chord notation?

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geoffcox
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chord notation?

Post by geoffcox » Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:04 am

Hello,

Is it possible to play a wav file of a chord and get a print out of the double stave notation for the chord?

Cheers,

Geoff

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Re: chord notation?

Post by kozikowski » Mon Apr 27, 2009 1:11 am

No. That's sounds like something you would need a MIDI controller or sequencer to do. The problem is in recognizing which key you pressed...

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/piano_G1.jpg

That's an analysis of either a chord on an organ or one single note on a concert grand piano. There's no way to tell other than take my word that it's the piano because I played the note.

MIDI, on the other hand, isn't music. It deals strictly with passing instructions and music data back and forth and it's a snap for a controller to build sheet music from the physical keys you pressed.

If there are no physical keys, if you're trying to do this with with downloaded music, then no.

Koz

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Re: chord notation?

Post by geoffcox » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:49 pm

Thanks for your reply Koz.

Cheers

Geoff

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