List of scorewriters

The following list represents most of the current scorewriters available. Some are no longer maintained.

Free Software

* Canorus (a new scorewriter under development. Website: http://canorus.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)
* Denemo (a scorewriter primarily providing a front-end for LilyPond)
* GNU LilyPond (a text-based scorewriter)
* Gregoire (a scorewriter for Gregorian chant. Website: http://gregoire.tele.free.fr/)
* Impro-Visor is a GUI- and text-based scorewriter for constructing lead sheets and jazz solos on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows
* MuseScore WYSIWYG score writer for Linux and Windows
* MusicTeX (TeX-based music typesetter)
* NoteEdit (a KDE scorewriter)
* NtEd (a KDE scorewriter. Website: http://vsr.informatik.tu-chemnitz.de/staff/jan/nted/nted.xhtml)
* Philip's Music Writer (PMW), a text-based scorewriter: http://www.quercite.com/pmw.html
* Rosegarden
* TuxGuitar
* Audimus (Java based scorewriter)
* Power Tab (tablature-based)

Proprietary

=For Windows=

* Capella
* ConcertWare
* Copyist
* Encore (once a leading program; cut-down version: MusicTime Deluxe)
* Finale, plus lite versions: Finale Notepad (free), Songwriter, PrintMusic, Allegro
* Forte (scorewriter. Website: http://www.forte-notation.eu/en/index.htm)
* Graphire Music Press
* Guitar Pro (originally intended for writing scores for guitars and bands, but works very well as a full-fledged scorewriter for many different instruments)
* Igor Engraver
* MagicScore
* Musedit
* Mozart
* MusiCAD
* Music Construction Set (no longer available; was also for Apple II, Atari 400, and Commodore 64)
* Music Write
* Myriad Software: Harmony Assistant, Melody Assistant.
* Notation Composer and Notation Musician
* Notion (software)
* Noteworthy Composer
* Overture
* Arpege Music Software: Pizzicato Light, Pizzicato Beginner, Pizzicato Professional.
* PriMus ("printed music")
* QuickScore Elite
* Rhapsody
* Sibelius, plus lite versions Sibelius First, Sibelius Student, Sibelius Instrument Teacher Edition, G7
* SmartScore Pro (a music-scanning and music-scoring program; limited version: SmartScore Songbook Edition)

For Mac

* ConcertWare
* Encore (once a leading program; cut-down version: MusicTime Deluxe)
* Finale, plus lite versions: Finale Notepad, Notepad Plus, Songwriter, PrintMusic, Allegro
* Graphire Music Press
* Igor Engraver
* Mosaic (Mac OS 9 only)
* Myriad Software: Harmony Assistant, Melody Assistant.
* Notator (which developed into the sequencer Emagic Logic)
* Notion (software)
* Arpege Music Software: Pizzicato Light, Pizzicato Beginner, Pizzicato Professional.
* Rhapsody (Mac OS 9 only)
* Sibelius, plus lite versions Sibelius First, Sibelius Student, Sibelius Instrument Teacher Edition, G7
* SmartScore Pro (a music-scanning and music-scoring program; limited version: SmartScore Songbook Edition)

For other platforms

* MusicPrinter Plus (DOS)
* SCORE (DOS - once a leading publishing program)
* Sibelius 7 (for Acorn RISC OS)
* Sibelius 7 Student (for Acorn RISC OS)
* Sibelius 6 (for Acorn RISC OS)
* Junior Sibelius (for Acorn RISC OS)

Guitar tab

In addition, there are numerous more specialized programs for writing guitar tab, such as G7 and Guitar Pro.

ee also

* List of MIDI editors and sequencers

External links

* http://ace.acadiau.ca/score/others.htm List of notation software at Acadia University, maintained by Dr. Gordon Callon, which covers most existing programs