Songworks Features

  • Easy note entry (click a note where you want it to go, or play it on the piano). Use either the tools palette or the convenient keyboard shortcuts.



  • View edit window in either double-size or normal.



  • Music can be printed in any scaling: small notes with many measures per line, big notes, etc.

  • Easy entry of lyrics or other text - lyric syllables align automatically with notes.



  • Easy entry of chord symbols, using any chord name you like.



  • Chord symbols are audible! (hear that chord accompaniment play with your melody in your choice of playpattern)




  • Can suggest chords to go with your melody!

  • Can automatically convert chord symbols to written piano accompaniment with your choice of pattern.


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  • Invents melody and harmony ideas to stimulate your imagination! These can be very interesting owing to our unique method of generating melody and harmony. You can hear some of our favorite ideas created by Songworks.



  • Use the letter keys "piano" or an external MIDI instrument, or the mouse.




  • Allows microphone input for pitches (sing in pitches, then tap desired rhythm).

  • Transpose any staff or the whole score with the click of the mouse.



  • Drag note stems and easily adjust beam angles.


  • Music edit window displays in a continuous left-right scrolling view - edit music without dealing with line breaks (lines will break automatically when you ask for a page view).


  • Watch your notated music scroll smoothly by while listening via MIDI or your computer speakers.

  • Listen to any individual part or combination of parts in a polyphonic composition.

  • Not limited to a set number of measures per line - measure width varies and adjusts automatically.

  • Drag bar lines to control the width of individual measures.


  • Extract orchestra or vocal parts from a score.

  • Supports Shape Notes, percussion note heads, and stick notation.

  • Imports ABC Notation (many ABC files are available on the internet).

  • Imports MIDI files.

  • Provides direct access to Ars Nova's Online Music Library from within the program.

  • Take a Picture command produces a high-resolution (vector) image of any selected portion of music.

  • Handy composition tools include tonal transposition, inversion, reverse, reverse inversion, etc.



  • Windows and Mac versions are file-compatible (you can use the same music files with either)

  • ...and much more.

  • The indexed Manual is always available from a menu in Songworks.

  • Check out the Instructional Movies!

  • And don't forget the Customer Testimonials...

  • Songworks comes with installers for Macintosh OSX native (including Intel), Macintosh OS 9.1-2, and Windows (XP or Vista).