Top 5 Open-Source Alternatives to MusiCAD

MusiCAD

MusiCAD is a score writer and music notation program that provides great ability to music creators to produce high-quality music sheets, create music, extract parts from scores with chord symbols, and provide complete MIDI synchronizing.

Product categories

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to MusiCAD are music21, LilyPond, and Finale. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

music21 Landing Page
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music21

Music21 is a Python-based toolkit for computer-aided musicology.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Music Tools #Email Marketing #Audio & Music 13 social mentions
LilyPond Landing Page
2

LilyPond

GNU LilyPond is a computer program for music engraving.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Music Tools #Music #Musician Tools 43 social mentions
Finale Landing Page
3

Finale

Finale, the world standard for music notation software, lets you compose, arrange, notate, and print engraver-quality sheet music.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Music #Music Tools #Musician Tools 3 social mentions
MMA Landing Page
4

MMA

“MMA—Musical MIDI Accompaniment” is an accompaniment generator.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Audio & Music #Music Tools #Music
JJazzLab Landing Page
5

JJazzLab

Fed up with boring backing tracks ? Try JJazzLab!
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Audio & Music #Music Generation #Music Tools