stefkeB

I have talked about software for musical scores before. Last time, I was getting a feel for LilyPond, a LaTeX-like formatting system.

Now I discovered, by accident, an Open Source Qt-based project, called MuseScore.
I is comparable to the Finale in that it lets you create a score as you do with a Wysiwyg document editor.

More info and downloads on http://musescore.org/

I was pleased with several things: it is visual, yet with a well-thought-out keyboard navigation and editing system. You can play the music (including repeats!). You can enter notes using MIDI keyboard. You can exchange in some formats (MusicXML). It can export to Lilypond (not complete, though). And it is cross-platform: Windows, Mac and Linux.

Expect to see more of my scores in the future.