Recorder Home Page
Software
Compiled by Nicholas S. Lander
Recorder Lessons
Other Recorder Software
- Garklein - the smallest recorder as free app for your iPhone – practise the first steps and train your finger dexterity on a virtual garklein flütlein (piccolo recorder in C6). Invent your own melodies or play simple tunes. A short video shows you how it works. There are 10 tones (pitch = 442 c/s) you can use, either playing in a similar way to the way you would play a recorder, or with just one or two fingers. You do not even have to blow into the iPhone's microphone. A table shows you the fingering possible on the iPhone. From Future Studios AG.
- South Park – Worldwide Recorder Concert, Wallpaper for your Windows computer. Watch out for the Brown Note!
- Recorder
Digits, from Richard Hureau (USA), a Windows/Palm OS2+), program that displays standard and alternate fingerings for alto, soprano/tenor, and bass recorders. Version 2, has the ability to load external fingering files. This gives the user the ability to change the fingerings that the program displays.
- Simulation of
a baroque recorder written in the Common Lisp Music language
by Bob Lantz (USA)
- Early
Patches, samples of a number of early instruments (including
renaissance recorders) for use with various soundcards
- Fingering and tablature font for recorder, from Ron Zadjik (USA)
- Recorder
tablature font, True Type font (MAC and PC versions
available) from Matthew Hindson (Australia) by which recorder
fingerings in 'dot' notation can be entered and printed. Now with
new fingerings including bell closure and window shading.
- Horizontal and Vertical Recorder Fonts for recorder, from Doug Truter (Australia)
- Bach Musicological Font (Windows & Mac.), from Yo Tomita (UK)
- 20 Questions, on-line recorder quiz from Jean-Luc Manguin in French and English
- Recorder Home
Page Quiz, from Nicholas Lander (Australia)
- Recorder Screensavers (Windows 9x, ME, NT, XP), freeware from Nicholas
Lander (Australia)
- Angels,
12 paintings featuring angel recorder-players (1.2 mb)
- Children,
12 paintings featuring young recorder-players (1.4 mb)
- Ensembles,
12 paintings of ensembles including recorders (2.2 mb)
- Men,
12 paintings of men playing recorders (1.5 mb)
- Vanitas,
12 still-life paintings featuring recorders (1.4 mb)
- Women,
12 paintings of women playing recorders (1.7 mb)
- Shepherds,
12 paintings of shepherds playing recorders (1.3 mb)
Note Processors
- abc (UK),
"… a language designed to notate tunes in an ASCII format".
This page is the main resource for abc-related
packages.
- BitMapMusic (Mac),
freeware music notation program from Kurt Kaufman (USA), suitable
for writing a few lines of music. It's good for those situations
where you don't want to be bothered with anything much more
complicated than "click and drag". That said, I don't think that
this is the tool for your next symphony.... :-) Printed output,
while limited to the screen resolution, is reasonable enough to
read comfortably. BMM can also export to PICT and JPEG format,
making it a useful tool for Music-As-Graphics and display on the
web.
- Bladmuziek 24
(Windows), score notation program (in Dutch)
- Brahms (Linux),
a freeware sequencer and music notation program
- Cakewalk Score
Writer (Windows), easy-to-use note-processor for creating
piano, band, orchestral, choral, and lead sheet notation; print
arrangements for up to 16 instruments
- Cakewalk Overture
2 (Windows/Mac), fully-featured but easy-to-use notation
software suitable for complete orchestral arrangements, lead
sheets, individual cues or even simple notation examples; enter
notes on-screen with your mouse or computer keyboard, or record a
MIDI performance for instant viewing. Can save a score as a PICT
or EPS file and place it into the word-processor or
desktop-publishing program of your choice.
- Capella
(Windows), from Capella Software (Germany)
- XCircuit a
drawing package for X which includes some very nice music
typography and outputs Postscript files
- Common
Music Notation, a Lisp program that creates and displays
traditional Western music scores, from Standford University
(USA)
- Encore (Windows/Mac), comprehensive music scoring package featuring, part
extraction, MIDI import/export/playback, tablature (up to 8
courses, any tuning); from G-Vox Entertainment (USA)
- Fermata
(Mac), note-processor from Opcode (USA) which features, MIDI
sequencing, OMS Name Manager support , accessible editing
functions, EPS file capture (add notation to documents), MIDI
playback, flexible lyric handling, smart guitar tablature,
graphic edit window, strip chart, part extraction, transposition,
jazz articulation palette
- Finale
(Windows/Mac), fully featured note-processor and MIDI
sequencing program with support for music scanning, Internet
publishing, etc., from Coda Music Technology (USA). Great if you
can afford it!
