ScoreEdit

ABC music notation editor with a live preview

Why This Even Exists

HTML is just plain text, but editors that are aware of HTML almost all offer some kind of preview capability. Markdown is just plain text, but editors that are aware of Markdown also usually offer some kind of preview. ABC notation is just plain text, and it’s frustrating to be writing ABC notation down and then have to fire up several tools just to see whether I’ve got the timing and octave correct. So I wrote this program.

Feature: Edit ABC files

ScoreEdit is, fundamentally, a text editor. It can open and edit text files, and it can save them.

Feature: Live preview

The document editing window is split into a left pane (for text editing) and a right pane (showing how the score on the left would be rendered). The two panes are both scrollable and they are tied together so that scrolling one will scroll the other.

Data Collected

If I collect data, then I have to store it, I have to secure it, I have to tell you about it, and I have to be prepared to delete it. That’s way too much work. Rather than do that, I don’t collect anything, and my life is better for it. Frankly, so is yours. You’re welcome.

Support

If you do want to get in touch, everything you need is right here

Issues

If you encounter a problem with the application, feel free to file an issue on GitHub.