July 2021 - Discover and explore Pizzicato 4

Version 4 of Pizzicato is finally available in preliminary version ("beta" version).

It includes the function most requested by users since the existence of Pizzicato: the possibility to use sound banks in VST3 format. The richness of the many sound banks of the market can now be used in combination with Pizzicato's innovative composition tools.

Pizzicato 4 is now fully 64-bit software and will therefore run on new versions of Mac OS, including Macs with M1 processor. Pizzicato's graphical environment has been completely reviewed.

If you like to experiment and explore, you can download version 4 right now. It is installed independently of current version 3.6 , so you can use both. If you are more careful or want a stable and completed version, then it's better to wait until the testing phase of version 4 has been completed.

Music Notation, Intuitive Music Composition and Music Learning

Here is a large range of music software to write and print your sheet music, but also to arrange and compose your own music or even learn music and music composition.

We wish you a nice discovery of these music software and we stay at your disposal for any information.  You can contact us at:

Writing or Composing Music ?

Many music software present themselves as music composition software, whereas most of them mainly provide ways to write sheet music, record MIDI and/or audio.

Pizzicato differentiates itself mostly by a real approach of music composition, which means an interaction with the user to help him to choose, organize and structure harmony, melody and rhythm.

Discover how you can take advantage of these intuitive music composition tools, whether you are a beginner or a professional.

Combine All Features of All Pizzicato Versions

Pizzicato Professional is a music software that combines all the features found in all other versions of Pizzicato. With it, you can write sheet music, you can use all the intuitive composition tools and you can follow the full music theory course.

• Everything you need to write your own music, from a soloist to a full orchestra, from classical music to techno music.

• Never seen before - Intuitive composition tools make music composition available to everyone.

• Music composition is not only notation - Discover audio editing, sound creation, virtual synthesizers and a high quality sound library.

• An extensive and easy to follow tutorial helps you mastering every aspect of Pizzicato.

All you need to write music

Pizzicato Notation contains all the notation features found in all other versions of Pizzicato

• Everything you need to write your own music, from a soloist to a full orchestra, in any style.

• An extensive and easy to follow tutorial helps you mastering every aspect of Pizzicato.

• With this music software, create scores for the guitar, for drums and percussion, for piano or solo instrument, or from the small ensemble to the full symphonic orchestra.

• Print your sheet music and hear them play through a quality sound library.

A General Purpose Music Software

The Pizzicato Beginner music software contains most of the tools needed for choirs, solo instruments and small ensembles, up to 16 instruments

• With the progressive manual and the Internet videos, you will be able to create and print beautiful looking sheet music.

• MIDI sequencing and effects.

• An extensive and easy to follow tutorial helps you mastering every aspect of Pizzicato.

• Play or sing while listening to the score at any tempo to improve your skills and rhythm.

Pizzicato Keyboard - For the piano, synthesizer or organ

Pizzicato Keyboard contains all the tools you need to write music for the keyboard instruments like the piano, the organ or the synthesizer, with up to 4 staves.

• This music software contains all the tools of Pizzicato Professional related to keyboard notation.

• Enter the notes with combinations of mouse clicks, tool palettes, keystrokes, the virtual piano keyboard window, or directly through a MIDI keyboard, step by step or in real time.

• An extensive and easy to follow tutorial helps you mastering every aspect of Pizzicato.

• Play the score or any part of it and watch the notes colored as they are played.

Pizzicato Choir - Up to 4 staves for the choir

With Pizzicato Choir, you can enter music for the choir, print nice looking sheet music and hear them play.

• Everything you need to write your sheet music for the choir, up to 4 staves.

• Increase your knowledge of music theory. The music theory course will help you improve your performances and you will enjoy singing even more.

• This music software will also help you to learn your part and sing while the computer plays the other parts, at any tempo.

• Create an audio file of the score, with one or more voices playing. Create an audio CD and give it to the choir members to help them practice their parts.

Pizzicato Guitar - Write your TAB

Pizzicato Guitar contains all the tools you need to write sheet music for the guitar or other fretted instruments like the banjo, the bass, etc.

