List of scorewriters explained

This is a list of music notation programs (excluding discontinued products) 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

• Denemo, a scorewriter primarily providing a front-end for LilyPond
• Frescobaldi, a GUI front-end for LilyPond [Linux, FreeBSD, OS X and Microsoft Windows]
• 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
• NoteEdit, a KDE scorewriter
• Rosegarden, a scorewriter for Linux
• Philip's Music Writer, a text-based scorewriter originally written for Acorn RISC OS (released as a commercial program^[1] in the 1990s), later ported to POSIX and licensed under the GNU GPL

Proprietary

• Capella
• Cubase Score V1-5 (first run on version numbers)
• Cubase SX
• Cubase V4-9.5 (second run on version numbers)
• Dorico
• 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)
• Music Write
• MusicTime Deluxe
• Musink Lite, a WYSIWYM scorewriter and publication tool for Windows
• Notion
• Notation Composer
• NoteWorthy Composer
• Overture, plus lite version Score Writer
• SCORE, one of the earliest scorewriters to be used for commercial publishing, no longer developed or sold
• ScoreCloud – Audio, manual or MIDI input analysis to musical notation, and editor
• Sibelius, Sibelius First, Sibelius Artist, and Sibelius Ultimate
• SmartScore Pro (music scanning and scorewriting. Lite versions: SmartScore Songbook, MIDI, Piano and Guitar Editions)

• ConcertWare (obsolete)
• Cubase Score V1-5 (first run of version numbers)
• Cubase SX
• Cubase V4-9.5 (second run of version numbers)
• Dorico
• 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
• ScoreCloud – Audio, manual or MIDI input analysis to musical notation, and editor
• Sibelius, Sibelius First, Sibelius Artist, and Sibelius Ultimate
• SmartScore Pro (music-scanning and music-scoring. Lesser versions: SmartScore Songbook, MIDI, Piano and Guitar Editions)

Other

• Aegis Sonix (Amiga)
• Cubase Score V1-2 (Atari ST)
• Deluxe Music Construction Set (Amiga)
• MusicPrinter Plus (MS-DOS)
• ScoreCloud Express (iOS)

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Hazel, Philip. From Punched Cards To Flat Screens: A Technical Autobiography. 2009. 14 December 2009. 57. https://web.archive.org/web/20130113015250/http://www.quercite.com/CIHK.pdf. 13 January 2013. dead.