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Sheet Music Organizing Software?Date: May 29, 2012 by ray kirk  Views: 3845
I want to organize my sheet music collection. I am familiar with Excel, but feel it is limited. For example, I would like to have the capability of searching for music based upon specific fields (ie. field = sacred/non sacred & I type sacred into a search box, which then pulls all sacred selections up while alleviating non sacred options).
Regardless of the software's ability to perform this one function, I would like suggestions of a program that would allow me to enter catagories and fill those sections with information pertaining to my private selection. Free options are definitely preferred. Thank you
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Allen H Simon on May 29, 2012 10:04am
This question has been asked many times before on ChoralNet, and the general consensus is that a generic database program like Access or FileMaker is better than a music-specific one. Can't promise free, though. Probably could get a free frontend for an online MySQL database, but I wouldn't guarantee it would be super-easy to use.
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John Ward on May 31, 2012 6:12am
The database program in OpenOffice (free) is worth checking. They're similar to Microsoft in their other pieces, but I haven't spent much time in "Base", so can't really compare the user interface to Access.
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ray kirk on June 5, 2012 5:16am
Thank you Allen. It seems that Access & FileMaker are the most popular. You and others definitely supplied me with leads & this certainly supports further development.
on May 29, 2012 1:23pm
Ray,
There is now a NEW WAY to manage a local sheet music collection without necessitating to do his own file or database!
Musica International virtual library is now completely interactive on-line and offers the possibility to add private fields to the Musica database, which describes each score by using a documentary structure of more than 100 fields (http://www.musicanet.org ).
The sophisticated software used by Musica can be downloaded (Windows only for the moment) and gives access to the 163,000 scores comprehensively described and searchable on all the fields. After search of a given score, you have just to input for instance "your" location and "your" number of copies in your 2 prviate fields. The latter can be either completely private, or displayable worldwide on the web in musicanet.org. If a score is not referenced yet in Musica, you are asked to describe it in a new record, and this information becomes part of Musica database. Musica is a cooperative project.
You can for instance see public mentions of locations in music llibraries like Westminster Choir College
Read more at http://www.musicanet.org/en/musica_v6_lib.php
and contact office(a)musicanet.org if interested.
Jean
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on May 30, 2012 5:32am
Having looked at some for brass-band music before I started choirs I think Access is the most useful unless you have a microsoft developer friend who can manipulate it for you.
on May 30, 2012 5:50am
I have found great success with CHARMS (https://www.charmsoffice.com/) You can print bar code lables and scan out to each singer. Great way to track everything (music,finances,contacts) for your group(s).
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on May 30, 2012 1:27pm
I love my Filemaker Pro and can create as many fields as I want. I can type in complete texts (we print those in the buletin), and sort by any of the fields. I have been quite satisfied with the ease of use.
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