Any recommendations for a free musical notation software? I used to use Finale but I can no longer find the free version of that software.
I don't need anything very elaborate or advanced.
Notation software
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Re: Notation software
I'm using ABCexplorer these days.
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Re: Notation software
I like this one pretty well, especially for free! It takes a little getting used to but overall it's got all the functions I need. It works on Mac and Windows and is small and noninvasive:
http://celticmusic.ca/skink.html
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http://celticmusic.ca/skink.html
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Re: Notation software
Although I have and use Sibelius 6 due to my eldest being at university and doing a music degree I have started using a notation program called MuseScore which has a lot of features of this high end and expensive program (almost feels like a clone of Sibelius). It is free and is available for Windows, Mac and Linux
There is also a facility for importing and converting ABC scores but the input method for MuseScore is Notes onto a stave
http://musescore.org/
The freebee program 'Notepad' based on Finale now costs the princely sum of $9.95 http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/default.aspx
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There is also a facility for importing and converting ABC scores but the input method for MuseScore is Notes onto a stave
http://musescore.org/
The freebee program 'Notepad' based on Finale now costs the princely sum of $9.95 http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/default.aspx
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MuseScore works pretty well:
http://musescore.org/
I wish it were a little more stable. On Win7 64 it crashes for no reason from time to time. But I still like it a lot.
Melody Assistant is shareware and is excellent. The price is low, and it imports abc and prints out a nice MIDI score. US $25 and EU 20 I think.
http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/melody.htm
http://musescore.org/
I wish it were a little more stable. On Win7 64 it crashes for no reason from time to time. But I still like it a lot.
Melody Assistant is shareware and is excellent. The price is low, and it imports abc and prints out a nice MIDI score. US $25 and EU 20 I think.
http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/melody.htm
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Re: Notation software
Some great suggestions so far. However, I'm looking for something that uses staff notation. I'm not a fan of ABC notation.
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Re: Notation software
Both MuseScore and Melody Assistant are primarily staff composition and layout tools.
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Don't think it could be put much clearer MuseSore is NOTATION SOFTWAREChris Bayley wrote:
There is also a facility for importing and converting ABC scores but the input method for MuseScore is Notes onto a stave
http://musescore.org/
Thanks Chris and Harlow, have it downloaded onto a windows 7 64 machine and let you know how it runs
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Re: Notation software
Well ... Lilypond, MusicTeX, MUP, abcm2ps are also NOTATION SOFTWARE. But the input method of all these is text-based, not graphical and staff-oriented. Which is, I'm sure, what Chris and Harlow were getting at.Elmek wrote:Don't think it could be put much clearer MuseSore is NOTATION SOFTWARE
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