MagicScore Guitar notation software by Maestro Music Software is now up to version 8. The software offers guitarists and other fretted instrumentalists easy tablature and notation software. Version 8 ...

In one sense, MuseScore is the "odd man out" in this article. It does not employ LilyPond in any way, but it does support MusicXML. That support gives it an entry into the LilyPond environment by way ...

When I was an untutored rock musician, I envied my colleagues who could read and write music notation. They could access and study material that literally was a closed book to me. So, at one point in ...

A good piece of notation software will help you to do just that. A bad piece of software will just end up getting in the way, frustrating your creativity. If you're a student, you won't want those ...

The programming software that professor Daniel Jones used for his honor’s music courses was a little outdated—the program was stored on floppy disks. With his students in mind, he decided to change ...

We love to try new music players, for they all have something interesting to offer, even if the design is the only aspect. Over the years, we’ve used several different music players, but for the most ...

MakeMusic have end-of-lifed Finale, the industry standard music notation software, which has been a mainstay on Mac since 1988 -- the same year that Photoshop, Quark XPress and Office were released.

If you’re a composer and you want to use your Mac to create music, you may be interested by music notation software but put off by the price without having a chance to try it first. If that’s the case ...

Tewksbury, Mass.-based Avid Technology has announced the acquisition of London, England’s Sibelius Software in a deal valued at $23 million in cash. The deal puts on of the leading developers of music ...