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What are the
differences between
Melody Assistant and Harmony Assistant?
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Things in common
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These two programs are available for Windows,
Macintosh and Linux.
Created score files can be read with either Melody
or Harmony: the two programs are compatible.
General look and interface are similar.
Harmony Assistant is more powerful than Melody
Assistant. It can perform automatically more
actions, so it is simpler to use.
All features of Melody Assistant are available in
Harmony Assistant, but the reverse is not true: many
features are available in Harmony Assistant only, we
are going to see the main ones in this document.
Full page edit mode
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Harmony
enables your score to be edited in two modes: scroll mode
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page
mode
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In scroll mode, bars (measures) are drawn on
a single row.
In page mode, you can edit your score as it
will be printed on paper.
Only scroll mode is available in Melody.
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Engraver mode
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Harmony Assistant provides two different note
spacing modes: arithmetical
and engraver
mode.
In arithmetical spacing mode, notes and rests are
separated by a distance that is proportional to
their duration. For example, there is twice more
distance after a half note than after a quarter. In
engraver mode, distance between symbols can be
freely adjusted.
Arithmetical mode
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Engraver mode
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For example, here is how an half and a
serie of shorter notes are displayed in
arithmetical mode.
As you can see, there is a wide empty space
after the half, and sixteens are highly
compressed.
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Here is the same bar in engraver mode.
Spacing is not proportional to notes
duration. Display is nicer and well spaced
out.
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Import and export
in various format
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Harmony Assistant and Melody
Assistant can directly
read or write files in other formats than the one
proprietary to the application.
Here is the complete list.
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Import and export in this format
 Import in this format only (no
export)
 Export
in this format only (no import)
 Neither
import, nor export in this format
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MIDI files
and related formats
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MIDI type 0 & 1
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.mid
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MIDI Karaoke
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.kar, .mid
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Lyrics
can be sung
by Virtual Singer
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Rich Midi
Tablature File (RMTF)
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.mid
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Creative
Music File (CMF)
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.cmf
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Files from
third-party applications
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| Finale® |
.mus, .etf
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versions
: 1993 to 2007
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| Encore® |
.enc
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| Rhapsody® |
.rhp
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| MusicTime® |
.mus
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NoteWorthy
Composer®
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.nwc
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versions
: 1.3 to 2.0
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| GuitarPro® |
.gtp, .gp3,
.gp4
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| Tabledit® |
.tef
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versions
: 2.0 (1999) and more
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Band In a Box®
Style
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.sty
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Yamaha®
Style
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.sty
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Soundtracker
MOD
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.mod
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Scream
Tracker S3M
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.s3m
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Application
interchange file formats
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MusicXML
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.xml
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Info:
MusicXML
Definition
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Packed MusicXML
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.xmz and .mxl
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Supported
by: PDFtoMusic Pro,
Myriad Plug-in
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ABC
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.abc
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Info:
The
ABC Home Page
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Tablature
text file
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.tab
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MyrWeb
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.myrweb.html
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Digital
Audio files
(imported as digital tracks)
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Windows WAVE
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.wav
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AIFF
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.aif,
.aiff
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MP3
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.mp3
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Vorbis OGG
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.ogg
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Raw PCM
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.pcm,
.raw, .brt
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MacOS
Sound resource
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Macintosh
only
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WMA and
any other format readable
by DirectX®
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.wma, ...
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Windows
only
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MP4 Audio (AAC) and
any
other format managed
by Quicktime®
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.mov,
.mpeg, ...
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Macintosh
only
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Graphic
formats
(imported as free object)
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SVG
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.svg
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Multi-page SVG
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.svg
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Custom
extension to the SVG format,
to store several pages in a single file
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PDF
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.pdf
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vector PDF files can be imported if
PDFtoMusic/PDFtoMusic Pro is installed
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Portable Network Graphics
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.png
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Jpeg/JFIF
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.jpg
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Windows/OS2 Bitmap
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.bmp
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Mac Pict
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.pct
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Graphic Interchange Format
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.gif
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Encapsulated PostScript
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.eps
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Windows Metafile
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.wmf
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Windows
only
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Enhanced Metafile
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.emf
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Windows
only
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Notes :
1- Creative, DirectX,
Encore, Finale,
GuitarPro,
MusicTime,
Noteworthy,
QuickTime,
Rhapsody, Tabledit and Yamaha are
registred trade marks of their respective
owner.
