When time's a ticking, the best music notation software will help you to get the job done fast. You know the, ahem, score – nothing in life is more fleeting than a good creative idea. So, when ...

However, if you are not much concerned about playback algorithms sounding a bit more realistic or hesitant to buy a new software, try MuseScore. The software comes at an unbeatable price – it’s free!

The following article presents a status report on the development of five of the most active notation software projects for Linux. Most of them are works in progress, but all are well along on their ...

When I was an untutored rock musician, I envied my colleagues who could read and write music notation. They could access and study material that literally was a closed book to me. So, at one point in ...

My wife heard of a program that you could interface with an instrument, in her case a guitar, and it would take the notes that are strummed on the guitar into sheet music. I have never heard of ...

Companion Engineering & Design Corp. has announced the release of Intuem 1.5, a significant new update to their music authoring software for the Macintosh. The new version gains a host of new features ...

Best music notation software: Our top picks Whether you're a student or seasoned pro, it's impossible to ignore Avid Sibelius. Its comprehensive feature set has been fine-tuned over decades of ...

After you have input your composition into your notation software, it is worthwhile reviewing the timbres and textures of your composition and considering whether they are effective or not. You might ...