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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.
http://abc.sourceforge.net/
Promotes and maintains the ABC Music Standard, a format designed to notate music using plain text.
http://abc2win.com/
For writing and editing of abc tunes, file management and playback. View tunes as notation. Register for printing.
http://www.arkkra.com/
[Dos-Linux-Unix] Mup, a batch musical typesetter. Reads a descriptive input file, outputs PostScript and MIDI. Shareware.
http://www.capella-software.com/
Score scanning, notation editor; real-time MIDI entry.
http://www.ceolmor-software.com/
[Win] Drag and drop bagpipe and drum score writing software. Suitable for beginners and advanced users.
http://www.cerlsoundgroup.org/
Analysis/Synthesis and notation software. Fully-functional downloadable trial version available.
http://www.virtu-software.com/ChordMaker/
[Win] Creates chordsheet style guitar tablature and songbooks with table of contents and alphabetized index. Demo available.
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.
http://drawmusic.com/
Create, play and print chord songs (chords and lyrics).
http://www.gvox.com/
MIDI music composer that helps you go from concept to published score with minimum effort. By GVOX.
http://geniesoft.com/
Create and print sheet music with "Overture 3" and "Score Writer 2" for PC/Mac. Converts MIDI.
http://www.graphire.com/
[Mac-Win] Professional music typesetting software: includes features, screenshots, and ordering information.
http://www.guitarmaster.co.uk/
Produces tablature and Midi files from the chords and melodies you play into your sound card. Demo available.
http://www.noteheads.com/
[Win-Mac] Professional notation software: includes program features, samples, and a downloadable demo.
http://lilypond.org/
Score printing with many typographical features of traditional engravers.
http://www.dgalaxy.net/magicscore.php
Editor for professionals or hobbyists engaged in study or self-expression.
http://www.midiillustrator.com/
Notate, print, practice, and play music from MIDI files. Classical and guitar notations.
http://www.notation.com/
[Win] MIDI player that will convert any MIDI file to sheet music. Demo available.
http://www.mozart.co.uk/
Music notation program for MS-Windows. Edits, previews, plays, prints full and part scores.
http://www.musicad.com/
Score editor facilitating arrangements, percussion, lyrics. MIDI, PDF, ABC formats. Windows.
http://www.musicator.com/
[Win] Audio sequencer with notation capabilities: includes features, screenshots and a downloadable demo.
http://www.musicease.com/
[Win] Edit, transpose, print, play, import SongWright and abc files, virtual songs/songbooks. Demo fully-functional.
http://www.musitek.com/
[Mac-Win] Featuring SmartScore, that allows you to scan and import sheet music, and then edit and print.
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.
http://www.myriad-online.com/
[Mac-Win] Harmony Assistant, Melody Assistant, Virtual Singer voice synthesis, and OMeR music OCR.
http://www.ngale.com/
[Mac] Description and ordering information for this easy to learn and use notation program. A free light version available.
http://www.notationmachine.com/
Sheet music software to search and create your own sheet music from MIDI files.
http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/
[Win] Simple music editor that also imports and exports MIDI files. Downloadable shareware demo version.
http://debussy.music.ubc.ca/
Company that develops software for OPENSTEP and Macintosh computers: features NoteAbility Pro and NoteWriter.
http://www.arpegemusic.com/
MIDI based, helps beginners learn notation and compose. Includes a free music course. Demo available.
http://www.sionsoft.com/
[Win] Music composition, arranging, notation, MIDI sequencing and recording software.
http://www.visiv.co.uk/
Music scanning software. Converts sheet music to MIDI, NIFF, MusicXML formats.
http://www.tabazar.de/
Multitrack notation program for fretted instruments and percussion. View, edit, print, and play back scores.
http://2112design.com/
Imports drum tabs from internet sources and converts them into standard music format and playable MIDI files.
http://www.norbeck.nu/abcmus/
ASCII-based notation, with many tools to display, edit, play .abc files on various systems.
http://abcplus.sourceforge.net/
Provides software and documentation for the extension to ABC notation which provides for polyphonic music.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/mozart_software/
Mailing list for all users of this program.
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