<s>
Forte	B-Application
is	O
a	O
music	B-Application
notation	I-Application
program	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
company	O
Lugert	O
Verlag	O
,	O
located	O
in	O
Handorf	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
dynamic	O
marking	O
of	O
forte	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lugert	O
publishing	O
house	O
,	O
which	O
developed	O
the	O
Forte	B-Application
software	O
,	O
had	O
its	O
beginnings	O
in	O
1981	O
when	O
Wulf-Dieter	O
Lugert	O
and	O
Volker	O
Schütz	O
were	O
preparing	O
popular	O
music	O
for	O
higher	O
education	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forte	B-Application
,	O
their	O
score-writing	B-Application
program	O
,	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
can	O
import	O
MIDI	O
,	O
MusicXML	O
and	O
karaoke	O
files	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
CapXML	O
file	O
format	O
of	O
the	O
Capella	B-Application
notation	I-Application
program	I-Application
,	O
and	O
can	O
export	O
songs	O
in	O
MIDI	O
and	O
MusicXML	O
formats	O
for	O
sharing	O
with	O
other	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
open-source	O
MuseScore	B-Language
and	O
LilyPond	B-Application
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
feature	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
automatically	O
transpose	O
notated	O
music	O
among	O
various	O
keys	O
,	O
while	O
their	O
ScanScore	O
2	O
module	O
performs	O
optical	B-Application
music	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
on	O
medium	O
-	O
to	O
high-resolution	O
PDF	O
,	O
JPEG	O
,	O
TIFF	O
or	O
PNG	O
files	O
of	O
music	O
score	O
images	O
,	O
generating	O
reasonably	O
accurate	O
MusicXML	O
input	O
for	O
further	O
processing	O
within	O
the	O
main	O
Forte	B-Application
program	O
;	O
this	O
feature	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
Premium	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forte	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
several	O
editions	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
more	O
expensive	O
Premium	O
edition	O
implementing	O
full	O
functionality	O
while	O
the	O
Home	O
and	O
Basic	O
editions	O
have	O
more	O
limited	O
capabilities	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
staves	O
,	O
voices	O
and	O
verses	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
