Mozart (software)

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Mozart (software)

Mozart Screenshot
Design by	David Webber
Initial release	1994
Latest release	9.2.5 / February 2008
Preview release	9.2.6 / February 2008
OS	MS Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
Available in	EN, ES, FR, IT, NL, SV
Genre	Scorewriter
License	Commercial
Website	www.mozart.co.uk

Mozart the music processor is a proprietary WYSIWYG scorewriter, written by David Webber. It enables computers using Microsoft Windows to produce musical notation and listen to them in MIDI.

1 History
2 Features
3 Shortcomings
4 Free versions
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Mozart started as a personal project to assist the author in arranging music for the groups he played in. Version 1 was released in November 1994. A new major version is released about every 18 months. Intermediate service packs are issued as needed.

[edit] Features

Score entry by computer keyboard, mouse, on-screen piano keyboard, external MIDI instrument
Large library of predefined instruments and templates
Large library of stringed instruments for chords
Score can be shown in concert pitch, written pitch, Bb pitch
Transposable guitar chords
Use of third party music symbol fonts (currently only NorMusic JazzFont available
NIFF import [1], MIDI (.MID, .RMI, .KAR) import
MIDI export
Multi-language (currently EN, ES, FR, IT, NL, SV); the names of instruments and notes also in DE
Part extraction
Lyrics
Extensive, context-sensitive Help system
Playback, optionally with tracking cursor
Playback follows repeats and redirections; obeys dynamics, pedal marks, phrasing and articulation
Optional automatic right justification
Cross and diamond shaped noteheads, cue notes
Tablature notation
Copy bitmaps to the Windows clipboard

[edit] Shortcomings

Limited control over MIDI events
Strict enharmonics - only 1 half step away from a note in its musical scale, e.g. no C in Cmaj, but F in Gmaj is possible.
Score must have a time signature, common to all staves.
All staves have a the same key signature.
No Gregorian Chant notation
Limited import/export to other file formats