- Finale Allegro
(Windows/Mac), lite version of Finale; note processor
and MIDI sequencer, from Coda Music Technology (USA). Great value
with upgrade path to its big brother.
- Finale Printmusic (Windows, Mac), note processor and MIDI sequencer with many of the same features as Finale Allegro; supports music scanning, Internet publishing, and even acoustic input; from Coda Music Technology (USA). Even better value with upgrade path to its big brother.
- Finale
NotePad (Windows/Mac), noteprocessor which
lets musicians, regardless of skill level, engrave simple music
and do interactive editing of their own sheet music in digital
format, from Coda Music Technology (USA).
- FlexiMusic Kids Composer, a fun, easy way for kids to learn the basics of music-making and recording, from FlexiMusic (India)
- GUIDO,
plain-text (i.e. readable and platform independent) language
capable of representing all information contained in conventional
musical scores, from Darmstadt University of Technology
(Germany). Supports GUIDO NoteServer, a free online service that
converts GUIDO Music Notation into conventional music notation
(CMN). It can be used for graphically notating musical pieces and
examples as well as for embedding music notation in web
pages.
- Harmony Assistant, fully featured note-processor with harmonising capabilities which enable the composer to build quickly and efficiently tunes that include accompaniment, multiple instruments and drum patterns; allows files to be saved in MP3 or WAV format; uses its own embedded software synthesizer (SoftSynth) which provides high quality output on basic sound cards, even without any external MIDI device, and includes hundreds of different instruments; from Myriad Software
- Igor, (Windows/Mac), from Noteheads AB (USA), featuring sophisticated
graphic capability and playback quality. The program is an
advanced tool for composers, musicians, students and others
actively involved in music notation. It also has full built-in
support for e-commerce, allowing you to produce cross-platform
scores which can be published on the Internet. A companion
program, Igor Reader, allows anyone to read, play back, print, transpose and
purchase your music securely over the Internet with
professional-level encryption and verification.
- LilyPond (Unix),
freeware music typesetter from The GNU Project, outputs TeX and
MIDI
- Magic Score, family of music notation software, including Music Notation for MS Word which combines all the powerful features of MagicScore Maestro with the advanced document editing and publishing features of Microsoft Word.
- Melody Assistant, easy to use note-processor which allows files to be saved in MP3 or WAV format; uses its own embedded software synthesizer (SoftSynth) which provides high quality output on basic sound cards, even without any external MIDI device, and includes hundreds of different instruments; from Myriad Software
- Mosaic
(Mac), produces publication-quality music notation, from lead
sheets to full orchestra scores; suports MIDI; from MOTU
(Japan)
- Mozart
(Windows), a music processor with which you can create
and edit sheet music, including chords and keyboard parts, from
David Webber (UK). Features include: instant transposition;
automatic quaver tail groupings; automatic bar-line entry; export
to MIDI files either "straight" or with "swing"; extensive
on-line help. This is my personal choice. It's hard to beat for
ease of use, price and functionality.
- Mup
(DOS, Linux, Unix), ASCII text-based, music publication shareware
from Akkra Enterprises (UK)
- Muscript (DOS,
Unix, Linux), a language for typesetting music, and a Perl script
which translates this language into Postscript for printing or
viewing, written by Peter Billam (Australia), freeware.
- Muse Music
Editor (Windows), a shareware music notation editor
for composers, arrangers or performers, from Laurie Griffiths
(UK). Create, edit, play (straight or with swing), print music
notation. Features include: automatic bar lines; automatic
transposition; automatic quaver tail grouping; export to MIDI
files; support for abc folk music notation (which gives access to
thousands of folk tunes on the web).
- MuseScore, open-source, cross-platform, multi-lingual music notation software. It's fully featured, under active development and its free!
- MusicEase(USA),
combination music notation editor / automatic accompaniment
creator. As a full-featured, intelligent music notation editor,
it produces highly polished, publication quality, printed music.
It also automatically generates accompaniments consisting of any
number of general MIDI instruments including drums which you can
play, print or save as a MIDI file
- Music
Publisher (Windows), from Braeburn Software (UK). Music notation system. Braeburn Software has licenced the SharpEye music OCR engine and has incorporated it into MP Scan,
an add-on to Music Publisher with direct scanning into the
package ready for editing or transposing. It is particularly
effective at transposing existing music or making arrangements
and additions to printed scores.
