OK, gonna try and keep this short. I've been obsessing the last few days over the Christmas holiday on this micro-project/demo … i.e. I been working from morning until midday and taking a shower and brushing my teeth only well,…
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There are a lot of things I can do while having music, mostly classical, on in the background. Working on music notation is not one of them. I don't mean composing the notes themselves – for that I need silence,…
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Earlier today I was proofreading the four pieces I'm writing to make sure I place courtesy accidentals where appropriate – as in where I deem them appropriate. As the name implies, courtesy accidentals are just, well, a courtesy to the…
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Happy Holidays, humbug, and stuff. I'm in a coffee shop working on finalizing some pitches and durations for some pieces I'm working on for solo guitar. I'm hoping I can have the fingerings and dynamics all punched in by the…
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Just a quick follow up to the last post about MuseScore, LilyPond, and my desire to get LilyPond output without entering the music natively as LilyPond syntax. After some minor tests, it looks like the LilyPond output from MuseScore is…
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I haven't been blogging as much lately it seems. But I probably will be doing more soon as I'm wrapping up a new version of PubMed2XL. And that will also entail updating the documentation and even the video demo/tutorial I…
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Just a quick follow up to the last post about using Google Chart Tools to outline melodic contours from MusicXML files … I wanted to add support for compressed MusicXML files in addition to the non-compressed ones. So far, the…
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In the last post, I mentioned I was playing with Google App Engine and Google Chart Tools. Last night, with some silly movie streaming in the background, I was in bed tinkering with a little idea that I'm sure has…
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If anyone's truly bored, an article of mine about MXMLiszt has been published through OCLC Systems & Services. Here's the citation: Nitin Arora, (2011) "MXMLiszt: a preliminary MusicXML digital library platform built on available open-source technologies", OCLC Systems & Services,…
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MakeMusic, the company behind Finale, has entered into an agreement to purchase Recordare. You can see the press release here but here's the really important part (hyperlinks mine): Under the terms of the agreement, MakeMusic is purchasing the MusicXML™ open…
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