Crescendo
Crescendo is a small and simple software to create
free sheet music. The sheet music can be easily created using the drag
and drop tools. Using the navigation tools, you can select, pan, and
zoom the music sheet. Several notation tools, like:
text, bar line, dynamic marking, and note and rest tools
can be used to achieve the desired effects. Select the tool to be
inserted, and insert it in the required position. This freeware contains
different bars, notes, and rests which can be easily inserted at
different locations as per the requirements. The tuplet, volta, and the
slur tools can be easily applied. It supports auto format options, which
can save you a lot of time. The append bar helps you add a measure at
the end of the score. The text tool can be used to create
tempo, expression, lyrics, and fingering numbers.
Different dynamics and accents can be inserted into the sheet music.
You can also open the MIDI files in it. In the settings tab, the page
size, page arrangement, staff settings, repetition, and tempo settings
can be selected. In the repetition options
clef, key signature, time signature, part labels, and full labels
can be added. The playback option helps you listen to the generated
record. In the tempo settings the beat duration, and the beat per minute
can be set. The sheet music can be saved as
CDO. The sheet music can be exported as
MIDI, PDF, and popular image formats, like:
PNG, PSD, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, RAS, etc. This freeware can also be used to make printable sheet music.
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AnvilStudio
AnvilStudio
is a very beautiful, and feature rich software which can be used to
generate free sheet music. AnvilStudio can be used to create sheet music
for different musical instruments, like:
sheet music for guitar, sheet music for violin, sheet music for piano, sheet music for flute,
and many more. You need to simply drag and drop the symbols, notes,
glyphs, etc. as per your requirements. You can play the sheet music
made, and find out whether the music was as per the requirement, and
error free. The time duration of the sheet music available is also
displayed. You can also record audio in it using the microphones.
Different audio settings can be used to select the output options of the
generated sheet music. This freeware lets you insert the
notation, riff, and MIDI events. Add lyrics in your own suited font. It lets you input
piano roles, and guitar frets. Using this freeware you can
align, harmonize, and transpose notes of the track.
Dotted note, duplet, triplet, quintuplet, septuplet, decors, chords and staccato can be easily added using the drag and drop tools. You can select various settings to input the data. Different
styles, keys, time, show, staff, notes, and triplets
can be added, and their settings can be changed accordingly. In case
you do not want any accidental additions to your score, you can turn the
lock score feature on, which turns your score to read only mode. On
hovering over the music sheet, the music details are also displayed
accordingly. You can also choose the option to display
mixer,
composer, piano roll editor, tablature, event list, track comments,
synthesizers, MIDI, audio devices, CPU performance, metronome, tempo
settings, performer, audio lab, and many more. In the audio lab
you can play with different waveforms, by making some minor edits to it
and incorporate it into your music sheet. Under the settings tab you
can choose the option to display, and modify the general, audio, MIDI,
staff, and skins. Several plugins can be selected to achieve the desired
results. The songs can be saved in
MID, MIDI, Karaoke format, and merge any song in the music generated.
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Finale NotePad
Finale NotePad
is a simple, but powerful tool to create sheet music. Firstly you have
to login to the website to download the setup file. Then after
installation and starting the application, you have to firstly enter the
title, composer, and page size of the sheet music.
Then add or delete the instruments from a list of different instruments
belonging to different groups, like:
keyboards, voices, woodwinds, brass, strings, plucked strings, tablature, pitched percussion, drums, and percussion. Then you have to select the score settings, like:
time signature, concert key signature, major/minor key, and number of measures. This freeware can be used to create sheet music for different instruments, like:
sheet music for violin, sheet music for flute, sheet music for guitar, sheet music for drums,
and many more devices. It is quite easy to design sheet music using
this freeware, since you don't need to write any code to use this, but
use simple drag and drop tools. It has several tools to be used in the
sheet music making. When you hover over the toolbar, the toolbar name
along with its basic functionality is displayed. There are different
tools available to choose from like
selection tools, key
signature tool, sample entry tool, simple entry tool, tuplet tool, smart
shape tool, articulation tool, expression tool, repeat tool, lyrics
tool, and text tool. You can insert different
staffs, notes, dots, sharp, natural, ties, rests, and tuplets to your sheet music. Different tools like
slur tool, decrescendo tool, crescendo tool, line tool, and glissando tool
can be added to achieve desired effects. You can edit, and delete the
desired notes. The measure button can be used to display the measure of
the playback, and the tempo button can be used to display and set the
tempo of the music played. Various keyboard shortcuts can be used to add
different
notes, slurs, interval, pitch, accidentals, and duration. The music sheet files can be saved as
MUS, and MID. You can import and export the file as
MXL, and XML. The printout of the generated result can also be taken.
