When time's a ticking, the best music notation software will help you to get the job done fast. You know the, ahem, score – nothing in life is more fleeting than a good creative idea. So, when ...

Last month I introduced the ABC music notation system. This month, I continue our tour of notation programs for Linux with a look at the Common Music Notation system from composer/programmer Bill ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Some people spend a lifetime studying music theory - and there’s certainly value in doing that - ...

While not officially part of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Music Notation community group formed earlier this year appears to have every chance of finally standardising Western music ...

The score for John Cage’s indeterminate composition “Fontana Mix” (image: BBC Radio 3) With the development of music notation, music was set free from the delicate bonds of oral and aural traditions.