- Music Time
(Windows), music notation editor from Musica (Austria).
Includes chord and guitar symbols, input from MIDI device
- MusicWrite
Maestro (Windows), from Voyetra (USA). Notation software
for scoring for up to 48 parts using all clefs and transpositions
- from choir to concert band, orchestra to jazz ensemble - even
rock groups and singer/songwriters can use Music Write's guitar
tablature, chord generation and lyric features to notate and
print out their music. Includes MIDI capabilities for sequencing
and playback. Use MIDI keyboard or mouse-click for note entry
Record digital audio tracks right into Music Write 2000 and sync
them to notated parts. Music Write 2000 scores can be slaved to
MIDI time code or SMPTE for video and film scoring.
- MusiXTeX (Unix),
full-featured music typesetting via TeX, from GMD (Germany). This
page is also the main resource for other TeX-related notation
packages. Windows NT users may download an easy installable TeX
system from MikTeX
- Nightingale (Mac),
note-processor, from Adept Music Notation Solutions (USA).
Features include Import/export of Finale Enigma files, MIDI
files; includes Noteview which allows presentation (but not
copying or printing) of scores on the Internet
- NightLight (Mac),
freeware note-processor from Adept Music Notation Solutions (USA)
- NoteAbility Pro (Mac OS-X), from Opus 1 Music (Canada), professional music notation package which includes support for early music (including lute tablature and early music fonts) and the most flexible and lowest priced notation software on the market
- NoteAbility Lite (Mac, Windows), from Opus 1 Music (Canada), scaled down and simplified freeware version of the NoteAbility Pro music notation program
- NoteWriter (Mac), from Opus 1 Music (Canada), graphics-oriented music notation package which treats music images as graphics, so that any image can be placed anywhere on the page, giving a very high degree of flexibility in notation
- Notation Composer
(Windows), converts MIDI files to printable scores. Includes
built-in Internet browser to search for, download and unzip MIDI
files. Determines chord names. Extract parts. Displays lyrics.
Highlights active notes on the screen and automatically turns
pages during playback. Create a new composition with comprehensive editing tools.
- Noteflight (USA), online music writing application that lets you create, view, print and hear music notation with professional quality, right in your web browser. Free, but registration required.
- Noteworthy
Composer (Windows), shareware package
that lets you enter and edit written music at a PC keyboard,
import and export MIDI files, record live from a MIDI instrument
and gives a lot of control over printed scores. It also lets you
configure the playback, so you can mute staves to listen to just
one part, or all but one part, etc. From Noteworthy Artware
(USA)
- Personal Composer
(Windows), music notation, MIDI, sequencing, and publishing
program; from Denis James & Susan Miller(USA). A Dutch Version is also
available. Interestingly, this is said to be the world's first music/MIDI software for a desktop computer. It was originally written by Jim Miller, who set up for business in his garage in 1983.
- QuickScore Elite (Windows), from Sionsoft (USA). Notates and
prints sheet music using a mouse or MIDI compatible keyboard;
cut, copy and paste; insert notes, chords and ties; add lyrics
and copyright info.
- Sibelius (MAC, PC),
industrial strength note processor, MIDI sequencing and music
scanning program with support for Internet publishing, special
notation, etc. Big on features; big on price (UK)!
- Scorch Plug-in, from
Sibelius (UK), free software which lets you view, play, customise
and print Sibelius scores on the Internet. (You don't need
Sibelius yourself)
- SCORE Music Publishing System, from San Andreas Press (USA), industrial strength software that facilitate the creation of virtually any page of standard music notation with a final quality equal to that of true engraving (PC)
- SmartScore
(Windows/Mac), from Musitek (USA). Fully
integrated music scoring, MIDI sequencing and music
scanning.
- Toccata
is a Braille music notation and transcription program produced by
Optek Systems (Australia). Optek Systems are now distributing
SharpEye (see below) with Toccata, but other programs can also be
used, eg SmartScore from Musitek
- Turandot (Windows), from Spe-Not Kkt (Hungary). Quick score entry, professional looking score (print publication quality), and correct playback.
See also Music
Notation Software, a very comprehensive index from Gordon Callon.
