Scripts can automate editing and add features not in the standard program.
Over a hundred scripts are now available for capella. Most of them have been written by customers to make very specific jobs much quicker and easier than using capella's general purpose menus and functions.
At Software Partners we have put the scripts into a single automatic installation package. Click here to download scripts. This will install them all in your capella scripts folder. The only extra you will need is the PDF manual for the scripts which you can view and download by clicking here. There is a brief list of what we think are the more interesting scripts below. Please look at the PDF manual for a more complete list and description of what they do. Click here to view or download the scripts manual.
The scripts have been written by German customers and we have translated most of them. Some were very specialised and we did not feel we knew enough about the instrument being written to make a good enough job of the translation. These scripts are nonetheless included because we felt them to be potentially very useful to customers who play these or similar instruments. If you play the instrument you will probably be able to use the scripts in German.See the next page for more detail. File import and export - <capellaToMusicXML> capella file export to Music XML. These files can be read by other notation programs such as Sibelius and Finale. Music XML files hold all the formatting information so there will be little if any adjustment to do to the layout.
- <abc2cap.exe> This is the only non script on the set. It allows you to import abc format music files into capella.
Tablature
- <Guitar tab> The script produces tablature staves below notation staves. You can specify the number of strings and a wide range of open string settings. You can also edit the letters and numbers on the resulting tab.
- <Harmonica tablature> This produces the tablature for diatonic, chromatic and tremolo harmonicas from capella notation.
- <Lute tablature>
- <ClubOrgan> and <Ziach> are both scripts to produce tabatures for types of button accordion. We are out of our depth here, so they have been left in German! If you understand the accordion you should be able to use them. I am sure the script authors will provide further advice.
Fingering etc.
<Fingering>
<Figured bass>
<Letters and numbers> A simple way to add letters and numbers in any font. They can be framed if required.
Formatting There are scripts to remove awkward areas of capella such as beaming over rests or starting a triplet group with a rest. One script <LayoutFix> is particularly useful, as it will rearrange the score in one of a range of standard styles if the layout gets out of shape after lots of editing. Other scripts will reset all the markings on the score to standard positions or change the fonts used for specified categories of item on the score.
Choral Scripts are available to expand SATB to individual staves, expand chords to separate staves, compress separate voices to chords, extract lyrics from under notes to text boxes, adjust stems to clear lines of lyrics, and show the vocal range of staves.
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