Frescobaldi AlternativesMusic Production Apps like Frescobaldi

Frescobaldi is described as 'LilyPond sheet music text editor. It aims to be powerful, yet lightweight and easy to use. Frescobaldi is Free Software, freely available under the General Public License' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Frescobaldi for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and BSD apps. The best Frescobaldi alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Frescobaldi are TuxGuitar, OpenMPT, Rosegarden and Avid Sibelius.

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  1. MuseScore Studio icon
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    Compose, arrange, and share music using free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux with integrated playback, fast note entry, MIDI, MusicXML, PDF support, multilingual UI, and direct connection to an online sheet music community for sharing scores.

    71 MuseScore Studio alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
     
    • MuseScore Studio is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Frescobaldi.

    • MuseScore Studio is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Frescobaldi.

    • MuseScore Studio is Free and Open SourceFrescobaldi is also Free and Open Source
  2. TuxGuitar icon
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    A Multitrack tablature editor and player.

    59 TuxGuitar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Flathub
     
    • TuxGuitar is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Frescobaldi.

    • TuxGuitar is Free and Open SourceFrescobaldi is also Free and Open Source
  3. OpenMPT icon
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    OpenMPT (short hand for Open ModPlug Tracker) is a popular tracker software for Windows. OpenMPT is completely free and allows you to create and play back some great music on your computer. Based on the original ModPlug Tracker written by Olivier Lapicque, OpenMPT is free...

    43 OpenMPT alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Avid Sibelius icon
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    Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS featuring intuitive, task-based score creation, MIDI and onscreen input, up to 16 staves, guitar tab conversion, Magnetic Layout, dynamic parts updates, text and lyric support, scanning tools, and expressive playback.

    58 Avid Sibelius alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPad
     
  5. Dorico icon
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    Compose or publish music notation, produce teaching materials or learn the language of music — Dorico lets you make beautiful music, fast.

    17 Dorico alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
     
  6. Impro-Visor icon
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    Impro-Visor is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised.

    63 Impro-Visor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Band-in-a-Box icon
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    Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent automatic accompaniment program. You can hear and play along to many song ideas and go from "nothing" to "something" in a very short period of time with Band-in-a-Box as your "on demand" backup band.

    61 Band-in-a-Box alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Band-in-a-Box is the most popular commercial alternative to Frescobaldi.

    • Band-in-a-Box is Paid and ProprietaryFrescobaldi is Free and Open Source
  8. EasyABC icon
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    EasyABC allows you to edit and play abc files. It supports conversion from MusicXML and MIDI to ABC. The latter uses a custom implementation (midi2abc is not used) in order to produce very readable ABC output. Direct midi input is supported for people with a midi keyboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. Aria Maestosa icon
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    Aria Maestosa is an open-source (GPL) midi tracker/editor. It lets you compose, edit and play midi files with a few clicks in a user-friendly interface offering keyboard, guitar, drum and controller views.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Jazz++ icon
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    Jazz++ is a MIDI sequencer/composer. Create your own music.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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