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SmartScore will operate correctly only when the original installer is used. Copying either the download or the CD installer will not work. You are allowed to install SmartScore up to 5 times before it will be necessary to contact Musitek Technical Support at 805-646-5841 or by e-mailing tech@musitek.com for a reset. CD installation is as follows:
a. Make sure you are connected to the Internet prior to installing SmartScore. If you do not have Internet access or if online verification / confirmation fails, contact technical support at tech@musitek.com.
c. (Windows) Inserting CD should launch Auto-run. If not, Push Start > Run and Browse to find your CD drive in the "Look In" pull-down. Double-click SS5INSTALL.EXE.
e. Follow all installation steps including entering Serial Number, Customer ID and registering your copy of the software.
f. Installation requires online registration and verification. File saving and printing will be disabled after 30 days if registration is not completed. If you are unable to register online, please contact support at 805-646-5841 or tech@musitek.com.
SmartScore includes several pre-scanned TIFF files. Normally, you will use your scanner to capture and recognize your own sheet music. For instructions on scanning, turn to "Scanning Music".For the purpose of this tutorial. we will start with sample file,
Fandango.tif.a.
If the SmartScore Task Window is open (Ctrl + "W" will open it at any time), push the "Recognize Scans" button. The Navigator and the SmartScore toolbar also have a Recognition button.
NOTE: The Task Window opens automatically only at program start. It can be launched at any time with Ctrl + "W" or by selecting it from the Windows menu.
The Begin Recognition window opens. This is the window you will use to select previously-scanned music for recognition.
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Press Add Files to List. In the Open dialog box, double-click on the sample file, Fandango.tif, inside the SmartScore folder. This will add the pre-scanned file to the list.
A Unify window opens (Default = Key signatures based on the topmost staffline in each system). Click OK to accept. See "Unify Score ("U")" for more details on Unify Key and Time.
This window will list the total number of systems found as well as the largest and smallest number of parts found in all systems. This information may reveal problems with broken systems / missing parts often due to incorrectly scanned pages. If the information in the report does not agree with the original score, check your scanned pages in the Image Editor or quickly scroll through the ENF file to locate problem systems.
If part / system inconsistencies are due to mis-scanned pages, relinking parts is possible in the ENF editor, but we usually recommend re-scanning poorly scanned pages instead. Refer to "Removing, replacing and re-saving scanned pages" for information about replacing individual pages in your multiple-page TIFF files. See "Post-Recognition" for more details on interpreting the System Report. See "Re-linking parts" for information on how to re-link broken or irregular systems.
Press Open Super System to view all parts located during recognition. If more parts appear in the score than are found in the Super System, they can be added. See "Super System" for more details.
NOTE: You can choose to disable the system report and Unify notices by clicking "Do not show this window again." Disabled windows can be restored at any time by going to Edit > Program Preferences > User Interface.
The name Fandango.enf will appear in the Save As filename window. SmartScore's filetype is listed as ENF (Extended Notation Format). The ENF extension will automatically be added to all filenames after recognition. Click on Save.
Most SmartScore keyboard shortcuts are identical on both Windows and Macintosh computers. Since most Macs do not have a right mouse button, the Windows right-click function is performed on the Mac version of SmartScore by holding down the "alt" (Option) key and clicking the mouse.
The original scanned image is displayed in the upper window and the newly recognized ENF file appears below it. Use the scroller bars, mouse wheel, or arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll up and down the page. Notice the image and ENF windows are synchronized for comparison.
In ENF, only one staff line is active at a time. The active staff displays black while inactive staff lines display as grey. To make a staff line active, move your cursor to within the boundary of the staff until it highlights black. If you want all staves to display in black, go to the View menu and uncheck Show Active Staff. If you do this, remember to move your cursor within a staff line first before doing any editing within a staffline.
As accurate as SmartScore is, you should always check for errors in recognition. Sometimes only a few simple edits are all that is required.
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To see all staff lines in black, check "Show Active Staff" in the View menu. Since editing is done a staff-to-staff basis, turn this back on if you are unsure which staff line you are editing.
