[plug] music composing software for linux [or java]

[David Buddrige]

Hi Everyone,

I have discovered denemo [the front-end http://denemo.sourceforge.net/ ]
and lilypad [the back-end  http://lilypond.org/web/ ] which seems to
work at least to the basics.

thanks

David.

On Mon, 2007-05-28 at 21:31 +0800, David Buddrige wrote:

> Noteworthy Composer (see http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/  ) is a
> software package that allows you to compose music score (that is,
> sheet music) on your computer - essentially its like a word-processor
> for sheet music.  It also allows you to play back the tune via a MIDI
> output so you can hear exactly what the tune sounds like after putting
> it together.
> 
> It's a great product.  I would buy it, except that it runs on Windows,
> and I don't [run windows].
> 
> I have tried running it on WINE, however it doesn't work properly.
> The menus are scrambled (I have put a screenshot at
> http://wasp.net.au/~buddrige/noteworthy.jpg ) and the Midi output
> doesn't work either.  Without menus that I can read, it is
> prohibitively difficult to attempt to configure it for my system.
> 
> I have been searching for an equivalent program for Linux - Free/OSS
> would be ideal, but pay-for software is fine too.  Does anyone know of
> a linux based [or Java based] program that would replicate these
> features?  I am particularly interested in the ability to create sheet
> music in word-processor fashion and play it back immediately on the
> computer.
> 
> thanks heaps guys,
> 
> David Buddrige. 8-) 
> 
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