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A curated list of awesome tools to create, edit and display sheet music.

Table Of Contents

• Music Notation Software
• Archives
• Software Libraries
  • AI Powered
• Websites
• Apps
• Notations
• Hardware
• Resources
• OMR (Optical Music Recognition)
• Research

• capella (commercial) - Create complete scores.
• dorico (commercial) - Desktop notation software created largely by formerdevelopers of the competing product Sibelius.
• finale (commercial) - Compose, arrange, notate and printengraver-quality sheet music.
• Gsharp - Interactive extensible score editor.
• LilyPond - Program and file format for music engraving.
• mei-friend - Browser-based editor for music encodings.
• MuseScore - Create, play and print sheet music.
• opusmodus (commercial) - Software for music composition.
• sibelius (commercial) - Create and share scores.
• Unison (commercial) - Create sheet music by describing it with simple words.

• Bach digital - Platform to browse through original sourcesof J. S. Bach and his sons.
• Bayanguru - Sheet music for Bayan (accordion).
• CMME - Computerized mensural music editing and database of scores.
• CPDL - The Choral Public Domain Library, an archive focused onchoral and vocal music.
• Digital Mozart Edition - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's works in digital formats.
• flutetunes.com - Free sheet music for the flute.
• IMSLP - The International Music Score Library Projectto share the world’s public domain music.
• Kern Scores - Library of musical scores in the Humdrum **kern data format.
• Lilypond-Sheet-Music - Cello music typeset withLilyPond.
• MuseScore - Share your sheet music and comment on others.
• mutopia - Sheet music editions of classical music for free.Repository available onGitHub.
• openbook - OpenLilyPond real book for jazz musicians.

• alda - Music programming language for musicians.
• alphatab - Cross platform music notation andguitar tablature rendering library.
• ChorData - Dummy chordbook for mandolin, ukulele and guitar.
• chord-mark - Reference implementation of theChordMark notation.
• chordpro - Reference implementation of theChordPro standard.
• Digital Music Stand - A simple browser-based viewer to display and search music sheets.
• EMViz - Visualize melodic patterns in MIDI files with arc diagrams.
• hmsl - Hierarchical Music Specification Language.Forth tools for experimental music from the 1980's
• Hum - Music notation language and synthesizer.
• LilyBin - Self-hostable web-powered LilyPond editor.
• lilynode - Node.js wrapper forLilyPond.
• lilyware - Node.js middleware for serving renderedLilyPond files.
• ly2video - Generating videos fromLilyPond projects.
• Melo - Music notation language and compiler to MIDI.
• mscxyz - ManipulateMuseScore's XML based mscx files.
• Music Sheet Viewer - Wordpress plugin to embedsheet music with shortcode tags.
• music21 - Toolkit for computational musicology.
• musical.js - A sequencing WebAudio synthesizerthat supports ABC notation.
• openLilyLib - Enhancement library forLilyPond.
• OpenSheetMusicDisplay - TypeScript library for rendering MusicXML in the browser.
• ScoreAnalyzer - Analyze piano sheet music for technical difficulties.
• SheetAble - Self-hostable server for organizing sheet music.
• Smude - A library dedicated to binarization and dewarping of sheet music images.
• verovio - An library and toolkit forengraving MEI music notation into SVG.
• VexFlow - TypeScript library for rendering music notation & guitar tablature.
• zazate.js - Music theory and notation libraryfor javascript and node.js.
• SeePlay - Webapp to teach sight reading of sheet music.

• AnthemScore - Automatically create sheet music from audio.
• Piano Transcription - Transcribe piano recordings to MIDI files.
• Sheet Sage - Transcribe pop songs to lead sheets (melody + chords).

• Airsequel Sheet Music - Sheet music management app powered byAirsequel.
• ChordMark - Simple text format for the notation of lyrics, chords and rhythm.
• ChordPro - Simple text format for the notation of lyrics with chords.
• Clairnote - Alternative music notation to ease reading and understanding.
• flat.io (commercial) - The online music score editor for your compositions.
• flowkey (commercial) - Interactive app to learn how to play the piano.
• Fretboard 1 - Chords, scales, and fingerings for string instruments.
• Fretboard 2 - Chord diagrams for Guitar.
• Fret Monster - Fingering charts app for Guitar, Ukulele, Bass, and Mandolin.
• Guitar Dashboard - An interactive music theory dashboard for guitarists.
• hacklily - OnlineLilyPond based sheet music editor.
• JotChord - Text-based online editor for making Nashville Number System style song charts as PDFs.
• La Partition Numerique -French speaking site dedicated to the future of musical scores.
• microharmonic - Microtone keyboard.and chord diagrams without the need for special tools.
• Newzik - Collaborative sheet music management appand reader for web, iPadOS, and macOS.
• noteflight (commercial) - Browser based music notation creator andmusic composition community.
• PianoGym - Piano sight reading exercises and flash cards.
• PianoHub - Create and share music in your browser.
• Pianu - Learn how to play the piano with interactive lessons.
• playgroundsessions (commercial) - Learn how to play the piano withinteractive lessons featuring your favorite songs.
• react-piano - Interactive piano keyboard for React.
• Soundslice (commercial) -Browse and create sheet music/tab synced with audio/video performances.
• synthesiagame (commercial) - Learn how to play the pianousing falling notes.
• Tunefl - Freely generate and share miniLilyPond scores with ease.

• Composer's Sketchpad - Sequencer that combines musical staff paperwith an artist's sketchbook (iOS only).
• Enote - Digital sheet music app with large library (iPadOS, iOS).
• Nkoda - Find, organize, and annotate sheet music.
• PianoBooster - MIDI file player displaying musical notesand teaching how to play the piano.
• StaffPad - Music composition app, designed for pen and touch.

• Dodeka Music Notation - A simple yet powerful alternative music notation.
• Karya - Music sequencer and generalized notation.

• Piano-LED-Visualizer - Enhanced piano playingwith a Raspberry Pi powered LED strip.

• freemusiced - Fingering charts, scale sheets,free sheet music and links to resources on the internet.
• List of Online Digital Musical Document Libraries -Wikipedia list of online archives.
• llllllll.co/… - Discussion about experimental music notation resources.
• MNX - XML based next generation music markup proposal.
• MEI - Music Encoding Initiative.Community-driven, open-source effortto define a system for encoding musical documents.
• SMuFL - Standard Music Font Layout.
• Musiconn - Information platform for research on music and musicology.
• W3C Music Notation Community Group -Standards group developing MusicXML,SMuFL andMNX-Common formats.

• Audiveris - Optical music recognition app for scanned scores.
• Gamera - Toolkit for building document image recognition systems.
• PlayScore – Sheet Music Scanning App (iOS, Android, Windows).
• Rodan - Web-based document recognition system.

• Distributed digital music archives and libraries lab -Development and evaluation of practices, frameworks and toolsfor the design and construction of worldwide distributeddigital music archives and libraries.
• MusicScoring - Automatically generate scores for difficult pieces of music.
• Notation and Thought - Notation design and how it affects thought.
• OMR Research - Research hub for Optical Music Recognition.