PreSonus's Notion music notation software pioneered the idea of notation-based sequencer for classical and orchestral music. You mark up your score to control the integrated orchestral playback much like you would mark up a part during rehearsals for a performance. Both the desktop and iPad versions support MusicXML import and export. Notion added MusicXML import in version 1.0 Build 2577, and added MusicXML export in version 1.5.5.
PhotoScore Ultimate from Neuratron saves MusicXML files starting with version 3. This is the full version of the music scanning software that comes with the Sibelius notation program. It is available for both Windows and Mac.
Synfire is a music prototyping studio program from Cognitone. It lets composers work with elements like figures, motifs, and phrases, and arrange them in a tree-like structure. When you have something ready for production, you can then transfer to more conventional notation or sequencing programs using MusicXML or MIDI.
David Psenicka's FOMUS is a notation application for composers of computer music. It facilitates converting raw algorithmic output from programs such as Common Music / Grace and Pure Data into readable music notation. FOMUS is open source and runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
GOODFEEL is a Windows application for quickly converting print scores into Braille scores. It ships with Lime notation software which provides the MusicXML import needed for the automatic print-to-braille conversion.
KlavarScript is Marco van der Kolk's Windows software for creating klavar music electronically. Klavar notation (Klavarskribo) was invented in the Netherlands in 1931 as an easier way to read music. The December 2005 version added MusicXML import to translate from common Western music notation to Klavar notation much more accurately than is possible with MIDI.
SingAccord is a Mac app that prepares simplified video music notation for a congregation of untrained singers. After importing a MusicXML file, you arrange the song, edit the color scheme, then export a video to use with your presentation software.
Thousands of videos are included to support you. We have vocal warmups, solfa practice, rhythm practice, recorder levels 1 & 2, ukulele, guitar, Boomwhackers, bucket drumming, body percussion, dances, kids demos, and the composer's specials (Bach's Fight for Freedom, etc.).
Once a recording has been made, the resulting notation can be shared via email or social media, making it a powerful tool for musical collaboration. Users can also sign up for a free ScoreCleaner Cloud account which offers unlimited cloud storage for melodies, and automatically syncs with the desktop version of the software.
Although Guido of Arezzo drastically changed musical notation, he did not create a coherent system for denoting the rhythm of a piece. This was developed later, and a version of the earliest systems are still in play today. Some contemporary musicians and composers have developed new, non-traditional musical notation styles, often for more experimental pieces of music. However, the staff continues to be the most common form of notation around the world.
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