List of scorewriters

This is a list of music notation programs. It excludes programs designed specifically for writing guitar tablature. For a list of guitar tablature software see the list of guitar tablature software.

Free software

• Denemo, a scorewriter primarily providing a front-end for LilyPond
• Frescobaldi, a GUI front-end for LilyPond. [GNU/Linux, OS X and Microsoft Windows]
• GNU LilyPond, a text-based scorewriter with several backends including PS, PDF and SVG
• Gregorio, a brief notation for representing Gregorian chant
• Impro-Visor, a GUI- and text-based scorewriter for constructing lead sheets and jazz solos on Linux, OS X, and Windows
• MuseScore, a WYSIWYG scorewriter for Linux, Windows, and OS X
• MusiXTeX, a set of macros and fonts that allow music typesetting in TeX
• Musink Lite, a WYSIWYM scorewriter and publication tool for Windows
• NoteEdit, a KDE scorewriter
• Rosegarden, a scorewriter for Linux
• Philip's Music Scribe (or PMS), a text-based scorewriter originally written for Acorn RiscOS (released as a commercial program ^[1] in the 1990s), later ported to POSIX and licensed under the GNU GPL

Proprietary

Microsoft Windows

• Capella
• Cubase Score V1-5 (first run on version numbers)
• Cubase SX
• Cubase V4-6 (second run on version numbers)
• Encore
• Finale plus the following lite versions: Allegro, PrintMusic, NotePad, Songwriter
• Forte (notation program)
• Guitar Pro (primarily for guitars and bands, but also notates other instruments including drums)
• Igor Engraver
• MagicScore, plus Music Notation for MS Word and lite version MagicScore School and free versions MagicScore onLine and MagicScore Note
• Mozart
• Mus2
• MusEdit
• MusiCAD
• MusicEase, notates standard music, shaped notes and tablature; transposes and imports abc music.
• Music Construction Set (obsolete; was also for Apple II, Atari 400, and Commodore 64)
• Musicmaster
• Music Write
• MusicTime Deluxe
• Notion
• NoteWorthy Composer
• Overture plus lite version Score Writer.
• Sibelius, plus lite versions Sibelius First, Sibelius Student, Sibelius Instrument Teacher Edition, G7
• ScoreCloud Studio - Audio, manual or MIDI input analysis to musical notation, and editor.
• SmartScore Pro (music scanning and scorewriting. Lite versions: SmartScore Songbook, MIDI, Piano and Guitar Editions)

Mac OS

• ConcertWare (obsolete)
• Cubase Score V1-5 (first run of version numbers)
• Cubase SX
• Cubase V4-6 (second run of version numbers)
• Emagic, makers of Notator (bought by Apple in 2002; Windows version no longer developed or supported)
• Encore
• Finale notation program, plus lite versions: Finale Notepad, Notepad Plus, Songwriter, PrintMusic, Allegro
• Guitar Pro (primarily for guitars and bands, but also notates other instruments including drums)
• Igor Engraver
• Logic Pro, Logic Express (successor to Notator and Notator Logic)
• Mosaic (Mac OS 9 only)
• Mus2
• MusicEase, notates standard music, shaped notes and tablature; transposes and imports abc music.
• MusicTime Deluxe
• Notion
• Overture plus lite version Score Writer.
• Sibelius, plus lite versions Sibelius First, Sibelius Student, Sibelius Instrument Teacher Edition, G7
• ScoreCloud Studio - 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

• Bank Street Music Writer (Atari 8-bit, Apple II, Commodore 64 and DOS)
• Cubase Score V1-2 (Atari ST)
• Deluxe Music Construction Set (Commodore Amiga)
• MusicPrinter Plus (DOS)
• SCORE (DOS – once a leading publishing program)
• ScoreCloud Express - Audio, manual or MIDI input analysis to musical notation, and editor for iOS

See also

• Comparison of scorewriters
• Comparison of MIDI editors and sequencers
• List of guitar tablature software
• ABC notation
• List of music software

References

1. http://www.quercite.com/CIHK.pdf page 57