List of scorewriters
This is a list of music notation programs which have articles on Wikipedia.
For programs specifically for writing guitar tablature, see the list of guitar tablature software.
Free software
[edit]- Denemo, a scorewriter primarily providing a front-end for LilyPond
- Frescobaldi, a GUI front-end for LilyPond on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, and macOS
- Impro-Visor, a GUI- and text-based scorewriter for constructing lead sheets and jazz solos on Linux, OS X, and Windows
- LilyPond, a text-based scorewriter with several backends including PS, PDF and SVG
- MuseScore Studio, a WYSIWYG scorewriter on Linux, Windows, and macOS
- MusiXTeX, a set of macros and fonts that allow music typesetting in TeX
- NoteEdit, a KDE scorewriter
- Rosegarden, a scorewriter for Linux
- Philip's Music Writer, a text-based scorewriter originally written for Acorn RISC OS (released as a commercial program[1] in the 1990s), later ported to POSIX and licensed under the GNU GPL
Proprietary
[edit]Available on both Windows and Mac
[edit]- Cubase (primarily a DAW); predecessors included Cubase SX and Cubase Score
- Dorico
- Encore
- Guitar Pro (primarily for guitars and bands, but also notates other instruments including drums)
- Igor Engraver
- Mus2
- MusicEase, notates standard music, shaped notes and tablature; transposes and imports abc music
- MusicTime Deluxe
- Notion
- Overture, plus lite version Score Writer
- ScoreCloud – Audio, manual or MIDI input analysis to musical notation, and editor
- Sibelius, Sibelius First, Sibelius Artist, and Sibelius Ultimate
- SmartScore Pro (music-scanning and music-scoring. Lesser versions: SmartScore Songbook, MIDI, Piano and Guitar Editions)
Windows (but not Mac)
[edit]- Capella
- Forte (notation program)
- MagicScore, plus Music Notation for MS Word and lite version MagicScore School and free versions MagicScore onLine and MagicScore Note
- Mozart
- MusEdit
- MusiCAD
- Music Write
- Musink Lite, a WYSIWYM scorewriter and publication tool for Windows
- Notation Composer
- NoteWorthy Composer
- StaffPad (also available on iPadOS)
Mac (but not Windows)
[edit]- ConcertWare (obsolete)
- Emagic, makers of Notator (bought by Apple in 2002; Windows version no longer developed or supported)
- Logic Pro, Logic Express (primerally a DAW); successor to Notator and Notator Logic
- Mosaic (Mac OS 9 only)
- ScoreCloud – Audio, manual or MIDI input analysis to musical notation, and editor
- SmartScore Pro (music-scanning and music-scoring. Lesser versions: SmartScore Songbook, MIDI, Piano and Guitar Editions)
Other (neither Windows nor Mac)
[edit]- Aegis Sonix (Amiga)
- Cubase Score V1-2 (Atari ST)
- Deluxe Music Construction Set (Amiga)
- Music Construction Set (IBM PC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, C64)
- MusicPrinter Plus (MS-DOS)
- ScoreCloud Express (iOS)
Discontinued
[edit]- Finale (macOS and Windows), development discontinued in 2024
- ConcertWare (Classic Mac OS)
- Bank Street Music Writer (Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS)
- Calliope by William Clocksin, which was the subject of an academic usability study
- Cubase Score versions 1-2 (Atari ST)
- Deluxe Music Construction Set (Amiga)
- SCORE (MS-DOS)
- Winscore (Windows), development discontinued since 2013
See also
[edit]- Comparison of scorewriters
- Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers
- List of guitar tablature software
- List of music software
References
[edit]- ^ Hazel, Philip (2009). From Punched Cards To Flat Screens: A Technical Autobiography (PDF) (published 14 December 2009). p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2013.