(USA)
Music Manuscript Paper Printing
Music Scanning and Transcribing
- AudioScore (Windows/Mac), from Neutratron (UK). Converts audio from CD tracks or MP3 files to a score for printing or sending it directly to Sibelius or save in MusicXML, NIFF and MIDI format use in other music programs.
- Cappella-Scan (Windows), from Capella Software (Germany). Scans and edits printed scores, converts to MIDI and Capella formats
- MIDI-Connections
SCAN (Windows), from Musica (Austria). Scans and edits
printed scores, converts to MIDI format
- Notation Musician
(Windows), converts MIDI files to printable scores. Includes
built-in Internet browser to search for, download and unzip MIDI
files. Determines chord names. Extract parts. Displays lyrics.
Highlights active notes on the screen and automatically turns
pages during playback. And more …!
- MP Scan from
Braeburn Software (UK). Braeburn Software has licenced the
SharpEye music OCR engine and has incorporated it into MP Scan,
an add-on to their Music Publisher note-processor (see above)
with direct scanning into the package ready for editing or
transposing.
- Notey, a real-time music notation detection and transcription software, freeware from Hila Schmuel (Israel). Sit next to the computer microphone, play your recorder, and the notes will apear on the music sheet, in real time. You can also open a music notes file (in ABC format), and start to play – and like in GuitarHero, you will be able to see the notes you should play and if you had played them correctly, again, in real-time!
- PhotoScore
(Windows/Mac), from Neutratron (UK). Converts printed
sheet music to Sibelius or MIDI format. A Lite version of this
product is bundled with Sibelius (see above).
- Rosegarden score
creation from MIDI input and MIDI sequencer, also exports Csound
score file
- SharpEye Music
Reader (Windows/RISC), from VISIV (UK), converts a scanned image of printed music into a MIDI, NIFF or MusicXML
file. Version 2 supports direct scanning and will accept BMP and
TIFF files
- SmartScore (Windows/Mac), from Musitek (USA). Fully
integrated music scoring, MIDI sequencing and music scanning
- Toccata
is a Braille music notation and transcription program produced by
Optek Systems (Australia). Optek Systems are now distributing
SharpEye (see above) with Toccata
- Transkriber™
(Macintosh or Windows), from Reed Kotler Systems. Simply play
your music on your computer's CD player and record what you want
using Transkriber's easy to use recording panel. Play back the
music at whatever speed -- ½, ¼, …, etc. of the
original speed – without changing the original pitch of the
music
- WIDI 2
MIDI (DOS/Windows/OS/2), a WAVE to MIDI convertor which
inputs a musical audio recording into the computer and creates a
score of the recording, from Russia
Metronome, Tuner, Temperament Calculator
- Best Metronome Online, freeware from Marcin Szpak
- Bounce Metronom Pro (Windows), from Robert Walker (UK); a sophisticated metronome with an unusually rich set of tempo features, rhythms, & the bounce visuals to help you keep good time
-
Cellphone Metronome, from EMusic Institute
- AP Instrument
Tuner (Windows), freeware by Audio Phonics
- Chromatic Tuner
(Mac), shareware from Laidman & Katsura, provides compatibility across all Mac systems, including machines
as old as the Macintosh LC
- Echo
View 4 (Windows), from Ian Tragen (UK). A sophisticated
metronome.
- ECS
Suite (Windows), from Electronic Courseware Systems. Includes
the ECS Music Metronome and the ECS Music Tuner The ECS Music
Tuner offers fast, automatic note sensing in real time with a
broad chromatic range and a special transpose function to shift
the entire scale to match instruments not in the key of C. The
Music Metronome turns your computer into a device to assist users
in playing more accurately in tempo.
