Musicians also have a dedicated space in free software, for them there are multiple tools that allow them to produce and learn the art of music, this time we will introduce the score editor Denemo.
What is Denemo?
Denemo is a score editor, cross-platform, open source that allows you to write, run, print and publish scores of music. It is designed for all kinds of musicians, from apprentices to professional composers.
Es importante destacar que Denemo permite introducir rápidamente notaciones musicales utilizando el grabador de música LilyPond. La música puede ser generada con el teclado del ordenador (ver demo), vía el controlador MIDI (ver demo) o mediante la tarjeta de sonido del ordenador.
Application Denemo is an excellent alternative to proprietary applications such as Finale You can see the following demo to be convinced of its characteristics.
Denemo Features
- Use LilyPond, allowing you to generate beautiful sheet music to the highest standards.
- It has a simple interface, that allows you to insert and edit music efficiently.
- Excellent conversion of music to musical notes.
- It allows you to use the keyboard as a kind of rhythm instrument.
- You can add bookmarks to the original files of the scores you are editing, which helps with checking for errors or viewing notes.
- Incredible ability to create scores from music tracks.
- You can compose, transcribe, organize, listen to music, and much more.
- Multiple functionalities.
How to install Denemo
You can install Denemo on Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives with the following command:
sudo apt install denemo denemo-data denemo-doc ttf-denemo
Or you can download the version for any GNU / Linux from here.
Without a doubt, the free software movement has made a great effort so that we can freely enjoy tools for almost any action we need to do. What do you think of Denemo?
How do you put it in Spanish?
The first screenshot of what century is it? That's GTK 1 at least xD