Qormada
Turn a Somali recording into readable notation.
The transcription pipeline runs on the research workstation, not on this site. Below are three of its scores, rendered ahead of time. Each recording's scale is detected from the audio itself and written in cents above the tonic; notes outside that scale are kept and marked with their deviation, because ornaments and microtonal inflections are music, not errors.
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Open a score you downloaded (MusicXML: .musicxml, .xml or compressed .mxl) to see the sheet music and listen to it. It opens in your browser only; nothing is uploaded.
Aha aha
solo oud (kaban), a private qaraami collection, full recording · 4:02
Tonic
A
Scale, cents
0 / 302 / 496 / 800 / 1005
Tempo
83 BPM
Notes
575
Oud (kaban) · 55 notes off the scale, kept and marked · automatic transcription, unverified
MusicXML opens in MuseScore and Logic Pro. Use MIDI for GarageBand.
Kaban wadada
solo oud (kaban), a private qaraami collection, full recording · 6:12
Tonic
A
Scale, cents
0 / 313 / 503 / 709 / 1016
Tempo
117 BPM
Notes
1002
Oud (kaban) · 54 notes off the scale, kept and marked · automatic transcription, unverified
MusicXML opens in MuseScore and Logic Pro. Use MIDI for GarageBand.
Band recording with voice
voice and oud separated first (Demucs), 30-second excerpt of a band recording · 0:30
Tonic
F
Scale, cents
0 / 199 / 403 / 703 / 904
Tempo
112 BPM
Notes
87
Voice and Oud (kaban) · 3 notes off the scale, kept and marked · automatic transcription, unverified
MusicXML opens in MuseScore and Logic Pro. Use MIDI for GarageBand.
Beerdilaacshe
melody by Abdillahi Qarshe (1950s) · engraved by Khalid Ibrahim · 96 BPM · 126 notes
A hand-engraved score, not an automatic transcription. Press play to hear the score itself, played from its MIDI.