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MuseScore
MuseScore
is a very simple and easy to make free sheet music. This software lets
you insert different objects in your sheet music like grace
notes, clefs, key signatures, time signatures, barlines, lines, articulations, ornaments, accidentals, dynamics, and text. Various other features like
repeats, jumps, tempo, breaks, spacers, and beam properties
can be selected to position the notes properly. On selecting from the
option advanced workspace, various new options are provided, like:
arpeggios,
glissandi, breaths, pauses, brackets, fingering, note heads, tremolo,
bagpipe embellishments, fretboard diagrams, frames, and measures options
are displayed, which can be used by the advanced users to achieve the
desired results. Different plugins can be added to achieve various
different tasks. The synthesizer option can be used for selecting the
sound output options. Using the special characters dialog, the special
characters can be inserted into the free sheet music. Visibility options
of different objects, like:
start centre, palettes, master palette, inspector, mixer, synthesizer, piano, keyboard,
and various different options can be turned on or off. Using the
inspector dialog, various options of the inserted elements can be
changed, like:
visibility, offset, color, etc. In preferences tab different
general, canvas, note input, score, I/O, Import, Export, Shortcuts, etc. options can be personalized. It can be used to generate
piano sheet music, violin sheet music, flute sheet music, guitar sheet music, and sheet music for many more instruments. This freeware sheet music maker can be used to open different types of files, like
MSCZ, MSCX, XML, MXL, MID, MIDI, KAR, MD, MGU, SGU, CAP, CAPX, OVE, SCW, BWW, GTP, GP3, GP4, GP5, and GPX. The project file can be saved as
MSCZ, and MSCX. The PDF file can also be imported into it. The prepared document can be exported as
PDF, PNG, SVG, WAV, FLAC, OGG, MP3, MID, XML, MXL, and MSCX. The printout of the music score can also be taken.
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Musink
Musink
is a very powerful and beautiful freeware which can be used to create
sheet music. On startup you are asked whether you want to create a new
project, or open an existing project. You can open MUSINK format files
in it. Then you are asked to add
staves, select voices, choose time signatures, and select the number of bars. This can be added later too. The project can be zoomed to have a closer look at the project. Different
marks, clefs, key signature, offset text, free text, time signature, bar line, line break, and bar links can be added. Different instruments can be selected in the staves options which lets you create
violin sheet music, piano sheet music, flute sheet music, guitar sheet music, and many more. Different tabs like
guide
precision, show guide, guide follow cursor, tuplet, force split, stem
direction, notehead, and add gracenote, and visibility tabs can
be used to properly position the marks, clefs, and key signatures to
achieve the desired results. The playback option helps to verify whether
the music generated is as per the requirement or not. Different hotkeys
can be used to make the process of making free sheet music easier, and
faster. The project can be published as
XPS, PDF, and PNG
so as to be used as printable sheet music. During publishing the
visibility button controls the objects that is to be displayed during
the printout. The file can also be exported as
MIDI, and MUSINK. This freeware can also be used to create sheet music books.
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MC Musiceditor
MC Musiceditor
is a good software, which can be used to make sheet music for different
devices. Using this software you can create sheet music using either
the visual tools, or the text tools. This freeware makes use of the
modified ABC language.
Any template from a number of templates available can be selected to be
used. Different templates can even be designed and saved for future
use. Different
notes, pitch, rests, and duration can be set quite easily. Different items like
header,
comments, line breaks, clefs, time signature, key, beams, tuplets,
multiple voice, annotation, symbol lines, text tags, special characters,
lyrics, etc. can be added to sheet music. Any set of styles can be chosen from a number of available styles, like:
page format directives, font directives, space directives, measure directives, text directives,
and so on. The sheet music text is displayed in a colourful format, and
you can choose your own format to represent the text. The notes can be
transposed easily, thereby making your work easier. The generated sheet
music file can be saved as
MCM. There are also various export options available to export the code as
PDF, PS, MIDI, external MCM to ABC, XML conversion, external MCM to XML, and external ABC to XML.
The printout of the generated sheet music can also be taken. The music
thus created can be played, previewed, and easily edited.
