âHi Martyn,
This is a great question! Short answer: I say somewhat quicker through
software, and much quicker if you don't count the initial learning
curve journey with software new to you, and the occasional bumps in the
road (how do I delineate these voices? or beam this particular way?
etc.). It's indispensable if you want to publish, and a bit easier on
your ensemble mates. But for oneself, not necessarily worth it if you
don't have those printing and ensemble needs, or if your score looks
really good by hand.
The initial setup can be an exercise in patience. Years ago, well I was
getting my degree, I had to use Finale. It took me a while (several
hours) to train myself using the manual, but once I did, input was
definitely quicker than by hand. (This was more than 15 years ago, so
don't take that as a judgment Finale now.)
Since then, I have managed to get by without using notation software,
because I spend most of my time here at ECU teaching music history and
music appreciation classes. Like you, I've just been doing arrangements
by hand for my performances. I did an album with the soprano in 2010,
and we both read from the original tablature and vocal score (nice of
Le Roy and Morlaye to include both) for every single number, except the
last, which was my arrangement of "Tant que vivray," which I wrote out
by hand; very simple.
But I wanted notation software for this project because of some
confusing transposition issues, and the fact that Fuenllana does
not include a vocal score; the voice is the red font in the tab
numbers. I'm only doing 2 songs, so I'm not investing in a midi
keyboard the way Ralf recommends, but if I do a bigger project someday
I would do that, because I remember with Finale how fast input can be
with a keyboard. You're literally playing the music and it notates.
Hope this helps,
Jocelyn
Jocelyn Nelson, DMA
Teaching Assistant Professor
Early Guitar, Music History
Lute Society of America Board Member
506 School of Music
East Carolina University
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From: Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 2:34 AM
To: Nelson, Jocelyn; Ralf Mattes
Cc: Vihuelalist
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Notation software recommendations
Dear Jocelyn,
One of the difficulties I personally find with these typesetting
softwares is the length of time it takes to actually input the music
(either staff notation or tablature), and I generally simply write out
(staff notation) parts for the ensemble - often full/short scores or
individual parts where necessary.
So, as a relative newcomer to these, I'd be grateful for your personal
feedback on how you find the time compares between inputting (via
PC/laptop keyboard) and writing out the part(s) by hand?
regards
MH
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From: "Nelson, Jocelyn" <nels...@ecu.edu>
To: Ralf Mattes <r...@mh-freiburg.de>
Cc: Vihuelalist <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, 26 July 2017, 1:57
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Notation software recommendations
Thanks again, Ralf!
I hope you don't mind if I forwarded your tablature tuning answer to
John Griffiths, who is also working on the same sort of project with a
singer. He downloaded MuseScore and had the same question. I think he
is also happy to find out about this software.
Jocelyn
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From: Ralf Mattes <[1]r...@mh-freiburg.de>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 12:36 PM
To: Nelson, Jocelyn
Cc: Vihuelalist
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Re:?=_[VIHUELA]?=_Re:?=
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Am Dienstag, 25. Juli 2017 17:04 CEST, "Nelson, Jocelyn"
<[2]nels...@ecu.edu> schrieb:
> Thanks so much, Ralf. I tried your advice and the tablature is just
the way I want it now.
> I'm sticking with this program because it's free and relatively easy;
And it's actually Oen Source and Free Software. Even better.
> at least I've figured it out and I'm almost done transcribing the
first song. I just ordered a numeric
> keypad for my laptop to make the tab entry faster.
Depending on how your brain is wired, you might not even need the
numeric keypad - even with italian tab
MuseScore accepts letters to enter tab.
Another secret speed entry trick of mine: get a cheap midi keyboard,
preferably with a few buttons (often
called "drum pads") and assign note value selection to those buttons.
Together with a cheap (~ 15$) food pedal
attached to the midi keyboard (I use this to advance to the next chord
in "manual real time input mode") this
makes for super-fast tab writing. Just one hint: the note->tab
postition algorythm seems to work best when you
enter the notes of a chord from top to bottom (that's something I had
to get usesd to).
It's also a good idea to read the printed manual "Mastering MuseScore",
it's writen by one of the main
developers and that way you can support further develop,ment. Or even
better: get your library to by
copy. Even so a lot of the Tab features are newer than the printed book
(the curse of fast open source
development) there are a lot of great time savers to be found.
> Your many details below are greatly appreciated.
You're wellcome.
> And many thanks to everyone else on this list. Some of these
recommended programs are beautiful and I would like to explore them in
the future.
>
> Best wishes and happy transcribing to all,
> Jocelyn
Thanks, same to you,
Ralf Mattes
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