9 best music notation softwares

Product description

Sibelius Ultimate Music Notation Software for Students and Teachers is for sale to students, teachers, and administrators at K12 Schools and Higher Education institutions only. Full version, perpetual License of Sibelius Ultimate. Includes 1-Year of software updates and upgrades. Sibelius Ultimate - the fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music. Create beautiful, captivating scores more quickly than ever before with the world's best selling notation software. Supercharge your workflow. Sibelius Ultimate Music Notation Software makes your entire music writing experience faster and even easier than ever before. Sibelius Ultimate offers many new feature enhancements to boost your composing, arranging, and music preparation efficiency. It’s ideal for copyists to mark-up scores quickly, engravers to get the exact layout you need, and educators to create worksheets fast.

• Sibelius Ultimate Music Notation Software for Students and Teachers is for sale to students, teachers, and administrators at K12 Schools and Higher Education institutions only.
• Full version, perpetual License of Sibelius Ultimate. Includes 1-Year of software updates and upgrades.
• Create with unrivaled compositional tools. Whether you’re well versed in writing music notation or prefer to use a keyboard, guitar, or your voice to enter notes, creating scores has never been easier.
• Compose with every instrument. Play back and hear every nuance of your composition in stunningly realistic detail with Sibelius Sounds. You get 36 GB of professional content, including a specially recorded symphony orchestra, rock, pop, and jazz instrumentation, world-class licensed sounds, and much more.
• Get more ways to create. Sibelius Ultimate Music Notation Software comes with two companion applications that give you more ways to input notes for composition, editing, or rearranging. With AudioScore Lite, you can input notes by singing or playing a monophonic instrument through a microphone, or turn recorded CD tracks into notation. And with PhotoScore & NotateMe Lite, you can turn printed, PDF, and JPEG sheet music into editable scores—and even handwrite music.

User questions & answers

Question:	Is this in a cd format? is it compatible with mac catalina
Answer:	Yes it does, the minimum system requirement for Mac is Mac OS X 10.10. I'm not a Mac guy so I don't know what means but I'm sure you'll be perfectly fine.

Product description

Full version of Makemusic Finale 26 for sale to students, teachers, schools, non-profit organizations and churches. Makemusic Finale 26 - write any music you can imagine. Capture musical inspiration. Engrave a beautiful score. Share your artistic vision with others. Just as every musician is unique, so are the reasons each uses Finale software to write music. Finale supports you, making it easy to create whatever music notation you can imagine and to work in the manner that best supports your creativity. No matter where your inspiration leads you, from a simple lead sheet to preparing your Hollywood film score, Finale is the trusted route to the very best output available.

• Full version of Makemusic Finale 26 for sale to students, teachers, schools, non-profit organizations and churches.
• Create your way. Finale offers you the freedom both of what you create and how you create it. Whether you’re imagining a simple lead sheet, a Broadway score, or something truly unorthodox, you enjoy the flexibility to make your music any way you wish, and to make it in the order and manner that best supports your inspiration.
• Editing. Entering your music in Finale sets you free. In an instant you can move measures, change keys, and transform your music in countless ways. Finale even offers editorial input, like indicating when notes have been written out of an instrument’s range.
• Listening. Great sounds inspire you – and your audience. Finale’s exclusive Human Playback can make any music playback with the nuance of a human performer. Plus Finale includes a vast library of world-class Garritan instrument sounds for stunning realism.
• Sharing. Music is meant to be shared. As you create you can share files, back and forth, with Finale users – and others – thanks to built-in MusicXML support. When you’re ready to share the results, you can make printed sheet music, audio files, pdfs, and more; whatever it takes to produce the best performance.

