Crescendo

Crescendo

Mixed · 5 reviews

60% positive (3 / 5)

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Description

Crescendo Master’s edition is a simple and intuitive program to write sheet music and guitar tabs. Choose the key and time signatures, create music, and listen to your compositions with MIDI playback. With a free-format layout, get the optimum control over your arrangements.

Released

June 27, 2019

Price

$79.99

Platforms

Windows

Developer

NCH Software

Publisher

NCH Software

Last sync

September 26, 2026

About

Crescendo is an easy-to-use notation program to compose and arrange music.

  • Compose music for songs, guitar tabs, drum notation, scores and more.
  • Arrange your own professional quality sheet music
  • An intuitive interface for musical notation

Music Notation Software Features

  • Change the time and key signatures
  • Write sheet music in Treble, Bass, Tenor or Alto Clefs
  • Add whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth and thirty-second notes and rests (semibreve to demisemiquaver)
  • Assign sharp, flat and natural accidentals to notes
  • Add ties and slurs across notes
  • Create dotted notes, chords, add repeats, and more
  • Zoom in and out for easier editing

Compositions and Tabs

  • Create and playback guitar tabs
  • Brace staves together to compose scores for ensembles
  • Add a title, lyrics, or text for tempo and dynamics
  • Keyboard shortcuts for commonly used notes and rests
  • Drag and change a note’s pitch or placement
  • Copy, cut and paste measures to easily insert themes

Preview and Share

  • Listen to your composition with MIDI playback and export MIDI music files
  • Supports VSTi instruments, such as piano or violin, for quality MIDI playback
  • Print completed music projects for your musicians
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