Note recognition
I've used a note recognition program to change a pdf of my music (written in an outdated program) to an xml file to edit in Musescore. All the L.H. fingerings are recognized as plain text when I open it Musescore, The placement is therefore all wrong. I can move each number manually but is there a way to change it all to Left hand fingerings?
Comments
Not within MuseScore, but probably a sufficiently clever person with enough time on their hands could write a script to fix up the MusicXML file.
In reply to Not within MuseScore, but… by Marc Sabatella
Thank you for answering!
Yeah, I hear your pain... I had a number of piano pieces in an ancient (non-Windows !!) software called "Music Printer Plus". But could never find any way to massage MPP files into any other format. You might try some extensive Google searches focusing on your outdated program - to see if anybody since has come up with a way to transition files better than .XML or .MXL formats. It becomes a real bummer if you have more than, say, 25 pieces to migrate into MuseScore.
In reply to Yeah, I hear your pain... I… by Are Jayem
MusicXML is definitely the best format there is for this. Are you saying you are having the same problem with the program that created the file not creating proper fingering text? As mentioned, that's something someone could probably solve by process the MusicXML file with an appropriate script. You won't find another format that works better - it's just a matter of making sure your MusicXML is correct to begin with
In reply to MusicXML is definitely the… by Marc Sabatella
I was just proposing that @trishabudd might search for any migration method directly out of the outdated program. There might be somebody who created an external program to export MusicXML that doesn't need further massage. Lacking that, yes, an appropriate script may be the most expedient answer.