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 Web-based 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, LilyPond and Dorico.

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MuseScore Studio alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps, but if you're looking for Music Recognition Apps or Piano Trainers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Android and iPad. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to 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!.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    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.

    8 Crescendo Music Notation alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  3. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. 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
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Midi, MusicXML and ABC player.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  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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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Tabular icon
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    Tabular is a brand new tablature editor that lets you read and write music for guitar, bass, drums and much more. It's the best way to learn new songs, write your own songs and run through practice exercises for nearly any kind of stringed instrument or drum kit.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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