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Crescendo Music Notation Software

Easy to use music note writing and composing software

Compose, Play, and Print Beautiful Sheet Music

Create Sheet MusicPiano, choral, guitar & more

MIDI & VSTi PlaybackPiano, guitar & other instruments

Edit NotesAssign sharps, flats, slurs & more

Create TablatureWrite or convert an existing sheet

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  • Easy to compose for standard notation, tabs or percussion
  • Arrange your own professional quality sheet music
  • Compose music for a band, a score, or any creative project

This program is perfect for composing original songs, guitar tabs, drum notation, music, scores and soundtracks, or you can try it with the built-in Audio Transcriber Tool to transcribe music recordings and notate arrangements of your favorite music.

A simple and intuitive way to write musical notation or guitar tabs, Crescendo allows composers to write, save and print their music compositions on their computer.

The wide array of sheet music symbols, time and key signatures, along with a free-form layout, gives a composer optimum control over creating sheet music for their arrangements.

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Get it Free. A free version of Crescendo Music Notation Software is available for non-commercial use. If you will be using Crescendo at home you can download the free version here.


Intuitive Music Writing Software
Point and click to add notes and musical notation to the staff Easily add slurs ties and accidentals Brace staves to compose musical scores Add lyrics easily to each note

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Music Notation Software Features

  • Change the key signature and time signature
  • Add whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth and thirty-second notes and rests (semibreve to demisemiquaver)
  • Create sheet music in Treble, Bass, Tenor or Alto Clefs
  • Display note name in notes to help beginner musicians
  • Write your own guitar tablature
  • Use drum kits and templates to write percussion notation
  • Assign sharp, flat and natural accidentals to notes
  • Add ties and slurs across notes
  • Create dotted notes, chords, add repeats, and more
  • Open and edit MusicXML files
  • Write vocal scores in different instrumental accompaniments
  • Vocal scoring is fast with the easy-to-use composition tools

Composing Program Features

  • Keyboard shortcuts toggle between notes and rests
  • Insert text to specify a title, tempo, dynamics or lyrics
  • Drag notes to change their pitch or placement
  • Copy, cut and paste measures to easily insert themes
  • Zoom in and out for easier editing
  • Brace staves together to compose scores for ensembles
  • Input score notation using your MIDI keyboard
  • Use a virtual piano keyboard to add notation
  • Easily write your choral composition starting with one of the choral templates

Preview and Share Your Score

  • Listen to your composition with MIDI playback, or export MIDI music files
  • Export your score as PDF, MIDI, MP3, WAV, TGA, JPG, PNG & more
  • Create and playback guitar tabs
  • Supports VSTi instruments, such as piano or violin, for quality MIDI playback
  • Print completed music projects to share
  • Print blank music sheets for hand transcription

MIDI Music Notation Features

  • Convert MIDI input to notes
  • Crescendo automatically detects connected MIDI devices
  • A digital MIDI keyboard is included as an alternative to a physical MIDI device

Drum Notation Symbols

Crescendo includes support for a wide array of percussion instruments including the most commonly used symbols for creating and reading drum notations easily.

Acoustic Bass Drum Acoustic Snare Closed Hi Hat High Floor Tom Splash Cymbal
MIDI Input Device

MIDI Input Devices

Crescendo automatically detects connected MIDI devices and enables it for notation. You can also use the onscreen keybaord as an alternative to a physical MIDI device.

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How to Connect a MIDI Device

Plug in your MIDI Device

Connect your MIDI Device to your computer using a USB compatible cable.

Select your device from the list

On the MIDI input tab of Options, select your Device from the list.

Test your MIDI device by pressing some keys

Press a key on your MIDI device and the notes will be mapped to the score.

How to convert a MIDI file to notes

File dropdown menu

Select Import MIDI from the File menu

Import file window dialog

Select your file and import options in the MIDI import dialog

Imported file loaded to the main window

The music notation for your MIDI file will open in a new score

Sheet Music

Compose music for a single instrument, a band or an orchestra

Violin

Percussion Notation

Write your own percussion notation for drums & other percussion instruments

Percussion

Guitar Tabs

Quickly create your own guitar tablature for all guitar types & music styles

Tabs

Numbered Notation

Create musical scores effortlessly using a numerical system for notes.

Numbered Notation

Add Lyrics

Smoothly add lyrics to your score with the Lyrics tool.

Crescendo makes it easy for composers and hobbyists to create musical scores using their keyboard and mouse. Simply select the Lyrics tool from the toolbar to the right of your score, then click to place the first lyric. Tab or space to move to the next lyric.

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Whatever you like to jam on...

Guitar
Organ
Saxophone
Mandolin

...compose your next hit with Crescendo

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Who is Crescendo for?


Singer
Drummer
Music Producer
Guitarist
Music Teacher
Music Director
Audio Engineer
Music Student
Songwriter
Concertmaster
Orchestrator
Pianist
Record Producer
Lyricist
Composer

Every Musician can Easily Write Sheet Music

Compose

Compose

Composing and arranging music is easy with Crescendo. Add notes, accidentals, ties, repeats and more. Utilize auto-formatting when placing, moving and deleting notes.

Learn

Learn

The streamlined, easy-to-use interface makes it easy for students to learn the art of composing and music notation. Add note names to notes to create music worksheets.

Publish

Publish

After completing your score, share it with others. Print your score or publish your score as a PDF, MIDI, MP3, WAV, TGA, JPG, PNG & more. Easily reformat to other page sizes.

System Requirements

  • Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11
  • Works on 64 bit Windows
  • See Win 98 and Win 2000 to download software compatible with earlier versions of Windows.
  • macOS 10.5 or above
  • Android version runs on 2.3.3 or higher

Purchase Music Notation Software

  • Purchase Crescendo online here

Download Music Notation Software

  • Download Crescendo Music Notation Editor for Windows
  • Download Crescendo Music Notation Editor for Mac
  • Download Crescendo Music Notation Editor for Android

"I am a professional choir/music director and I always use this program for last minute changes and adjustments to musical arrangements to musical pieces that would be impossible to find on line. Through this program I can make these changes easily and provide them to my choir without any issues and the program does not in any way diminish the beauty and quality of the original musical composer."

Karen Naja

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