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 | 90db |
| TuneSmith 2.0 | TuneSmith is a songwriting companion program to fine-tune the creation and management of songs. | Windows | Freeware | 2013-02-04 | 0 | 80db |
| Impro-Visor v4.11 | Auto-accompaniment and improvisation tool. | Windows | Free | 2010-04-20 | 2 | 80db |
| LilyPond v2.17.11 | Produces sheet music using a high level description file. | Windows | Freeware | 2013-02-11 | 2 | 75db |
| iabc v1.0.1 | Music Notation and MIDI Software. | Windows | Free | 2005-07-01 | 2 | 75db |
| Rosegarden 12.12 | audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment. Hosts VST and LADSPA effects. | Linux | Free | 2012-12-11 | 1 | 75db |
| Finale Notepad 2012 | Basic music notation software. | Mac | Freeware | 2012-02-22 | 1 | 75db |
| 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 | 75db |
| TuneSmith v2.0 | Songwriting companion to fine-tune the creation and management of songs. | Mac | Freeware | 2013-02-04 | 0 | 75db |
| Radium v1.9.29 | Radium is a free music and notation editor with its own unique interface. | Linux | Freeware | 2013-02-11 | 0 | 70db |
| Nootka 0.8.60 beta | Nootka is an application to help with teaching and learning classical score notation. | Windows | Freeware | 2013-02-12 | 0 | 70db |
| Impro-Visor v4.11 | Auto-accompaniment and improvisation tool. | Mac | Free | 2010-04-20 | 1 | 70db |
| LilyPond v2.17.11 | Produces sheet music using a high level description file. | Mac | Freeware | 2013-02-11 | 3 | 70db |
| MuseScore 1.2 | Create, play and print beautiful sheet music | Windows | Free | 2012-11-05 | 0 | 70db |
| 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 |
| Musette v2.9.15 | Free Music/Song Notation Editor. | Windows | Freeware | 2011-04-30 | 9 | 65db |
| 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 | 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 | 65db |
| BitMapMusic 68K 2.0 | A music notation program. | Mac | Freeware | 2000-03-01 | 13 | 65db |
| Music Trainers 2.1.2 | Musicial training for notes, key, intervals and scales | Mac | Freeware | 2001-07-07 | 1 | 60db |
| Chords v1.5 | Free MIDI playback and sheet music notation editor. | Windows | Free | 2008-01-02 | 1 | 60db |
| PriMus Free | Free and easy to use music notation program | Windows | Freeware | 2011-09-19 | 2 | 60db |
| Melody Player v6.1.3 | Play Midi, MOD, S3M and files created with Harmony or Melody Assistant. | Windows | Freeware | 2009-04-23 | 0 | 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 |
| LilyPond v2.17.11 | Produces sheet music using a high level description file. | Linux | Freeware | 2013-02-11 | 0 | 60db |
| Digital Music Notebook v2.0.0e | Manage music sheets and instruction materials. | Windows | Freeware | 2005-11-30 | 3 | 60db |
| Vivaldi Play Along | Entry-level notation software | Windows | Freeware | 2003-01-01 | 3 | 60db |
| Blank Sheet Music | Blank Sheet Music for Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar, Choir, Drums, Violin, Mandolin, and all other kinds of musical instruments. | Windows | Freeware | 2011-03-08 | 0 | 60db |
| Nootka 0.8.60 beta | Nootka is a tuition program that helps with teaching and learning classical score notation. | Linux | Freeware | 2013-02-12 | 0 | 60db |
| Xenoage MusicXML Player | Plays back MusicXML files and converts them to MIDI. | Windows | Freeware | 2004-05-12 | 1 | 60db |
