The SCORE format

The SCORE format (.MUS) is the native format of the program SCORE (DOS), published by San Andreas Press. I don't know any online description, but there is a detailed description by Leland Smith in Chapter 19 of Beyond MIDI. The binary SCORE format bases on a single array of Float numbers. This format has a natural ascii representation: each of the numbers separated by a white space.

The actual version of SCORE is Release 4 , (December 1999). There is no official SCORE page by the publisher San Andreas Press, but there is a comprehensive SCORE page at Acadia University .

The programs or demo versions of them can be downloaded here .

Programs exporting The SCORE format: SipSib - reads Sibelius EPS and writes Score format Windows SipSib - reads Sibelius EPS and writes Score format imports Sibelius EPS SipXML - MusicXML to Score converter Windows SipXML - MusicXML to Score converter imports MusicXML Humdrum to Score Bol Converter Web Humdrum to Score Bol Converter imports bol EDITSCOR - a conditional editor of Score files Windows EDITSCOR - a conditional editor of Score files imports SCORE LJ - horizontal spacing system for use with Score Windows LJ - horizontal spacing system for use with Score imports SCORE BEAM - a DOS box beam utility for SCORE Windows BEAM - a DOS box beam utility for SCORE imports SCORE SCORE Music Publishing System DOS and DOS Box in Windows SCORE Music Publishing System imports SCORE Programs eventually exporting The SCORE format: PINYIN - Score utility - EDITSCOR - a conditional editor of Score files Windows Programs importing The SCORE format: Finale music notation program Windows, Macintosh OS X 10.4 or higher Finale music notation program exports ETF, FinaleFormat, MusicXML Sibelius - music notation software Windows, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, Mac OS X Sibelius - music notation software exports SibeliusFormat SipScore2XML - Score to MusicXML converter Windows SipScore2XML - Score to MusicXML converter exports MusicXML SCOREMID - Score to MIDI converter - EDITSCOR - a conditional editor of Score files Windows EDITSCOR - a conditional editor of Score files exports SCORE LJ - horizontal spacing system for use with Score Windows LJ - horizontal spacing system for use with Score exports SCORE BEAM - a DOS box beam utility for SCORE Windows BEAM - a DOS box beam utility for SCORE exports SCORE SCORE Music Publishing System DOS and DOS Box in Windows SCORE Music Publishing System exports SCORE Score Preview - a viewer for SCORE - Programs eventually importing The SCORE format: PINYIN - Score utility - EDITSCOR - a conditional editor of Score files Windows

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