While the triplet in the 2nd measure was recognized properly, a large "3" was also recognized as text.
a. With the Select tool active, drag a small box over the large "3" in the 2nd measure so it highlights yellow. Be careful not to select the triplet itself. Let go of the cursor button and notice the selected object appears in grey.
a. Place your cursor over the first beamed 8th note of the triplet which was correctly recognized in Measure 2. Notice that it becomes highlighted in yellow.
b. Hold down the Ctrl button to Quick-select the first beamed note. Your cursor will inherit all the attributes of an object which is clicked on. You will probably find Quick-select the fastest and easiest method for selecting objects.
c. Position your cursor over the first 16th note in the 3rd measure until it highlights yellow. Click on the note to change it to an 8th note.
NOTE: If the target note turns light blue, a new note will be inserted.
Only objects that highlight yellow will become changed. If a mistake is made, push the Undo button or Ctrl + "Z" (Cmd + "C" for Macs).
d. Repeat the same Quick-Select action on the last two beamed notes in Measure 2 and change the remaining incorrectly recognized beam notes in Measure 3. Notice the red "error" color outlining the measure disappears after the final correction is made.
Ties in Measure 19 to 21 were mis-read and became slurs.
b. Click or drag over the slur found towards the end the top staff in Measure 19. Hit Delete on your keyboard.
c. Hit the "V" key on your keyboard. This activates the ties tool. Click on the head of the last note in the top staff of Measure 19. Notice the tie connects with the first note in the next system.
b. In the Transpose window, click the scroller upwards to change the target key signature from 1 flat (Dm) to 1 sharp (Em).
This piece comes from an older edition with somewhat irregular sized staff lines. In the last system on the page, notice the bass staff is slightly larger than the treble staff. Since SmartScore measures exact distances between staff lines and systems, the ENF display will reflect this also.
c. Right-click (alt + click for Mac) and select Line/Staff Spacing from the System Options menu. Notice that Line Distances in Part 2 (bass clef) is larger than in Part 1 (treble clef).
e. With All Systems selected in the Copy Setting To pull down menu, push the Copy button. All systems in the score will update.
A beamed grace note was missed in the top staff of Measure 1.
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Move your cursor to the "Notes" tool palette on the left of your screen. Hold the "note" button down and select a 16th note (with 2 flags) from the expanded palette. (The number "5" key on your computer keyboard will also select a 16th note).
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Hold the `beam direction" button down and select the "right beam" icon. (Toggling he "A" key will cause the cursor to alternate beam directions i.e. right / middle / left.
d. Move your cursor into Measure 1 and position the notehead of the grace note on D. Notice the cursor stem is in the down position. Press the "S" key to flip the stem up. Click to insert the first grace note. Notice the cursor's beam direction has gone from right to left. Position the cursor notehead on F and click to insert the second grace note.
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Push the "Setup" button in the Navigator or select File > Page Setup. Notice default Document Layout is From Recognition.
b. Change document layout to Center on Page. The print preview pane in the background will change to reflect actual page size. Push Apply.
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To compare the quality of the SmartScore output with the original, print out the Fandango image file... Push the Open File button and in "Files of Type" window, select Image Files. Select Fandango.tif. In the Image Editor, select File > Print. Compare.
Turning on voice color will display contrapuntal voices in different colors. This allows you to view secondary voices (both notes and rests) in red and tertiary voices in green. Notes in 4th voice will appear in blue.
Notice in each staff how notes and rests appear as either black or red. They represent two of the four possible contrapuntal voices.
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Push the Console button to open the Playback Console or use the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl + 9 / Cmnd + 9.
The left and right-hand piano parts have been automatically recognized as piano and assigned the General MIDI patch of Grand Piano.
a. In the Instrument column of Track 3, click on Grand Piano and scroll down to select Harpsichord. Press the spacebar or Play button. The secondary voice of the left hand will have a different sound than the other voices.
b. Move volume slider left or right to increase or decrease volume on one or more parts. Close Playback Console.
