NoteEdit Alternatives

NoteEdit is described as 'Musical score editor for Linux. It can import/export MIDI and MusicXML, export Lilypond, MusiXTeX, PMX and ABC files, read and record from a MIDI keyboard, handle manually entered notation, complex multistaff layouts and lyrics' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to NoteEdit for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD apps. The best NoteEdit alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like NoteEdit are TuxGuitar, Guitar Pro, OpenMPT and Rosegarden.

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NoteEdit is a musical score editor for Linux. It can import/export MIDI and MusicXML, export Lilypond, MusiXTeX, PMX and ABC files, read and record from a MIDI keyboard, handle manually entered notation, complex multistaff...

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NoteEdit alternatives page was last updated Aug 3, 2017
  1. 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.

    53 Denemo alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Denemo Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    Denemo iconNoteEdit Icon

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  2. EasyABC icon
     6 likes

    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.

    40 EasyABC alternatives
    EasyABC screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    EasyABC iconNoteEdit Icon

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  3. DGuitar icon
     5 likes

    DGuitar is a Guitar Pro (GP4, GP3, GTP) viewer/player that works on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, Solaris, and any other operating system that has Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or later installed.

    36 DGuitar alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    DGuitar Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    Discontinued

    The last software release was published on February 20th, 2006.

    DGuitar iconNoteEdit Icon

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  4. Power Tab Editor icon
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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.

    49 Power Tab Editor alternatives
    Power Tab Editor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Power Tab Editor Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.7) is from 2007.

    Power Tab Editor iconNoteEdit Icon

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  5. MC Musiceditor icon
     4 likes

    MC Musiceditor is free/open source (GPLv2) music notation software (Windows). It has been developed with only one purpose: to make life of musicians easier when making scores. This results in a userfriendly editor which makes professional scores without requiring specific...

    43 MC Musiceditor alternatives
    MC Musiceditor screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MC Musiceditor iconNoteEdit Icon

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  6. ABCexplorer icon
     4 likes

    ABC, a text based music score manager-editor for free. You can copy, transpose or play these songs, import midi-music files, export to midi, to pdf, to web page or to any other printable format.

    36 ABCexplorer alternatives
    ABCexplorer in action

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ABCexplorer Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    ABCexplorer iconNoteEdit Icon

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  7. music21 icon
     8 likes

    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.

    39 music21 alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    music21 Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Support for MIDI
    3.  Works Offline
    music21 iconNoteEdit Icon

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  8. Jazz++ icon
     4 likes

    Jazz++ is a MIDI sequencer/composer. Create your own music.

    34 Jazz++ alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Jazz++ Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    Discontinued

    Last release Dec. 30, 2008.

    Jazz++ iconNoteEdit Icon

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  9. Busker icon
     1 like

    Busker is a complete set of tools to create musical arrangements from sheet music (chords + melody staff). It uses Yamaha compatible styles (thousands can be downloaded for free) for auto-accompaniment.

    52 Busker alternatives
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    • Windows
    Busker iconNoteEdit Icon

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  10. NoteWorthy Composer icon
     7 likes

    NoteWorthy Composer is a graphical score editor intended for the creation of sheet music, but it can also import and export MIDI and Karaoke files and can export graphical WMFs. The user interface works either from the keyboard or the mouse.

    55 NoteWorthy Composer alternatives
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    • Windows

    NoteWorthy Composer Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    NoteWorthy Composer iconNoteEdit Icon

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  11. MuseScore Sheet Music Player icon
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    The MuseScore Player opens and plays scores made with the free MuseScore notation software. The app dynamically fits the sheet music to the screen of your device. You can listen to the music, choose the parts to be displayed and played, change tempo and easily navigate through...

    40 MuseScore Sheet Music Player alternatives
    MuseScore Sheet Music Player screenshot 1

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    MuseScore Sheet Music Player iconNoteEdit Icon

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  12. NtEd icon
     7 likes

    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...

    45 NtEd alternatives
    NtEd screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    NtEd Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    NtEd iconNoteEdit Icon

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