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Consumer Level Music Writing Software Guide

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This is a list of some of the most common consumer level music writing software programs on the market.  These products tend to have fewer features and capabilities than the professional music writing software programs such as Finale 2010 and Sibelius 6.  The music writing programs on this page typically sell for around $100 or less. 


Mozart 9 Notation Composer Finale PrintMusic 2010 Sibelius Student Finale Songwriter 2010
Current Pricing Mozart Music Notation Software Information

Notation Composer- Music Notation Software Information

Site License Available Yes Unknown
 Yes
 20 seat network available
 Yes
MEdM Editor Rating
Read Review at MEdM Read our review of Mozart 9 Read our review of
Notation Composer		 Coming Soon Coming Soon
 Read our review of Finale SongWriter
Maximum # of Staves 64 Unlimited 24
 12
 8
Custom Staff Styles
 Yes 5 line/1 line/0 Yes
 No
 No
Compound time signatures
No No
 No
 No
US/UK Terminology UK US US
 US
 US
Tablature support Yes No Yes
 Yes
 Yes
Plugin Support
No No
 No
 No
Input via MIDI Yes Yes Yes
 Yes
 Yes
Input via microphone
No Yes
 No
 No
Input via scanner
No Yes- SmartScore Lite Included
 No
 No
Exports to
MusicXML, MIDI, KAR MIDI, MusicXML
 MIDI, Scorch
 MIDI, MusicXML
Imports from MIDI, NIFF, RMI, KAR MIDI, KAR MusicXML, Finale, MIDI
 MusicXML, MIDI, Sibelius, OPT
 MIDI, MusicXML
Imports image file formats for use in scores
No No
 No
 No
Parts dynamically
linked to score
Yes No, extract parts to seperate files
 No, no part extraction
 No, no part extraction from score
Custom note head styles
Yes No
 No
 No
Video support
No No
 Yes
 No
Audio Output
None WAV, MP3
 WAV
 WAV, MP3
Save Files As
NOT MUS
 SIB

MUS
Files can be opened in
None Finale 2010, Songwriter 2010
 Sibelius 6, Sibelius 5
 Finale PrintMusic 2010, Finale 2010

Teacher Control (computer
lab capable)
No No
 Yes
 No
Support options Online forum, email Email, Online Help Desk, Forum Email, Online Help Desk, Forum
 Email, 30 Day Phone support, Online forums
 Email, Online Help Desk, Forum
Additional Info Auto-save function 
High quality MIDI transcription
numerous options for cleaning
 up the score




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