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{{other uses|Noteworthy (disambiguation)}}
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'''NoteWorthy Composer''' ('''NWC''') is a proprietary [[scorewriter]] application made by NoteWorthy Software. It is a graphical score editor for [[Microsoft Windows]] computers. Version 1 of NWC was released in October 1994, and Version 2 in September 2008.<ref name="history">[https://noteworthycomposer.com/composer/history.htm NoteWorthy Composer - History]</ref><ref name="Review">{{Cite web|url=https://www.toptenreviews.com/music-notation-software-noteworthy-composer-review|publisher=Top Ten Reviews|author=Billy Bommer|date=20 January 2019|accessdate=20 August 2019|title=NoteWorthy Composer 2.1 Review}}</ref>
NWC is intended for the real-time visual creation of [[sheet music]], but it can also import and export [[MIDI]] and Karaoke files and can export graphical [[Windows Metafile|WMF]]s. The [[user interface]] works either from the keyboard or the mouse. Notes can also be entered by playing on a MIDI device, when configured. In version 2, the notes can be heard as they are entered.<ref name="history" /> Lyrics are entered as a single block of text which automatically positions itself on notes according to syllabic and slur rules, as opposed to being entered per-note.
===External Links===▼
The binary NWC [[file format]] is undocumented, and facilities to convert it into more popular formats that are less limited. There are a couple of open-source libraries that can convert this file format.<ref>[https://github.com/zz85/nwc-viewer nwc-viewer.js] A NWC parser and viewer written in Javascript</ref><ref>[https://code.google.com/archive/p/nwc2xml/ nwc2xml] A NWC to XML implementation in C++</ref> Version 2 of NWC introduced a textual representation of the file format called NWCTXT. This allowed easier conversion to many other formats, including [[LilyPond]].<ref>[http://www.holmessoft.co.uk/homepage/software/nwc2ly/ NWCTXT2Ly converter and manual]</ref>
*[http://www.noteworthysoftware.com Noteworthy Software]▼
[[Image:D Freygish Noteworthy Composer.jpg|thumb|Noteworthy's rendering of a D [[Phrygian dominant scale|Freygish]] scale]]
A feature of the user interface is that notation is displayed during editing. Each staff proceeds linearly from left to right without being wrapped around the screen. Staff systems are visually broken to fit margins during page layout, allowing many possibilities at "print time", when parts and scores can be laid out. On older hardware, this presents performance advantages over the [[WYSIWYG]] behavior of other editors because it minimizes the necessary rendering of particularly large scores. A print preview is available for adjustments to page layout since version 2.51.<ref name="history" />
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The program lacks engraving, graphic sophistication, playback and publishing capabilities. A free viewer is available. The [[Demo (computer programming)|demo version]] imposes a limit of 10 saves per file name, adds a small footer to each printed page, and prints a registration form with each printed score. Besides the demo program, a downloadable plug-in for [[Winamp]] allows Winamp to play files from NWC.<ref>[http://www.noteworthysoftware.com/composer/winamp.htm NoteWorthy Composer - Winamp Plugin]</ref>
Because of the availability of a free viewer, Noteworthy has been adopted as the standard score distribution format by the large [[hymn]] database, [[Hymnary.org]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hymnary.org/ |title=Hymnary.org |access-date=2015-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302132527/http://www.hymnary.org/ |archive-date=2013-03-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> An "unofficial" catalog of composition files contributed by users is available from the NoteWorthy Scriptorium.<ref>[https://nwc-scriptorium.org/ NoteWorthy Scriptorium]</ref>
There have been no new software releases or updates for NoteWorthy Composer since 2017, nor updates on the official NoteWorthy Composer blog since 2015. The [https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/ Noteworthy Composer Forum] continues to be active (July 2022).
==See also==
*[[List of scorewriters]]
*[[List of music software]]
==References==
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*[http://szukaj.wyborcza.pl/archiwum/1,0,419459.html "Klucz do czarnej magii / NoteWorthy Composer. Komputerowy papier nutowy"], Gazeta {{in lang|pl}}
*[http://www.zdnet.be/print.cfm?id=2763 "Noteworthy Composer 1.70"], [[ZDNet]] Belgium {{in lang|nl}}
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2003/01/16/ecrova16.xml&page=1 "Over to you: online music manuscripts, hearing aids and databases"]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 16 January 2003
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2004/09/22/ecrova22.xml&sSheet=/connected/2004/09/22/ixconnrite.html "Over to you: garden design"]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'', 22 September 2004
*[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080713/FEATURES/807130409/-1/newssitemap "Prodigy gets noticed"], ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', 13 July 2008
*[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/04/04/1048962927266.html "Be composed"], ''[[The Age]]'', 4 April 2003
*[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17138896.html "Ziff-Davis Announces Winners of Its 1995 Shareware Awards Competition"]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, [[Ziff-Davis]], 26 June 1996
*[https://nwc-scriptorium.org NoteWorthy Scriptorium]
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