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Push the Recog button in the Navigator. In the Begin Recognition window press Add Files to List. Double-click the file Gluck.tif inside the SmartScore folder.
b. Press Begin Recognition button to start the recognition process. Press Open ENF in System Report then Save the ENF file.
An eighth beamed note in the flute part of Measure 3 ought to be one pitch higher. While holding the SHIFT button down, drag the notehead of the first beamed note up from A to B.
Activate the Select tool ("O" key). Click and drag to highlight slurs above Measures 9 and 10. Hit the Delete to remove them.
b. Hit the "S" key to toggle the stem direction of the note. Move the cursor to the beginning of Measure 10 and click to insert the dotted half note.
c. Hit the "V" to activate ties. Click on the dotted half notes in Measure 9 and again in Measure 10 to insert ties across measures.
d. There is a spurious dot in the eighth note beam group of the right hand piano part in Measure 10. Toggle the "D" key until the cursor appears as a greyed-out dot and arrow. Click on the notehead to remove dot.
f. In Measure 18, Quick-select on the natural sign in the right-hand piano part. Move the cursor into the flute part and click on the half-note to insert the natural.
g. Push the Select button (or hit the "O" key). Holding down the right mouse button (alt + click for Mac), drag over a range of measures until they highlight blue. Hit the Space bar to play back the selected range of measures.
In Measure 20, the word "rit." (ritard) was recognized and applied to gradually slow playback down for that measure. The word "poco" (a little bit) was also recognized, but not applied, so playback probably slows more than it should. Default playback characteristics can be changed by using the
Properties tool.b. Change the tempo value of the Ending of the measure by moving the slider to something like 70 or 80% of the current value.
NOTE: With Properties tool active, try clicking on the "tr" and "f" signs in Measure 19 to get a sense of how this tool can work.
You may want to hear back only Measures 19 through 20 to test the playback settings which you changed using the Properties tool.
b. Hold down the right mouse button (alt + click for Mac) and drag inside a selected range of measures. Measures will highlight blue and become staged for playback using Spacebar or the Play button.
NOTE: Use the menu item, Playback > Set Play Range to select a wider range of measure or to continuously loop playback.
MIDI users: Skip to "Editing Guitar".
a. Hit (Ctrl + M / Cmnd + M) or select System Manager from Edit menu.
Part and voice visibility is controlled in this window.
b. Remove "Visibility checkmarks" for PianoR and PianoL parts in the far-left column. Check "Visibility" in the Apply region. Push Apply to New to create a new document which will include only the part(s) selected by visibility checkmarks.
You can use the System Manager to select parts and assign MIDI sounds. MIDI instrument assignments can be changed in the System Manager either by choosing one of a number of preset Part Names or by changing the MIDI instruments assigned to any particular voice.
a. Return to the original Gluck score. Press Ctrl + M / Cmnd + M. Go to the Part Name column and click on the first Part Name, Flute. Scroll down the list and select Oboe. Notice Voice 1 becomes Oboe. NOTE: Default instrument names and linked sounds are obtained from Instrument Templates (Page "Instrument Templates").
b. Even more interesting is to assign different instrument sounds to contrapuntal voices within a single part (staff line). Refer to the next figure, Changing MIDI Instrument of a voice in System Manager.
c. Select Harpsichord instrument for Voice 2 of the PianoR part. Each voice (V1, V2, V3 or V4) can each be assigned a unique MIDI sound simply by clicking on its current instrument name and selecting one of 128 MIDI instruments.Click outside menu.
e. Now hit the spacebar to play back. Whenever the secondary voice in the right hand is played, you will hear a harpsichord sound. This technique is ideal for distinguishing "inner voices" of parts that are written contrapuntally.
NOTE: Changing MIDI instrument assignments of parts and voices can also be accomplished in the Playback Console (Ctrl + 9 / Playback Menu > Console).
Many scores are written with multiple voices within a single staff line. Solo piano, guitar and choral music typically include different voices moving independently in and out of measures. "Voiceline threading technology" allows you to isolate and manipulate voices easily.
