List of scorewriters
This is a list of music notation programs which have articles on Wikipedia.
For programs specifically for writing guitar tablature, see the list of guitar tablature software. For discontinued products, see list of discontinued scorewriters.Free software
- Aria Maestosa, open-source midi sequencer/editor for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS
- Denemo, a scorewriter primarily providing a front-end for LilyPond
- Frescobaldi, a GUI front-end for LilyPond.
- Impro-Visor, a GUI- and text-based scorewriter for constructing lead sheets and jazz solos on Linux, OS X, and Windows
- LilyPond, a text-based scorewriter with several backends including PS, PDF and SVG
- 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 Writer, a text-based scorewriter originally written for Acorn RISC OS, later ported to POSIX and licensed under the GNU GPL
Proprietary
- Capella
- Cubase Score V1-5
- Cubase SX
- Cubase V4-9.5
- Dorico
- Encore
- Finale plus the following lite versions: Allegro, PrintMusic, NotePad, Songwriter
- Forte
- Guitar Pro
- 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
- Musicmaster
- Music Write
- MusicTime Deluxe
- Notion
- Notation Composer
- NoteWorthy Composer
- Overture, plus lite version Score Writer.
- Sibelius, plus lite versions Sibelius First, Sibelius Student, Sibelius Instrument Teacher Edition, G7
- ScoreCloud – Audio, manual or MIDI input analysis to musical notation, and editor
- SmartScore Pro
- ConcertWare
- Cubase Score V1-5
- Cubase SX
- Cubase V4-9.5
- Dorico
- Emagic, makers of Notator
- Encore
- Finale notation program, plus lite versions: Finale Notepad, Notepad Plus, Songwriter, PrintMusic, Allegro
- Guitar Pro
- Igor Engraver
- Logic Pro, Logic Express
- Mosaic
- 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 – Audio, manual or MIDI input analysis to musical notation, and editor
- SmartScore Pro
Other
- Cubase Score V1-2
- Deluxe Music Construction Set
- MusicPrinter Plus
- ScoreCloud Express – Audio, manual or MIDI input analysis to musical notation, and editor for iOS
