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#MuseScore wowed me at #Fosdem. What it does is provide you with a way to provide all kinds of functionality with a music score.

When you have a video with a synchronised score, it becomes possible to do karaoke on the piano or the guitar. The format is some kind of XML and the output needs to be rendered. The rendering is not rocket science; it needs to be done and from then on it just needs to be used.

Just think the fun we can put into our articles when people can read about music and just play.
Thanks,
      GerardM

#IMSLP would fit in with the WMF projects

It has been a long time since a new project was welcomed as a Wikimedia project. Proposals for new projects do exist and one of the proposals that I liked was to have a project about sheet music.

The IMSLP project is about music, sheet music and recordings. They can boast some 84K scores and 1,681 recordings. That is really impressive.

They use MediaWiki for their platform, and they have a main page available in many languages. In Commons we have many more pictures of composers and with "InstantCommons" enabled they can use these without much effort.

As the IMSLP grows, I am sure that their need for funding grows. As this project is lively, fulfils a need that is easily recognised and easily fits in with the WMF projects, it would be a great project to cooperate with and perhaps even merge with.
Thanks,
      GerardM

Appreciating the art in a #signing performance

This is a rendition of a popular song. However this rendition in sign language is awesome. You do not have to be deaf or know sign language to enjoy it.
Thanks,
      GerardM