MuseScore Studio Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to MuseScore Studio for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is TuxGuitar, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to MuseScore Studio and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to MuseScore Studio are LilyPond, Frescobaldi, Impro-Visor and Rosegarden.

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MuseScore Studio alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps, but if you're looking for Digital Audio Workstations 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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  1. LilyPond icon
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    GNU LilyPond is a computer program for music engraving. One of LilyPonds major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand.

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    Lilypond provides everything a graphical interface such as Musescore could provide and more. The fact it uses a markup language to export a pdf. MusicXMl, midi, or svg from makes it extremely accessible. The learning curve is a bit harsher, but it pays off so much.

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    • LilyPond is Free and Open SourceMuseScore Studio is also Free and Open Source
    • LilyPond is CustomizableMuseScore Studio is not according to our users
  2. Frescobaldi icon
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    Frescobaldi is a 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.

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  3. 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.

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  4. Harmony Assistant is an unbeatable software for computer-assisted music composition and editing.

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  5. Melody Assistant is dedicated to music writing, printing and rendering. Easy to use, Melody Assistant offers a user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities. Now used by a very active community of thousands of people, it has become a favored tool for creating music.

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  6. Denemo icon
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    GNU Denemo is a music notation editor that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. You can compose, transcribe, arrange, listen to the music and much more.

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    • Free
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  7. Score-style MIDI player.

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  8. DaCapo Editor icon
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    DaCapo Editor is a free Open Source music sheet editor which allows to easily create nice looking partitions. It is available as a web application as well as a desktop application for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

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    Do you have a sound card? Do you have a musical instrument? Scolily allows you to create scores while playing!.

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  10. 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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