MusicTXT: A Text-based Interface for Music Notation

Kelian Li (1) , Wanwan Li (2)

1 Georgia Institute of Technology [Atlanta]
2 George Mason University [Fairfax]

For most music notation software, due to the complex nature of modern staff notation, extra mouse interactions and manual efforts are highly demanded. According to this observation, we propose MusicTXT, a plain textbased user interface for music notation that is almost mouse interaction-free. Based on our easy-to-learn online user interface, users are able to notate music by typing a paragraph of numbers and alphabets as plain text. We validated the music notation efficiency of our interface by comparing it with another popular online software-NoteFlight. According to statistical analysis, we prove there is a significant improvement in music notation efficiency by using MusicTXT.

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences; Histoire; Etudes sur le genre; Littératures; Musique, musicologie et arts de la scène; Linguistique

Kelian Li, Wanwan Li. MusicTXT: A Text-based Interface for Music Notation. Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on Ubiquitous Music (UbiMus 2021), Sep 2021, Matosinhos, Portugal. pp.62-71. ⟨hal-03398727⟩