If you want to add a touch of elegance to your chaconne, gavotte, or just a plain old ditty, LilyPond 2.11 is an application worth taking an interest in. Visitors can use the application to typeset popular music, or also have the program convert existing music notation into a format that is both crisp and elegant. The LilyPond site contains an introduction, a FAQ section, and a few testimonials....

This most recent edition of Melody Player allows users to play music created with Harmony or Melody Assistant, along with Midi, MOD, and other file types. Melody Player is freeware and does not require a Midi card or any other related interface device. Additionally, trial versions of Harmony and Melody Assistant are both available here, although some features of both programs are unavailable until...

Musescore is typesetting software for musical scores that supports a wide range of file formats and methods of data entry. In addition to staves, it can also be used to typeset percussion notation, tablature, fretboad diagrams, lyrics, and nearly all features commonly (and uncommonly) encountered in sheet music. Musescore includes style options that can be used to change the layout and appearance...

Overtone describes itself as an environment for creating "collaborative programmable music." It uses the Clojure programming language to control the SuperCollider audio synthesis software. The system is quite flexible and allows users to create software-defined music and sounds in a variety of ways. Compositions can be pre-programmed to simply play from beginning to end without user intervention....