# Instrumental bit I wrote **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891 "2012-11-23T13:32:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891/1 "2012-11-23T13:32:26Z")
Nothing fancy, I’m just glad I can still do this on occasion between holding babies etc. It’s a chipper jingle that turns just a little bit strange by the end (but just a little). > **[Tonight's Earworm (10/04/12) - Noteflight Community](https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/8b3bb69f7a66d74e5554b94bf7c7a9cbf59237cc)** > > Noteflight online music notation software allows you to create, view, and share music with the Noteflight Community. You may also buy and sell music on Noteflight Marketplace. Sign up to get started! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891/2 "2012-11-23T19:01:50Z")
I like it! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891/3 "2012-11-23T21:23:00Z")
Nice! I have been wondering about some kind of program to input music to a staff, with up to 4 or 5 different parts and have it play back. Any info you could relate? ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891/4 "2012-11-23T23:54:53Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Nice! > > I have been wondering about some kind of program to input music to a staff, with up to 4 or 5 different parts and have it play back. Any info you could relate? If you mean having multiple staffs with up to two voices on each staff, [noteflight.com](http://noteflight.com) seems to work pretty well. If you mean having 4 or 5 different parts on a single staff, I don’t know enough to say anything useful. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891/5 "2012-11-24T13:11:57Z")
It’s really good. And so now what? Are you planning on putting it up for sale, so to speak? I could definitely see the tune working in a commercial or as some part of a movie soundtrack. Do tell. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891/6 "2012-11-24T13:33:10Z")
No, it’s just for funsies. The things I write–while I like them and think they have interesting ideas in them–reach nowhere near the sophistication and professionalism needed for commercial use. In a universe somewhat near to this one, I finished the composition program I started as a freshman in college and actually did something with this stuff, but that is not this universe. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891/7 "2012-11-24T15:20:36Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891/8 "2012-11-24T15:22:51Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Nice! > > I have been wondering about some kind of program to input music to a staff, with up to 4 or 5 different parts and have it play back. Any info you could relate? If you are a geeky programmer type, then [Lilypond](http://www.lilypond.org/)will work. It produces midi output and pdf output in the highest quality. There is [Denemo](http://denemo.org/HomePage), which is a an easier way to input Lilypond code… I haven’t tried it yet so not sure how facile/reliable it is. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instrumental-bit-i-wrote/641891/9 "2012-11-26T03:49:16Z")
Another: [Tropical Vacation](http://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/d35e1471ab74c02c3bae456f5505e480de020590) (They took a wrong turn somewhere.)