- Experimental
Tuning System, Java applet from Pierre Lewis (Canada) that
demonstrates various historical tunings and temperaments and
allows one to experiment with them
- Metronome (Windows), from Tatsuaki Kuroda (Japan)
- Da Metronome
(Windows), freeware from Dave Hilowitz; compact metronome
that lets you select between the built-in tick sound, the PC
speaker, and your own wave file; features a drop-down menu to let
you selected the program's priority (for better timing
accuracy)
- Metronome (iPhone App), from MarketWall.com; a simple virtual metronome which allows musicians to mark time by giving a regular tick sound at a selected rate
- Metronome Online, freeware from EMusic Institute
- Mobile Metronome (Android App), from Gabriel Simões; freeware application for smartphone
- Mobile Metronome Pro, Android App, from Gabriel Simões; advert free version of the above
- Metronome
(PalmPilot), freeware from Andy Chan; generates repeated beat
tone at a constant interval; simulates graphically a traditional
mechanical metronome
- Metronome
(PalmPilot), freeware from Michael Winikoff (Australia)
- Visual Metronome (Android App), from Thomas Bending; simple metronome for smartphone using flashing lamps instead of clicking
- Musicbox
(Psion Series 3a & 3c), shareware from John Neale; a complete
musicians' toolkit; includes a playable piano keyboard,
metronome, tuner, & tempo measurer timer; also the facility
to record the tunes you play on the keyboard
- The Orange
Metronome, shareware from Orange Software; a complex rhythm
generator and trainer with which you can learn new beat patterns
and develop your sense of timing – for musical or other
purposes; it is also a simple percussive accompaniment
device
- Perfect Metronome (Android App), from bitkore; accurate metronome for smartphone with many customizable features.
- Pocket
Metronome (PocketPC), from Pocket Musician; crippleware demo
version available
- Responsive
Metronome (PalmPilot), shareware from Responsive Software;
requires Palm 2
- Sound
colour analyser and tuner (Windows/Mac), from
Tatsuaki Kuroda (Japan). This software was initially developed
for shakuhachi tuning for makers, but also can use another
purpose. It includes the following utilities: Sound color
analyzer, multi-purpose auto tuner, sound volume meter, midi
sound for tuning
- Tuna Pitch (iPhone App), from Felt Tip Inc. (USA); chromatic tuner and pitch pipe for tuning your musical instrument or voice which works with the built-in microphone on the iPhone, and with any audio that comes in from an external source, such as the microphone on a headset, on the iPhone and iPod touch second generation; the built-in pitch pipe lets you play a reference tone for tuning by ear
- Vocal
Lab (Mac), by Rustle Laidman (USA), listens while you play
and displays the pitch of your instrument on a graph, in real
time. Requires Macintosh with Microphone, System 6.0.5 or later,
including Systems 7 & 8; compatible with systems 6.0.5 through
8.5 and GMacs. Shareware.
Aural Training, Theory
- Auralia (Windows/Mac), comprehensive ear-training package from Rising Software (Australia)
- Big
Ears, on-line random interval recognition training (uses Java
applet)
- EarMaster (Windows), aural teaching software with lessons in recognizing and transcribing intervals, chords, scales, rhythms and melodies(Denmark)
- Ear Power
(Windows), aural teaching software covering all aspects of aural
training; from Nick Baciu (USA); available in English, Danish,
German & Italian versions
- Intonation
Trainer, teaches woodwind and brass students how to listen
for and eliminate intonation beats; from Coda Music Technology
(USA)
- Musitron
(Windows), a complete theory and musicianship package, suitable
for students of all ages, from Rising Software (Australia).
Musition gives you instant practise in fundamental areas of music
theory, with topics from note reading and rhythm for beginners to
advanced scales, jazz chords, clefs and instrument keys and range
for experienced students of music theory
- Sight Singer
(Windows), shareware from Ear Power (USA); helps to develop sight
singing ability; generates random melodic drills, you sing or hum
each note, the computer listens and helps you correct the
intonation; available in English, Danish, German & Italian
versions.
- Teoria, from
Jose Rodriguez Alvira (Puerto Rico). Online exercises in construction,
identification and ear-training of intervals, chords, scales, key
signatures, harmonic function and melodic dictation.
- Ear Training
Software (Windows/Mac), freeware drills from David Bradfield
(USA); requires Quicktime; tests intervals, modes, triads, and
7th chords
Music & CD Catalogue Software
- Electronic Music Catalogue
for Windows (EMCW), from BTM Innovation (Australia), fully
functional nagware. Easy to use multimedia system that provides
you with the capabilities to find catalogue entries by composer
names, composer dates (including anniversaries), nationality,
title, duration and instrumentation or genre
- Repertoire 2000 (Windows), music
cataloguing system, from BTM Innovation (Australia),
fully functional nagware. Easy to use multimedia system that
provides you with the capabilities to find catalogue entries by
composer names, composer dates (including anniversaries),
nationality, title, duration and instrumentation or genre
- Production Music Catalogue
for Windows (PMCW), from BTM Innovation (Australia), fully
functional nagware. Easy to use multimedia system for the
display, searching, printing, and downloading to the internet of
CD information

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