Rosetta Stone of Musical Data Codes

The following graphical notation and digital formats represent the same melody.

Graphical Music Notation

MUP music typesetting program output

Piano Roll

Digital Encodings

ABC

  X:1
  T:Example
  M:2/4
  K:F
  L:1/16
  c3 d/2 c/2 c2 c2 | c f f4 z f | 
  f a a4 z c' | c'3 a c'bag |

DARMS

  !G !K1- !M2:4 
  6E.( 7T(( 6))) 6E( 6) /
  6S(( 9)) 9Q RS 9S /
  9S( 11) 11Q RS 13S /
  13E.( 11S) 13S(( 12 11 10)) /

Guido Music Notation

[ \clef<"g2"> \key<-1> \meter<"2/4"> 
           c2/8. d/32 c c/8 c 
   \bar<2> c/16 f f/4 _/16 f 
   \bar<3> f a a/4 _/16 c3 
   \bar<4> c/8. a2/16 c3 b&2 a g 
]

Hudrum **kern

  **kern
  *staff1
  =1-
  *clefG2
  *k[b-]
  *M2/4
  8.cc\L
  32dd\LL
  32cc\JJJ
  8cc\L
  8cc\J
  =2
  16cc\LL
  16ff\JJ
  4ff\
  16r
  16ff\
  =3
  16ff\LL
  16aa\JJ
  4aa\
  16r
  16ccc\
  =4
  8.ccc\L
  16aa\Jk
  16ccc\LL
  16bb-\
  16aa\
  16gg\JJ
  *-

Humdrum **koto

 **koto
 5.|
 5||h
 5|
 5|
 =
 5||
 7||
 7
 0||
 7||
 =
 7||
 9||#
 9#
 0||
 A||
 =
 A|.
 9||#
 A||
 9||##
 9||# 
 8|| 
 =
 *-

Melisma

Info keysig 1 sharp  
Note	0	750	72
Note	750	875	74
Note	875	1000	72
Note	1000	1500	72
Note	1500	2000	72
Note	2000	2250	72
Note	2250	2500	77
Note	2500	3500	77
Note	3750	4000	77
Note	4000	4250	77
Note	4250	4500	81
Note	4500	5500	81
Note	5750	6000	84
Note	6000	6750	84
Note	6750	7000	81
Note	7000	7250	84
Note	7250	7500	82
Note	7500	7750	81
Note	7750	8000	79

SKINI

// Measure number 1	=0
// Keysig 1 flat
NoteOn   	0            1	  72	  64
NoteOff  	0.75         1	  72	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  74	  64
NoteOff  	0.125        1	  74	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  72	  64
NoteOff  	0.125        1	  72	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  72	  64
NoteOff  	0.5          1	  72	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  72	  64
NoteOff  	0.5          1	  72	  64
// Measure number 2	=2
NoteOn   	0            1	  72	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  72	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  77	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  77	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  77	  64
NoteOff  	1            1	  77	  64
NoteOn   	0.25         1	  77	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  77	  64
// Measure number 3	=4
NoteOn   	0            1	  77	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  77	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  81	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  81	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  81	  64
NoteOff  	1            1	  81	  64
NoteOn   	0.25         1	  84	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  84	  64
// Measure number 4	=6
NoteOn   	0            1	  84	  64
NoteOff  	0.75         1	  84	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  81	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  81	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  84	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  84	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  82	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  82	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  81	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  81	  64
NoteOn   	0            1	  79	  64
NoteOff  	0.25         1	  79	  64

Director Musices

  mono-track
   :trackname "track 1"
   (bar 1 n ("C5" 3/16) meter (2 4))
   (n ("D5" 1/32))
   (n ("C5" 1/32))
   (n ("C5" 1/8))
   (n ("C5" 1/8))
   (bar 2 n ("C5" 1/16))
   (n ("F5" 1/16))
   (n ("F5" 1/4))
   (n (nil 1/16) rest t)
   (n ("F5" 1/16))
   (bar 3 n ("F5" 1/16))
   (n ("A5" 1/16))
   (n ("A5" 1/4))
   (n (nil 1/16) rest t)
   (n ("C6" 1/16))
   (bar 4 n ("C6" 3/16))
   (n ("A5" 1/16))
   (n ("C6" 1/16))
   (n ("Bb5" 1/16))
   (n ("A5" 1/16))
   (n ("G5" 1/16))

ENP

(:begin :score
  (:begin :part1
    :staff :treble-staff
    :key-signature :f-major
    :time-signature (2 4)
    (:begin :voice1
      (:begin :measure1
        (1 (
          (6 ((1 :notes (72) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 ((1 :notes (74) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 ((1 :notes (72) :stem-direction :down)))
        ))
        (1 (
          (1 ((1 :notes (72) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 ((1 :notes (72) :stem-direction :down)))
        ))
      )
      (:begin :measure2
        (2 (
          (1 ((1 :notes (72) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 ((1 :notes (77) :stem-direction :down)))
          (4 ((1 :notes (77) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 (-1))
          (1 ((1 :notes (77) :stem-direction :down)))
        ))
      )
      (:begin :measure3
        (2 (
          (1 ((1 :notes (77) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 ((1 :notes (81) :stem-direction :down)))
          (4 ((1 :notes (81) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 (-1))
          (1 ((1 :notes (84) :stem-direction :down)))
        ))
      )
      (:begin :measure4
        (1 (
          (3 ((1 :notes (84) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 ((1 :notes (81) :stem-direction :down)))
        ))
        (1 (
          (1 ((1 :notes (84) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 ((1 :notes (82) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 ((1 :notes (81) :stem-direction :down)))
          (1 ((1 :notes (79) :stem-direction :down)))
        ))
      )
    ) ; end :voice1
  ) ; end :part1
) ; end :score

Lilypond

\version "2.3.25"
\header {
	crossRefNumber = "1"
	footnotes = ""
	tagline = "Lily was here 2.4.1 -- automatically converted from ABC"
	title = "Example"
}
voicedefault =  {
\set Score.defaultBarType = "empty"
\time 2/4   c8.    d32    c32    c8    c8    \bar "|"   c16    
f16    f4    r16   f16    \bar "|"     f16    a16    a4    r16   
c16    \bar "|"   c8.    a16    c16    b16    a16    g16     
\bar "|"           
}
 \score{
         <<
	\context Staff="default" { \voicedefault }
    >>
 }