MuseScore

MuseScore is a graphical WYSIWYG music score typesetter.

Notes are entered on an "virtual note sheet". As notes are entered, the score is immediately reformatted. It uses the LilyPond project's TrueType fonts.

The program has a clean user interface, with fast note editing input similar to the step-time note entry found in the popular commercial Scorewriting software packages, Finale and Sibelius.

MuseScore is a outgrowth of MusE, a MIDI sequencer for Linux. In 2002, Werner Schweer decided to "cut MusE's notation capabilities out of the sequencer and rewrite it as a standalone notation editor". The rewrite is based on the cross-platform Qt toolkit.

MuseScore 0.9.2

Price Free to download Size 5.9MB License GNU GPL Developer Werner Schweer and contributors Website mscoure.sourceforge.net System Requirements Qt v 4.3 X11 with freetype2 support and render extension ALSA v1.0 CMake 2.4 Support Sites: Manual Selected Reviews: Linux Journal

Features include:

• WYSIWYG, notes are entered on a "virtual note sheet"
• Many editing functions
• Automatic note head positioning in chords
• Drum notation
• Cross staff beams
• Unlimited number of staves
  
• Up to four voices/staff
• TrueType font(s) for printing & display allows for high quality scaling to all sizes
• Easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or MIDI
  
• Integrated sequencer and FluidSynth software synthesizer
  
• Import and export of MusicXml and Standard
• MuseData import
• MIDI Files (SMF)
• Print or create PDF files

Last Updated Sunday, September 21 2008 @ 07:00 AM EDT