converting Koto notation to Western style notation (i.e. 5 lines etc.)
Hi, I am using Musescore for writing and editing music.
Now I need to convert Japanese music written in KOTO or JianPu to standard western notation.
I noted there are a few plugins for that matter, but they seem to do the opposite, namely converting western notation to Japanese notation.
So, how shall I proceed (step by step, please)?
Saxivan
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"I need to convert Japanese music written in KOTO or JianPu to standard western notation"
![Koto_notation.jpg]( "Koto_notation.jpg")
1. Koto
Not many people on this forum will even know what Koto notation looks like. Is it something like this example?
Source: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Koto_notation.jpg
If so, then you (or some other volunteer) would be faced with a huge development to build software for a Koto optical music recognition (OMR) system.
2. JianPu
![Numbered_musical_notation.jpg]( "Numbered_musical_notation.jpg")
General description of "Numbered musical notation" in Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_musical_notation
The JianPu notation seems less daunting visually than Koto, and there have been efforts to create a JianPu plug-in for MuseScore (MS2, MS3, MS4). Read this long thread "JianPu plugin":
https://musescore.org/en/node/285249
In reply to "I need to convert Japanese… by DanielR
... and do please study the very detailed post on the Plugin forum dating from August 2023 and titled "JianPu Plugin - Numerical Score" :
https://musescore.org/en/node/353863