Milestones
Basic notation
MuseScore allows for customization to manually fix any of the basic notation problems listed below. However, the following problems occur so often that better defaults would save significant amounts of time.
- #9336: rests should adjust position for multiple voices
- Ties
- Beams
- #3459: Beaming of sixteenth and eighth note sequences in 4/4
- #7765: Beam should reach center line for notes beyond one ledger line
- #13035: Beam direction for two notes
- #13036: Beam direction for three or more notes
- Beams should be horizontal for groups of repeated intervals (bug report and test file to be written)
- Beams should be horizontal when there are several repeated pitches (bug report and test file to be written)
- #7510: Up/Down arrows skip diatonic notes for some key signatures
- #3325: Seconds between voices overlap
- #9174: Seconds in voice 2 flip to wrong side of stem
Ensemble
The previous version of MuseScore made significant strides towards preparing MuseScore for use on ensemble scores such as orchestra or band. Below are some remaining hurdles.
Necessary
- #3587: Non-lossy transposition is necessary for composers who wish to switch back and forth between concert pitch and written pitch. Implementation details here
- #4617: System text on hidden staves should show on next available staff
- #4487: Part should be transposed pitch regardless of full score
- #4979: Instrument names with flats do not resize with score (0.9.5 regression)
- Header or footer text for multi-page scores (see also http://musescore.org/en/node/6197)
- #9456: Missing indentation for first system of parts
- #12367: Volta brackets should export to all parts
- Hiding staves
Helpful
- Parts
- #4975: Parts should have multi-measure rests by default
- Part dialog should be automatically filled out the first time it is opened (with all the instrument parts)
Linked parts so that you don't have to re-create parts each time you make a change to the score
- Ability to switch instruments mid-way through a staff. See http://musescore.org/node/3834
- Newly added instruments should have the correct key signature. (See #5961: Wrong key signature for new instruments)
Lyrics
The following hurdles make MuseScore impractical or difficult for creating professional-quality scores with lyrics.
Necessary
Helpful
- #3911: Copy paste of multiple lyric syllables
- #5261: Lyrics for melismas should not respace notes if there is room before next syllable