There's a demonstration online now. The features list so far ... Essentially, Beethoven wouldn't be impressed. A music notation editor based on Javascript that can input and output Abc, MusicXML ...

When time's a ticking, the best music notation software will help you to get the job done fast. You know the, ahem, score – nothing in life is more fleeting than a good creative idea. So, when ...

The score for John Cage’s indeterminate composition “Fontana Mix” (image: BBC Radio 3) With the development of music notation, music was set free from the delicate bonds of oral and aural ...

Many users have switched to it from other popular music notation programs, despite its text-format interface and command-line operation. LilyPond's output quality really is that attractive. Because of ...

How do the manufacturers never once think, ‘let's look online and copy down the right notes’?!” The post immediately attracted the ire of a number of music geeks, who called out the all-too-nonchalant ...

The Grand Staff. Treble Clef on upper staff; Bass Clef on lower staff (image: wikipedia) The curving flourishes of music notation have always been something a mystery to me, although every day I ...

Tab appears underneath conventional music notation as six horizontal lines that represent the strings of the guitar, from the sixth (thick) string at the bottom to the first (thin) string at the top.

Last month I introduced the ABC music notation system. This month, I continue our tour of notation programs for Linux with a look at the Common Music Notation system from composer/programmer Bill ...

BACH: LEVEL THREE: WESTERN NOTATION. BACH: This is how I write my music down. The space between the notes shows the duration, and the height shows the pitch. Ha-ha! Ed: What about guitar tabs?