An Implementation of the Digital Music Stand for Custom-Made On-Screen Music Manuscript Viewing

Abstract : An implementation of the digital music stand (DMS) is presented in this invited tutorial. The DMS constitutes an optical music recognition (OMR) system whose principal aim is the custom-made on-screen presentation of music manuscripts (MMs). Aiming at performing the minimum necessary amount of MM processing, the DMS constitutes middle ground between full-processing classical commercial OMR systems/platforms and pure MM presentation systems. The DMS is intended for musicians and choir singers at all levels of music erudition, in both cases including those with visual impairments which cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses; music activities ranging from study, rehearsal and performance of individuals as well as of orchestras are accommodated. The DMS implementation stages are detailed, with performance accuracy, which is necessary for correct MM presentation, also being reported.