Avid Sibelius Alternatives

Avid Sibelius is described as 'Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS with intuitive tools for score creation, MIDI input, guitar tab conversion, and dynamic parts' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Avid Sibelius for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best Avid Sibelius alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Avid Sibelius are Dorico, Guitar Pro, Rosegarden and Symphony Pro.

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Avid Sibelius alternatives page was last updated May 5, 2025
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  1. capella-scan icon

    capella-scan

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    Dispatch re-typing of sheet music to a nuisance of the past! Let capella-scan transform your sheet music quickly into a ringing score that is ready for editing and printing. capella-scan has put an end to the laborious task of typing out notes.

    34 capella-scan alternatives

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    • Windows
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  2. Stave'n'Tabs icon

    Stave'n'Tabs

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    iOS and macOS notation and tablature editor with MIDI and MusicXML files support and chromatic scales analyze of the score.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    Mac, iPad and iPhone versions of the Stave'n'Tabs

    Stave'n'Tabs Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

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  4. Canorus Music Score Editor icon

    Canorus Music Score Editor

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Canorus Music Score Editor VS Avid Sibelius

     
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    Guitar Pro

    Guitar Pro enables editing tablatures for guitar, bass, and more, with support for piano and drums. It features a realistic audio engine, interactive practice tools, and access to thousands of online tabs, facilitating music comp...

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    Aered

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    Aered is a sheet music editor specifically designed for drummers.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Aered Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Export to PDF
    3.  Export to WAV

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  7. NtEd icon

    NtEd

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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...

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    NtEd Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support

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  8. MEFA icon

    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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

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  10. capella playAlong icon

    capella playAlong

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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
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    capella playAlong Features

    1.  Accompaniment

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  11. tonica fugata icon

    tonica fugata

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    Composing it for you... Automatic three and four-part composition (styles: J.S. Bach, Max Reger, Jazz, Pop plus creating your own styles), automatic harmonizing, automatic fugue and canon composition.

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    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

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    • Windows
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    tonica fugata Features

    1.  Accompaniment

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    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.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    ABCEditor VS Avid Sibelius

     
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