Musician's Utilities

A Jazz Improvisation Primeran excellent first guide from Marc Sabatella
Asaph"... a tool for Christian music groups and worship leaders for managing song databases", from Dan..
Audio Transcription SoftwareAudio Transcription Software * Musicians Utilities
Autocompgenerates simple bassdrumkeyboard accompaniment from chord sheets (requires http:www.csounds.comC..
Berklee Sharesfree music lessons from the http:www.berkleeshares.comBerklee College of Music
Big Earsan on-line ear-training utility, requires a Java-enabled browser
Clamorear-training software from Ben Crowell
Countbeatsdisplays tempo when you tap the spacebar, requires PythonTkinter
CoursewareCourseware * Musicians Utilities
DiffMa Java-based metronome
Ear TrainingEar Training * Musicians Utilities
FTAPsoftware for beat-tapping and music-performance experiments, from Steve Finney
GKaraokea Karaoke simulator for GNOME, requires TiMidity
GTicka good Gtk2-based metronome
Harmony Centralgood site for technical information, includes some free lesson material
Hounddoginstrument tuner and pitch identifier, requires KDE
Impro-Visor"a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos", very cool Java..
Instrument TunersInstrument Tuners * Musicians Utilities
JavaTunerdemonstrates unusual tunings and non-standard temperaments
KMetronomeMIDI based metronome using the ALSA sequencer, with KDE user interface
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Keen Little Rabbit Earssimple ear-training program, requires PerlTk
Klearnnotes2nice music education program for KDE
Klickernice metronome for KDE 3.2
Looping CD PlayersLooping CD Players * Musicians Utilities
Lymansong lyrics collection management software, requires Java
Lyric Display Systeman application "...to editdisplay lyrics on a second screenprojector for use at singing events su..
MIT OpenCourseWare"... a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners around the wor..
MMABob van der Poel's neat MIDI music accompaniment generator
Metronomea MIDI-based metronome with Gtk interface
MetronomesMetronomes * Musicians Utilities
Music And Tablature PaperMusic And Tablature Paper * Musicians Utilities
Other Neat ThingsOther Neat Things * Musicians Utilities
PhatBeata neat tap-tempo beat counter from Postreal Media
Pitchtuneoscilloscope-style instrument tuning program, requires GTK
Printable Manuscript Paperuseful music stuff in PostScript and PDF formats
PymprovisatorPython-based program for accompaniment and improvisation assistance, from David Asorey
Rhyth(M)aid + GUIa program that plays drums, bass, and piano to a given set of chord changes, from Florien Schmidt
Scalaa powerful software tool for experimentation with musical tunings, can save data in Csound score ..
Score Reading Trainerimproves musical score reading skills by practice with random scores, from Jose Pablo Ezequiel Fe..
Score Recognition SoftwareScore Recognition Software * Musicians Utilities
Software For Song LyricsSoftware For Song Lyrics * Musicians Utilities
SolfegeTom Cato's superb ear training program with Gtk interface
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Temperament And IntonationTemperament And Intonation * Musicians Utilities
Temperamentsgenerates scales in user-selected temperaments (requires Java)
Tempered Notation"A suggested scheme for the notation of tempered scales", from Carl Adams
The teK Project"A project to design, manufacture, and market a Tempering Enharmonic Keyboard", from Carl Adams
Transcribe!excellent aid for transcribing recorded music, from the programmers at SeventhString
Tuning By Ratiosan informative page from Robert Asmussen
Virtual KeyboardVirtual MIDI keyboard for ALSA sequencer
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YATMyet another time machine, alters soundfile playback speed without changing its pitch
ametrovery nice "simple MIDI metronome using the ALSA sequencer" from
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cdloopa utility to loop passages playing from an audio CD
ctronomea metronome for the Linux console
fmitGilles Degottex's free music instrument tuner
gmorgannice Soundfont-based accompaniment software from Josep Holborn
jLyricsnice Java-based program for storing and editing lyrics
lingotLINGOT Is Not a Guitar-Only Tuner
qjacktunernice JACK-based tuner from Karsten Wiese
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rythmaidplays swing-jazz drumspianobass accompinament based on user-supplied chord progressions
stygmorganorgan with auto-accompaniment features, more good stuff from Holborn
tuneitcommand-line instrument tuner for ALSA and JACK, from Mario Lang
tuneroidinstrument tuner for KDE
ys2mmaconverts Yamaha STY files to MMA format

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