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VexFlow

Music Engraving in JavaScript and HTML5
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What is VexFlow?

VexFlow is an open-source online music notation rendering API. It is written completely in JavaScript, and runs right in the browser. VexFlow supports HTML5 Canvas and SVG.

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Where Do I Start?

If you want to use VexFlow to publish your music online, check out My VexFlow.

If you're a programmer interested in rendering music notation in your own applications, take a look at The VexFlow Tutorial.

Features

It sings, it dances, it does your dishes. Actually it does none of that. But it can render a mean score. New features in VexFlow are incorporated quickly into My VexFlow.

Have a look at the New in My VexFlow page for a comprehensive list of features.

What is VexTab?

VexTab is an easy-to-use language to quickly create, edit, and render standard notation and guitar tablature.

Follow the tutorial on the VexTab Tutorial page to get started using VexTab.

The Code

VexFlow is distributed under the MIT license, and all the code is available at the VexFlow GitHub Repository.

VexTab is an open specification and the reference implementation is open source. This implementation is free for non-commercial use. See details at the VexTab GitHub Repository.

Stay in Touch

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