• Everything you need to write your own scores and tablatures or TAB, for the guitar or for any fretted instrument.

• Enter the notes with the help of a guitar fret board window, showing the note names.

• With this music software, enter music with the mouse on a tablature or on a standard staff. Display both staff and tablature and Pizzicato can convert from one to the other.

• Pizzicato can play the score at any tempo, and you can use this feature to practice on your own guitar. The notes are colored as they are played and an arrow follows the score.

Pizzicato Drums and Percussion - Write Drums Sheet Music

Here is a unique music software, specifically designed for music notation of drums and percussion instruments.

• Everything you need to write your own drums and percussion sheet music, up to 8 staves.

• You can define custom drums and percussion maps so that each line of a staff will play the instrument of your choice.

• Without being an expert, you can easily create and edit a drum pattern. Pizzicato can play the pattern in a loop while you edit it, so you can intuitively modify it until you like it.

• Staves can have from 1 up to 16 lines so that you can create custom presentations of drum sheet music.

Pizzicato Soloist - One staff sheet music

Pizzicato Soloist contains all the tools you need to write music for a solo instrument. Print nice solo sheet music, whether for brass, woodwind, string instruments or any solo instrument written on one staff.

• Everything you need to write your own solo sheet music.

• An extensive and easy to follow tutorial helps you mastering every aspect of this music software.

• Transpose the score from one tone to another, just by changing the key signature or by selecting an interval.

• Enter your exercises and play them with the computer as a reference for rhythm and pitch. You will improve quickly and enjoy even more playing your instrument.

Pizzicato Composition Light

Pizzicato Composition Light is a music software that introduces the concept of intuitive music composition. This is where you can start exploring music composition like never before, up to 8 staves.

• You will find innovative tools to explore harmony, melody and rhythm, as well as to arrange your own music.

• Never seen before - Intuitive composition tools make music composition available to everyone.

• An extensive and easy to follow tutorial helps you mastering every aspect of Pizzicato.

• Pizzicato may be used as a stand-alone software or as a companion tool to any other music software.

Harmony And Counterpoint

Harmony and counterpoint for hundreds of years have been the basics of music composition. Jazz, rock and entertainment music are also based on these principles. Harmonize your melodies and easily create additional voices or a bass line. This music software lets you apply the theory in practise.

• Compose for 2, 3 and 4 voices or instruments

• Applicable to any music styles

• No knowledge of harmony required

• This music software is an ideal companion to a harmony course

Pizzicato Composition Pro

Pizzicato Composition Pro introduces the concept of intuitive music composition. This is where you can start exploring music composition like never before, from the solo instrument to the full orchestra.

• You will find innovative tools to explore harmony, melody and rhythm, as well as to arrange your own music.

• In this music software, you have access to the most advanced composition tools of Pizzicato. You can graphically draw the shape of a melody.

• Never seen before - Intuitive composition tools make music composition available to everyone.

• Music composition is not only notation - Discover audio editing, sound creation, virtual synthesizers and a high quality sound library.

Pizzicato Light

Pizzicato Light is an introductory music software to learn music, make exercises, write small scores (1 or 2 pages) and use the basic MIDI and audio recording features.

• It contains a full music theory course, with many examples that combine with the discovery of the tools to enter music.

• You can directly apply what you learn in practice. With it, you will be able to understand music notation.

• You can also start practicing the music keyboard and make your first steps into music composition.

• Play or sing while listening to the score at any tempo to improve your skills and rhythm.

Alternative Notation

A music software to explore alternative music notation systems based on numbers

• Easy to read

• Easy to learn

• No sharp, no flat

• Easy to sing and transpose

EarMaster Pro - Ear Training

This music software provides you with interactive ear training.

• EarMaster is highly interactive.

• It gives you instant feedback on everything you do.

• Complexity will increase, as you make progress.

• Develops your ability to interact with other musicians.

A Quick Tour

A quick presentation of the main Pizzicato features. See how Pizzicato is different from other music software and how you can take advantage of it.

Try Before Buying

Download the free Windows or Mac demo version. With it, you can test all versions of Pizzicato.


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Notation, Composition, Education

Music Notation

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