What is KlavarScore?
KlavarScore is a tablature, a visual notation for keyboard instruments based on the appearance of a keyboard. The lines represent the black keys and it is read from top to bottom. The black keys are represented by black dots (note heads) on the lines, the white keys by open dots (note heads) between the lines.
KlavarScore contains all the instructions found on regular sheet music which are to be used as a guide for proper playing, whether it be for piano or organ.
Because not only the notes themselves, but also the timing is indicated in a clear, uncluttered way, KlavarScore is just as ideal for contemporary music (Pop, Jazz, etc.) as it is for classical music.
KlavarScore makes reading sheet music for keyboard instruments very easy. Furthermore reading music written in "difficult" keys is just as easy in KlavarScore, since it does not need "sharp #" and "flat ♭" symbols. You can see examples of this on this website.
Because the Klavar staff matches perfectly with the keyboard on which the arrangement of keys is the same for each octave, any given note or chord is arranged the same way on the staff with respect to the repeating line pattern, regardless of the octave. This is unlike the standard notation in which any given note or chord is arranged on the staff depending upon the octave it is in.
Playing together with somebody who uses the standard music notation will not be a problem because most KlavarScore pieces intended for playing together have an extra staff showing the part for the other player so the KlavarScore player can see what the other person will play. Every person can use his/her own music notation. See the "Peer Gynt Suite" for four hands by Edvard Grieg on the "sheet music" page.
A very large amount of sheet music is available for these instruments. The Klavarskribo Foundation in the Netherlands has thousands of music books in stock, with classical, religious, and contemporary music for piano and organ.
You can also transcribe your own music from the standard notation to KlavarScore using the free computer software KlavarScript.
KlavarScore is not suitable for singing and playing instruments with variable pitch and wind instruments, because it does not have the necessary information to perform the music correctly.
Who is KlavarScore for?
It is for beginners and for advanced players. Switching over from the standard notation to KlavarScore can easily be accomplished. There are also professional musicians who play from the standard notation AND from KlavarScore.
Advanced musicians who use standard music notation might not understand why some individuals need an alternative music notation system. The answer to this question lies in the fact that people learn in different ways.
People with a technical or scientific aptitude, as well as many gifted individuals, often cannot easily memorize things; they learn better by understanding them.
However, many musical pieces are so complex that they cannot easily be read by everyone while playing; they must therefore be memorized.
KlavarScore simply meets the specific needs of these people better.
KlavarScore notation can also offer a solution for those who were young a long time ago. Everyone will experience that as they get older, it becomes increasingly difficult to learn new, complex things.
Children are better off starting with standard music notation, if the opportunity arises. This provides a good foundation for learning to better understand written music, and allows them to potentially learn to play other instruments as well.
What is Scrolling KlavarScore?
Because these have small screens only a part of the staff is shown that moves upward with an adjustable speed that corresponds to your tempo of playing.
Scrolling KlavarScore is also suitable for an iPad or tablet; you can adjust the size of the Klavar bar to your preferences.
For Scrolling KlavarScore you need special sheet music files and a scrolling sheet music app. A number of files can be downloaded for free from this site or you can make them yourself by using the free Windows software “KlavarScript”. For a recommended sheet music reader app, see the "sheet music" section of the site.
The notation is exactly the same. If you can play from Scrolling KlavarScore, you can also play normal printed KlavarScore from a book or from sheet music. And vice versa.
This Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 in B-flat minor of Frédéric Chopin is played by Harald Vetter.
Used by permission under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
More information about Scrolling KlavarScore can be found on the "Scrolling" page, tap here.
Contact:
infoklavarscoreorg.
About us
We are an international group of KlavarScore (also known as Klavarskribo or Klavar) players who have joined together for the purpose of making Klavar better known throughout the world.
The growth of the KlavarScore community relies at this time upon the work of volunteers. All volunteers have the same purpose: making KlavarScore better known.
We do this because KlavarScore has given us the opportunity to experience the true joyfulness that comes from making music. For those of us who have originally learned using traditional notation, it has put an end to our frustrations. Through this website, we are looking for others of like mind who will benefit in similar ways.
One of our volunteer collaborators wrote:
"Prior to KlavarScore I was self-studying the keyboard music of Bach and was becoming very impatient with the amount of time and dedication it took to learn to play new music. I also realized that it was more of a memorization process than a sight-reading process and if I didn't keep playing pieces I had learned previously, I found I had to spend a lot of time re-learning them. This became very frustrating. I was feeling like for every step forward I was taking two steps back. I began to research how to become a better sight-reader and my research led me to KlavarScore and now the frustration I had been feeling is history."
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