Music Software Downloads

There are some great educational games and programs around for musicians of all ages and standards. We have included a few here for you to download or direct links to the authors info & downloads pages.

  • Freeware is free for anyone to download and distribute for personal use.

  • Shareware is available in a demo format and requires either registration with the author or a small fee for full use.

  • To use the Online Programs or go to programmers sites, left or right click and "open" or "open in new window"

  • To Download these programs right click on the link and "Save As" to the destination of your choice.

AMF Intelligent Organ

You'll be amazed at this electronic version of the old Casio keyboards. This keyboard supports 127 Instruments, several octives, recording and playback options, and a great looking interface. Also supports a Notebar which points out the note being played. In playback mode, watch as the keybaord turns into a player piano as the keys are actually pressed. Great for music enthusiasts of all ages! Requires a sound card with MIDI support. $16.95 Shareware PC. Click Here to download or visit their site AMF Software.

Chords V1.0

Instantly generate thousands of possible fingerings for each of hundreds of different chords and intervals. Find an easier fingering or an easier chord change anywhere on the fret board. Identify almost any unknown chord. Print or save chord diagrams and their notation. You will never need chord tables again Click Here to download or visit their site Cool Free Software.



Dolphin Don's Music School

Includes 10 games that teach ear training and reading of notes, rhythms, key signatures, intervals & chords, full version includes 240 levels, keeps score for 30 players
To download a Demo version of this SHAREWARE visit their site Dolphin Don's Music School

DrawMusic Chord

DrawMusic Chord is a Windows program which gives musicians or non-musicians an easy way to create, hear, and save chord progressions. You don't need a musical instrument or music knowledge to use DrawMusic Chord; you just need a Windows computer with a sound card. The program works like a word processor or text editing program (like Windows Notepad or WordPad), except that instead of typing in words, you choose chords. You can create short chord progressions or longer "chord songs." You can save your chord progressions in files and open them again later. DrawMusic Chord also plays your chord progressions so you can hear them, using your computer's sound card. DrawMusic Chord runs on Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003. It also requires Microsoft DirectX, version 8 or higher and The Microsoft .NET Framework to be installed on your computer. Visit DrawMusi to read more and download 200kb demo version (cost $9 for full licence).

EarMaster Pro 4.0

Earmaster Pro 4.0 is a new and highly improved version of the extensively featured Windows based ear training software which have been on the market since 1996.  EarMaster is an easy and fun way to use your computer for ear training.   Simple and challenging exercises drill and score you on 10 harmonic and rhythmic ear training areas, using a MIDI sound card. With EarMaster you will learn to identify and transcribe intervals, scales & modes, chords, chord progressions and tunes you hear, and learn to sight-read, imitate, and correct rhythms. The exercises have been chosen and developed in cooperation with music teachers and users of previous versions of EarMaster.

In all exercises you can give your answers in different ways depending on your focus. Advanced Wave-to-MIDI technology enables you to sing the tones or clap the rhythms in the microphone. You can also use MIDI, use simple multiple choice or give the tones using one of the answer options on the screen: piano, guitar or notesheet.

Your personal EarMaster Tutor makes sure that you are challenged no matter if you have a trained or untrained ear. Software available for individuals and teachers and schools.   Visit MidiTec, Denmark to download this shareware program - 1.4 MB

Electric Bass Companion 2.5>

From the developer: "The Electric Bass Companion is a tool to help bass players learn the notes and scale patterns on the fingerboard. As a beginner you can use this program to learn major and minor scales on your 4-string bass. As an experienced player, this program will help you learn any custom scale pattern, in custom tunings, in any key, using 4,5,6,7, or an 8 string bass. This simple musician's tool will be your companion as you learn to play the electric bass." Click Here to visit zdnet & download 2.3MB demo. Shareware costs $10.00 to buy - Windows (all), Webb Pickersgill.

