Musette Free Music/Song Editor for Windows®

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Quick, Easy and FUN Music Notation Software
Watch a video demo (1.7MB)

Use Musette for songs and scores.

  • Free forever. No ads or splash screens
  • Requires no special installation
  • Just click to place a symbol anywhere
  • Click and drag to move or adjust symbols
  • Keyboard shortcuts for faster editing
  • Cut, copy and paste
  • Resize note groups
  • Transpose and change clefs
  • Just click and drag to add beams or ties
  • Just click and drag to group notes into chords
  • Commands apply to a note, or note groups
  • User-translatable menus and hints
  • Demo mode for Consort Edition features
  • Load, play and print Consort Edition files
  • Sample files and demo included
  • Message board for help, advice and music files
  • Check out the screen shots for more details
Classical guitar printout 4-part consort printout
Watch a video demo (1.7MB)

User comments - click for the full text

The best free notation software out there is http://musettemusic.com/

I have just tried out this software for the very first time and have found it to be excellent - it's surprisingly intuitive.

Looks pretty good too. Its free and is lot simpler than the other stuff out there.

It is great and came along at the most opportune time.

Thanks for a terrific program.

... it far surpasses my expectations

Musette is really self-explanatory...

Cool easy to use music editor....

Distribute lyrics and music together in a single, small file.

Musette simplifies creation and distribution of public domain songs as lyrics and music are included together in files that download in seconds. Special features help create, edit, play and print scores and songs, even if you're not familiar with music notation. If you can tap your foot and count, Musette will help you get the music right. You can load the music from a MIDI file, then paste the lyrics from the Windows clipboard. Musette automatically aligns the words with the music. You can change the pitch and tempo, and Musette highlights each word as it plays so it's easy to sing along.

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Download V2.9.9.000 now
Quick, easy and harmless to try. Even with a dial-up Internet connection, it usually downloads in under 2 minutes.

 

If you're upgrading from V2.7 or earlier version of the Consort Edition, you'll have to re-enter your authorization code as this version uses a new, automated on-line registration process.

You also get a free ttf music font which may be used with other software. This copyrighted software is free, but may NOT be sold or included with anything for sale without written permission. Details are included with the program. Musette requires a Pentium processor and Windows® 95 or higher. Check the Message board for the latest information on this version.

Running MusSetup.exe installs to the folder of your choice, copies the required music font to your font folder for use with other software, creates a shortcut, and provides an uninstall option.

If you prefer more control ...

  • Download MusUnzip.exe
  • Double-click on MusUnzip.exe
  • Choose a folder and click "Unzip"
  • If you're upgrading, just unzip over your old version
  • No need to run a special installation program or reboot
  • Musette doesn't add, change, or require any other files
  • Double-click on musette.exe
  • Check out the "Demo" section of the help file.
  • If you really want it gone, just delete the files

V2.9 uses a different font file which is included. If you install manually with MusUnzip.exe and want the new music font available for use with other programs, you should install the font in Window's font folder.

For more details, readme.txt and musette.hlp are included in MusUnzip.exe and MusSetup.exe. MusUnzip.exe is a self-extracting archive created with WinZip. You don't need WinZip but you may use it to examine or extract individual files.

Upgrade to the Consort Edition.

Pre-release test versions

 

If you've been using Musette for awhile and want to help test new features before they're released, visit the experimental version download page.

Upgrade to the Consort Edition for more features and faster, easier music editing.
Click the Setup/Demo menu option to try all the Consort Edition features.
Check out the "Demo" section of the help file.

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  • Get help by e-mail
  • Zoom in or out
  • Automatically reformat a marked block, staff, brace or the entire score
  • Undo
  • Adjust spacing between notes and attached dots, accidentals and articulation
  • Paste text with a font
  • Multi-part scores - add accompaniment and percussion tracks
  • Load all the tracks of a MIDI file
  • Print formatting - Set staff size and left margin
  • Select MIDI instruments and channels
  • Export MIDI files
  • Transposable chords for guitar, etc.
  • Faster, easier editing with additional formatting options
  • A separate window displays all music symbols.
  • Automatically beam notes together
  • Automatically group vertically aligned notes into chords
  • Dragging a bar line can reformat a measure or the entire staff
  • Click and drag to move the last measure to the next staff, or the first measure to the previous staff
  • Change stem directions of a single note, groups of notes or the entire score
  • Alto, tenor and octave treble clefs
  • Grace notes
  • Tuplets (triplets, quintuplets, duplets, etc.)
  • Draw variable-width lines
  • Measure numbers
  • Time signatures from 2/2 to 9/8
  • Change playback speed at each time signature
  • Insertable page breaks with footers
  • Status bar shows edit mode and cursor position
  • Notes in chords move together to maintain vertical alignment
  • Hear metronome clicks in Setup/Config
  • Hear instrument selections in Staff setup/properties
  • 64th notes/rests, dynamics, and additional music notation symbols

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Version History

 

V2.9.0.000 Adds zoom, allows reformatting the entire score, more time signatures, improved music symbols and better looking printouts, easier editing.

V2.9.1.000 Adds 64th note and rests, an MM symbol for beats per minute, and some editing enhancements.

V2.9.2.000 Fixes a Windows 98 registration problem.

V2.9.4 Fixes a Windows Vista problem with help files, improves MIDI import, simplifies editing, adds menu and toolbar hints in the status bar at the bottom left, and allows users to translate and save menus and hints. The solo edition allows 2-stave braces for keyboard music.

V2.9.5 fixes a problem with the Draw/All window.

V2.9.6 fixes a problem with some 600DPI printers.

V2.9.7 fixes a problem with playing some music files.

V2.9.8 fixes a few rare problems with the music font, registration and screen savers.

V2.9.9 fixes a problem with copying or deleting marked blocks.

Links

 

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General Reference Websites
Acadia Early Music Resources and Score Software Resources
British vs. American Musical Terms
Discover the Zither/Découvrez la Cithare
Essentials of Music
Extremes of Conventional Music Notation
Music education, free tools
Music Notation
Pedagogical & Research Materials

Sheet Music and MIDI Files
Classical MIDI files
Classical Music Archives
Free-Music.com
The Country Western Song Machine - Computer generated lyrics

Music Websites
Bbrunoo, in French
Brent Hugh's Music Instruction Software
San Francisco Symphony's Kid's Web Site
Shareware Music Machine
Soundalot Audio Freeware
Xelenio - ComputerMusic, in Italian

General Freeware/Shareware Websites with Music Files
Cannylink
Freebyte
FreewareWorld
Mr. FreeFree
NewFreeware
No1 Download Free
Pianeta, in Italian
Technet, in Czech
Tucows
Tuttogratis
Windows-Freeware