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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| BitMapMusic PPC 2.0 | A music notation program. | Mac | Freeware | 2000-03-01 | 0 | 50db |
| LilyPond v2.17.11 | Produces sheet music using a high level description file. | Linux | Freeware | 2013-02-11 | 0 | 60db |
| Igor Reader 1.7 build 1280 | Display, playback, print and purchase Igor Engraver files [win] | Windows | Freeware | 2003-08-15 | 0 | 50db |
| Isthmus | An applet for viewing the relationships between chords and scales on a virtual piano and guitar | Mac | Freeware | 2002-05-09 | 0 | 40db |
| NoteCard | NoteCard is a freeware music-reading drill utility for Windows | Windows | Freeware | 1999-10-27 | 0 | 50db |
| Melody Player v6.1.3 | Play Midi, MOD, S3M and files created with Harmony or Melody Assistant. | Windows | Freeware | 2009-04-23 | 0 | 60db |
| Melody Player v4.2.0 | Play Midi, MOD, S3M and files created with Harmony or Melody Assistant. | Mac | Freeware | 2008-04-16 | 0 | 50db |
| Melody Player v6.1.3 | Play Midi, MOD, S3M and files created with Harmony or Melody Assistant. | Mac | Freeware | 2009-04-23 | 0 | 55db |
| NoteWorthy Composer Winamp Plug-in v2.0 | Allows *.nwc files to be added to your Winamp play list. | Windows | Freeware | 2009-03-02 | 0 | 45db |
| Songsheet Generator v1.5.1 | Prints songsheets and songbooks for home, small group, or large group overhead use. | Mac | Free | 2010-04-30 | 0 | 60db |
| Denemo 0.8.22 | Music notation program that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. | Linux | Free | 2010-12-13 | 0 | 45db |
| Lied v0.2.3 | Llilypond code editor, including many lilypond directives availables from menu items. | Windows | Free | 2009-11-27 | 0 | 50db |
| Lied v0.2.3 | Llilypond code editor, including many lilypond directives availables from menu items. | Linux | Free | 2009-11-27 | 0 | 45db |
| Denemo 0.8.22 | Music notation program that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. | Windows | Free | 2010-12-13 | 0 | 50db |
| MuseScore 1.2 | Create, play and print beautiful sheet music | Windows | Free | 2012-11-05 | 0 | 70db |
| MuseScore 0.9.6.3 | WYSIWYG music notation editor. | Linux | Free | 2010-10-04 | 0 | 50db |
| Noteflight | Online Music Notation Software | Windows | Freeware | 2009-05-20 | 0 | 50db |
| 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 | 55db |
| Crescendo v1.0 | Create your own sheet music with music notation and composition software. | Windows | Freeware | 2010-02-05 | 0 | 50db |
| MagicScore onLine | Online software for music notation display, play and print | Windows | Freeware | 2010-08-19 | 0 | 40db |
| 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 |
| Score Editor Capriccio | Capriccio is a free scorewriter. You can use it to create scores, play or export them to the popular formats such as music XML, pdf or jpg. | Windows | Freeware | 2011-11-18 | 0 | 55db |
| Score Editor Capriccio | Capriccio is a free scorewriter program. Use it to create scores, play or export them to the popular formats such as music XML, pdf or jpg. | Linux | Freeware | 2011-11-18 | 0 | 40db |
| TuxGuitar 1.2 | Tuxguitar is a multitrack tablature editor and player | Windows | Free | 2011-12-02 | 0 | 50db |
| TuxGuitar v1.2 | Tuxguitar is a powerful multitrack tablature editor and player | Mac | Free | 2011-12-02 | 0 | 40db |
| TuxGuitar 1.2 | Tuxguitar is a full featured multitrack tablature editor and player | Linux | Free | 2011-12-02 | 0 | 35db |
| TuneSmith v2.0 | Songwriting companion to fine-tune the creation and management of songs. | Mac | Freeware | 2013-02-04 | 0 | 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 | 80db |
| 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 |
| 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 |
