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{{Short description|Scorewriter}}
{{About|the scorewriter Forte||Forte (disambiguation)}}
 
{{Infobox software
| name = Forte
| title = Forte notation program
| logo = Forte notation-program LogoNew phpBBIcon.gifsvg
| logo_size = 20086
| logo caption =
| screenshot = {{Switcher | [[File:Forte Screenshot.png|270px]] | Light mode | [[File:Forte Screehshot darkmode.png|270px]] |Dark mode }}
| screenshot = Forte-audioseqencer.png
| screenshot_size = 270
| caption = Forte running on Microsoft Windows
| caption = Forte application interface
| collapsible =
| author =
| developer = [[:de:Lugert Verlag|Lugert Verlag GmbH]]
| author =
| released =
| developer = Lugert Verlag GmbH
| discontinued =
| released =
| latest release version = 12.1
| discontinued =
| latest release versiondate = Forte{{Start 9.0date and age|2021|02|12|df=yes}}
| latest release date =
| latest preview version =
| latest preview date =
| programming language =
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| platform =
| size =
| size = 71 [[Megabyte|MB]] (''Premium'' version)
| language = GermanEnglish, EnglishGerman
| language count =
| language footnote =
| genre = [[Scorewriter]] (Music notation)
| status = Active
| license = [[Proprietary software]]
| genre = [[Scorewriter]] (Music notation)
| alexa =
| license = [[Proprietary software]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.fortenotation.com/}}
| alexa =
| website = {{URL|http://www.fortenotation.com/}}
}}
'''Forte''' is a [[scorewriter|music notation program or [[Scorewriter]] developed by the German company ''Lugert Verlag'', located in [[Handorf]]. Its name is derived from the dynamic marking of ''[[Dynamics (music)|forte]]''. The program is available in both German and English.<ref name="TopTenREVIEWS"/><ref name="MusicTeachersHelper"/>
 
==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 diversifie, producing magazines and audio media and selling musical instruments.<ref name="LugertHistory"/><ref name="Emusician-PrRel"/> Forte, their [[scorewriter|score-writing]] program, was first released in 2005.{{Disputed inline|Is this Forte program related to the Midisoft software? If so, How?|date=October 2021}}
The first version of Forte appeared in 2005 and other versions appeared successively in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.<ref name="LugertHistory"/> Forte is being "used by people and institutions from more than 40 countries", claims its publisher,<ref name="ForteOverview"/> which specializes in books, materials and magazines for musical education in schools, besides the scorewriter.<ref name="LugertHistory"/>
 
==Functionality==
The program can import [[MIDI]], [[MusicXML]] and karaoke files, as well as the ''CapXML'' file format of the [[Capella (notation program)|Capella]] notation program,<ref name="TopTenREVIEWS"/><ref name="MusicTeachersHelper"/> 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.<ref name="scanscore">[https://www.fortenotation.com/en/2019/11/forte-11-and-scanscore2/ FORTE 11 and ScanScore 2 – Sheet Music Digitized], 6 Nov. 2019, ScanScore. Accessed 25 April 2020.</ref>
The program can import [[MIDI]], [[MusicXML]] and karaoke files, it can also export songs as MIDI and MusicXML files so that it can be shared with other tools, it allows users to save songs as a JPEG, TIFF or EPS files.
It can import the ''CapXML'' file format of the [[Capella (notation program)|Capella]] notation program.<ref name="TopTenREVIEWS"/><ref name="MusicTeachersHelper"/> There are three main tools that 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.
 
