Music Notation Software

by Thomandy Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:51 am

Hi

I got a tip on youtube about this notation software. Its FREE Smile

And my first impression is that this is A LOT better than Finale(Which no longer is free)

Its called Muse Score and the link takes you directly to the download-page Smile

http://musescore.org/en/download

Edit: Tried it some, and it seams a bit hard at least to get used to, and some small tricky and strange things Razz

But Ill try some more, hopefully the awkwardness goes away when I get used to it Smile

Edit2: Yeah, found out a thing that made my trickyness/awkwardness go away Smile

by Marnex Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:32 am

That's pretty cool. At least it's free Very Happy

by MLundegaard Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:01 am

I will try it out Smile

by Thomandy Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:13 am

Yeah, its a little higher learning-curve than Finale.
But now I really enjoy using it Smile

by datta_godbole Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:42 am

Thanks, for the info. It really helps me.

by jytte Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:31 am

I use MuseScore as well. It's real easy to learn.
I use version 0.9.5, which is marked as an "unstable prerelease", but it's actually more stable and works better than the previous version I used.

Even if you don't plan to compose music as such, it is a great help to be able to make your own little arrangements. Often times, the sheets available for whatever music you want to play (and I'm always looking for the free stuff) isn's quite what you want, and you make some changes to how you play it. Or you can't find sheet music at all, and have to figure out the tune yourself on the keys. Having the ability to write it down, makes the process a lot easier, and you'll have it for future reference, or can share it with others.

Great piece of software, and I'm still amazed that it's FREE.