The table below lists the musical elements that can be recognized by Livescore technology.



Elements

Details

Clefs

- G (treble), F (bass), C (alto and tenor with modern writing)

- Clef change inside of measure

Key signatures 

All western key signatures

Time signatures

6/2, 5/2, 4/2, 3/2, 2/2, cut, 6/4, 5/4, 4/4, common, 3/4, 2/4, 12/8, 9/8, 7/8, 5/8, 4/8, 3/8

Rhythms / Duration

- Duration: whole note, half, quarter, 8th, 16th, 32nd, 64th (same for rests)

- Dots: one to three

- Tuplets: all values

Pitches

Within plus/minus 5 ledger lines

Cue notes

Only for measures with full cue

Multiple rest measures

Any duration, only rendered with the H-bar notation (but 2- measure and 4-measure rests detected)

Dynamics

pppp, ppp, pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff, fff, ffff, sf, sff, sfz, rfz, cresc, decresc, dim, hairpins

Articulations

Slur, tie, staccato, staccassimo, tenuto, accent, marcato

Ornaments

- Prall, mordent, turn, reverse turn, trill, appoggiatura

- Acciaccatura (coming soon)

Technical information

- Up bow, down bow

- Fingerings

- Piano pedal (notation "Ped" and star)

Structure

- Movement recognition
- System and page breaks

System structure 

- Separation of part groups

- Preliminary account of variable number of staves inside of systems

- Piano braces (straight brackets in development)

Bar lines

Simple, double, final, forward repeat, backward repeat, backward-and-forward repeat

Repeat symbols

Repeat endings (1 and 2), da capo, dal segno, coda, al fine

Rehearsal marks

Letters and numbers

Text

- Attributed to notes

- Supported languages: Italian, German, French, English

- Basic lyrics recognition

- Instruments and transposition interpreted

Transposing instruments

Alone or in a multi-staff system

Polyphony- one voice per staff: treated
- several voices per staff: rhythm and voice reconstruction is still fragile

Chords

International notation

Percussion

- 1-, 2- and 5-line staves percussion handled

- Basic support of noteheads: cross, white and black harmonics


Please note that tabs and handwritten music are not yet supported. 

Newzik "Lyrics & Chords" files are not supported.

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