MuseScore Studio Alternatives

MuseScore Studio is described as 'Create, notate, and playback music with free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux supporting MIDI, MusicXML, PDF export, and community sharing' and is a very popular music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to MuseScore Studio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best MuseScore Studio alternative is TuxGuitar, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MuseScore Studio are Guitar Pro, Avid Sibelius, Dorico and Flat.io.

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MuseScore Studio alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps, but if you're looking for Piano Trainers or Digital Audio Workstations you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MuseScore Studio.
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Create, notate, and playback music with free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux supporting MIDI, MusicXML, PDF export, and community sharing.

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MuseScore Studio alternatives page was last updated May 31, 2025
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  1. TablEdit icon
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    TablEdit is a program for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and sheet music (standard notation) for guitar and other fretted, stringed instruments, including mandolin and bass.

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    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

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    • Mac
    • Windows

    TablEdit Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    TablEdit VS MuseScore Studio

     
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    capella playAlong makes it possible for you to choose the musical backing you want and to take it with you into your living room!.

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    • Windows

    capella playAlong Features

    1.  Accompaniment

    capella playAlong VS MuseScore Studio

     
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    Music note writing and composing software A simple and intuitive way to write musical notation, Crescendo allows composers to write, save and print their music compositions on their computer. Arrange your own professional quality sheet music.

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    • Free PersonalProprietary

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    • AU flagAustralia

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android

    Crescendo Music Notation Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    Crescendo Music Notation VS MuseScore Studio

     
  4. NtEd icon
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    NtEd is a GTK+ score editor. It intends to be really WYSIWYG: what you see on the screen is exactly what you get on printer output. It supports up to 4 voices per staff, drum notes, 5 lyrics lines, N-Tuplets, context changes, repeats with alternatives, configurable music...

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Linux

    NtEd Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support

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    Canorus is a free cross-platform music score editor. It supports an unlimited number and length of staffs, polyphony, a MIDI playback of notes, chord markings, lyrics, import/export filters to formats like MIDI, MusicXML, ABC Music, MusiXTeX and LilyPond.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD

    Canorus Music Score Editor VS MuseScore Studio

     
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    Werckmeister compiles sheet music source code into a MIDI file. It's a fast, open-source tool that lets you write sheet music a lá "Real Book" and Werckmeister compile it into MIDI music.

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    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online

    Werckmeister Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    2.  Lua scripting

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  7. 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.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

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    • Mac
    • Windows

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    Midi, MusicXML and ABC player.

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    • Windows

    Vrode Sheet Music Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    Vrode Sheet Music VS MuseScore Studio

     
  9. Gustaf icon
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    The digital alternative to sheet music. Manage all your music with the Gustaf App. Buy interactive and 100% legal scores in the Gustaf Store. Supports PDF and interactive digital music scores.

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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    • BE flagBelgium
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online

    Gustaf Features

    1.  Music Store

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    Power Tab Editor is a free tablature authoring tool created by Brad Larsen for Windows. It is used to create guitar, bass and ukulele tablature scores, among many others. The current version uses the *.ptb file format.

    46 Power Tab Editor alternatives

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    • FreeProprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

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    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.7) is from 2007.

    Power Tab Editor Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    Power Tab Editor VS MuseScore Studio

     
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    Musagi is a complex music authoring and synthesizer similar to trackers.

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

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    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The latest version is from 2009.

    musagi Features

    1.  Synthesizer

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  12. music21 icon
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    Music21 is a Python-based toolkit for computer-aided musicology. Applications of this toolkit include computational musicology, music informations, musical example extraction and generation, music notation editing and scripting, and a wide variety of approaches to composition, bo.

    40 music21 alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • US flagUnited States

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    music21 Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Support for MIDI
    3.  Works Offline

    music21 VS MuseScore Studio

     
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