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{{Short description|Scorewriter}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Forte

| title = Forte notation program

| logo = Forte notation-program LogoNew phpBBIcon.gifsvg

| logo_size = 20086

| logo caption =

| screenshot = {{Switcher | [[File:Forte Screenshot.png|270px]] | Light mode | [[File:Forte Screehshot darkmode.png|270px]] |Dark mode }}

| screenshot = Forte-audioseqencer.png

| screenshot_size = 270

| caption = Forte running on Microsoft Windows

| caption = Forte application interface

| collapsible =
| author =

| developer = [[:de:Lugert Verlag|Lugert Verlag GmbH]]

| author =

| released =

| developer = [[:de:Lugert Verlag|Lugert Verlag GmbH]]

| discontinued =

| released =

| latest release version = 12.1

| discontinued =

| latest release versiondate = Forte{{Start date and age|2021|02|12|df=yes}}

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2020|df=yes}}

| latest preview version =

| latest preview date =

| programming language =

| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows]]

| platform =

| size =

| language = GermanEnglish, EnglishGerman

| language count =

| language footnote =

| genre = [[Scorewriter]] (Music notation)

| license = [[Proprietary software]]

| alexa =

| website = {{URL|http://www.fortenotation.com/}}

}}

'''Forte''' is a [[scorewriter|music notation program]] developed by the German company ''Lugert Verlag'', located in [[Handorf]]. Its name is derived from the dynamic marking of ''[[Dynamics (music)|forte]]''. The program is available in both German and English.<ref name="TopTenREVIEWS"/><ref name="MusicTeachersHelper"/>

==History==

The Lugert publishing house, which developed the Forte software, had its beginnings in 1981 when Wulf-Dieter Lugert and Volker Schütz were preparing [[popular music]] for higher education courses. The use of popular music in the classroom was unusual in [[Germany]] at the time. In 1998 the principals formed a publishing house, which subsequently became known as ''Lugert Verlag''. The firm later diversifie, producing magazines and audio media and selling musical instruments.<ref name="LugertHistory"/><ref name="Emusician-PrRel"/> Forte, their [[scorewriter|score-writing]] program, was first released in 2005.{{Disputed inline|Is this Forte program related to the Midisoft software? If so, How?|date=October 2021}}

==Functionality==

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==External links==

*[http://www.fortenotation.com Official Forte web site in English]

{{Scorewriters}}