User questions & answers

Question:	Is this MAC compatible
Answer:	Indeed you can, but depending upon the instrument's quality of interface, and the computer you're using, and the complexity of the music, be prepared to have to do some edited of the notes. If you're expecting a perfect rendition from instrument to sheet music, you'll probably be disappointed, and almost all but the most expensive sheet music software will have those issues.
Question:	How many devices can I run this on at a time? I read that some versions can be authorized on 2 computers at a time. Can it run on 2 simultaneously
Answer:	Hi Steven,The other answer is correct. Crescendo sheets have to be open in Crescendo. If you are attempting to open these files in Crescendo and it is still not functioning properly, please contact our Support Team. They would happy to guide your through this issue. The best way to reach them is here: http://www.nch.com.au/support/supportcontact.html?software=Crescendo .NCH Software Team
Question:	How does the academic verification work
Answer:	Hi Celeste-If you are simply transcribing the sheet music as is without audio, you can burn this to a CD. We offer a free and paid version of a product called Express Burn. In Crescendo, go to "File" and select "Export PDF". This will create PDF files of your sheet music. In Express Burn, simply add your files under a "Data File" CD. This should allow you to burn all of your sheets of music to CD.
Question:	Is this returnable
Answer:	I never got it to work my computer at all.

Product description

Bring musical inspirations to life and enhance your creativity with the blazingly fast and intuitive Notion 6 music composition and performance environment. Compose traditional notation, tablature, or lead sheets when and how you want-on Mac, PC, or mobile-even with your own handwriting. Create music directly on the staff, record or enter notes quickly with a MIDI instrument, or use the integrated virtual Keyboard, Fretboard, or Drum Pad. Create and perform music with the full realism of samples recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios; Guitars by Neil Zaza, Electric Bass by Victor and Drum Kit by Roy Wooten; Olympus Micro Choir and Lakeside Pipe Organ by Sound iron; plus enhanced VST support and bundled PreSonus FX. Take projects to the next level with deep studio integration including audio/MIDI streaming with any professional DAW via Rewire and unprecedented integration with PreSonus Studio One. Even set music to film with advanced video capabilities. Deliver your final professional scores and polished performances with new layout controls; MusicXML to transfer between other notation and music apps; export WAVs or MP3s with instant Sound Cloud sharing. And no other notation software has more options to take your music on the go. Seamlessly switch between your Mac/PC and your Windows Tablet, iPad or iPhone (with Notion for iOS available separately)-even perform scores with Notion as your live instrument. Notion 6 redefining Notation software

• Easily compose, playback, and edit music | Best playback of any notation product, with samples by the London Symphony Orchestra, Sound iron, and more
• Perform scores using Notion as a live instrument and save your performance | Create a score on a Mac or Windows computer and continue to edit on iPad or iPhone
• Write parts by hand and watch them convert to digital notation | Get a polished sound with PreSonus Studio One Native Effects Limiter, Compressor, and Pro EQ plug-ins
• Send audio and MIDI data directly to and from Studio One, or
• integrate Notion with other leading digital audio workstations via Rewire

User questions & answers

Question:	Can the software be downloaded
Answer:	Yes it is
Question:	Is this a download or boxed version? i don't understand what "dnld box" means
Answer:	The software can be installed and activated on 2 computers - but is not really intended for simultaneous use. It is licensed to a single user - who may install it on 2 computers - for example, desktop and laptop. But it is not licensed for use by two different users on those computers simultaneously. Read more here at the Makemusic Finale EULA - https://wpmedia.makemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Finale-End_User_License_Agreement_v261.pdf?_ga=2.40772258.100090691.1564444185-988989114.1542491666
Question:	My laptop doesn't play CD's can I still use this
Answer:	For Academic Verification after you submit your order please message us a copy of your School ID or other documentation that demonstrate you are a Student or Teacher. Ashley Goode East Coast Music
Question:	how many computers is this good for
Answer:	There might be a trial period. I don't know what that is. After that, you're pretty much stuck with it.

Product features

New in Notion 6

The new features and enhancements in Notion represent the most popular requests from the Notion user community and feedback from users of other notation platforms who are looking to make the switch.

Notable improvements include: cross-platform handwriting recognition; new layout control and features for professional score output; drag to respace measures and systems; new instruments from Soundiron; new video window controls for faster scoring to picture; the new Notion Scores library, with over 100 great works; updated Music XML support for seamless transfer with other apps; MP3 export; MIDI over ReWire for improved integration with leading digital audio workstations; and unprecedented side-by-side workflow integration with Studio One Artist or Professional on the same computer or between multiple computers on the same network.