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ScoreCloud Studio
ScoreCloud Studio
is a very beautiful, and easy to use software to create sheet music.
This freeware lets you create sheet music for a number of instruments.
Several different options can be selected to choose the appropriate
device for which the sheet music is generated. Just click on the
appropriate tab that you want to use. Using the pickup tab, you can
select the step size, and move the music left, or right. Time/Rhythm tab
helps you change time options like
time signature, number of beats, pulse, note values, and lock time signatures.
Transpose tab helps you change the key, move the notes, and transpose
the notes. You can use the normal method, and the manual input method to
input the
notes, rests, glyphs, and tuplets. You can also insert
voices into the sheet music, add lyrics, chords, empty measures, empty staff, and drum staff to it. Using
magic wand you
can analyse chords, and detect repeats. You can import MIDI files into
it, and save the file on the cloud, share the music file on
Facebook, Email, and Twitter. You can save the file as MID. The printout of the generated sheet music can also be taken.
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Music MasterWorks
Music MasterWorks is a good software which is used to create music sheets for free. You can insert different
notes, chords, change pitch, increase/decrease note duration, and many more. These can be entered simply using mouse clicks, and keyboard hotkeys. You can also add
quantize, create slur, and transpose effects
to your sheet music. The tempo, time signature, and key signature can
be added to the sheet music. You can also record MIDI notes, and Wave
and play the created music. You can also view the controller graph, and
make edits to the selected pattern. You can also add lyrics to it and
turn the lyrics as on or off. There are various options available like:
record song to wave file, voice to MIDI notes, wave file to MIDI, check your singing, and mouse snap to resolution. You can open various sheet music MIDI files in it of the format
MID, MIDI, and RMI. The sheet music can be saved as MID. You can also print the generated sheet music.
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EasyABC
EasyABC is a simple, lightweight software, which lets you create sheet music. The different music symbols like
note ornaments, direction, and dynamics can be added in two ways, i.e.:
By using the drop down menus or just by typing the associated text in the ABC code text-box. You can also easily
transpose the notes, change note length, and align bars. The text to be entered makes use of the
ABC programming language. In this you can
highlight the syntax, zoom the score, play the file, generate incipits file, view incipits, renumber X:fields, and sort tunes.
You can easily set the tempo speed using the slider window. The most
important feature of this freeware is that you can open any music file
into it, like:
ABC, TXT, MCM, MID, MIDI, XML, MXL, and NWC. You can save the music sheet file as ABC. The music sheet, or the part of the music sheet can be exported as
PDF, MIDI, SVG, HTML, and MusicXML. The printout of the generated sheet music can also be taken.
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Impro-Visor
Impro-Visor is a good sheet music maker freeware. You can easily create sheet music for different types of musical instruments, like:
sheet music for guitar, sheet music for violin, sheet music for piano, sheet music for flute, sheet music for drums, and many more. You can easily insert the different
nodes, clefs, glyphs, chords,
etc. using textual entry, or with the use of mouse clicks. The melody
and chords can be cut/copied and pasted at any other point. Transpose
effects can be easily applied at the desired locations. Several
utilities options can be selected to display the most used tools from
the options:
advising keyboard, leadsheet textual editor, lick
generator, style editor and extractor, theme weaver, voicing editor, and
voicing keyboard. The options can be chosen to display, or
analyse the roadmaps. Different trading, and chord options can be
selected to be applied to the sheet music generated. The generated sheet
music can be played, and the appropriate tempo settings can be applied.
This freeware can open
Leadsheet, and MIDI files. The sheet music files can be exported as
MIDI, Leadsheet, and MusicXML. The printout of the generated sheet music can also be taken.
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Denemo
Denemo
is a another good software which is used to generate sheet music.
Whenever you hover over any area, an informative window appears,
displaying you how to use the software. You can easily insert different
elements into it, like:
movements, staffs, voices, clefs, keys,
key signature, time signature, measures, codes, notes, rests,
directives, lyrics, and notation magick. You can either drag, and drop these or use the keyboard shortcuts, and mouse shortcuts to create the
sheet music for guitar, sheet music for piano, sheet music for flute, sheet music for violin
and many more. You can also hear the playback of the music so as to
know how it sounds. You can also insert LilyPond notes into it, and set
external programs to choose the default actions. You can also import
LilyPond, MusicXml, and MIDI files into it. The sheet music thus generated can be saved as
DENEMO. The sheet music can also be exported as
LilyPond, PDF, PNG, MIDI, and as an audio as per your requirement. There are different trainings like
Aural Training, Note Reading, and MIDI training to teach you the basics of sheet music and how to use the software.
