorry. I've seen you give so many insightful answers that I thought you were an insider. Thanks for letting me know.
In reply to Sorry. I've seen you give… by Aaron Grosky
To be clear: I am one of the many volunteers who contributes to the open source development of MuseScore, so in that sense as much of an "insider" as other developers. But the musescore.com score sharing web site is a separate thing entirely.
In reply to To be clear: I am one of the… by Marc Sabatella
And the mobile apps are not open source too
In reply to Hi Marc, I have music that… by Aaron Grosky
You can transfer files from a desktop computer to Android by connecting your mobile device to your computer by USB cable, or you can use your Google Drive to upload/download the files.
In reply to You can transfer files from… by yonah_ag
Thank you, but any particular directory or does MuseScore search the file systems for .mscz files? Some apps seem to use each method.
In reply to Thank you, but any… by Aaron Grosky
Any directory you like on Android, then browse to the directory, tap on a Musescore file and open with Musescore or Songbook application. The app itself doesn't have its own file browser.
You can also open Musescore files directly from Google Drive or Onedrive using the same method.
In reply to Thanks for your input. Yes, I by nkg0319
If you have Songbook (paid version) then you should be able to open any .mscz file stored locally on your Android device. The confusing bit is that the app itself does not have any built-in file browser. Opening a score needs to be initiated from 'outside' e.g. from a file explorer (I'm using Total Commander) or downloads or Google Drive etc.
It is up to you how you get the score on your device. You can copy it via USB or you could upload your score from your desktop to your Google Drive and open it from there on your phone/tablet.
In contrast, the free version of Android's Musescore allows only opening files stored online on musescore.com - an account is required. A free account allows you to upload up to 5 scores. This way of storing/sharing scores can be also used in the paid version.
Looks like the free version has been removed from Google Play. As far as I can see the only option is to buy the Songbook App now.
In reply to Looks like the free version by Aliby
See the comment of Thomas: https://musescore.org/en/node/82581#comment-365206
When you go on the sheet music, you can click on th (i ) button, and you can choose the option to add to songbook