MuseScore - Free music composition and notation software https://musescore.org/en/news/feed en MuseScore Studio 4.3 Beta is now available https://musescore.org/en/node/363235 <span>MuseScore Studio 4.3 Beta is now available</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="shoogle" href="/en/user/57401" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/f/3/d/39223.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a> </article> &bull; 3 days ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>We're pleased to announce that the Beta release for MuseScore Studio 4.3 is now available. You can download it <a href="https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/">here</a> for:</p> <ul><li>Windows (<a href="https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/windows/4x/testing/MuseScore-4.3.0.241101557-x86_64.msi">MSI installer</a>, <a href="https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/windows/4x/testing/MuseScore-4.3.0.241101557-x86_64.paf.exe">portable</a>)</li> <li>macOS (<a href="https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/macos/4x/testing/MuseScore-Studio-4.3.0.241101558.dmg">DMG</a>)</li> <li>Linux (<a href="https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/linux/4x/testing/MuseScore-4.3.0.241101558-x86_64.AppImage">64-bit Intel/AMD</a>, <a href="https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/linux/4x/testing/MuseScore-4.3.0.241101559-armv7l.AppImage">32-bit ARM</a>, <a href="https://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/musescore-nightlies/linux/4x/testing/MuseScore-4.3.0.241101559-aarch64.AppImage">64-bit ARM</a>)</li> </ul><p>Once the beta is installed, it will show up on your machine as “MuseScore 4 Testing”. You can install it alongside your current version of MuseScore 4, but please be aware that the two versions</p><a href="/en/node/363235" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a></span> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:51:36 +0000 shoogle 363235 at https://musescore.org MuseScore is getting a new name! https://musescore.org/en/node/359923 <span>MuseScore is getting a new name!</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="bradleykunda" href="/en/user/3305035" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/1/8/2/36495098.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/3305035">bradleykunda</a> </article> &bull; 2 months ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>Today we're sharing an important update to the name of the MuseScore desktop notation app. Starting in 2024, it will be called <strong>MuseScore Studio</strong>.</p> <p>We’re aware that any product rebrand — even a relatively subtle one like this — rarely receives unanimous approval, especially when an app has such a long history and dedicated community. But rest assured, we’re making this change for very necessary reasons.</p> <h2>Why does the name need to change?</h2> <p>Muse Group currently supports</p><a href="/en/node/359923" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/3305035">bradleykunda</a></span> Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:22:11 +0000 bradleykunda 359923 at https://musescore.org MuseScore 4.2.1 is now available https://musescore.org/en/4.2.1 <span>MuseScore 4.2.1 is now available</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="shoogle" href="/en/user/57401" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/f/3/d/39223.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a> </article> &bull; 3 months ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>We're pleased to announce that MuseScore 4.2.1 is now available.</p> <p>Release builds can be found in Muse Hub or at <a href="https://musescore.org/en/download">https://musescore.org/en/download</a>.</p> <p>This release includes all the <a href="/en/4.2" hreflang="en">new features added in MuseScore 4.2</a>, as well as fixes a number of crashes and improvements to the stability of the app.</p> <p>For further details, please see the <a href="https://github.com/orgs/musescore/projects/36/views/2">4.2.1 project</a> on our GitHub repository.</p> <p>Best wishes,</p> <p>The MuseScore Team.</p> <a href="/en/4.2.1" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a></span> Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:07:36 +0000 shoogle 359643 at https://musescore.org Release of MuseScore 4.2 and new guitar sounds! https://musescore.org/en/4.2 <span>Release of MuseScore 4.2 and new guitar sounds!</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="shoogle" href="/en/user/57401" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/f/3/d/39223.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a> </article> &bull; 4 months ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p> We are delighted to announce the release of <strong>MuseScore 4.2</strong>, a milestone update for guitarists that includes an extensive new system for guitar bends, with beautiful engraving and highly realistic playback. 4.2 also brings other significant features for everyone, including valuable improvements for scores with multiple parts, and much more. </p> <p> This update is accompanied by the release of another free instrument pack in the Muse Sounds collection: <strong>Muse Guitars, Vol. 1</strong>. This pack contains steel and nylon six-string</p><a href="/en/4.2" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a></span> Mon, 18 Dec 2023 13:19:08 +0000 shoogle 357932 at https://musescore.org MuseScore 4.2 Beta now available https://musescore.org/en/node/357135 <span>MuseScore 4.2 Beta now available</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="shoogle" href="/en/user/57401" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/f/3/d/39223.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a> </article> &bull; 5 months ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>As promised, we have a beta build ready for MuseScore 4.2, which you can download from our release page over on GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/releases/tag/v4.2.0-beta">https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/releases/tag/v4.2.0-beta</a></p> <p>Once the beta is installed, it will show up on your machine as “MuseScore 4 Testing”. You can install it alongside your current version of MuseScore 4, but please be aware that the two versions will share preferences and workspaces. Also, if you save any score files with 4.2 then you will not be able</p><a href="/en/node/357135" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a></span> Fri, 24 Nov 2023 17:20:22 +0000 shoogle 357135 at https://musescore.org Entering feature-freeze for MuseScore 4.2 https://musescore.org/en/node/356878 <span>Entering feature-freeze for MuseScore 4.2</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="shoogle" href="/en/user/57401" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/f/3/d/39223.