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TuxGuitar
TuxGuitar is a good software that can be used to create sheet music for different types of musical devices, like:
guitar sheet music, piano sheet music, violin sheet music, etc. You can easily insert various music components, like:
notes, glyphs, clefs, triplets, repeats, beats, duration, chords, tracks, lyrics, effects,
and many more. Key and time signatures can also be added to the music
sheets. Different options can be selected to display the
tablature, fretboard, matrix, mixer, piano, and player.
Tempo settings can be applied to different parts differently, or the
same tempo can be applied to the whole song. Markers can be applied
wherever applicable. Various views can be selected to suit the
environment as per our choice. The sheet music can be selected as
TuxGuitar, and different Guitar Pro formats.
MIDI,and TIF files can be imported in this freeware. The files can be exported as
ASCII, TuxGuitar, WAV, AU, AIFF, LilyPond, MIDI, MusicXML, and PDF. The printout of the generated sheet music can also be taken.
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Musette
Musette is a simple sheet music maker freeware. Various
notes, clefs, rests, bars, accidentals, text, dynamics, markings, staff, and time are available, and they are quite easy to use. New
staves, staff, and braces
are quite easy to add, and can be easily repositioned. You can also add
any lyrics, and text into the sheet music. The generated music can be
played, after setting the tempo of the music generated. The volume of
the generated music can be set as per the convenience. Different format
options can be used, to set the format of
lyrics, stems, chords, beams, transpose, spacing, and relocate. The setup option helps you to set options of the
draw, sound, properties, note grin, percussion, validate, and pitch from text. The sheet music so generated can be used as MUS (musette files). The sheet music thus generated can be exported as
songbook, ASCII, and CSV.
The printout of the sheet music can be easily taken. In case of any
problem, the help options are available on almost all the windows.
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Aria Maestosa
Aria Maestosa is a nice software which can be used to generate sheet music. While starting, you have to enter the song details like
song name, copyright, Default key signatures, tempo, and time signature which can be changed later on. This freeware can be used to create sheet music for different devices, like:
piano sheet music, guitar sheet music, drum sheet music, flute sheet music,
and many more. The length, tempo and zoom levels can be changed at any
point of time. Different elements like notes, glyphs, octaves, and many
more are available. You can play the generated music in this software,
and look out for errors. You can import a MIDI file into it, and make
some edits to it. The generated sheet music can be saved as Aria
Maestosa file. The generated sheet music can be exported as MIDI files.
You can also take a printout of the generated sheet music.
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Ambrose Piano Tabs
Ambrose Piano Tabs is a good looking software that can be used to play the sheet music for Piano. In this freeware you can add
notes, transpose, tuplets, bars, lyrics, annotation, symbols, fingers, framing, rests, and many more things. You can add the
time signature, and key signature. You can also listen to the
music piece, zoom the page,
and view the display grid. Using various keyboard and mouse shortcuts,
the task of creating sheet music becomes a lot easier and faster. You
can open various music files in it, like:
APT, MID, and SMF. You can also save the file as APT. The generated sheet music can be exported as
BMP, PDF, Midi File, and MusicXML. If required, you can also take a printout of the generated sheet music.
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KlavarScript
KlavarScript is a good software that can be used to create music in the
Klavar notation.
After the installation you have to select the template from a list of
templates available, based on your requirement. You can add several
note symbols, keys, pedals, accordion, ppp/fff, tempi, instructions, trill, measure symbols, lines, and stem shape into it. Along with it, this freeware lets you do several things like
play music, set velocity, set tempo, set time signature, set key signature,
and many more. You can also open, and save MID, and XML files. The
generated sheet music can also be sent via Email, and a printout of it
can also be taken.
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LilyPond
LilyPond
is a simple sheet music software which can be used to create sheet
music. In order to create the sheet music, just enter the code into any
text editor, and save it in
LY format. Then you have to
drag and drop it to the LilyPond icon available on your desktop after
which the PDF file is generated showing the generated sheet music. In
case of any corrections, just edit the LY file to enter the changes to
be incorporated into it, save it and repeat the whole process again. The
only thing is that you have to have knowledge of the codes to be
incorporated into the sheet file, and can quite easily, create your
sheet music for free.
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