Score animation
There are, on occasion, really smart score animations on the web, which I have used for practice.
Eg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERNpkY1KYrQ
I know that Musescore's playback facility is great while making a score, but it is not possible to send someone a "score animation" unless they have Musescore themselves and you just send them the Musescore file.
Is there any way round this? Sending them an audio file without the score is not really a solution, because it is the animation which is important for me.
The guys that produce these wonderful animations - what technique do they use?
Many thanks,
Ali Wood
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Either upload your score to the online score sharing platform musescore.com and then share that (all possible with a free account there, no need to pay anything).
Or upload it there as well (perhaps privately), then make use of their download video option. You now have a video you can edit (perhaps put different sound on it?) using any video editor you please. You can also then upload that (edited) video to youtube.
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Or if you want something more like the video you linked. Use the image capture tool from musescore to select a system at a time, exporting each one to an image. Then also export the full score to an audio file.
Now open up your favorite video editing software and add the correct system image to the correct time position of the audio track.
Then upload your result to youtube
In reply to Either upload your score to… by jeetee
I'll give those options a try, but yikes, I've never done video editing before!
Thanks
In reply to I'll give those options a… by Ali Wood
...yikes, I've never done video editing before!
No worry...
The score animation you linked to is what some call a "slide show". Each score page is changed at a certain time during the audio playback - like turning a page during live performance.
Slide shows are much easier to create than full out synchronization of the audio to a more complex animation.
In reply to ...yikes, I've never done… by Jm6stringer
I uploaded my file and received a link and the result is really great! The only snag I can see is that when others click on the link and they may have a slow download rate, they might struggle because of their computer, because of the size of the file.
It says - "The download link is available for 7 days. If it expired, please start downloading again". That doesn't make sense to a pedant like me.....
In reply to I uploaded my file and… by Ali Wood
I uploaded my file and received a link and the result is really great!
If you are referring to the Dowland score here:
https://musescore.com/user/1600516/scores/6026171
For the score animation, playback shows a bar cursor moving across the page - very basic, but useful.
If that's acceptable and you wish others to view and listen to it, they can go to that link.
Regarding download avilability...
If you wish for those without a pro account (over at musescore.com) to be able to download your score, you should mark it as public domain. See:
https://musescore.com/groups/musescore-updates-and-statuses/discuss/504…
Any other questions about posting, playback. or download availability at .com should be addressed over there.
More info.
https://musescore.org/en/node/277874
Regards.
P.S. Here's a more complex score animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcBn04IyELc
(Though totally unusable for practice... :-)
In reply to I uploaded my file and… by Jm6stringer
Like your Beethoven animation :-)
One of the recipients of the link has asked whether she has to sign up to Musescore in order to view it. If that's the case I doubt whether this is useful for my crowd, who are merely interested in seeing things.
Another has said that she is already signed up to Musescore but the message comes up that she has reached her limit of 20 downloads, even though she's never downloaded anything before.
In reply to Like your Beethoven… by Ali Wood
One of the recipients of the link has asked whether she has to sign up to Musescore in order to view it. If that's the case I doubt whether this is useful for my crowd, who are merely interested in seeing things.
If you are referring to your Dowland score here:
https://musescore.com/user/1600516/scores/6026171
(Nice work! I am a guitarist and am familiar with Dowland lute transcriptions. He was a rock star for his era - probably earned multiple Renaissance grammys… ;-)
I can view it whether or not I am logged in to my free musescore account.
Anyone, including your friend, should also be able to view it.
Also, signing up for a free (not paid) account allows for viewing scores (and downloading some).
See:
https://musescore.com/groups/musescore-updates-and-statuses/discuss/504…
about public domain scores.
Further questions about viewing, uploading to, downloading from, or playing scores at, musescore.com should be directed there:
https://musescore.com/community?categories%5B0%5D=18
Regards.
BTW: It's not my Beethoven animation, but a fine example of smart animation with audio/video synchronization. :-)