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|| 
 =
 *-

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