Touch Notation (Released Aug 2014) – ($8 version or also available as a limited Free Version called Touch Notation Free).Notion – (Handwriting IAP released Nov 2015) – ($14.99 + $7.99 for handwriting IAP).MusicJot (Released Jan 2017) – ($29.99 promotional intro price).This means that as of March 2017 we now have the following for apps to HANDWRITE music notation on iOS: Simply draw the music, with articulations and markings, and it is quickly digitized!

Technology gets out of the way, there is no more trying to figure out how to do something like find the correct tool set to create that time signature or articulation or change from inputting quarter notes to eighth notes. My description… HandWriting music notation on an iPad is an amazing experience. The app store description gives the first few lines of description stating that MusicJot is a powerful music notation app that is easy to use by writing quickly and naturally on a staff. MusicJot currently is on the app store at a promotional pricing of $29.99 SO WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA BEHIND MUSICJOT?

The fact that they are both musicians themselves and the fact that John is a for real arranger for a Grammy nominated string quartet that was trained at Juliard, gives this app some much needed credibility! John Reed (an arranger, cellist, and programmer) and Mark Dalrymple (a software developer as well as an accomplished trombonist and bassoonist) are the two main guys behind the development of MusicJot. I do find it very interesting that both of these music notation apps focus on using handwritten notation as a main method of input! In January I did discover that there is another Music notation app being developed as well but that app is still in beta. MusicJot by Mona Lisa Sound was one of those apps that actually has been released that works well. In January 2017 the Music Notation iOS app world grew.

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