In no way Myriad is
affiliated to any of these companies.
2- This is the list of file
format that are imported and/or exported
by these programs..
During import, some data
can be ignored by the software.
During export, some settings from the
software may not be stored in the file.
No guarantee can be
given about the data preservation when
importing or exporting.
Page setting easiness
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Number of pages, number of staff groups (systems)
and number of bar per row can be forced.
Page setup is computed so that the number of
pages, of staff groups, of bars per line, tends to
the required value (and reach it if possible).
Views
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Harmony Assistant manages the notion of "views".
Views are a different way of displaying a same
score, completely or partially. They let you
display and work on some staves only, and to
select a different page setup in each view.
For instance, if your document contains a whole
orchestral score (conductor score), you can define
a view for each instrument in the orchestra so
that each performer could receive only the music
sheet that matches their instrument.
Myriad Users Score Library
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A Web space to share music scores on line is
offered to any user of Harmony Assistant. The
publication is done directly from the program. The
interface is highly customizable and visitors can
post comments.
Multi-windowing
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Document
window can be split into several
parts, in order to see and edit
several areas of the same score at
the same time.
Each part had its own scale and
display mode.
For example, you can have a window
splitted in two, showing you the
same document in scroll mode and
page mode.
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Third-party music fonts
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Another font than the STocatta can be
used to display music symbols.
You can define "charsets". Each staff in
a document can have its own charset. A
charset can be made of characters coming
from different fonts.
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Chord grid and accompaniments
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From notes in the score, Harmony computes and
displays a chord grid. Guitar chord diagrams can
also be displayed. When printing , chord grid can be
added at the end of the document.
From the chord grid, Harmony will create automatic
accompaniments. For example from a solo, Harmony can
create a bass line, etc.
Harmony can also play chord lines that have been
related to a single staff, with any instrument.
Automatic rhythms
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Harmony enables complete rhythmic sequences to be
used as separate objects, and be placed anywhere on
score. It simplifies writing and makes your score
more readable.
Audio space panel
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Special
palette to manage the volume and
panning position of each instrument.
A special mode, called "live mode",
memorizes the changes you make in
real-time, and replays them later.
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Album
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In
the Album window, objects or music
patterns can be pasted to be
retrieved later.
These objects can be sounds, parts
of a song, graphics, text...
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MyrScript
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MyrScript
is a very powerful language that enables
anybody to write scripts to control
completely Harmony Assistant.
You can also define new tool palettes.
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Predefined
scripts
already bring a whole set of new features
And also...
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Fine Midi
output adjustment - MidiMap
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Midi advanced setup, you can select a predefined
midi sound mapping or define your own. For each
standard sound, you can relate a program change,
bank and key that follows your synthesizer
requirement: this is called a MidiMap.
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Accordion
tablature
: Harmony computes tablatures
for diatonic accordion from any staff. It is
also possible to define your own accordion and
to use it.
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Street organ
cards
: Harmony computes and prints
street organ cards.
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Symbol
appearance change
: with Harmony
Assistant, when a change is applied to the
selected symbols, a criteria can be used. For
example, add an effect or shift by a given
number of semitones all the C notes in the
selection range
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Delay and
pressure time editing
: with Harmony
Assistant, you can edit graphically, directly on
the score, the delay and pressure time for each
note.
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Display mode for managing
chord diagrams for
left-handed persons
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Style palette
to store and apply styles quickly.
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Computer
keyboard realtime input
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Fee
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Melody Assistant can be downloaded on this website. Registration fee is
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Harmony Assistant can be downloaded on this website. Registration fee is
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You are invited to refer to the "Order" page to get
detailed information about prices and available
payment methods.
Updates
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Updates are free for these two programs, and can be
downloaded from this Website.
In the future, the most important new features will
only be included in Harmony Assistant.
In regard to the very low price of the Melody
Assistant registration fee, and the fact
registration numbers are for "lifetime", there is no
discount for upgrading from Melody Assistant to
Harmony Assistant.
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