Occasionally, when something about MuseScore's installation is changed, playback will stop working. This how-to describes how to get playback working again.

This problem occurs when windows doesn't know how to open the .msi extension.

Occasionally when importing a score created with an older version of MuseScore into MuseScore 2 (or sometimes when importing a MusicXML file), a dialog box will appear warning "File corrupted", with the option to Cancel opening the score, Ignore the corruption and continue, or Show Details about the corruption. A corrupted score cannot be uploaded to MuseScore.com. Fortunately, it's easy to fix these corruptions using MuseScore 2.

If one of your scores becomes lost, corrupted, or not openable, there's a chance that MuseScore saved a copy somewhere on your computer.

Do you have a strings part you want to be played back as pizzicato for only a few measures? Or a trumpet part you want to sound muted for a section? You can actually get MuseScore to play it with the different sounds, just like an actual person reading the music would.

Here is a workaround to producing an ossia, via image capture.

to align the elements of a score

Hiding instruments that do not play

or make a precise dynamic

for the music of the XIV century and other occasions.

For two voices on the same staff

or reinsert them after the modifications to the score

to have a custom reproduction, for example to classical music, for jazz or pop.

Want to delete measures? Select them and Delete Selected Measures

Want to add an instrument to the selection in the New Score Wizard? Read further.

In MuseScore, rehearsal marks in a score normally end up duplicating the measure number, instead of replacing it.

If you require more space for your score, you could merge two staves into one.

Want to delete a score shared on MuseScore.com?

Want to install new software and don't have administrator rights? Use a portable version of MuseScore.

A chord spreading over two staves

If measures are too long to fit on a single system, a solution is to place a system break in the middle.