The sample file, Chorale.tif, is a famous Lutheran hymn with four voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass written in two staff lines.NOTE: SA/TB scores usually have voices separated either by opposing stems or by multiple noteheads joined to a single stem.
a. Push the Recog button on the Navigator. Press the Add Files to List button in the Begin Recognition window. Select Chorale.tif from the SmartScore folder
c. Press the Begin Recognition button. Once Recognition is complete, press "Open ENF' and save the ENF file, Chorale.enf.
Pickup and closeout measures are commonly found in hymns and other vocal scores. Recognition of notes is correct even though the first and last measures are highlighted red (error). Because they are incomplete, playback hesitates at those measures.
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Push the Properties tool in the SmartScore toolbar and click on the barline at the beginning of the first measure. In the Barline Properties window, change the selection in Playback pull-down menu from Current time signature to As written.
b. Click again on the barline at the beginning of the last measure and change Playback to As written. The piece will playback and repeat without hesitation and error highlights will be removed.
In the upper staff, the Soprano voice is black (Voice 1) and the Alto voice is red (Voice 2). In the lower staff, the Baritone voice is black and Bass is red. Up to four voices are possible within each staff.
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Hold down the Ctrl key and hit the "9" key. This opens the Playback Console. Or push the "Console" button in the toolbar.
d. Change MIDI Instrument assignments of the two voices in the top part, PianoR (Track 1). Change Voice 1 (black) to Choir Aahs and Voice 2 (red) to Voice Oohs.
e. To hear differentiated voices, push the Play button, manipulate the volume sliders and the solo or mute buttons. Press Close to close the Playback Console.
d. Now push the Apply to New button. This creates a new ENF document containing only the soprano and alto voices. The original Chorale.enf document will remain unchanged.
e. Press the spacebar to hear only the women's voices. The next step is to extract a single voice from this document using the System Manager.
a. With the current document visible, hold down Ctrl + "M" (Cmnd + M for Mac) keys to open the System Manager. Select the PianoR part by clicking on the black dot to the left of the part name. Voice Visibility check boxes become active.
b. Uncheck the box under Voice 1 to make the soprano part invisible. In the Apply region below, check the Visibility box since the change we are making will only affect visibility.
b. Press the Add Files to List button in the Begin Recognition window. Select Songbook.tif and press Open. In the Options area, check the box to the left of Text.
c. Press the Begin Recognition button. Once Recognition is complete, accept "Open ENF" and save the ENF file, Songbook.enf.
The original score is missing a time signature. Its actual meter is in 3/4.
a. In the Clefs and Signatures tool palette, locate the time signature button (4/4). Press and hold until all available signatures expand to the right. Select the 3/4 signature.
b. Move you cursor to the any part and click anywhere in the first measure. A 3/4 sign will insert into all the parts.
Because the first system of this piece is not indented, part names overlap the first system. All system margins can be modified.
In the horizontal ruler, drag the upper tab (margin control) to the right. If necessary, drag the bottom tab (part name control) too.
The lyrics in the first system are not aligned to their verse numbers.
a. With Shift button down (Nudge mode), locate the small yellow box along the left-hand bracket to the left of the lyics.
In Measure 4, an "e" was dropped from the word "remember"
d. Click on the "r" in the top lyric line. Once positioned in the lyric field, click to the right of the "r" (or use the right arrow key) and type "e". Push the Lyric button again to exit Lyric mode.
Solo classical guitar and solo violin scores are unique in the world of published music. In most music, usually no more than two voicelines are present; each being distinguished by notes having opposite stem directions. In solo guitar notation, the four plucking fingers of the right hand can be represented in as many as four voices. In solo violin music, notes with stems in opposite directions represent the four strings of the instrument.
a. Push the Recognition button in the Navigator. In the Begin Recognition window, push Add FIles to List. Double click on the file, GUITAR.TIF in the SmartScore folder to add the file to the list of recognized pages. Press Begin Recognition.
c. Notice measures have notes in three colors, including green. The green notes represent the third or tertiary voice. Push spacebar to Play. Hit spacebar again to Stop.
