Rosetta Stone of Musical Data Codes
The following graphical notation and digital formats represent the same melody.
Graphical Music Notation
SCORE music typesetting program output
Finale music typesetting program output
Sibelius music typesetting program output
MUP music typesetting program output
Lilypond music typesetting program output
Koto (Japanese harp) music notation
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