MuseScore 3 handbook - OSUOSL

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GETTING STARTED

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LEARNING MUSESCORE

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Tours

Getting Started score

Video tutorials

Other tutorials

Videos

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GET SUPPORT

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Handbook

Context help

Forums

How To's

Post a question

Report a bug

External links

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INSTALLATION

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Installation

Initial preferences

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INSTALL ON WINDOWS

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Install

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Start MuseScore

Advanced users: Silent or unattended install

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Uninstall

Troubleshooting

External links

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INSTALL ON MACOS

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Install

Uninstall

Install with Apple Remote Desktop

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INSTALL ON LINUX

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AppImage

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Step 1: Download

Step 2: Give the file permission to execute

Step 3: Run the AppImage

Install the AppImage

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Distribution Packages

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Debian

Fedora

KDE neon 18.04 (bionic)

Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, ¡­

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External links

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INSTALL ON CHROMEBOOK

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Desktop program

External links

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LANGUAGE, TRANSLATIONS, AND EXTENSIONS

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Change language

Resource Manager

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Install/uninstall extension

Update translations

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See also

External links

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CHECKING FOR UPDATES

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Automated update check

Check for update

See also

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BASICS

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CREATE A NEW SCORE

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Start Center

Create new score

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Enter score information

Choose template file

Choose instruments (or voice parts)

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Add instruments

Add Staff / Add Linked Staff

Change order of instruments

Delete an instrument

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Choose key signature (and tempo)

Choose time signature, tempo, pickup measure, and number of measures

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Adjustments to score after creation

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Add / delete / adjust measures

Add/edit text

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Change instrument set-up

Hide a staff

Adjust layout and formatting

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Templates

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System templates folder

User templates folder

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See also

External links

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NOTE INPUT

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Basic note entry

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Step 1. Select a starting position

Step 2. Enter Note Input mode

Step 3. Select a duration

Step 4. Enter the note or rest

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Select a note/rest duration

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Additional durations

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Input devices

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Computer keyboard

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Enter notes/rests

Move notes up/down

Add accidentals

Chords

Insert notes

Delete notes

Keyboard shortcuts

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Mouse

MIDI keyboard

Virtual Piano Keyboard

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Note input modes

Coloring of notes outside an instrument's range

Small notes/small noteheads

Change notes or rests already entered

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Change duration

Change pitch

Change voice

Change rest to note and vice versa

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Note properties

See also

External links

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EDIT MODE

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Enter edit mode

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MuseScore versions 3.4 and above

MuseScore versions prior to 3.4

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Exit edit mode

Text

Lines

Notes

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Offset notes

Adjust note stem length

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Keyboard shortcuts

See also

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PALETTES

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View or hide the Palette area

Open/close a palette

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Single Palette mode

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Apply symbols from a palette

Customize the palette list

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Change the order of palette names in the list

Create a new palette

Hide a palette from the list

Show a hidden palette in the list

Delete a palette

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Customize palettes

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Add an existing score element to a palette

Add a symbol to a palette from the Master Palette

Change symbol order in a palette

Change the position and size of a symbol in a palette cell

Remove a symbol from a palette

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Palette menu

Behavior of applied text and lines

See also

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WORKSPACES

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Switch between workspaces

Docking/undocking

Create a new workspace

Edit a workspace

Save custom workspace

See also

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INSPECTOR

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Displaying the Inspector

What the Inspector does

"Reset to style default" and "Set to style" buttons

Inspector categories

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Element

Element Group

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Segment

Chord

Note

Select

Beam

Clef

Articulation

Fretboard diagram

Line

Text Line Details

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Properties dialogs

See also

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MEASURE OPERATIONS

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Select

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Single measure

Range of measures

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Insert

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Insert an empty measure into the score

Insert multiple measures

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Append

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Append an empty measure to the end of a score

Append multiple measures to the end of a score

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Remove

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Remove a single measure

Remove a range of measures

Remove empty trailing measures

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Delete measure contents

Properties

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Staves

Measure duration

Other

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Exclude from measure count

Break multimeasure rests

Measure number mode

Layout stretch

Add to measure number

Play Count

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Numbering

Split and join

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Join measures

Split a measure

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External links

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VOICES

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How voices are displayed

When to use voices

How to enter notes in different voices

Deleting and hiding rests

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Restoring deleted rests

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Exchange voices of notes

Move notes to another voice (without swapping)

Navigate between voices

See also

External links

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COPY AND PASTE

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Summary of commands

Notes

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Copy or cut

Paste

Swap with Clipboard

Copy pitch of a single note only

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Other elements

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Copy or cut

Paste

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Quick repeat

Duplicate

Paste half/double duration (version 3.1 and above)

Selection filter

See also

External links

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SELECTION MODES

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Select a single object

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Select a single note

Select a chord

Select a single measure

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Select an overlapping element

Select a continuous range of objects

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1. Shift + click selection

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Select chord symbols, lyrics etc. (as of version 3.5)

Select a range of measures

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2. Shift selection

3. Drag selection

4. Select All

5. Select section

6. Selection Filter

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Select a list of objects

Modify an existing selection (as of version 3.5)

Select all similar

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What selections are useful for

See also

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UNDO AND REDO

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VIEWING AND NAVIGATION

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View menu

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Show sidebars/panels

Zoom in/out

Toolbars

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Show/hide toolbars

Customize toolbar area

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Workspaces

Show Status bar

Split display

Visibility options

Mark irregular measures

Full screen

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Page/Continuous View

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Page View

Continuous View

Single Page View

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Side panels

Navigation

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Commands

Navigator

Timeline

Find / Go to

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See also

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CONCERT PITCH

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See also

External links

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OPEN/SAVE/EXPORT/PRINT

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Open

Save

Export

Print

See also

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SHARE SCORES ONLINE

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Create an account

Share a score directly from MuseScore

Upload a score on

Edit a score on

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Switch to the direct method of updating an online score

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External links

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NOTATION

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BARLINES

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Change barline type

Insert barline

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Split a measure

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Custom barlines

Connect barlines

See also

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CLEFS

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Add a clef

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Add/change clef at the beginning of a measure

Add/change a mid-measure clef

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Remove a clef

Courtesy clefs

Hide clefs

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Display clef only in the first measure (for all staves)

Display clef only in the first measure (for a particular staff)

Hide all clefs in a particular staff

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KEY SIGNATURES

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Add a new key signature

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Add new key signature to all staves

Add new key signature to one staff only

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Replace an existing key signature

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Replace key signature for all staves

Replace key signature for one staff only

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Remove a key signature

Naturals on key signature changes

Key signature changes and multimeasure rests

Courtesy key signatures

Custom key signatures

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ACCIDENTALS

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Add accidental

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