ChoralWiki:Downloadable tools
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Products
Below are free downloadable tools for viewing sheet music and notation files.
Name |
File Ext. |
Description |
Acrobat Reader | ||
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Most sheet music files are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader | |
Finale NotePad | ||
.MUS |
The free Finale NotePad is a basic notation software program that enables one to view music files created by Finale, Finale Allegro, Finale PrintMusic, Finale SongWriter, and Finale NotePad. | |
NoteWorthy Composer | ||
.NWC |
The NoteWorthy Composer viewer enables one to view music files created by NoteWorthy Composer notation software. Only available for Windows. | |
Sibelius Scorch | ||
.SIB |
The Scorch viewer enables one to view files created with Sibelius notation software. | |
PostScript GhostView | ||
.PS |
GhostView enables one to view files created with PostScript software. Available for Linux, Windows and Macintosh. | |
Capella Reader | ||
.CAP |
The Capella Reader allows one to view, play and print Capella files. Only available for Windows. | |
7-Zip Unzipper | ||
.ZIP |
Some source and MIDI files are "zipped", that is, archived into a zip file to reduce the file size, or to combine many files (eg. multiple MIDI files) into a single file for convenience. 7-Zip is open source software for archiving and expanding zipped files. Only available for Windows, though users of Windows XP and above already have the ability to unzip such files - simply double click on the file and follow the instruction. Mac users should use the Archive Utility.app that comes with OSX. |