==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 [[Staff (music)|staves]], voices and verses supported. An education edition and a specialist version designed for hymn and worship music are also available.<ref name="Editions"/><ref name="FortePricesEN"/><ref name="ForteOverview"/><ref name="fortenotation.com"/><ref name="Forte_4.0_Announcement"/>
The program is published in four versions,<ref name="Forte_4.0_Announcement"/> with different sets of features, ranging in prices for a single user from $249 to $15, and a freeware version.<ref name="FortePricesEN"/><ref name="Editions">{{cite web
| url=http://www.fortenotation.com/en/products/writing-scores/product-overview/#notation
| title="Forte" Editions
| publisher=Forte
| author=
| date=
| accessdate=16 April 2015| zitat= | offline=}}
</ref><ref>http://www.fortenotation.com/en/files/Forte_FeatureComparison_EN.pdf</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! colspan="7" | Features<ref>http://www.fortenotation.com/en/files/Forte_FeatureComparison_EN.pdf</ref>
|-
! Edition !! FORTE Worship !! FORTE Premium Education !! FORTE Premium !! FORTE Home !! FORTE Basic !! FORTE Free
|-
| Price || $249 || $150–$429 || $229 || $99 || $24 || Proprietary freeware
|-
| Number of users || Single || Varies || Single || Single || Single || Single
|-
| Maximum number of staves || '''32''' || '''32''' || '''32''' || 16 || 4 || 1
|-
| Maximum number of voices per staff or track || '''8''' || '''8''' || '''8''' || 2 || 2 || 2
|-
| Maximum number of lyric verses per staff or track || '''16''' || '''16''' || '''16''' || 6 || 2 || 1
|-
| Compound meter support || '''Yes''' || '''Yes''' || '''Yes''' || '''Yes''' || 5/4, 6/8, 12/8 || 5/4, 6/8, 12/8
|-
| Pick-up measure support || '''Yes''' || '''Yes''' || '''Yes''' || '''Yes''' || No || No
|-
| Plugin interoperability || '''VST''' || '''VST''' || '''VST''' || '''VST''' || '''VST''' || None
|-
| Hymn library included || '''Yes''' || No || No || No || No || No
|-
! colspan="7" | Electronic document format interoperability
|-
| MIDI || '''Import and export''' || '''Import and export''' || '''Import and export''' || '''Import and export''' || '''Import and export''' || Import
|-
| MP3 || '''Export''' || '''Export''' || '''Export''' || '''Export''' || None || None
|-
| WAVE || '''Export''' || '''Export''' || '''Export''' || '''Export''' || '''Export''' || None
|-
| MusicXML || '''Import and export''' || '''Import and export''' || '''Import and export''' || Import || Import || None
|-
| Capella: CapX || '''Import''' || '''Import''' || '''Import''' || None || None || None
|-
| Images || '''Import and export''' || '''Import and export''' || '''Import and export''' || None || None || None
|}
 
==See also==
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* [[List of guitar tablature software]]
* [[Dynamics (music)]]
* [[:de:Notensatzprogramm#Listen von Notensatzprogrammen|List of scorewriters]] (German)
* [[List of music software]]
 
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
 
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="TopTenREVIEWS">TopTenREVIEWS:<br/>[http://music-notation-software-review.toptenreviews.com/forte-standard-review.html Forte Home 2013 | Music Notation Software | Compose Music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131160553/http://music-notation-software-review.toptenreviews.com/forte-standard-review.html |date=2013-01-31 }}<br/>
[http://premium-music-notation-software.toptenreviews.com/forte-standard-review.html Forte 3 Premium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223042011/http://premium-music-notation-software.toptenreviews.com/forte-standard-review.html |date=2012-12-23 }}<br/>
[http://music-notation-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ 2013 Music Notation Software Comparisons and Reviews] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005746/http://music-notation-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ |date=2013-01-24 }}</ref>
 
<ref name="Forte_4.0_Announcement">{{cite web
<ref name="TopTenREVIEWS">TopTenREVIEWS:<br/>[http://music-notation-software-review.toptenreviews.com/forte-standard-review.html Forte Home 2013 | Music Notation Software | Compose Music]<br/>
|url = http://www.forte-notensatz.de/2012/11/forte-4-ab-23-11-die-preise-im-uberblick/
[http://premium-music-notation-software.toptenreviews.com/forte-standard-review.html Forte 3 Premium]<br/>
|title = FORTE 4 ab 23.11. – Die Preise im Überblick!
[http://music-notation-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ 2013 Music Notation Software Comparisons and Reviews]
|language = German
|publisher = Lugert Verlag
|date = 21 November 2012
|accessdate = 27 January 2013
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130125162920/http://www.forte-notensatz.de/2012/11/forte-4-ab-23-11-die-preise-im-uberblick/
|archive-date = 2013-01-25
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>
 
