Importing PDF from choral or orchestral score
Let's say I have a choral or orchestral score with piano accompaniment in pdf format. Let's say I want to import the piano accompaniment, to be converted to MuseScore format, but not the rest of the score. How do I prepare the score for best results?
Will I have better luck with just the piano accompaniment than with the entire score? I'm guessing I would, but maybe not... If the entire score is just as likely to import successfully, then I can just edit the entire score after the import.
I found https://musescore.com/import but there's not much information there.
Thanks in advance.
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Realistically, I wouldn't get your hopes up on PDF import in the first place, it's seldom going to go better than just entering the music by hand. But sure, if you have just the piano accompaniment already, your chance of success is probably better than with the full score, all else equal, simply because there are fewer notes, fewer things to go wrong.
In reply to Realistically, I wouldn't… by Marc Sabatella
Thanks, Marc. Would I just cover up the non-piano parts with a sheet of paper before scanning?
Are there other things I can do to prepare the score, to improve the chances of success?
In reply to Thanks, Marc. Would I just… by Timborino
Follow-up question. I tried uploading a score. My browser re-directed to https://musescore.com/score/manage/import/upload The page is blank. It's been blank for ten or fifteen minutes. I'm reluctant to leave the page or even let my computer go to sleep for fear that the upload or the processing will be interrupted. Please advise.
In reply to Follow-up question. I tried… by Timborino
Computer sleeping shouldn't be a problem. I'd leave the tab on the page, as I don't remember if you get email notification or how easy it is to return to that page (I almost never use this).
You could try doctoring the score to show piano only, but that in itself might introduce difficulty, the faint lines of the paper / tape showing.