Editing SCORE (software) (section)

=== Entering music symbolically ===
Music is usually entered using text codes from a standard [[ASCII]] keyboard (though a [[MIDI]] keyboard can be used purely for note pitch entry), and several passes are required to enter all the information.  After the page has been set up with appropriate [[staff (music)|staves]], information is entered voice by voice as follows:

*'''Pass 1''' defines [[musical note|note names]] (including [[accidental (music)|accidentals]] and [[staff (music)|staff]] position, but not duration), [[rest (music)|rests]] (not duration), [[clef (music)|clefs]], [[bar (music)|measure lines]], [[key signature]]s, [[time signature]]s
*'''Pass 2''' defines [[rhythm]]ic values (durations) for notes and rests
*'''Pass 3''' defines marks: [[articulation (music)|articulations]], [[accent (music)|accents]], [[dynamics (music)|dynamics]] etc.
*'''Pass 4''' defines the position of rhythmic [[beam (music)|beams]]
*'''Pass 5''' defines the end points of [[slur (music)|slurs]] and [[tie (music)|ties]]<ref name=WinScore/>

For example, to create these two bars of [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s [[Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847|Fugue in C minor, BWV 847]] from Book I of the [[Well-Tempered Clavier]]:<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Leland |title=WinScore Help File (CHM) |date=23 October 2013  |url=http://www.winscore.info/whlp.chm |website=WinScore |publisher=San Andreas Press  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226113214/http://www.winscore.info/whlp.chm |archivedate=26 December 2019}}</ref>

[[File:bwv847-theme-score.png|700px]]

To create the staff:

{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|IN 1}}
| Input staff at vertical level 1
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|0 200 1}}
| Sets the left end of the staff at position 0,<br>the right end of the staff at position 200,<br>and uses staff level 1 (this staff) as the basis for spacing
|}

The five passes of data entry:

{|
| '''Notes'''||{{code|TR/K3F/4 4/R/C5/BN4/C5/G4/A/C5/B4/C5/D/M1/G4/C5/BN4/C5/D/F4/G/A/G/F/M1/E/MD1;}}
|-
| '''Rhythms'''||{{code|E/S//E///S//E///S//E//S//Q/S//H;}}
|-
| '''Marks'''||{{code|FE 20/MP .74;}}
|-
| '''Beams'''||{{code|2B;}}
|-
| '''Slurs'''||{{code|1 +2/6 +7/11 -12/15 -17/18 -19;}}
|}

These show the use of the following text codes - note that '/' is a delimiter and ';' marks the end of each pass:

'''Pass 1'''
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|TR}} || Treble clef
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|K3F}} || Key signature 3 flats
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|4 4}} || 4/4 time signature
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|R}} || Rest
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|C5}} || Note C in octave 5
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|BN4}} || Note B natural in octave 4
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|M1}} || Measure line (barline) on 1 system
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|MD1}} || Double measure line on 1 system
|}

'''Pass 2'''
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|E}} || Eighth note (quaver)
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|S}} || Sixteenth note (semiquaver)
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|Q}} || Quarter note (crotchet)
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|H}} || Half note (minim)
|}

After pass 2, numbers are displayed above each note to assist with assigning marks, beams and slurs.  The image below also illustrates the results of the 'Show' command to display the true vectors of all items, rather than the 'stick figure' symbols that are usually used.

[[File:Example of SCORE's numbering of notes.png|700px|Example of SCORE's numbering of notes as well as the 'Show' command to display the true vectors of score items]]

'''Pass 3'''
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|FE 20}} || Fermata on note number 20
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|MP .74}} || Mezzo-piano indication at position 0.74
|}

'''Pass 4'''
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|2B}} || Beam in groups of 2
|}

'''Pass 5'''
{|
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|1 +2}} || Slur from note 1 to note 2, above the notes
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| {{code|11 -12}} || Slur from note 11 to note 12, below the notes
|}