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MagicScore music software releases MagicScore School 4.1.


MagicScore; press@musicaleditor.com; www.musicaleditor.com; $19.95.

MagicScore School 4 is specialized notation software for music aficionados, students, teachers, schools and colleges. The program offers a variety of notation options--input, editing, printing, correctness check and much more.

MagicScore School 4 has been specially created for those who are learning music, but professional musicians can use it as well. Notes can be entered manually, copied from another source or added through the virtual piano, MIDI keyboard A MIDI keyboard is a piano-style digital keyboard device used for sending MIDI signals or commands to other devices connected to the same interface as the keyboard. MIDI is an acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface (protocol).  or synthesizer synthesizer

Machine that electronically generates and modifies sounds, frequently with the use of a digital computer, for use in the composition of electronic music and in live performance.
.

If notes are incorrect, MagicScore School 4 will alert the user right away. If necessary, that person can easily add or delete notes manually, as well as perform other editing operations, like transposing separated notes or selected blocks of notes.

MagicScore School 4 is also capable of reading notes from MIDI and karaoke karaoke

(Japanese; “empty orchestra”)

Use of a device that plays instrumental accompaniments to songs with the vocal tracks removed, permitting the user to sing the lead.
 files, as well as recording MIDI and karaoke files. The player module is capable of playing notes for the selected instruments or the entire orchestra. Volume, balance and effects can be adjusted individually for each score instrument.

Another feature MagicScore School 4 comes with is the notes printing option (including MIDI files A MIDI sound file that contains MIDI messages. MIDI files used in DOS and Windows have a .MID extension. A variation of this format is the RIFF MIDI file, which uses the .RMI extension. ) with preview. The program is also capable of printing blank staff notation sheets, and it also supports Music XML XML
 in full Extensible Markup Language.

Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations.
 format and multiple languages. MagicScore School 4 is distributed electronically over the Internet; a free demo version 1. demo version - An early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions.
2.
 is available at http://www.music-notation-software.com for evaluation.

For more information, contact press@musicaleditor.com.
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Title Annotation:Music Merchandise
Publication:American Music Teacher
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Oct 1, 2006
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