Hear your music played by world-class musicians.

Notion gives you by far the best playback of any notation product out of the box, including the unmatched realism of orchestral and Steinway samples recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at the legendary Abbey Road Studios, guitar samples performed by Neil Zaza, bass samples by Victor Wooten, and drum samples by Roy “Futureman” Wooten. All were painstakingly recorded by top engineers using the best equipment. You get a wide array of dynamics, articulations, and performance techniques. New instruments in version 6 include the Notion Harpsichord along with the Lakeside Pipe Organ and Olympus Micro Choir sounds from our friends at Soundiron. But that’s just the beginning of Notion’s playback features.

Interactive tools make entry fast and intuitive.

Enter notes with ease using Notion 6’s interactive fretboard, keyboard, and drum pad. It’s the fastest and most convenient way to capture pitches, drum parts, and guitar fingerings. You can even customize the number of guitar strings on the fretboard and the order of entry for each voice for the drum pad. Notion 6’s new Powered by MyScript handwriting-recognition feature for Mac, Windows, and iOS lets you write directly into the score, automatically converting your input into digital notation.

Choose chords from a generous chord library and create your own chords. It’s simple to enter the chord name or voicing you want to appear in your score. Choose from standard chord symbols and fretted chord symbols and design custom chord symbols and diagrams. Chords remain on the fretboard for repeated entry, and the software can recall recently used chords. Chord symbols can be attached anywhere over empty measures, meaning lead sheets can be created in no time!

Serious studio integration.

While Notion exceeds all other notation software with its mix capabilities, you can take compositions to the next level by connecting Notion to a leading DAW through superior realtime audio/MIDI streaming over ReWire. Or create a music production powerhouse by pairing Notion 6 with Studio One 3 (or newer), where you can now send audio, note, track, VST and score data directly between the applications. The workflow between Notion 6 and Studio One is unprecedented, as both applications can run side by side on the same computer or on any computers on the same network.

Product description

Sibelius Ultimate Music Notation Software - the fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music. Create beautiful, captivating scores more quickly than ever before with the world's best selling notation software. Supercharge your workflow. Sibelius Ultimate makes your entire music writing experience faster and even easier than ever before. Sibelius Ultimate Music Notation Software offers many new feature enhancements to boost your composing, arranging, and music preparation efficiency. It’s ideal for copyists to mark-up scores quickly, engravers to get the exact layout you need, and educators to create worksheets fast. Mark up your score faster than ever before. Forget about having to enter slurs, crescendos, and decrescendos one by one, or copying a line from one instrument to another. You can now add multiple slurs, hairpins, or any other staff lines all at once—across multiple instruments—by making a passage selection or object selection. Sibelius will then intelligently enter the lines into your score. Once they’re in, you can then extend or contract all the lines using the Space or Shift+Space keys, saving valuable creative time.

• This Product is shipped as a download card, which is a postcard with download instructions and a serial key to authorize your software online.
• 1-Year Subscription License. Includes Avid upgrade and support plan that ensures you always have the latest features at your fingertips.
• Effortlessly glide through music with Magnetic Glissando
• Work faster with the updated Inspector. With the new, improved, and enhanced Inspector window, accessing, editing, and controlling elements in your score is easier than ever.
• Build up your score. Sibelius Ultimate Music Notation Software does more than just notes. You can add chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams by simply playing a chord on a MIDI device or typing suffix elements, thanks to automatic chord symbol recognition.

Product description

Finale PrintMusic 2014 is music notation software designed for educators, worship directors, performing musicians, composers and arrangers who don’t require the most advanced features in Finale. PrintMusic is easy to use and fun to learn. Quickly create orchestrations of up to 24 staves, extract parts, hear your music play back, and print beautiful sheet music.

