SATB arrangements
Looking for a shortcut !! Can Musescore automatically create a four part (SATB) arrangement if I enter the melody and chord progressions into the Soprano stave? If not does it have any 'arrangement' functionality?
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have you taken a look at: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/tools#plode
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I do not know if you still interested (one of your previous question) but ... take a look: https://musescore.org/en/project/chordidentifier
Buona musica.
In reply to have you taken a look at: by Shoichi
Hi Shoichi, My hopes were raised - and sadly dashed. All 'explode' does is copy and paste all the notes and chords from a populated stave into each empty stave. I was hoping for instance that if it saw the note C under the chord Cmajor it would spread the notes of the triad ie. C, E and G into the vacant staves. I live in hope ....! I don't even know if Sibelius can do that - its quite a big call. But thanks for replying anyway.
In reply to Hi Shoichi, My hopes were by hopefulstrider
It's trivial to write code to randomly scatter notes about on the staff. but getting to actual work as a SATB arrangement - with good voice leading, singable parts, idiomatic rhythms, etc - that's way way way way beyond something computer programs typically do. Making a very basic attempt at it is not uncommon for PhD theses in computer science or music theory, but expecting usable real world results is rather beyond technology right now.
In reply to It's trivial to write code to by Marc Sabatella
Thanks Marc, I feared that might be the case. Glad in a way, that there are some things a computer cannot do!!
In reply to It's trivial to write code to by Marc Sabatella
Haven't tried it, but these guys seems to have implemented some rules:
http://www.write-music.com/arranging.html
Obviously it depends on ambition, but to make a program passing basic university level music theory exams in SATB arrangement shouldn't be impossible.
In reply to Haven't tried it, but these by Nils Zetterlund
thanks Nils - 'Ludwig' may be just what I'm looking for. I've had a play with it and it looks promises so thank you for passing it on.
In reply to Hi Shoichi, My hopes were by hopefulstrider
It's trivial to write code to randomly scatter notes about on the staff. but getting to actual work as a SATB arrangement - with good voice leading, singable parts, idiomatic rhythms, etc - that's way way way way beyond something computer programs typically do. Making a very basic attempt at it is not uncommon for PhD theses in computer science or music theory, but expecting usable real world results is rather beyond technology right now.
thanks Nils - 'Ludwig' may be just what I'm looking for. I've had a play with it and it looks promises so thank you for passing it on.