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Music Notation Software For Unix?

Posted by Cliff on from the just-as-if-you-were-writing-sheet-music dept.

CapnCheapo asks: "I was just wondering if there has been any progress on a Finale-quality music notation system out there for Linux yet? There are plenty of sequencers and simple notation programs, but I need a program that can do heavy-duty scoring, (30 staves, transposition, score analysis, custom beaming) in a graphical environment. Lilypond is great for typsetting, but is not an ideal environment for playing with musical ideas. Thanks!"

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  1. Look into Ludwig van by goingware · · Score: 2
    I haven't seen it and the page says there's not much to it yet, but the author is apparently both a programmer and a pretty serious musician.

    Check out Ludwig van on Advogato and also developer Cody Russel's page there.


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  2. MusicTex? by WhyteRabbyt · · Score: 2
    Macro package for TeX...

    Pax,

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  3. Music notation software... by evil_one · · Score: 2

    have you tried freshmeat? It's a pretty good resource.
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  4. MIDI and Lilypond by SanLouBlues · · Score: 2

    Somebody should be able to connect a MIDI controller and have it print music out. One could just jam and transcribe it at the same time. That would be ideal, but so would free beer.
    Until then . . . .

  5. Linux Sound & MIDI website by gruppa · · Score: 3

    Are you aware of the Linux Sound & MIDI site? (There is also a European mirror) It's the best collection of links to Linux music-related software and documentation I've found.

    Here's their Music Notation page.