awesome-awesomeness/terminal/sheetmusic

                                                                                                            Awesome Sheet Music

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

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Table Of Contents



- Music Notation Software (#music-notation-software)
- Archives (#archives)
- Software Libraries (#software-libraries)
  - AI Powered (#ai-powered)
- Websites (#websites)
- Apps (#apps)
- Notations (#notations)
- Hardware (#hardware)
- Resources (#resources)
- OMR (Optical Music Recognition) (#omr-optical-music-recognition)
- Research (#research)



Music Notation Software

- capella  \(commercial\) - Create complete scores.
- dorico  \(commercial\) - Desktop notation software created largely by former
  developers of the competing product Sibelius.
- finale  \(commercial\) - Compose, arrange, notate and print
  engraver-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.

capella : http://capella.de
finale : http://finalemusic.com
Gsharp : https://www.common-lisp.net/project/gsharp/
LilyPond : http://lilypond.org
mei-friend : https://mei-friend.mdw.ac.at
MuseScore : http://musescore.org
opusmodus : http://opusmodus.com
sibelius : http://sibelius.com
dorico : https://www.steinberg.net/en/products/dorico/start.html
Unison : https://unisonofficial.com/html/about.html


Archives

- Bach digital  - Platform to browse through original sources
  of J. S. Bach and his sons.
- CMME  - Computerized mensural music editing and database of scores.
- CPDL  - The Choral Public Domain Library, an archive focused on
  choral 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 Project
  to 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 with LilyPond .
- MuseScore  - Share your sheet music and comment on others.
- mutopia  - Sheet music editions of classical music for free.
   Repository available at github.com mutopia .
- openbook  - Open LilyPond  real book for jazz musicians.

Bach digital : https://www.bach-digital.de
CMME : https://www.cmme.org
Digital Mozart Edition : https://dme.mozarteum.at/en/
CPDL : https://www.cpdl.org
flutetunes.com : http://flutetunes.com
IMSLP : http://imslp.org
Kern Scores : http://kern.humdrum.org/
Lilypond-Sheet-Music : https://github.com/cellist/Lilypond-Sheet-Music
MuseScore : http://musescore.com
mutopia : http://www.mutopiaproject.org
github.com mutopia : https://github.com/chrissawer/The-Mutopia-Project
openbook : https://github.com/veltzer/openbook


Software Libraries

- alda  - Music programming language for musicians.
- alphatab  - Cross platform music notation and
  guitar tablature rendering library.
- ChorData  - Dummy chordbook for mandolin, ukulele and guitar.
- chord-mark  - Reference implementation of the ChordMark  notation.
- chordpro  - Reference implementation of the ChordPro  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.
- lilynode  - Node.js wrapper for LilyPond .
- lilyware  - Node.js middleware for serving rendered LilyPond  files.
- ly2video  - Generating videos from LilyPond  projects.
- Melo  - Music notation language and compiler to MIDI.
- mscxyz  - Manipulate MuseScore 's XML based mscx files.
- Music Sheet Viewer  - Wordpress plugin to embed
sheet music with shortcode tags.
- music21  - Toolkit for computational musicology.
- musical.js  - A sequencing WebAudio synthesizer
that supports ABC notation.
- openLilyLib  - Enhancement library for LilyPond .
- 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 for
  engraving MEI music notation into SVG.
- VexFlow  - TypeScript library for rendering music notation & guitar tablature.
- zazate.js  - Music theory and notation library
  for javascript and node.js.
- SeePlay  - Webapp to teach sight reading of sheet music.

alda : https://github.com/alda-lang/alda
alphatab : http://alphatab.net
ChorData : https://github.com/starenka/chordata
chord-mark : https://github.com/no-chris/chord-mark/
chordpro : https://github.com/ChordPro/chordpro
Digital Music Stand : https://github.com/PatWie/digitalmusicstand
EMViz : https://github.com/carterenyi/emviz
hmsl : https://github.com/philburk/hmsl
Hum : https://github.com/crbulakites/hum
lilynode : https://github.com/adius/lilynode
lilyware : https://github.com/adius/lilyware
ly2video : https://github.com/aspiers/ly2video
Melo : https://github.com/Mistodon/melo
mscxyz : https://github.com/Josef-Friedrich/mscxyz
Music Sheet Viewer : https://wordpress.org/plugins/music-sheet-viewer/
music21 : https://github.com/cuthbertLab/music21
musical.js : https://github.com/PencilCode/musical.js
openLilyLib : https://openlilylib.org
OpenSheetMusicDisplay : https://github.com/opensheetmusicdisplay/opensheetmusicdisplay
ScoreAnalyzer : https://github.com/Vassantha/ScoreAnalyzer
SeePlay : https://github.com/LearningNerd/seeplay
SheetAble : https://sheetable.net
Smude : https://github.com/sonovice/smude
verovio : https://github.com/rism-ch/verovio
VexFlow : https://github.com/vexflow/vexflow
zazate.js : https://github.com/btwael/zazate.js


AI Powered

- 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).

