Directory of Notation Resources

Home > Computers > Multimedia > Music and Audio > Software > Notation

Music notation programs usually employ the traditional treble and bass clef staff layout for the display and editing of notes. Program capability can range from handling just a single melody line up to complete orchestration.

Subcategories

• Cubase
• FAQs, Help, and Tutorials
• Finale
• Fonts
• Logic
• Performer
• Sibelius
• Tablature

Resources in This Category

• ABC Music Project

  http://abc.sourceforge.net/
  Promotes and maintains the ABC Music Standard, a format designed to notate music using plain text.

• ABC2Win

  http://abc2win.com/
  For writing and editing of abc tunes, file management and playback. View tunes as notation. Register for printing.

• Arkkra Enterpises

  http://www.arkkra.com/
  [Dos-Linux-Unix] Mup, a batch musical typesetter. Reads a descriptive input file, outputs PostScript and MIDI. Shareware.

• Capella Music Software

  http://www.capella-software.com/
  Score scanning, notation editor; real-time MIDI entry.

• Ceol Mor Software Ltd.

  http://www.ceolmor-software.com/
  [Win] Drag and drop bagpipe and drum score writing software. Suitable for beginners and advanced users.

• CERL Sound Group

  http://www.cerlsoundgroup.org/
  Analysis/Synthesis and notation software. Fully-functional downloadable trial version available.

• ChordMaker

  http://www.virtu-software.com/ChordMaker/
  [Win] Creates chordsheet style guitar tablature and songbooks with table of contents and alphabetized index. Demo available.

• Decifra

  http://www.decifra.com/IndexEng.html
  [Win] For chords and lyrics, with a flexible dictionary. Imports text, suggests chord diagrams (guitar) which can be heard and transposed.

• DrawMusic ChordSong

  http://drawmusic.com/
  Create, play and print chord songs (chords and lyrics).

• Encore

  http://www.gvox.com/
  MIDI music composer that helps you go from concept to published score with minimum effort. By GVOX.

• GenieSoft

  http://geniesoft.com/
  Create and print sheet music with "Overture 3" and "Score Writer 2" for PC/Mac. Converts MIDI.

• Graphire Music Press

  http://www.graphire.com/
  [Mac-Win] Professional music typesetting software: includes features, screenshots, and ordering information.

• Guitarmaster

  http://www.guitarmaster.co.uk/
  Produces tablature and Midi files from the chords and melodies you play into your sound card. Demo available.

• Igor Engraver

  http://www.noteheads.com/
  [Win-Mac] Professional notation software: includes program features, samples, and a downloadable demo.

• Lily Pond

  http://lilypond.org/
  Score printing with many typographical features of traditional engravers.

• MagicScore

  http://www.dgalaxy.net/magicscore.php
  Editor for professionals or hobbyists engaged in study or self-expression.

• MidiIllustrator

  http://www.midiillustrator.com/
  Notate, print, practice, and play music from MIDI files. Classical and guitar notations.

• MidiNotate

  http://www.notation.com/
  [Win] MIDI player that will convert any MIDI file to sheet music. Demo available.

• Mozart

  http://www.mozart.co.uk/
  Music notation program for MS-Windows. Edits, previews, plays, prints full and part scores.

• MusiCAD

  http://www.musicad.com/
  Score editor facilitating arrangements, percussion, lyrics. MIDI, PDF, ABC formats. Windows.

• Musicator

  http://www.musicator.com/
  [Win] Audio sequencer with notation capabilities: includes features, screenshots and a downloadable demo.

• MusicEase

  http://www.musicease.com/
  [Win] Edit, transpose, print, play, import SongWright and abc files, virtual songs/songbooks. Demo fully-functional.

• Musitek

  http://www.musitek.com/
  [Mac-Win] Featuring SmartScore, that allows you to scan and import sheet music, and then edit and print.

• MusiXTeX

  http://icking-music-archive.org/software/indexmt6.html
  A suite of utilities for typesetting music in TeX. Also houses Werner Icking Music Archive of free sheet music.

• Myriad Software

  http://www.myriad-online.com/
  [Mac-Win] Harmony Assistant, Melody Assistant, Virtual Singer voice synthesis, and OMeR music OCR.

• Nightingale

  http://www.ngale.com/
  [Mac] Description and ordering information for this easy to learn and use notation program. A free light version available.

• NotationMachine

  http://www.notationmachine.com/
  Sheet music software to search and create your own sheet music from MIDI files.

• NoteWorthy Composer

  http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/
  [Win] Simple music editor that also imports and exports MIDI files. Downloadable shareware demo version.

• Opus 1 Music Inc.

  http://debussy.music.ubc.ca/
  Company that develops software for OPENSTEP and Macintosh computers: features NoteAbility Pro and NoteWriter.

• Pizzicato

  http://www.arpegemusic.com/
  MIDI based, helps beginners learn notation and compose. Includes a free music course. Demo available.

• QuickScore Elite and Copyist

  http://www.sionsoft.com/
  [Win] Music composition, arranging, notation, MIDI sequencing and recording software.

• SharpEye Music Reader

  http://www.visiv.co.uk/
  Music scanning software. Converts sheet music to MIDI, NIFF, MusicXML formats.

• TaBazar Tablature Editor

  http://www.tabazar.de/
  Multitrack notation program for fretted instruments and percussion. View, edit, print, and play back scores.

• TabTrax

  http://2112design.com/
  Imports drum tabs from internet sources and converts them into standard music format and playable MIDI files.

• The abc Musical Notation Language

  http://www.norbeck.nu/abcmus/
  ASCII-based notation, with many tools to display, edit, play .abc files on various systems.

• The ABC Plus project

  http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/
  Provides software and documentation for the extension to ABC notation which provides for polyphonic music.

• Yahoo! Groups : Mozart software

  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/mozart_software/
  Mailing list for all users of this program.

Related Categories

• Home > Computers > Multimedia > Music and Audio > Audio Formats

Other Languages

• German

 

Home > Computers > Multimedia > Music and Audio > Software > Notation

 

---

 

Thanks to DMOZ, which built a great web directory for nearly two decades and freely shared it with the web. About us