Music Notation Software to Write Your Own Music Score Easily

Streamlined and user-friendly program to create 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.

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.

Download Crescendo Music Notation Software for Windows

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

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

Conveniently switch between notes and rests using keyboard shortcuts
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
Utilize MIDI keyboard for easy score notation input
Use a virtual piano keyboard to add notation
Easily write your choral composition starting with one of the choral templates
Advanced notation capabilities for composing sheet music

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
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Write Any Music Score

Orchestra Band Choir Guitar Drum/Percussion Piano Jazz Musical And More...

Sheet Music

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

Percussion Notation

Write your own percussion notation for drums & other percussion instruments

Guitar Tabs

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

Numbered Notation

Create musical scores effortlessly using a numerical system for notes.

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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