AnthemScore : https://www.lunaverus.com
Piano Transcription : https://github.com/bytedance/piano_transcription
Sheet Sage : https://github.com/chrisdonahue/sheetsage


Websites

- Airsequel Sheet Music  - Sheet music management app powered by Airsequel .
- 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.
- Fretmonster  - Fingering charts app for Guitar, Ukulele, Bass, and Mandolin.
- Guitar Dashboard  - An interactive music theory dashboard for guitarists.
- hacklily  - Online LilyPond  based sheet music editor.
- La Partition Numerique  -
French speaking site dedicated to the future of musical scores.
- lilybin  - Web-based editor and GitHub project.
- microharmonic  - Microtone keyboard.
  and chord diagrams without the need for special tools.
- Newzik  - Collaborative sheet music management app
and reader for web, iPadOS, and macOS.
- noteflight  \(commercial\) - Browser based music notation creator and
  music 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 with
  interactive 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 piano
  using falling notes.
- tunefl  - Freely generate and share mini LilyPond  scores with ease.

Airsequel Sheet Music : https://github.com/Airsequel/Airsequel-Sheet-Music
Airsequel : https://www.airsequel.com
ChordMark : https://chordmark.netlify.app/
ChordPro : https://www.chordpro.org
Clairnote : https://clairnote.org
flat.io : https://flat.io
flowkey : https://www.flowkey.com/en
Fretboard 1 : https://github.com/fredericcormier/Fretboard
Fretboard 2 : http://davidpots.com/fretboard/
Fretmonster : http://playsongnotes.com/fretmonster
Guitar Dashboard : https://guitardashboard.com/
hacklily : https://www.hacklily.org
La Partition Numerique : https://www.partitionnumerique.com
lilybin : http://lilybin.com
microharmonic : https://www.microharmonic.com
MoonPiano : https://moonpiano.praisethemoon.org/
Newzik : https://newzik.com
noteflight : http://noteflight.com
PianoGym : https://pianogym.com
PianoHub : https://www.pianohub.io
Pianu : https://pianu.com
playgroundsessions : https://playgroundsessions.com
react-piano : https://www.kevinqi.com/react-piano/
Soundslice : https://www.soundslice.com
synthesiagame : http://synthesiagame.com
tunefl : https://github.com/tiredpixel/z.2016-01-19.tunefl


Apps

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

Composer's Sketchpad : http://composerssketchpad.com
Dodeka : https://www.dodekamusic.com/products/dodeka-music-app/
Enote : https://enote.com
Nkoda : https://www.nkoda.com
PianoBooster : https://github.com/pianobooster/PianoBooster
StaffPad : https://www.staffpad.net


Notations

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

Dodeka Music Notation : https://www.dodekamusic.com/learn/alternative-music-notation/
Karya : https://github.com/elaforge/karya


Hardware

- Piano-LED-Visualizer  - Enhanced piano playing
with a Raspberry Pi powered LED strip.

Piano-LED-Visualizer : https://github.com/onlaj/Piano-LED-Visualizer


Resources

- freemusiced  - Fingering charts, scale sheets,
free sheet music and links to resources on the internet.
- List of Online Digital Musical Document Libraries online libs  -
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 effort              
to define a system for encoding musical documents.
- SMuFL  - Standard Music Font Layout.
- ViFaMusik  - Information platform for research on music and musicology.
- W3C Music Notation Community Group  -
Standards group developing MusicXML, **SMuFL**  and **MNX** -Common formats.

freemusiced : http://freemusiced.org/free-sheet-music-links.html
llllllll.co/… : https://llllllll.co/t/experimental-music-notation-resources
MEI : https://music-encoding.org
MNX : https://w3c.github.io/mnx/
online libs :
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Online_Digital_Musical_Document_Libraries
SMuFL : https://w3c.github.io/smufl/latest/index.html
ViFaMusik : https://www.vifamusik.de
W3C Music Notation Community Group :
  https://www.w3.org/community/music-notation/


OMR (Optical Music Recognition)

- 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.

Audiveris : https://github.com/Audiveris/audiveris
Gamera : https://gamera.informatik.hsnr.de/
PlayScore : https://www.playscore.co
Rodan : https://github.com/DDMAL/Rodan


Research

- Distributed digital music archives and libraries lab ddmal  -
  Development and evaluation of practices, frameworks and tools
  for the design and construction of worldwide distributed
  digital 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.

ddmal : http://ddmal.music.mcgill.ca
MusicScoring : https://github.com/xwsxethan/MusicScoring
Notation and Thought : https://github.com/hypotext/notation
OMR Research : https://github.com/OMR-Research