New to this, can someone please help me! Only have audio and need accompaniment.
Hi there! I am doing my Masters degree in Vocal Performance and there is a particular Baroque aria that I am wanting to sing in an audition/school setting. On imslp and the rest of the internet, I only find the antique version and manuscript that an accompanist will have a hard time reading (with open score, figured bass, and antique music notation). I'm wondering if I can input the aria (audio) somehow into MuseScore and simply have it notate the accompaniment for me? I know this is a long shot, but I don't really know what else to do. Aside from just listening and notating it myself (I work and go to school and teach all day long so I'm strapped for time!!) or paying someone to do it for me, I don't know how else to get this aria to sing in public. Thank you!
PS- brand new to this website and software. I'm wondering if this is something MuseScore is capable of.
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Turning audio to sheet music to arrangement will not work well (if at all) and it will destroy your performance I'm afraid.
The only solution is to check online (maybe on https://musescore.com) if someone didn't do an arrangement of this particular Aria (which one btw?). And if it's not available, I'm afraid you will have to pay someone to do a modern transcription.
No; (in this particular case) software not helping you, Only humans do.
If you have this aria's vocal part and accompanist's notations (Antic or modern or cipher or numbered notation) put to link here please.
May be someone find a way to help you.
In reply to No; (in this particular case) by Ziya Mete Demircan
@ Svhern, otherwise try: https://musescore.org/en/services
Welcome on board.
Great! Thank you both so much. The aria is from Marc Antoine Charpentier's opera Médée. Opera premiered in 1693 in Paris. Here is the YouTube link: https://youtu.be/609Byx20oi8.
I don't mind paying someone to transcribe yet for me; I just want it to be right and already realized so my accompanist will not have to realize upon sight in an audition situation. More and more accompanists are unable to do this unless they specialize in Baroque rep. I also want it to be as close to the orchestral voicings and "sound" as possible. If someone in here can do it, I will certainly pay, and don't worry about the French text. As long as the accompaniment is written with the melody, I can go back and put words in.
Take a listen and tell me what y'all think. Thank you so much for responding!
In reply to Great! Thank you both so by svhern
Ziya was asking tor the notation. Transcribing from just listening to some music is more difficult be several orders of magnitude.
Apparently this opera has been performed not too long ago, so I'm pretty sure the notes are available for sale at some Music shop?
Also it is on IMLSP, see http://imslp.org/wiki/M%C3%A9d%C3%A9e,_H.491_(Charpentier,_Marc-Antoine)
In reply to Ziya was asking tor the by Jojo-Schmitz
Hi, when the opera was performed it may have been performed by musicians on period instruments who understood Baroque music notation. The opera was probably performed with orchestra and I'm looking for a piano reduction only.
The score is on Imslp, but as I stated in my opening query, it is antique and no accompanist would be able to read that in an audition situation or in a rehearsal situation. Even Baroque specialists would most likely have difficulty.
http://ks.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/7/7c/IMSLP321529-PMLP294245-Ch…
This link above is to the clearest score on imslp. For anyone wanting to take a look at it, scroll to page 94 on the actual music. The aria begins at "Scene Seconde" in Act 2 with the word "Princeffe" (That's princess,)
Thanks!
In reply to Hi, when the opera was by svhern
Working on it...
In reply to Working on it... by Ziya Mete Demircan
Thank you! I have looked today on classical vocal reprints and other places. No one seems to have a piano/voice version of this aria only. Let me know what you find out or if it seems doable. Thanks again everyone for your help!
I wish I had the time to do this as it would make a very nice small ensemble piece. Why not give it a go? You will learn more about the piece from doing this. This may be old but the engraving is quite superb for the time.
I'd start by just getting the notes down - you will need to ensure you use the correct clefs and you will have a rapid learning experience of old-style music notation but if you have a good ear you can hear that you are entering the correct notes most of the time. Then listen to it to ensure that playback is correct (there are bound to be errors that need corrected). Next change things to modern clefs (this is easy - just drag the correct clef to the beginning of the stave). Then start putting notes into the piano treble stave and then into the bass stave. You can't put all the notes into a piano reduction but can try to capture the essence for accompaniment - you might ask your accompanist (or any pianist you know) to help you with this part.
In reply to I wish I had the time to do by underquark
Thank you! I also don't have enough time either. It may not take me as long as I think it would - I have a piano in my apartment and a really good ear. Lol. We shall see! Thank you!
Arranged version for Piano and Voice.
Note for accompanist: Feel free to subtract or add notes on chords.
Zip file contains mp3 version: Voice and Piano.
In reply to Arranged version for Piano by Ziya Mete Demircan
ZIYA,
You are wonderful! Thank you so so much! Is there a way to pay you for this? I am so thankful! I really appreciate it. This will help me tremendously! Thanks again!
In reply to ZIYA, You are wonderful! by svhern
Not at all.
Good luck for performance.
I was glad to be able to help.
In reply to Not at all. Good luck for by Ziya Mete Demircan
Thank you so much, Ziya!!!