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At the top of the heap is a contender that was not even around when I first started writing about free music notation software back in 2007. In just the last few years MuseScore has come from an upstart open source music notation program to a full blown, near professional level way to write music for free. GarageBand is an Apple-exclusive program that gives you a full audio creation suite with features for audio recording, virtual instruments, MIDI-editing, and even music lessons built right in.
Get it Free. A free version of Crescendo Music Notation Software is available for non-commercial use. If you will be using Crescendo at home you can download the free version here.
Music Notation Software Features
Composing Program Features
Preview and Share Your Score
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Get Sibelius | First
Compose simple scores with up to 4 instrument parts with the free Sibelius | First.
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Compose rich scores with up to 16 instrument parts with Sibelius.
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Create scores with unlimited parts and custom layouts with Sibelius | Ultimate.
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Create at the speed of inspiration with Pro Tools | First
Experience the easiest way to write music
Whether you’re composing for a live performance, for picture, or for fun, nothing empowers you to write music like Sibelius (formerly the 'paid' version of Sibelius | First—learn more), which provides the core tools you need to create professional-quality scores easily. The music notation software offers unique features that drive your creativity, make you sound better, and enable you to compose beautifully rendered scores quickly.
Share scores with anyone, anywhere
With Sibelius | Cloud Sharing, you can share scores to your own personal cloud space, or embed scores in a webpage, and invite anyone to flip through pages and play your compositions using any computer, laptop, or mobile device.
Streamline your workflow
Sibelius enables composers to connect with others in more powerful, efficient, and profitable ways. It seamlessly integrates into any media production workflow, including Pro Tools, to compose music for picture easily. And easily deliver scores to music publishers for worldwide sale.
Get the tools you need—your way
Sibelius is now available in more ways than ever, making it easy for anyone to write music. Compose, edit, print, and share scores with Sibelius. Work with more advanced notation, arranging, engraving, and layout tools with Sibelius | Ultimate (formerly Sibelius). Or get started with Sibelius | First, a free new version of Sibelius.
I use [Sibelius | Ultimate] because I often need to quickly orchestrate pieces for different types of ensembles and levels of performers.
DR. JESSICA RUDMAN, COMPOSER, THEORIST, AND TEACHER
Fred Dinkins: Making Excellence Look Easy with Sibelius
You can import a MIDI track into Sibelius, and there's your drum part already there, exactly how you played it. That's pretty awesome.
FRED DINKINS, DRUMMER, INSTRUCTOR, MUSIC DIRECTOR
When we’re in the booth singing our part, Driver’s standards are so high that we’ll sing the same four measures ten times to get the right vowel, the right placement, the right dynamics, as close to the final product as possible.
STEPHEN ROSS, COUNTERTENOR AND MUSIC DIRECTOR, FACE VOCAL BAND