Fra menu'en vælges Nodeark → Nyt. Dette åbner guiden for nye nodeart

Titel, komponist og anden information

Indtast titlen, komponisten og anden relevant information som vist herunder. Bemærk de to valgmuligheder nederst:

• Create new score from template
• Create new score from scratch

Den første mulighed tilbyder en liste af færdiglavede skabeloner på den følgende siden. Den anden mulighed giver dig mulighed for at vælge mellem alle instrumententer på den næste side. Skabeloner diskuteres mere detaljeret nedenfor, men i første omgang kan du vælge "Create new score from scratch."

Klik "næste" for at fortsætte.

Instrumenter og stemmer

Instrument vinduet er inddelt i to kolonner. Den første kolonne indeholder lister over de instrumenter og stemmetyper der kan vælges mellem. Den anden kolonne er tom fra starten men vil fyldes med de instrumenter du vælger til dit nodeark.

Instrument listerne i den første kolonne er inddelt efter instrument kategorier. Dobbeltklik på en kategori for at se den fulde liste af instrumenter. Vælg et instrument og klik "Tilføj". Instrumentet du valgte dukker nu op i den højre kolonne. Du kan tilføje flere instrumenter hvis du ønsker det.

The order of the instruments in the second column determines the order they appear in the score. To change the order click on an instrument name and use the "Up" or "Down" buttons to move it higher or lower. When you are done click "Next".

Key signature

If you are using the latest version of MuseScore the wizard asks for a key signature. Select the key signature you need and click "Next" to continue.

If you are using version 0.9.2 or earlier the wizard does not ask for a key signature so you may ignore this step.

Time signature, pickup, and number of measures

Set the time signature to the numbers you want. If your piece begins with a pickup then mark the "Pickup measure" checkbox and adjust pickup time signature to indicate the actual duration of the first measure.

If you know approximately how many measures you need you can specify that here. Otherwise you can add or delete measure later.

Click "Finish" to create your new score.

Adjustments to score after creation

You can change any settings specified during the new score wizard even after you start working on the score.

• To add or delete measures or create a pickup see Measure operations
• To change any text see Text editing. To add a missing Title (or other text item) use the menu Create → Text → Title (or other text item)
• To add, delete, or change the order of instruments use the menu Create → Instruments....

See also: Key signature, time signature, clef.

Templates

The first screen of the new score wizard has an option to "Create new score from template" (see Title and other text above for details). To create a score using this method select the template option and click "Next" to continue.

The next screen shows a list of templates. Select a template and click "Next". Continue and finish the new score wizard as usual.

The template files are normal MuseScore files stored in the template folder. You can create your own templates by saving MuseScore files to the template folder. On Windows the template folder is usually located at C:\Program Files\MuseScore 0.9\templates. On Linux look under /usr/share/mscore-xxx if you installed from the package manager. If you compiled mscore on Linux then look under /usr/local/share/mscore-xxx.