Release notes for MuseScore 3.1 (May 28, 2019)

New

• Single-note dynamics playback - long notes can play dynamic changes
• Updated soundfont that supports single-note dynamics out of the box
• High quality soundfont with better strings and synth instruments available as an extension in the Resource Manager
• Option to completely disable Auto Placement
• Elements can cross staves still participating in Auto Placement
• Half-time/Double-time feature that shortens and lengthens rhythms on copy-pasting
• Linearization feature that unrolls all repeats
• Internal computational approach that allows creating 256th, 512th, 1024th notes and any kind of compound tuplets
• Online documentation for Plugin API is available

Improvements

• Playback starts immediately on large scores
• Continuous view performance was significantly improved
• The layout of the scores imported from MuseScore 2 is now preserved
• Size and usability of Play Panel is now improved
• Add chord symbol support for fret diagrams
• Move the whole segment on dragging a note in edit mode
• Allow changing duration of multiple notes
• Select notes after deleting various elements
• Make copy-pasting hairpins possible
• Fix significant lag on iterating over notes with left-right arrows
• UI refinements including more streamlined Inspector
• "MuseScore File" string (under File -> Save As...) now indicates which version you are about to save (MuseScore 3)

Fixes

• System positions calculations allocated too much space
• Courtesy clefs and key signatures were positioned incorrectly around repeat barlines
• Cross-staff notation was incorrect in some cases
• Barlines spanning was wrong in some cases
• Barlines were incorrect when small and standard staves were mixed
• Piano keyboard display didn't update when adding accidental using toolbar or palette
• Side panels became undockable after being undocked and closed once
• Could not add proper slur to grace notes when there were more than one
• Layout of small staves was incorrect in some cases
• Key signatures displayed incorrectly after clef change
• Grace notes (after) collided with accidentals on main note
• Key signature disappeared in all but first stave
• Note's dot's visibility was incorrect when toggling visibility with note and dot selected
• Couldn't pan score while playing when a note was selected
• Instrument Change didn't transpose
• Couldn't delete clef change at the start of a system
• Accent-staccato didn't work in default template
• Some properties were not kept on saving score
• Incorrect key/time signatures and clefs appeared in the score in specific cases
• User-modified barlines were not linking correctly between staves of a score, parts, and multimeasure rests
• Ties were laid out incorrectly in some cases
• Problems with layout of with beams, slurs, tuplets, and tremolo in cross-staff notation
• Sizes and positions of some elements were not scaling correctly for small staves
• Brackets didn't appear after section break
• Users were automatically logged out after 5 hours when using Save Online
• Phrasing in target measure was not cleared on copy-pasting
• ChordIdentifier Plugin didn't work with MuseScore 3

Complete list of the fixed issues is available in the Beta, Beta Update and Release Candidate release notes:

• MuseScore 3.1 Beta release notes
• MuseScore 3.1 Beta Update release notes
• MuseScore 3.1 Release Candidate release notes

Plus these:

• #63301: Comma as a shortcut won't get saved
• #179251: Select all glissandi in Range Selection fails
• #289513: Coloring glissandi: color visible in inspector, but not on screen
• #289605: Bad layout of cross-staff ties that also cross system breaks
• #289614: Bad layout of tie with clef change
• #285688: Width of repeat measure keeps increasing
• Make undo/redo changes mark score playlist as dirty

Fixes for Regressions in 3.1 pre-release versions (as collected in #289565: [Epic] 3.1-RC Regressions that must be fixed):

• #289773: Mixer changes width of inspector when undocked.
• #289749: Fret diagrams disappear
• #289721: Bug: Measure repeats ignored first time through
• #289693: [Regression] Spacers start adding space between systems too soon
• #289668: Press Ctrl+number (3,4,5,6) while entering chord mode cause crash
• #289651: "Show courtesy" checkbox in clef Inspector does not work
• #289616: Tie displayed incorrectly at start of system
• #289562: Adding Instrument, after changing location in the Dialog, leads to crash
• #289561: Playback continues to repeat after end repeat barline has been deleted
• #289552: Crash splitting multimeasure rest
• #289531: Deleting first measure causes crash when a hairpin starts there
• #283828: Remove staff lines from end-start repeat barline in the repeats palettes