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Traditional Chinese stringed instruments
Comparison (2026)

Best free jianpu editors, side by side.

Three editors for jianpu (numbered notation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7), DomiSol, MuseScore + plugin, jianpu-ly (LilyPond), compared on the things that matter for the erhu, dizi, guzheng, and choral players who actually read jianpu.

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Feature table

Feature DomiSol MuseScore + plugin jianpu-ly (LilyPond)
Jianpu-native editing Yes Plugin (rendered as annotation) Source-only
Web-based (no install) Yes Desktop + web -
Beam underlines render correctly Yes Plugin-dependent Yes
Octave dots render correctly Yes Plugin-dependent Yes
Live audio playback Yes Yes -
Solfa toggle (same score) Yes - -
Share via URL Yes - -
PDF export Yes Yes Yes
Image → score (OMR) Yes - -
Mobile-friendly Yes Limited -
Lyrics alignment Yes Plugin-dependent Source-only
Free tier Free plan, permanent Yes Yes

Who wins what

By use case

Erhu / dizi / guzheng / pipa player

DomiSol, jianpu-native, audio playback to check your tuning + rhythm, shareable URLs for ensemble rehearsal.

Bilingual composer (staff + jianpu)

DomiSol, write once, toggle between staff, solfa, and jianpu, export to PDF for any audience.

MuseScore power user

MuseScore + plugin, if MuseScore is already your daily driver and you only need jianpu as an annotation pass.

Command-line typography enthusiast

jianpu-ly, the prettiest jianpu PDFs available, at the cost of no audio playback and a CLI workflow.

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