MyScore: Auto Bowing
Share bowings, manage parts
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Upload a part as a PDF or photo and tap Auto bowing once: down-bows and up-bows appear across the whole score. Spend the time you used to pencil them in on practice.
One tap, and the whole score is bowed.
MyScore marks down-bows (⊓) and up-bows (∨) on string parts for you. Upload a PDF or a photo and save the time you used to spend penciling in bowings note by note before rehearsal.
■ One tap for the whole score
Upload a PDF part or photos of your music and tap Auto bowing once: down-bows and up-bows appear from the first page to the last. Several photos can be combined into one score, and if you have no part at hand, try the sample score built into the app.
■ An engine refined on tens of thousands of notes
Refined on tens of thousands of notes from real orchestral parts, the engine weighs 15 playing rules and picks the most natural path among hundreds of billions of possible bow sequences on a single page. It takes downbeats, chords and pickup measures into account.
■ An advanced engine that reads note lengths and slurs
It reads note lengths and slurs, carries the bow across bar lines and adds a slur where notes belong in one bow.
■ Three auto bowing modes to suit the piece
Easy: Only the slurs printed in the part, and the bow simply changes on every note. Easy to read and follow.
Orchestra: The bowing sections usually agree on. Adds slurs in slow pieces.
Singing: Joins short notes into long slurs and retakes less. Best for slow, lyrical pieces.
■ From violin to double bass
Bowings are distributed differently for violin, viola, cello and double bass parts, following each instrument's bow length and habits.
■ Group parts into a piece
Group the violin, viola, cello and double bass parts of one piece and choose a reference part. Auto bowing for the other parts then follows the reference part's bowing wherever the rhythm matches, and you can turn this off for each part.
■ It doesn't hide what it isn't sure of
Measures it couldn't read well are never filled in by guesswork. They're marked "Check" instead.
■ Add bowings by hand (Premium)
Fix a wrong bowing by hand, add marks where there are none, and join or break slurs. Bowings you fix by hand stay as they are even when bowings are redistributed.
■ Your own bowing style (Premium)
For each score, change the size, shape, color and weight of the bowing marks to match its notes.
■ Export as PDF or images (Premium)
Save or print your part with its bowings as PDF, JPG or PNG.
■ Your score files never leave your device
Reading the score and distributing bowings all happen on this device.
■ Bowings for your whole ensemble
Create an ensemble and members see the bowings its admins save, on their own copy of the same edition. Score files are never exchanged, only the bowing marks. Editing and saving bowings is part of Premium.
■ Version history
Every save adds a version, so you can go back to earlier bowings at any time.
Please use scores you own, for your own practice and performance. Do not distribute scores without the rights holder's permission.
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Group the parts of one piece and auto bowing follows the bowing of the reference part.
A refreshed look and more accurate auto bowing.
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Information
- Seller
- MyStudio
- Size
- 59.9 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 6 more
- English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
User-Generated Content
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- MyScore Premium Lifetime $19.99
- MyScore Premium Monthly $2.19
- MyScore Premium Yearly $5.99
- Copyright
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