Piano keyboard diagram
Hello everyone,
A new plugin for piano keyboard is now avaible : https://musescore.org/en/project/piano-keyboard-diagram.
Thanks a lot to the musescore team !
Enjoy
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Hello friend!
These plugins seem to serve a very important purpose. However, I have already downloaded the source and plugins as instructed and they appear in the C/Musescore/Plugins folder. However, they do not appear in relation to the other plugins in Musescore so that I can activate them.
Could you guide me on what I could be doing wrong or what I might be missing?
Should .txt files also be downloaded?
Much obliged,,,
In reply to Hello friend! These plugins… by mjbartemusica1
Wrong place. Check the handbook on where to but it
In reply to Wrong place. Check the… by Jojo-Schmitz
Hello Jojo!
Thanks for the support...
According to the manual I also installed in the directory:
%HOMEPATH%\Documents\MuseScore3\Plugins.
However, they still do not appear in the list in Musescore so that I can activate them.
Any help will be very welcome.
Friendly hug!
In reply to Hello Jojo! Thanks for the… by mjbartemusica1
Did you put the .js files there too?
What happens when you load it into the Plugin Creator and run it from there?
In reply to What happens when you load… by Jojo-Schmitz
Hello Jojo!
This last directory that I showed where I put the files would be correct, right?
The .js files that you mention are not available for download, only in .js.txt format, even so when I try to download, a window opens like the image attached to "Dagrama". Thus, it does not offer an option to download them and place them in the directory.
When I try to load them in the Plugin Creator to run them, it displays messages like the images "Diagram II" and "Diagram III"
What could I be doing wrong?
I inform you that my S.O. it's Windows 10 and Musescore latest version
I am very interested in these plugins for teaching purposes.
Thank you friend!
In reply to Hello Jojo! This last… by mjbartemusica1
You need the .js ones too, rename the .txt away
I forgot to mention that I created a specific directory for each plugin (see image). (I am on windows 10)
To automatically increase the size of the diagrams, you must modify in the qml file the line face="Keyboard Chord Diagram font size="21", by putting the size you want.
As you can see in the pictures , you need to download .qml file and .js.txt. Le last one must be rename in.js
Thanks to Jojo-Schmitz to help the users !
Kind regards
In reply to I forgot to mention that I… by piersyl
Hello
piersil!
I understood and I already created the directories just like you did and put the .qml files in it.
Turns out I can't download the .js.txt files. to rename. Because the moment I click on them to download, a window opens like the image I made available in a previous message, ok.
How do I download them without opening these windows?
Sorry, I don't know anything about programming!
Thank you friend!
In reply to Hello piersil! I understood… by mjbartemusica1
Right-click, Save as
In reply to Hello piersil! I understood… by mjbartemusica1
Or take the ZIP file I just put up on that plugin page
In reply to Or take the ZIP file I just… by Jojo-Schmitz
Jojo-Schmitz thank you for updating the plugin page ! Kind regards.
In reply to Hello piersil! I understood… by mjbartemusica1
Hello mjbartemusica1,
A .js (javascipt file) is a text files. Try to dowload them using right click on the link and using "save the link as"
Tell me if it's work !
In reply to Hello mjbartemusica1, A .js … by piersyl
hello jojo and
piersil!
Congratulations for the competence and help dedicated to me.
With the files available, everything went well, the plugin really works very well.
I managed to learn and it will be of great value in my music classes at the Conservatory where I work.
I wish much success to you friends!
Hug!
In reply to hello jojo and piersil!… by mjbartemusica1
I am happy that will help you. I am a guitarist since the 6 december 1973 (!) and recently (2 years) decide do play keyboard). I was looking for a way to be able to get piano chord diagrams and be able to print them along with the sheet music. It's done ! Kind regards.
Thank you ever so much for this plugin. It is long overdue. I really, really need it as I transcribe hundreds of scores for students of mine. I have, however, just one request. Could you please tell me how to get rid of that awful black, vertical line that appears when one adds a diagram. It is probably used to indicate Middle C but I really don't need it to do that for my students. If you can alter it for me yourself and post another link here, that would be fantastic, as I am not very "code orientated". If possible, when editing the black line, if you could also get it to line up (snap to grid or something) like the rest of the lines? You are a star. Thank you in advance.
Regards
Di
In reply to Thank you ever so much for… by dimand
Hello Dimand !
I'm glad it can be of use to you.
I had added a vertical bar in the diagram for my personal use (to clearly identify the C on the keyboard.) If you prefer that this bar no longer appears, replace the contents of the keyboarddiagram.js file with this one.
You must rename the keyboarddiagram.js.txt file to keyboarddiagram.js (removing the .txt)
Regards !
