Notation, Free
| Notation - Here you will find a collection of software for reading, writing and understanding musical notation. Programs vary from simple notation printing software to sophisticated notation editors. Software for scanning notation can be found in the Notation Scanning category. | |
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| Software | Description | OS | License | File Date | Comments | Power |
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| Finale Notepad 2012 | Basic music notation software. Go to the full commercial version of Finale | Windows | Freeware | 2012-02-22 | 121 | 85db |
| Music Trainers 2.1.2 | Musicial training for notes, key, intervals and scales | Mac | Freeware | 2001-07-07 | 1 | 85db |
| Rosegarden 13.06 | audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment. Hosts VST and LADSPA effects. | Linux | Free | 2013-08-26 | 1 | 75db |
| Impro-Visor v4.11 | Auto-accompaniment and improvisation tool. | Windows | Free | 2010-04-20 | 2 | 75db |
| Nootka 0.8.95 beta | Nootka is a classical score notation app designed to help both teachers and students. | Windows | Freeware | 2013-09-09 | 3 | 75db |
| TuneSmith 2.0 | TuneSmith is a songwriting companion program to fine-tune the creation and management of songs. | Windows | Freeware | 2013-02-04 | 0 | 75db |
| Finale Notepad 2012 | Basic music notation software. | Mac | Freeware | 2012-02-22 | 1 | 70db |
| Slow MP3 | Slow MP3 is a musician's music player that can slow down, transpose and transcribe songs on the fly. | Mac | Freeware | 2010-09-27 | 11 | 70db |
| Musette v2.9.15 | Free Music/Song Notation Editor. | Windows | Freeware | 2011-04-30 | 9 | 70db |
| Notation Player v1.0 | Downloads and displays music (MIDI) files as sheet music that you can view on the screen while the notes play, and also print. | Windows | Freeware | 2008-07-02 | 1 | 70db |
| iabc v1.0.1 | Music Notation and MIDI Software. | Windows | Free | 2005-07-01 | 2 | 65db |
| Denemo v1.0.6 | Music notation program that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. | Linux | Free | 2013-08-26 | 0 | 65db |
| Impro-Visor v4.11 | Auto-accompaniment and improvisation tool. | Mac | Free | 2010-04-20 | 1 | 65db |
| Denemo 1.0.4 | Music notation program that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. | Windows | Free | 2013-08-12 | 0 | 65db |
| Songsheet Generator v2.7.2 | Prints songsheets and songbooks for home, small group, or large group overhead use. | Windows | Free | 2008-05-15 | 1 | 65db |
| TuneSmith v2.0 | Songwriting companion to fine-tune the creation and management of songs. | Mac | Freeware | 2013-02-04 | 0 | 65db |
| BitMapMusic 68K 2.0 | A music notation program. | Mac | Freeware | 2000-03-01 | 13 | 65db |
| Melody Player v6.1.3 | Play Midi, MOD, S3M and files created with Harmony or Melody Assistant. | Windows | Freeware | 2009-04-23 | 0 | 65db |
| MuseScore 1.3 | Create, play and print beautiful sheet music | Windows | Free | 2013-03-04 | 0 | 65db |
| Songsheet Generator v1.5.1 | Prints songsheets and songbooks for home, small group, or large group overhead use. | Mac | Free | 2010-04-30 | 0 | 65db |
| Slow MP3 | Slow MP3 is a musician's music player that can slow down, transpose and transcribe songs on the fly. | Linux | Freeware | 2010-09-27 | 1 | 60db |
| Forte Free | Creates an ideal environment for making the kind of music you've always dreamed of. It's the first music software to strike the perfect balance between infinite creativity and deceptively simple recording tools. | Windows | Freeware | 2009-11-25 | 0 | 60db |
| MuseScore 1.3 | Create, play and print beautiful sheet music | Mac | Free | 2013-03-04 | 1 | 60db |
| Digital Music Notebook v2.0.0e | Manage music sheets and instruction materials. | Windows | Freeware | 2005-11-30 | 3 | 60db |
| VBRhapsody v1.0 | Classical music notation editing software capable of producing high quality printed scores with MIDI input and output. | Windows | Freeware | 2009-03-02 | 2 | 60db |
| Vivaldi Play Along | Entry-level notation software | Windows | Freeware | 2003-01-01 | 3 | 55db |
| NoteEdit v2.8.1 | Music notation editor. | Linux | Free | 2006-08-16 | 4 | 55db |
| Chords v1.5 | Free MIDI playback and sheet music notation editor. | Windows | Free | 2008-01-02 | 1 | 55db |
| PriMus Free | Free and easy to use music notation program | Windows | Freeware | 2011-09-19 | 2 | 55db |
| Melody Player v4.2.0 | Play Midi, MOD, S3M and files created with Harmony or Melody Assistant. | Mac | Freeware | 2008-04-16 | 0 | 55db |
