Hello everyone, I am looking for software to write music sheets and tabs. A friend and music teacher uses Guitar Pro, but it’s a little pricey for my occasional use.

It doesn’t have to be an all-in-one solution. So for example, if you know a piece of software that does just cord visualization that’s also highly appreciated.

  • OCTADE
    9•16 hours ago

    - lilypond
    - denemo
    - musescore (has chord symbols and playback)
    - songwrite
    - tuxguitar
    - chordii
    - nted
    - sweep
    - rosegarden

  • @[email protected]
    3•22 hours ago

    Tuxguitar has a fork with update development (android version included), and for looking up chords (guitar) you can check there is “fretboard” in flathub.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•18 hours ago

      Fretboard is for looking up chords, I reckon

      Edit: nvm. Misread your comment as “looking up chords (guitar) on Flathub”

  • @[email protected]
    21•2 days ago

    Tux Guitar comes to mind but some things like chord diagrams isn’t done as well as guitar pro (imo).

    For chord diagrams (like at the top of GP), there’s hundreds of websites out there which show those and its probably quicker to just use those. I’ll usually just search “C chord <instrument>”.

    • @[email protected]
      5•24 hours ago

      Just got into lilypond recently and the output is really high quality. It is clear a lot of care went into its design.

    • EpheraEnglish
      4•1 day ago

      Tiny bit of context: LilyPond is basically LaTeX for sheet music.

      Really good for transcribing and if you enjoy working with text.
      But it does have somewhat of a learning curve, which might not be worth it for occasional use…

      • Jerkface (any/all)English
        4•1 day ago

        I have written a template that I can just add notes to in a very simple notation and I get three scores, one tabbed for chromatic, one tabbed for a diatonic, and one without tabs to practice sight reading. Now that I’ve done the work, it’s super easy to take notes (no pun intended, but not a bad one) and embed it in my org journal or whatever. It did take me three or four hours to get everything working just the way I wanted. The output is gorgeous!