The original tempo is marked "Poco allegro". SmartScore recognized the word, "Allegro" which has a default tempo of 150 bpm. It's too fast.
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Select the Properties tool and click on the mark, Allegro in Measure 1. Move the slider to change the speed to something slower.
NOTE: With "Apply this tempo to all similar marks" checked, all existing marks of Allegro will become updated to the new tempo after you push OK. Subsequent Allegro marks will insert with the default tempo of 150 unless you permanently change the default tempo by checking "Apply these settings to all future files." Return to Default restores 150 bpm.
You may see the part name (Nylon Guitar) overlapping the first measure. You can either adjust the width of the single staffline (system) or choose not to display the part name itself.
Position your cursor over the first measure then drag the upper margin tab inside the ruler bar to the right. Moving the lower tab to the left will nudge the part name horizontally.
Notice that Measure 4 is highlighted red. This indicates an rhythmic error. There ought to be a rest in the upper voice in the fourth beat.
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Push the "Hide/Show Symbol" button in the Text and Controllers toolbar. Anything entered now will not be printed or seen in "normal" view mode.
b. Locate a quarter rest from the Notes and Rests palette. In Insert mode, position your cursor above the second-to-last note until it highlights blue (see "vertical event"). Click to insert the rest.
c. In Measure 6, there should be a quarter rest in the second (red) voice at Beat 3. Position your cursor just below the black quarter note and click to insert the rest.
NOTE: Some vertical nudging of the quarter rest and/or horizontal nudging of the notes in the 1st and 2nd voice may be necessary. Hold the SHIFT button down to nudge symbols.
The last bit of editing required is to insert a quarter note in Measure 13 that was dropped in recognition.
b. Ensure the stem of the cursor is downward. The "S" key toggles default stem direction of the cursor.
d. Open the Playback Console (Ctrl + 9 / Cmnd + 9). Click into Instrument selection for Voice 2. In the Instrument pull-down menu, change Nylon String Guitar to Tango Accordion.
f. Push the spacebar and listen to how contrapuntal voices become more distinct when they are assigned to different instrument sounds.
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In the Navigator, push the MIDI button. This will open the MIDI environment for the guitar score.
b. With view Type of Overview selected, push OK. Overview displays all ENF staff lines represented as MIDI tracks.
c. Right-click (alt + click for Mac) in the Track number (1...) column to the far left of the screen. Click on the button marked "Piano Roll".
d. A new window opens to display MIDI data in a "piano roll" configuration where note lengths appear as long bars in discrete boxes that indicate measures and beats. Velocity, Tempo and other controllers will be visible in the controllers bar at the bottom of the screen.
e. Use the Zoom tool to zoom in and out of the view. Notice that contrapuntal voices still maintain their color.
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Click on the "Tile Windows" button in the Main Toolbar to view all windows that are open in SmartScore.
NOTE: All open documents may be visible and they will tile too. To view just the Guitar document, close unwanted windows and then push "Tile Windows" button again.
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When comparing ENF and MIDI views, it is helpful to change the ENF display to "long" horizontal view. In the ENF window, simply push the elongated staff in the lower right corner of the window, or in the View menu, select View mode > Long view.
b. Clicking into any window activates it. You may zoom, edit and scroll as you would if it were the only open window.
Viewing both the ENF and MIDI windows simultaneously allows you to visualize both the graphical and the time-based structures of SmartScore. Whenever you have a playback problem that doesn't appear to be resolved in ENF view, open MIDI piano roll view, tile the views and compare data. Often you will visualize the problem in MIDI; e.g. Incorrect note or rest values may cause MIDI to create more beats than what is written in the ENF view.
Both MIDI and ENF environments are tightly integrated. It is possible to make certain changes in a MIDI view and have that change update the ENF view.
In Measure 1 of an open MIDI view window (either Piano Roll or Overview), position your cursor over any note until the cursor displays a double cross. Click and drag the note up or down while viewing the associated ENF display. Notice that as the MIDI event changes pitch, so does the corresponding ENF note.
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