In reply to Hello Dimand ! I'm glad it… by piersyl
I there again. I did exactly as you said with the replacing of the keyboarddiaram.js file and making sure it is renamed. Sadly, the black vertical line still shows.
In reply to I there again. I did… by dimand
Hello. You must go to plugin>plugin manager > Reload plugins.
Clarification. This is only for the 1 chord > 1 diagram plugin. Do you need me to do the same for the 1 chord > diagram + inversions plugin?
Tell me if it works for you.
In reply to Hello. You must go to plugin… by piersyl
Yes, please. I need it for the inversions especially. Thanks so much.
In reply to Yes, please. I need it for… by dimand
Chord > Diagram + inversions : done. Follow the same procedure (remplace the keyboarddiagramr.js with this new (don't forget to rename the file and reload the plugin)
Tell me if it is ok !
In reply to Chord > Diagram + inversions… by piersyl
You are simply the greatest. Thank you so much. I will try it this evening and let you know in the morning.
PS. If possible, can you also tell me how to change the colour of your dots on the notes so that I can use red or blue or any other colour to show which keys to use?
In reply to PS. If possible, can you… by dimand
To create the diagrams I use a font that is black and white (like all fonts I guess). I had already tried to color some keys on the keyboard but my knowledge of musescore programming languages is limited.
Sorry for not being able to respond favorably to your expectation...
Greetings from France.
In reply to PS. If possible, can you… by dimand
Hello Di Mandy,
Sorry for the late reply, but I've been without internet for over eight days...
A version of piano diagram was made by Christian Pearce for MuseScore 4 (https://musescore.org/en/project/keyboard-diagrams).
If this version does not suit you, I am attaching a version that I am still working on but which is functional.
Diagrams + inversions can be obtained by operating in the keyboarddiagram.js file (it is a text file).
When you open it you will see this:
var result = 0;
//0: only diagram of the chord
//1: chord diagram + inversions
//2: double octave (for scales and modes)
Change result = to the value you want and save the file, BEFORE opening MuseScore, otherwise the changes will not be taken into account.
Test it out and let me know what you think.
Hello from France to Cape Town!
In reply to Hello Di Mandy, Sorry for… by piersyl
Thank you SO much. I am probably going to come across as being blonde, but after I have extracted the files and placed them all in the PLUGINS folder of MUSESCORE4, and altered the .js file for my specific needs, eg wanting chords with their inversions, then going to the PLUGINS folder in MUSESCORE4 and ensuring that they are ENABLED, what precisely do I do next?
I have made a template file in MUSESCORE4, have inserted a couple of notes etc . Am I to physically draw each diagram as we did in MUSESCORE3, or do I just say run keyboard diagram. I get totally lost in MUSESCORE4 as I am still very very new to using it.
Bearing in mind of course, that I created 100s of diagrams in MUSESCORE3 when I was using that. Is there a way to get THOSE diagrams into MUSESCORE4 without recreating them? I did copy them to MUSESCORE4 but they look like little piano ICONS instead of CHORD diagrams in the palette. After reloading them all again, they eventually looked like CHORD diagrams in the palette, but when I insert one from the palette onto a score, it then inserts it as a whole lot of little piano ICONS again. See attached. I obviously do have the keyboard diagram font installed. If I select the properties of the little piano ICONS inserted in a score, and select the font as keyboarddiagram it then changes to the CHORD diagram. Is there a way to set the default of something so I don't have to go in and select it each time? I obviously need the chord description to still show as in the attached so I can't change that font to keyboarddiagram.
If you can just guide me bulletpoint by bulletpoint, I would be eternally grateful.
Lastly, I would also like to know how to increase the size of the actual chord diagram. My students are elderly so require slightly larger diagrams.
Thank you so much
In reply to Thank you SO much. I am… by dimand
Hello Dimand,
Please see the pdf.
In reply to Hello Dimand, Please see the… by piersyl
Hi there
Tried everything but sadly it still doesn't work. See attached. I copied MS3 .mpal files to MS4 documents. Tried to load palette - this was successful. However, when I tried to select a chord diagram to insert on top of a note in a new score, it inserted as eg wwbw|wbw or whatever. I closed MS4 and copied the .mpal files to the general MS4 folder. Tried it again - this time when reopened the MS4 program and then the palette, it showed a whole lot of grand-piano little icons instead of the chord diagrams it showed before. Selected one and inserted it into a new score and it again shows wwbw thing.
In reply to Hello Dimand, Please see the… by piersyl
As requested by you, Pierre.
PS.. Am running Musecore 4.2.1 as per the Musescore Website's last posting of 24 January 2024.
In reply to As requested by you, Pierre… by dimand
Hello, please try this file.