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Scan a score and modify it in Pizzicato

Do you have printed music you would like to hear, transpose or modify, without the need to encode it manually?

With Pizzicato Professional or Notation, it is possible to combine Pizzicato with the SharpEye software, a powerful optical music recognition software. Here is a short guide for you.

If you do not yet have Pizzicato, download the demonstration version of Pizzicato 3, on page www.arpegemusic.com/demo1.htm and install it by double-clicking the downloaded file.

Download SharpEye at http://www.visiv.co.uk/installsharpeye2.exe and install it by double-clicking the downloaded file.

With your scanner, scan a one page printed music score as a first try. Scan it in black and white and in Tiff or Bmp file format.

Start SharpEye (Start, Programs, Visiv, SharpEye 2).

Select item "Open image..." from the "File" menu and select the image file saved at step 3 here above.

Select item "Read" from the "Read" menu. The conversion starts. A percentage shows the progression in the lower part of the main window. Wait until the score appears in the main window.

Select item "MusicXML... Save" from the "File" menu and give a name to your score (with the XML extension).

Start Pizzicato (Start, Program, Pizzicato 3, Pizzicato). At startup, select the Professional demonstration mode.

In the "File" menu, select item "Import a MusicXML file..." and select the XML file saved at step 7 here above.

Validate the dialog that appears and your music score is displayed. You may listen to it using the button with the little yellow triangle, in the tool bar.

This is the main procedure. As the recognition level of musical symbols is not always perfect depending of the score complexity, there will be some little corrections to do. But usually, the time saved in encoding the score is considerable.

For more information:

You may consult the SharpEye user manual (Start, Programs, Visiv, SharpEye 2 Manual)

See also the Pizzicato lesson on importing MusicXML files on page http://www.arpegemusic.com/manual34/EN561.htm

As Pizzicato Professional 3 may be used in demonstration mode and as SharpEye may be used freely for one month, you may then try their combination before buying.

You can also proceed with MIDI files for the transfer, instead of musicXML, and you can then use it with all versions of Pizzicato (except Light).