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= Current Sheet MusicFormats =
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There are various different ways to represent a piece of Sheet Music on the web.
There are various different ways to represent a piece of Sheet Music on the web.
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** More Reference: http://abcnotation.com/learn
** More Reference: http://abcnotation.com/learn
* Data Stored
* Data Stored
** Actual Tune
** ID (X:, only relevant when the tune is stored as part of a multi-tune book)
** ID (X:, only relevant when the tune is stored as part of a multi-tune book)
** Title (T:)
** Title (T:)
** Composer (C:)
** Composer (C:)
** link to purchase
** Various Musical Attributes
*** Key
*** Meter
*** Default Note Length
*** Tempo
*** Parts
*** Rhythm (e.g. a tune in 3/4 can be played with various different rhythms)
** Other Metadata
*** Book
*** Area of Origin
*** Notes
*** Transcriptor
*** Groups
*** History
* Deployed in the Wild
* Deployed in the Wild
** [http://thesession.org The Session] — Huge repo of trad. Irish (+ all gaelic, some English) traditional music. Served as ABC and PNG
** [http://thesession.org The Session] — Huge repo of trad. Irish (+ all gaelic, some English) traditional music. Served as ABC and PNG
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*** [http://abcnotation.com/search Web-wide abc tune search]
*** [http://abcnotation.com/search Web-wide abc tune search]
*** [http://waterpigs.co.uk/wpsm/ WPC Gurdy Sheet Music Database] — Barnaby Walters' hurdy gurdy sheet music DB.
*** [http://waterpigs.co.uk/wpsm/ WPC Gurdy Sheet Music Database] — Barnaby Walters' hurdy gurdy sheet music DB.
==== MusicXML ====
An XML based notation format
* Spec: http://www.makemusic.com/musicxml/specification
** More Reference: http://www.makemusic.com/musicxml
* Data Stored
* Deployed in the Wild
** http://www.makemusic.com/musicxml/music — List of MusicXML repos on the web


=== Non-Semantic Formats ===
=== Non-Semantic Formats ===
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* Examples in the Wild
* Examples in the Wild
** [http://www.freesheetmusic.net/ Free Sheet Music.net] — vast amounts of sheet music locked up in .pdf format
** [http://www.freesheetmusic.net/ Free Sheet Music.net] — vast amounts of sheet music locked up in .pdf format
** [http://www.fortenotation.com/en/free-sheet-music/ Forte Notation Free Sheet Music] — A selection of sheet music for free download. You can select different pieces of the most common classical composers (Bach, Mozart, Schubert etc.)


==== Images ====
==== Images ====

Latest revision as of 14:14, 14 July 2014

Current Sheet Music Formats

There are various different ways to represent a piece of Sheet Music on the web.

This page serves to document the current list of sheet music formats and metadata as background research for the development of a sheet music microformat. -Barnaby Walters

Contributors

Templated off review-formats.

  • Barnaby Walters

See Also

Widely Used Formats

Semantic Formats

ABC

A text based notation format originally designed for the notation of traditional music. It has become extremely widespread.

MusicXML

An XML based notation format

Non-Semantic Formats

These are the formats that would benefit most from a microformat — giving them the same metadata that can be found in more semantic notation formats.

PDF

Tunes are commonly stored as PDFs.

  • Examples in the Wild
    • Free Sheet Music.net — vast amounts of sheet music locked up in .pdf format
    • Forte Notation Free Sheet Music — A selection of sheet music for free download. You can select different pieces of the most common classical composers (Bach, Mozart, Schubert etc.)

Images

Tunes are commonly stored as images