Megascore

Megascore is a free application that will allow you to compose music using a music sheet.

Music notation becomes much more interesting when all possible pitches can be written down.

Here are some key features of "Megascore":

Score:
· Score size limited only by available memory
· 8 independent voices per staff

Staff:
· 25 line staff: 5 Staff Lines, 8 Region Lines, 12 Micro Lines
· 205 pitch zones per octave: 41 positions x 5 inflections
· 41 Comma zones per octave by position
· 5 JND zones per position by inflection
· Name(s) of currently selected Note shown in Toolbar

Clefs:
· Standard Treble, Alto, Tenor and Bass clefs (G, C and F clefs)


Inflections:
· Natural
· Flat and Sharp
· Double-Flat and Double-Sharp
· Triple-flat and Triple-sharp

Meters:
· Standard meters

Rhythms:
· Standard rhythmic notation using notes, rests, dots and ties
· 128th note to whole note
· Single and Double dots
· Tuplets of any value
· Automatic Beaming

Input:
· Point and click with the mouse
· Type on the computer keyboard

Selection:
· Click to select an element
· Shift-Click to select multiple elements
· Drag a Marquee Box to select a group of elements

Editing:
· Drag to repostion selected elements (no tool selection necessary)
· Transpose selected notes by any interval up or down
· Change durations of selected notes and rests

Transposition:
· 8 Conventional Interval Sizes
· 5 Conventional Interval Qualities
· 5 Comma-Shifted Interval Types
· 5 Inflected JND Fine Tunings

MIDI:
· Instant MIDI response for Note entry and editing
· Score is also a MIDI sequence
· MIDI playback and recording uses standard transport controls
· Metronome adjustable from 1 to 400 BPM
· 1024 MIDI timing divisions per quarter note (PPQ resolution)
· Retuned MIDI playback on computer's internal synth or external gear
· MIDI Event List