• Finale PrintMusic 2014 is professional music software for arrangers, composers, teachers, students, and other musicians. Quickly create orchestrations of up to 24 staves, extract parts, hear your music play back, and print beautiful sheet music.
• Play MIDI keyboard and see music appear instantly; enter notes in step-time; import/export MIDI and Music XML files.
• Free software synthesizer with 128 plus instrument sounds; Human Playback to give your music human nuances. Composing and arranging tools; multiple-undo option; quick-start videos for getting started.
• Share songs with free, downloadable Finale Reader; save MP3 files for an iPod or burn to CD.
• System Requirements: Windows 10, Windows 8 or Windows 7

User questions & answers

Question:	What exactly is a "download card
Answer:	DNLD box means the Download Instructions and Code comes in a presentation Box as shown in the image. There are no physical discs in the box. The User Manual is also on Presonus Notion website.
Question:	Is this compatible with Mac
Answer:	You may need to purchase an external cd drive.
Question:	Do retired music teachers qualify for academic edition
Answer:	5 ACTIVATIONS per license, and they (the computers and or laptops) need to be owned by the same user.

Product description

Makemusic Finale 26 - write any music you can imagine. Capture musical inspiration. Engrave a beautiful score. Share your artistic vision with others. Just as every musician is unique, so are the reasons each uses Finale software to write music. Finale supports you, making it easy to create whatever music notation you can imagine and to work in the manner that best supports your creativity. No matter where your inspiration leads you, from a simple lead sheet to preparing your Hollywood film score, Finale is the trusted route to the very best output available.

• Create your way. Finale offers you the freedom both of what you create and how you create it. Whether you’re imagining a simple lead sheet, a Broadway score, or something truly unorthodox, you enjoy the flexibility to make your music any way you wish, and to make it in the order and manner that best supports your inspiration.
• Editing. Entering your music in Finale sets you free. In an instant you can move measures, change keys, and transform your music in countless ways. Finale even offers editorial input, like indicating when notes have been written out of an instrument’s range.
• Listening. Great sounds inspire you – and your audience. Finale’s exclusive Human Playback can make any music playback with the nuance of a human performer. Plus Finale includes a vast library of world-class Garritan instrument sounds for stunning realism.
• Sharing. Music is meant to be shared. As you create you can share files, back and forth, with Finale users – and others – thanks to built-in MusicXML support. When you’re ready to share the results, you can make printed sheet music, audio files, pdfs, and more; whatever it takes to produce the best performance.

User questions & answers

Question:	I want to arrange music for handbells. Will i be able to do this with this version of Finale
Answer:	No - this is Windows only
Question:	Is this available for non-students just independent parties and is it for PC Windows
Answer:	This is not an academic version - it can be purchased by everybody
Question:	I have an old laptop. If I purchase software and find that it's not compatible with my old laptop, will I be able to load it again on new computer
Answer:	Yes it has download version

Product description

• Play music recordings and watch the notes in real time
• Create a visual representation of notes in any music recording
• Slow the speed and loop playback to better transcribe subtle details
• Tone-enabled piano keyboard assists in note identification
• Graphs monotone and polyphonic recordings

Product description

Full version, perpetual License of Sibelius Ultimate Music Notation Software. Includes 1-Year of software updates and upgrades. Sibelius Ultimate - the fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music. Create beautiful, captivating scores more quickly than ever before with the world's best selling notation software. Supercharge your workflow. Sibelius Ultimate makes your entire music writing experience faster and even easier than ever before. Sibelius Ultimate offers many new feature enhancements to boost your composing, arranging, and music preparation efficiency. It’s ideal for copyists to mark-up scores quickly, engravers to get the exact layout you need, and educators to create worksheets fast.

