Forte (notation program)

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Forte
[[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Lugert Verlag GmbH
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Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Available inEnglish, German
TypeScorewriter (Music notation)
LicenseProprietary software
Websitewww.fortenotation.com
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Forte was a music notation program developed by the German company Lugert Verlag, located in Handorf. Its name is derived from the dynamic marking of forte. The program was available in both German and English.[1][2]

History

The Lugert publishing house, which developed the Forte software, had its beginnings in 1981 when Wulf-Dieter Lugert and Volker Schütz were preparing popular music for higher education courses. The use of popular music in the classroom was unusual in Germany at the time. In 1998 the principals formed a publishing house, which subsequently became known as Lugert Verlag. The firm later diversifies, producing magazines and audio media and selling musical instruments.[3][4] Forte, their score-writing program, was first released in 2005.[disputed – discuss]

Following the death of the founder of Lugert publishing house, Wulf-Dieter Lugert, in October 2025, the development of the software Forte has been discontinued. [5]

Functionality

The program can import MIDI, MusicXML and karaoke files, as well as the CapXML file format of the Capella notation program,[1][2] and can export songs in MIDI and MusicXML formats for sharing with other tools such as the open-source MuseScore and LilyPond programs. It also allows users to save music scores as JPEG, TIFF or EPS files. Three of its tools include the Music Ruler, which allows users to enter notes; the audio sequencer, which allows users to record or import audio and play it in conjunction with their composition; and the complex scores, which allows users to write elaborate pieces. Recent versions of the program feature the ability to automatically transpose notated music among various keys, while their ScanScore 2 module performs optical music recognition on medium- to high-resolution PDF, JPEG, TIFF or PNG files of music score images, generating reasonably accurate MusicXML input for further processing within the main Forte program; this feature, however, is only available in the company's Premium edition.[6]

Versions

Forte is available in several editions, with the more expensive Premium edition implementing full functionality while the Home and Basic editions have more limited capabilities, such as the number of staves, voices and verses supported. An education edition and a specialist version designed for hymn and worship music are also available.[7][8][9][10][11]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b TopTenREVIEWS:
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  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ronnie Currey (16 April 2009). ""Forte" Notation Software: A Review". Music Teacher's Helper Blog. Archived from the original on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Geschichte des Lugert Verlags: Und alles begann mit einer Schreibmaschine…" [History of the Lugert publishing house: It all began with a typewriter] (in German). Lugert Verlag. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FORTE Unveils FORTE 6 Musical Notation Software". electronic musician. 4 December 2014. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FORTE ends - In Memory of Dr. Wulf-Dieter Lugert". Forte/Lugert Verlag. Retrieved 3 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ FORTE 11 and ScanScore 2 – Sheet Music Digitized, 6 Nov. 2019, ScanScore. Accessed 25 April 2020.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.""Forte" Editions". Forte. Archived from the original on 2015-04-19. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Buy FORTE » Forte Notation". Forte/Lugert Verlag. Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Product Tour » Forte Notation". Forte/Lugert Verlag. Archived from the original on 2013-01-07. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Forte" (PDF). Fortenotation.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FORTE 4 ab 23.11. – Die Preise im Überblick!" (in German). Lugert Verlag. 21 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 27 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

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