Convert midi to score

[theevan]

Can anybody here do this?

Blame Bauman, I say. He was looking for the tune to a John Newton (eg, Amazing Grace) hymn and tracked it down to an obscure Southern hymnal.

The hymn, with midi, is here:
www.hymnary.org/hymn/SH1835/106b?media=audio

It has that Sacred Harp feel to it.

Organ version on You Tube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8JvWDFbBEs

[millring]

It's got those same haunting harmonies as "Dimming of the Day".

[Dub]

I have a way to do that. I think Rick does too. I'll work on it.

[RickW]

Have a look at this. Not sure if it converted it correctly or not, but there is a score there.

www.dropbox.com/s/p9zhlcn076no0t4/pacolet.pdf?dl=0

[Dub]

My conversion, using MuseScore 2.0.0, is similar to Rick's.

Shall_Men_Pretend_To_Pleasure.pdf (91.76 KB)

[theevan]

Sept 1, 2015 8:39:54 GMT -5 RickW said:

Have a look at this. Not sure if it converted it correctly or not, but there is a score there.

www.dropbox.com/s/p9zhlcn076no0t4/pacolet.pdf?dl=0

Interesting, rick. I thought the melody was the top line. How did the program decide which voice was melody ?

I'll fool with it tonight when I get home

[theevan]

Sept 1, 2015 11:52:22 GMT -5 Dub said:

My conversion, using MuseScore 2.0.0, is similar to Rick's.

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Couldn't open on my phone. I'll check it out this evening

[Dub]

Sorry. I had "attached" the .pdf file to my post. I guess that requires a download. It won't let you view it in the browser.

I copied it to my Dropbox Public folder as Rick did his. Here is a link…

dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31938324/Shall_Men_Pretend_To_Pleasure.pdf

[theevan]

Thanks. I hope I can work this up sooner than later

[millring]

For what it's worth, this was the reference to the hymn that got my curiosity up.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZm5JSAHu5U

[theevan]

Interesting tune. The harmonic structure is based almost entirely on fourths. Gotta be Sacred Harp music.

Any chance either of your programs could transpose it up...to E or D?

[theevan]

Interesting tune. The harmonic structure is based almost entirely on fourths. Gotta be Sacred Harp music.

Any chance either of your programs could transpose it up...to E or D?

Yeah. Lazy. Busy.

[RickW]

Sept 1, 2015 20:04:15 GMT -5 theevan said:

Interesting tune. The harmonic structure is based almost entirely on fourths. Gotta be Sacred Harp music.

Any chance either of your programs could transpose it up...to E or D?

In D:

In D Major

[RickW]

I don't know why it does it the way it does, Evan. Midi is quite a comprehensive standard for representing music, so I'm assuming it's what was in the file. I'm going to start playing with midi more, hopefully.