Qormada
Turn a Somali recording into readable notation.
The transcription pipeline runs on the research workstation, not on this site. Below are three of its scores, rendered ahead of time. Each recording's scale is detected from the audio itself and written in cents above the tonic; notes outside that scale are kept and marked with their deviation, because ornaments and microtonal inflections are music, not errors.
Aha aha
solo oud (kaban), a private qaraami collection, full recording · 4:02
Tonic
A
Scale, cents
0 / 302 / 496 / 800 / 1005
Tempo
83 BPM
Notes
575
Oud (kaban) · 55 notes off the scale, kept and marked · automatic transcription, unverified
Kaban wadada
solo oud (kaban), a private qaraami collection, full recording · 6:12
Tonic
A
Scale, cents
0 / 313 / 503 / 709 / 1016
Tempo
117 BPM
Notes
1002
Oud (kaban) · 54 notes off the scale, kept and marked · automatic transcription, unverified
Band recording with voice
voice and oud separated first (Demucs), 30-second excerpt of a band recording · 0:30
Tonic
F
Scale, cents
0 / 199 / 403 / 703 / 904
Tempo
112 BPM
Notes
87
Voice and Oud (kaban) · 3 notes off the scale, kept and marked · automatic transcription, unverified
