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Does better than Musescore
This app does it better. This app almost gets everything in right, to export it in midi, you will need to set the tempo to 120 in the app, then you can just export it to midi. Musescore does a big failure when this app does a big success! 9/10OhhShawn
Developer Response
Thanks, but please export to MuseScore using MusicXML. It is far better than MIDI. Note that MIDI exports at whatever tempo you set. Support@organumconsulting.comSuch a great tool for learning music!
I love the app, and I recommend it to all of my students! It can actually read and play your sheet music! I am a voice teacher in a BFA musical theatre conservatory, and I find this app to be invaluable! I keep most of my music on my iPad in Dropbox or ForScore, and PlayScore2 can find my pdfs, lets me choose which pages I want to download, and then play whichever parts I want to hear. I can adjust the tempo and the key, and I can even mask bars to make cuts. I think the full subscription is well worth the annual price! Students can hear just the accompaniment or just the melody, and the can balance them however they wish. I find that the app can read about 98% of the sheet music I have. If it is a really bad scan or handwritten, that can cause some trouble, but the success rate is really high overall. I have used a cheaper app that could read and play sheet music, but the success rate was only about 50%, and it didn’t have the masking feature or transposition feature. PlayScore2 even a “swing” option for tempo in the cogwheel. The app is a total winner!Show lessSingsongNG
Developer Response
Thanks for taking the trouble to update your review to mention the swing option. Recommend you read the help through on our site. You will discover more features there. Support@organumconsulting.comDisappointing
Downloaded a clean bass part from Berlioz Symphony Fantastique. Playback missed accidentals and mangled note lengths and count. Some rests were played as notes.
Music OCR programs I’ve used, even from 20 years ago, provided a display of what the program thought the notes were and you could edit and correct the derived scores. Here I only see the original pdf. The only corrective options I see are to delete and reload the pdf and hope for the best, or export as midi or xml and edit in another program.
App also sorely needs a metronome function to keep you oriented during the rests if you’re going to use this as a practice aid.Show lessBen in San Diego
Magical
PlayScore 2 is the kind of app, that you might hear someone say, "what is this magic?" because it does feel exactly that… magical.
There are so many ways to use this app especially if you are a teacher! Use it for a listening assignment, sight-reading, an accompaniment, additional support for learning a piece, breaking out certain parts in a score, etc.
The pro version is chock full of really helpful tools. The looping feature is one of my personal favorites. Highly recommend!Show lessRjse
Fantastic App!
You have to follow the instructions! If the music sounds odd, retake the photo. I highly recommend taking the photo on clean sheet music before you start marking it up. My favorite feature is that it allows you to turn on and off different staves which is huge when you’re learning new pieces and need to isolate parts. This app is a great tool and I highly recommend. I don’t need the paid version but am buying it anyway just to support the developers. Nice work!Show lessJfire383
Take my money please
This app is pure magic. I can imagine the duck feet furiously paddling below the surface. But not a sign of that above the water. Blazing fast and accurate. (As long as you get the picture right.) I haven’t tested it with a lot of music yet but the scores I’ve tried so far have been great. MusicXml export looks great too. ( I am avoiding checking the box for lyrics since that seems to really complicate things and reduce accuracy.) Amazing.Show lessrelpek
Would really help with my tempo if I could use my tabs
Opened up the app cause the idea seemed great for tempo and how certain notes should be played. I'm a complete beginner but wanted to know how to sight read.
Went to open the tab in my files, and it wouldn't load. Just straight up greyed out. I thought, "that's weird, I'll just close out the app and open it back up." So I did that. No change.
Tried to take photos of the tab as well, only to have them fail. I do wish there were other options such as Google drive or Dropbox import so that I could try out other methods, but in the same breath that shouldn't be a problem to begin with. Haven't reached out to support yet, which is why it's 3 stars instead of 1. Will update once they get back to me I guess.Show lessPEWWWWWDIECRY
Developer Response
You can play 1 and 2-staff music using the camera on paper music. You need a subscription to play pdf scores. Please tap store button for options. Email us for help support@organumconsulting.comImpressive recognition quality
NOTE: I’ve lowered my rating from 5 to 2 stars because a recent update to the app removed existing features and demanded a paid subscription to re-enable them.
PlayScore 2 represents a big step forward in optical music recognition (OMR) on iOS. The quality of recognition is really impressive. Some areas for improvement that the developers have promised me they are already working on: • Control of dynamic range • Better recognition of tied notes • Support for double whole notes (breves) • More MIDI instruments I’m a singer but I’m not terribly good at sight-reading. So when I practice, I practice mostly by listening or playing on the piano and singing along. Now I can import my sheet music into PlayScore 2 and begin practicing by listening right away, without needing to go sit at the piano. It’s a big time saver!Show lessMichael Lowry (US)
Developer Response
This is incorrect. There has been no update in the past year. No free features have been removed. Please contact support@organumconsulting.comGood Concept, but...
The apo is a good concept and developers have been trying to perfect this for years with many so-so programs on the market. Sure, the app does work, but music must be COMPLETELY flat when taking a pic (forget hymnals or bound piano/vocal books, etc), if it is not, the app will play erratically, i.e, only one staff of piano music or random dropped notes or even staffs played in different keys! Another thing that could use some work is the app itself. It is clunky with a dated look and is not very intuitive. Keep trying folks.Show lessramoore44
Finally!
I’ve been using workarounds for practicing duet and orchestral pieces I play for years. I was delighted to find MMO products many years ago, but the repertoire was limited for guitar.
Enter PlayScore2- pure genius in its simplicity and functionality!
Makes duet/group practice SO easy and the learning curve for this app is small. Customer service is VERY helpful and responsive as well. Love it!Show lessjonmcw
