QAbc Alternatives

QAbc is described as 'Minimal but useful GUI for ABC music composition. This program allow to write music in the ABC syntax and play, preview and print the sheet music' and is an app in the audio & music category. There are more than 10 alternatives to QAbc for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best QAbc alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like QAbc are LilyPond, Band-in-a-Box, Frescobaldi and EasyABC.

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  1. MuseScore Studio icon

    MuseScore Studio

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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
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    • MuseScore Studio is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to QAbc.

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

    • MuseScore Studio is Free and Open SourceQAbc is also Free and Open Source
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    LilyPond

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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.

    49 LilyPond alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Band-in-a-Box icon

    Band-in-a-Box

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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
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    • Band-in-a-Box is the most popular commercial alternative to QAbc.

    • Band-in-a-Box is Paid and ProprietaryQAbc is Free and Open Source
  5. Frescobaldi icon

    Frescobaldi

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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.

    40 Frescobaldi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. EasyABC icon

    EasyABC

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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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  7. Denemo icon

    Denemo

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. DaCapo Editor icon

    DaCapo Editor

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
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    • DaCapo Editor is the most popular Web-based, Android Tablet & Self-Hosted alternative to QAbc.

    • DaCapo Editor is Free and Open SourceQAbc is also Free and Open Source
  10. MC Musiceditor icon

    MC Musiceditor

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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. music21 icon

    music21

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    MEFA

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    MEFA is a program that can be used for writing, printing and playing music. The MEFA program is very easy to use and the music can be written in a fast way. The notation is presented above the text window.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  13. CalmusNotation icon

    CalmusNotation

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    Graphical Notation is an app for music creation and graphical notation using Artificial Intelligence.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  14. ABCEditor icon

    ABCEditor

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    ABCEditor is a Windows program from Elizabeth Scarlett (hosted at Alf Warnock's site) which allows you to create, edit, play and organise abc files. It can transpose, reformat, adjust beaming, create cheet sheets and search for tunes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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