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a> </article> &bull; 5 months ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>We’re about a month away from the release of MuseScore 4.2, which means that now is a great time to help test all the fantastic new features that will be included in this release:</p> <h3>Guitar</h3> <ul><li>Support for <a href="https://musescore.org/en/node/356844">alternate string tunings</a></li> <li>All-new system for <a href="https://musescore.org/en/node/356818">inputting bends and customising their playback</a> <ul><li>Bend playback currently requires SoundFont or VST. We’ll update this post when support for bends is added in Muse Sounds.</li> </ul></li> </ul><h3>Parts</h3> <ul><li>Better synchronisation between the score and the parts</li></ul><a href="/en/node/356878" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a></span> Fri, 17 Nov 2023 16:47:55 +0000 shoogle 356878 at https://musescore.org Community development update https://musescore.org/en/node/355107 <span>Community development update</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="shoogle" href="/en/user/57401" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/f/3/d/39223.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a> </article> &bull; 6 months ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hi everyone!</p> <p>Let’s check out some of the fantastic contributions we’ve had from the community, and see what tasks are available on the <a href="https://github.com/orgs/musescore/projects/30/views/2">community project's board</a>.</p> <h2>Recent contributions</h2> <p>We have been incredibly fortunate to receive pull requests for MEI and Jianpu, two features that have been discussed for many years but never actually implemented until now, as well as the welcome return of JACK audio support on Linux.</p> <h3>MEI import and export</h3> <p>Like MusicXML, <a href="https://music-encoding.org/">Music Encoding Initiative (MEI)</a> is</p><a href="/en/node/355107" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a></span> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:54:11 +0000 shoogle 355107 at https://musescore.org UX Design Awards 2023: MuseScore 4 wins Public Choice Award! https://musescore.org/en/node/354373 <span>UX Design Awards 2023: MuseScore 4 wins Public Choice Award!</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="shoogle" href="/en/user/57401" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/f/3/d/39223.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a> </article> &bull; 7 months ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p> We’re delighted to announce that MuseScore 4 has won the <strong><a href="https://ux-design-awards.com/winners/2023-2-musescore-4">Public Choice Award</a></strong>, an outstanding accolade in the <a href="https://ux-design-awards.com/">UX Design Awards 2023</a>. </p> <p> The UX Design Awards were established by the <a href="https://www.idz.de/en/">IDZ</a> (International Design Centre) Berlin, to celebrate global product design and innovation. In order to be nominated for this year’s award, MuseScore 4 had to undergo a rigorous selection process by an expert jury. This was followed by a public ballot in which over 24,000 votes were cast</p><a href="/en/node/354373" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a></span> Wed, 06 Sep 2023 14:12:32 +0000 shoogle 354373 at https://musescore.org Look-ahead to MuseScore 4.2 https://musescore.org/en/node/354177 <span>Look-ahead to MuseScore 4.2</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="shoogle" href="/en/user/57401" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/f/3/d/39223.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a> </article> &bull; 7 months ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hi everyone!</p> <p>Here's a quick update about some of the things we are working on as we prepare for the release of MuseScore 4.2 later this year</p> <h2>Alternate string tunings for guitar</h2> <p>We’re working on a new ‘string tuning’ element, which will be accessible via the Guitar palette. This will provide an easy way to specify new tunings for multiple strings and (optionally) have those tunings displayed in the score. You’ll be able to choose from a list of preset</p><a href="/en/node/354177" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a></span> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 10:44:02 +0000 shoogle 354177 at https://musescore.org Translations: a call to action! https://musescore.org/en/node/353618 <span>Translations: a call to action!</span> <div class="meta"><article class="user compact"> <div class="avatar-wrapper" ><a class="avatar" title="shoogle" href="/en/user/57401" style="background-image: url(https://musescore.com/static/musescore/userdata/avatar/f/3/d/39223.jpg)"></a></div> <a href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a> </article> &bull; 8 months ago</div> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>Now that the dust has settled after the 4.1 release, we look forward to sharing our plans for 4.2 and beyond. But first, we thought we'd give a quick reminder about the ways you can get involved. In particular, translations.</p> <h2>Translations</h2> <p>We’d really love to get MuseScore’s UI translated into as many languages as possible. If your first language is not English, please consider helping translate MuseScore into your native tongue.</p> <p>Our <a href="https://app.transifex.com/musescore/musescore/dashboard/">Transifex dashboard</a> currently shows 16 languages</p><a href="/en/node/353618" class="Read more" hreflang="en">Read more</a></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/en/user/57401">shoogle</a></span> Tue, 15 Aug 2023 15:21:55 +0000 shoogle 353618 at https://musescore.org