<ref name="MusicTeachersHelper">{{cite web| url=http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/forte-notation-software-a-review/| title="Forte" Notation Software: A Review| publisher=Music Teacher's Helper Blog| author=Ronnie Currey| date=16 April 2009| accessdate=27 January 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130323105239/http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/forte-notation-software-a-review/| archive-date=2013-03-23| url-status=live}}</ref>
</ref>
 
<ref name="Forte_4.0_AnnouncementEmusician-PrRel">{{cite web|title=FORTE Unveils FORTE 6 Musical Notation Software
| url=httphttps://www.forte-notensatzemusician.decom/2012/11gear/forte-4unveils-abforte-236-11musical-dienotation-preise-im-uberblick/ software
| website=electronic musician | date=4 December 2014 | access-date=19 September 2018
| title=FORTE 4 ab 23.11. – Die Preise im Überblick!|language=German
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919230603/https://www.emusician.com/gear/forte-unveils-forte-6-musical-notation-software
| publisher=Lugert Verlag
| url-status=live | archive-date=19 September 2018 | df=dmy-all}}
| date=21 November 2012
| accessdate=27 January 2013}}
</ref>
 
<ref name="ForteOverview">{{Cite web| url=http://www.fortenotation.com/en/product-tour/| title=Product Tour » Forte Notation| publisher=Forte/Lugert Verlag| accessdate=27 January 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107070846/http://www.fortenotation.com/en/product-tour/| archive-date=2013-01-07| url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="MusicTeachersHelper">{{cite web
| url=http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/forte-notation-software-a-review/
| title="Forte" Notation Software: A Review
|publisher=Music Teacher's Helper Blog
| author= Ronnie Currey
| date= 16 April 2009
| accessdate=27 January 2013| zitat= | offline=}}
</ref>
 
<ref name="ForteOverviewFortePricesEN">{{Citecite web
| url = http://www.fortenotation.com/en/product-tourtransaction/buy/
| title =Product TourBuy FORTE » Forte Notation
| publisher = Forte/Lugert Verlag
| accessdate=27 January 2013 | sprache= |27 kommentar=January | zitat= | offline=}}</ref>2013
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121231000238/http://www.fortenotation.com/en/transaction/buy/
 
|archive-date = 2012-12-31
<ref name="FortePricesEN">{{cite web
|url-status = live
| url=http://www.fortenotation.com/en/transaction/buy/
}}</ref>
| title=Buy FORTE » Forte Notation
| publisher=Forte/Lugert Verlag
| accessdate=27 January 2013}}
</ref>
 
<ref name="LugertHistory">{{cite web
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|trans-title=History of the Lugert publishing house: It all began with a typewriter
| publisher=Lugert Verlag
| accessdate=27 January 2013}}
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307215215/http://www.lugert-verlag.de/geschichte-des-lugert-verlags
| url-status=live | archive-date=7 March 2014 | df=dmy-all}}
</ref>
 
<ref name="fortenotation.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.fortenotation.com/en/files/Forte_FeatureComparison_EN.pdf|format=PDF|title=Forte|website=Fortenotation.com|accessdate=15 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070031/http://www.fortenotation.com/en/files/Forte_FeatureComparison_EN.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
<ref name="Editions">{{cite web
|url = http://www.fortenotation.com/en/products/writing-scores/product-overview/#notation
|title = "Forte" Editions
|publisher = Forte
|accessdate = 16 April 2015
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150419051905/http://www.fortenotation.com/en/products/writing-scores/product-overview#notation
|archive-date = 2015-04-19
|url-status = live
}}</ref>
 
}}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.fortenotation.com Official Forte web site in English]
*[http://www.forte-notensatz.de/ Official Forte web site in German]
*[http://www.lugert-verlag.de/ Official web site of the publisher]
*[http://www.fortenotation.com/en/help/support-ways/ Official support forum]
 
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