• Full version, perpetual License of Sibelius Ultimate Music Notation Software. Includes 1-Year of software updates and upgrades.
• Create with unrivaled compositional tools. Whether you’re well versed in writing music notation or prefer to use a keyboard, guitar, or your voice to enter notes, creating scores has never been easier.
• Compose with every instrument. Play back and hear every nuance of your composition in stunningly realistic detail with Sibelius Sounds. You get 36 GB of professional content, including a specially recorded symphony orchestra, rock, pop, and jazz instrumentation, world-class licensed sounds, and much more.
• Get more ways to create. Sibelius Ultimate comes with two companion applications that give you more ways to input notes for composition, editing, or rearranging. With AudioScore Lite, you can input notes by singing or playing a monophonic instrument through a microphone, or turn recorded CD tracks into notation. And with PhotoScore & NotateMe Lite, you can turn printed, PDF, and JPEG sheet music into editable scores—and even handwrite music.

User questions & answers

Question:	Is this software for Mac, PC or both/either
Answer:	Think of Music Theory Tutor as a driver's ed course and EarMaster like a race track that allows you to practice your skills. Both have their usefulness. I hope that makes sense! Thanks for your inquiry.
Question:	What is a "perpetual license
Answer:	You can download the software from eMedia (http://www.emediamusic.com/download/software.html?product=MTTC). To use the software you need a serial number. You get a serial number in the box with the CD-ROM.
Question:	Is this specific silbelius 2019.12?, or sibelius 2019.7?, or sibelius 2019.9? , or sibelius
Answer:	Learning music theory is helpful for anyone interested in writing or playing music. As Robbie Woods mentioned, Music Theory Tutor isn't designed for learning piano technique. I would recommend either of these for learning to play the piano: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003NVHWO0 or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00P00TWPY

Product description

Creating your musical legacy starts with Finale. Easily arrange or compose publisher-quality music notation that plays back with world-class sounds, and share the results. From lead sheets and guitar tabs, to band charts and orchestral scores, Finale is the forward-looking choice. Finale offers: More note entry options-Play a MIDI keyboard, use a mouse and computer keyboard, scan existing music, or import a variety of file types. More sounds-With 400+ Garritan instruments and Human Playback, your music becomes a life-like performance. Additional ways to share-Share your music with the free Finale SongBook iPad app. And only Finale can create SmartMusic accompaniments. Powerful features-Enjoy Linked Parts, Music Educator Resources, Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing, MicNotator, Video Support, TempoTap, and many other innovative features. Help Resources-Enjoy free support, video tutorials, and the industry's best Help resources. The all-new Finale 2014 now offers: Backwards and forwards compatibility! For the first time ever you can save files that can be opened directly in the previous version of Finale. Dozens of world-class Garritan Sounds, from several sound libraries, have been added. Easily create Keyless Scores. Expanded Link Parts, with far greater control over what items can be unlinked. More than 1500 worksheets, flashcards, and pieces of repertoire have been included as Music Education Resources. Improved Accidentals and Rests ensure you see perfect notation, particularly in music with more than one voice or layer. Beat-attached SmartShapes including hairpins, trills, and other lines are quickly and easily assigned, both in terms of appearance and playback. Many core improvements, including a new audio engine, Macintosh Cocoa support, percussion enhancements, and a clean new look with updated palettes, playback, controls, mixer, icons, and backgrounds.

• Easily arrange or compose publisher-quality music notation that plays back with world-class sounds, and share the results. From lead sheets and guitar tabs, to band charts and orchestral scores, Finale is the forward-looking choice.
• More note entry options! Play a MIDI keyboard, use a mouse and computer keyboard, scan existing music, or import a variety of file types.
• More sounds! With over 400 Garritan instruments and Human Playback, your music becomes a life-like performance.
• More powerful features! Enjoy Linked Parts, Music Educator Resources, Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing, MicNotator, Video Support, TempoTap, and many other innovative features.
• More Helpful Resources! Enjoy free support, video tutorials, and the industry’s best Help resources.

User questions & answers

Question:	Have the all bugs been fixed yet in Finale 2014, or can I just purchase Finale Academic Version without being a Student? (It has good reviews
Answer:	Anyone can purchase Finale, but if you're not a qualified faculty, student, or music minister you're not entitled to the academic discounted version. Any software may have some bugs. You can check the Finale Forum for a rundown of any problems at http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?c=1