rookie to notation

how can I send my keybord music to Notation Player

[Sherry C]

Hi,

If you mean so that you can see it as sheet music, you'll just need to save a copy of your keyboard playing in a .mid file. Some keyboards/controllers allow you to record such files directly. After you get the .mid file, just open it up in Notation Player to see the sheet music. Each MIDI "track" will be opened as it's own Staff in Player.

The caveat with this approach is that to get good sheet music, you will need to record such that barlines are aligned already. You may be able to do this with your keyboard using an internal metronome of some kind.

If you don't have the capability to record a file to .mid, then you may want to check out Notation Composer, which you can record into directly. With Composer, you can even record without a metronome, for example if you want to play with varying tempo. You can then go in after the recording and place the barlines where they belong by tapping in the beat as the file plays.

Enjoy!
Sherry

Hi Sherry, Thanks for the input, but I dont know how to get the music from my keyboard into my computer at all!, let alone save as midi.I have a Yamaha keyboard if that makes any dif. ,dsverker

[Sherry C]

Hi,

You could check in your Yamaha user's manual (or find one online if you don't have the paper copy) to see how to record and save something that you play as a .mid file. I think Yamaha also has a "Yamaha" format file, which Notation products don't read unfortunately, so you'd want to be sure to save the recording as a MIDI (.mid) filetype.

Or, as I mentioned, you can try out Notation Composer and record directly into the program to get your sheet music. Notation Player only reads .mid files and transcribes them just as they are, similarly to how the Acrobat Reader only reads .pdf files. If you record directly into Composer, then you can use the tools it has to get a really nice piece of sheet music, correcting any missed notes or adding annotations. You can try it out free for 30 days - download and install the trial version from http://www.notation.com/DownloadComposerTrial.php

ttfn,
Sherry

[dj]

Hi,

You have to have some sort of midi connection between your keyboard and your computer -- many newer Yamaha keyboards have a direct USB connector, older ones have a midi output (sort of circular with five holes).

Connected to your computer, you can simply set Notation Composer (or other non-Notation Software recorder) to Record and play your music.

Midi connectors range from $15 to a few hundred.

David