ManuscriptPaper

Piano Plus One

Create your own manuscript paper.
For single instruments or large ensembles.
A flexible app for literate musicians.
Level: Intermediate and up.

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Who is this app for?


Anybody that needs to write music on paper using standard western notation.

Requirements

You will need an iPhone and access to a printer.

Design the page for your exact needs.

You can control:

  • The size of the paper you want to print on.
  • Page Margins, Left, Right, Top, Bottom
  • Number of staves per system and how you want them grouped.
  • Number of systems you want on one page.
  • Amount of space between staves for ledger lines.
  • Line thickness.
  • Measure Lines and how many
  • The amount of space reserved for the clef, key and time signatures.

There are Example Templates to get you started.

Save your settings as a template for future modifications.

Save your image for printing.

There are Help pages on several screens.

What does it look like?

Screenshots


Home

Home

This is the first thing you see.

Either read the Help document or get started.

Create

Create

In the background you see a default page.

Above it there are the various task headings.

At the bottom is a Fader to fade between viewing a preview of your page and the task headings.

Paper And Margins

Paper And Margins

Choose the paper you wish to print on.

Choose the page orientation, Portrait or Landscape.

Set the page margins.


Staves

Staves

Set the number of staves per system, how you want the staves grouped, how much space you want for ledger lines, the number of systems per page, and the line thickness.

There are help documents incase you get stuck.

Vertical Lines

Vertical Lines

Do you want bar lines on the ends?

Do you want measure lines?
If so, how many and how much space should be reserved for the clef, key signature and time signature?

Print Options

Print Options

You can omit rows/systems, leaving the space that they would have occupied blank.

The default pixel density is 300 PPI, based on the paper size you have chosen.
You can lower or raise the pixel density of the output image.

There are help documents if you get stuck.

Examples of output images:

Eight Staves
Eight Staves
Piano Plus One Title
Piano Plus One Title Page
Piano Plus One
Piano Plus One

Lots of Space
Lots of Space
4 Staves 3 Rows
4 Staves 3 Rows
Brass Piano Percussion Strings
4 Brass Piano Percussion Strings

Available for iPhone on the Apple App Store

Download on the Appstore