Finale Music Notation Software

Codamusic.com provide several music software packages including the Finale Notepad, Notation, Allegro and Print Music packages.  Notation is a basic fun notation program that you can download free from their site, Allegro is the midi users version and Printmusic is the software for creating and printing sheet music.

The free NotePad program allows you to create music from simple songs to arrangements up to 8 staves, it allows you to select the voices or instruments you need then sets up the score automatically, lyrics are easily added and you can See and Hear your music as it plays then Print it out or Post your music on the Web.  For ease of use they have ensured that if you decide to upgrade to one or all of their more powerful packages that NotePad integrates with the new software so you don't lose any of your work. They also provide an Intonation trainer to teach woodwind and brass students how to play in tune, the SmartMusic Studio which is a complete practice system for woodwind and brass players and vocalists of all ages and skill levels plus a teacher resource kit and music software search for other products online.
Click Here to visit CodaMusic and read more or download Finale NotePad which is also available on a CD-Rom.

GNU Solfege 1.4.4

Train your ear to recognise chords, intervals & rhythms. "GNU Solfege is a program that will help you to accomplish ear training. The program includes exercises to train chords, intervals and rhythms. The program can be extended by users using lesson files Click Here to download 2.18MB Free Windows 95/98/Me/2000 from zdnet or visit the authors site Tom Cato Amundsen.

InTune - Sound Editor - Now InTune is free software !!!

Audiosoft presents professional audio editor - InTune.   InTune is designed for sound analysis and editing in terms of pitch, dynamics, timing and noise. The main purpose of the program is correction of freshly recorded musical material, particularly vocal, woodwind or brass instrument recordings, which are highly susceptible to impurity in tune. Apart from that, InTune can be used to remove noise, edit dynamics and timing or analyse the frequency spectrum of any sound file. InTune saves hours spent on recording just to improve minor imperfections.

Get your recorded sound file and let InTune do the rest. It will analyse precisely musical tune and amplitude of the record. You just make a judgement how to change the sound. InTune will satisfy your wishes in no time. You don't need to type any numbers to change the pitch or amplitude, just drag it with the mouse. Don't worry if your out of the rhythm, use time link feature of the program to say when the note should begin or end. InTune will make a time shift without changing pitch or colour of the sound. InTune also removes unwanted noise from the record using sophisticated Fast Fourier Transform method. The composer can be creative with InTune. The possibility of experimenting are endless. Feel free to use it in your recording. Two versions of the InTune are available: for Windows and for Macintosh OS.

System requirements: A PC that includes a 486DX or higher processor, a Windows compatible sound card and Windows95/98/NT operating system Download InTune from their site Audiosoft InTune

Interval Tester - Freeware

Standard Associated Board style aural tests suitable for music students taking AB performance exams, including more challenging aural tests for undergraduate and postgraduate musical study.

System Requirements: Windows 95,98,ME,NT,2000 & midi soundcard - 294KB. Download this free software written by Greg Fox Here or from his site Pork to Bacon Software.

NoteWorthy Composer<

NoteWorthy Composer is a music composition and notation processor for Windows. It allows you to create, record, edit, print, and play back your own musical scores. It will import *.mid files. By allowing students to compose their own songs while following music rules, NoteWorthy Composer provides hands-on learning and promotes creativity. Students can even hear and print their masterpieces giving them a true sense of accomplishment. For the student learning an instrument, they can notate and play back their practice song on NoteWorthy Composer to learn the tone and tempo. Or, the student may want to enter every band member's part and practice playing with a group. Whatever the application, NoteWorthy Composer will make learning fun. A 16 bit version is also available. $39 Shareware PC Click Here to download or visit their site NoteWorthy Software.

Opus Viewer

Opus Viewer is an application for playing and printing music scores. It has editable and interactive digital sheet music and music scores.
Go to their site Allegroassai - installviewer.exe to download this 3.8mb Shareware program.

Manuscript Paper

The download is in the form of a PDF file.