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Notation is drawn live

The staff you see is generated at the moment you look at it — for that instrument, that key, that range and that tempo. It is not a scan, a PDF, or a photograph of somebody else's sheet music resized to fit.

What it means in practice

Correct for the player, not for the fileWhich is how one exercise can be right for sixty-nine instruments without sixty-nine files existing.
Sharp at any sizeOn a phone, on a tablet, on a desktop, and on paper.
It follows the settingsChange the range or the key and the notation is redrawn correctly, rather than approximated.
Spelled by the keyAccidentals follow the key signature the way a theory teacher expects, rather than defaulting to flats everywhere.
PrintableThe web version of an assignment prints cleanly, for the directors who still pin a sheet to the stand.

Why it matters

Static images are why most practice material is written in concert pitch and left for the student to work out, or published in a handful of common transpositions and no others.

Drawing the notation on demand is what makes it possible to be correct for every player rather than convenient for the publisher.

Frequently asked

Is the sheet music in The Whole Horn generated or scanned?

The staff you see is generated at the moment you look at it — for that instrument, that key, that range and that tempo. It is not a scan, a PDF, or a photograph of somebody else's sheet music resized to fit.

One exercise, sixty-nine correct pages, none of them stored anywhere.

See an assignment as a student receives it