Musescore for desktop limited compared to mobile?
I've got musescore both on my PC desktop, as well as on my iPad. When Im trying to transpose a score on my PC, opening the probram, mind you, not just from the browser, it wont let me, but invites me to download the mobile app, as if it doesnt know im doing this from a PC (which ive already loaded the program onto...) It says it is "compatible with my device", but only shows my phone, not showing my PC as a compatible device. So......Can I really not transpose scores from my PC!?!?!? What has happened to the world where you HAVE to be using mobile devices to get the functions out of these softwares? Instagram ill give HALF a pass, though still, its a business plan i find offensive, but i hope im just misunderstanding something here with musescore
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But you have MuseScore desktop installed on your PC?
https://musescore.org/en/download
The software is open and free with full functionality.
Perhaps I' m misunderstanding, take a look at:https://musescore.org/en/node/277874
And to answer your title, it is quite the other way around:
The desktop version lets you play and fully edit the scores, while the mobile apps are playback (and transposition) only.
Could you post a screen capture of what you describe as "invites me download the mobile app", that will help us to understand what you mean.
In reply to Could you post a screen… by frfancha
This is something that shows on musescore.com, esp. when browsing that on a mobile.
Quite annoying IMHO, esp. for those that have a Pro account and the mobile app already (and musescore.com should know that), eating up precious screen real estate, see that green bar:
In reply to This is something that shows… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok, but what you say is not compatible with the original problem description, or I miss something.
As the o.p. mentions that he got that message on his PC, not iPad, and by opening the "program" not in the browser.
So??
You wrote:
Can I really not transpose scores from my PC!?!?!?
Turn your modem off (temporary).
Start the MuseScore program on your PC desktop and open any MuseScore (.mscz) file in the scores folder on your computer. From within the MuseScore program, you should be able to view, transpose, play, export as audio, etc. the score using the full fledged (not limited) features of the MuseScore:software - which is different from the mobile app.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/download
but first, turn your modem back on.
Also, to transpose scores:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/transposition
Definitely there seems to be some confusion here. You write: "When Im trying to transpose a score on my PC, opening the probram, mind you, not just from the browser, it wont let me, but invites me to download the mobile app". I can absolutely assure you that if you are trying to transpose from within the program, you are not going to ever see an invitation to download the mobile app. The only explanation is that you are not fact using the program itself on your PC, but are merely visiting the musescore.com score sharing website with the browser on your PC. That's not the same thing as using the program itself. You have to actually download the program and install it. Then, when opening a score within the program, simply use Tools / Transpose to transpose. There is no way this could ever lead to an invitation to download a mobile app, there is simply no code anywhere in MuseScore that could possibly do such a thing.
In reply to Definitely there seems to be… by Marc Sabatella
Seems like a confusion between .com and .org again, what with them having the same name… again…
In reply to Seems like a confusion… by mirabilos
Even worse it seems, confusion between musescore.com in a browser and the MuseScore Editor program
In reply to Definitely there seems to be… by Marc Sabatella
This is an adjusted version of what he said:
When I'm trying to transpose a score on my PC, opening the probram, mind you, not just from the browser—it wont let me, but invites me to download the mobile app, as if it doesnt know im doing this from a PC (which ive already loaded the program onto...)
When you change the punctuation from a comma to an em dash it makes sense. He tried to transpose on the website and that didn't work and that's why he tried an app, apparently the mobile version. Of course, this would not work. The solution is to download the desktop app, Musescore 3.
In reply to This is an adjusted version… by ♪𝔔𝔲𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔯 ℭ𝔯𝔞𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯♪
Puntuation can save lifes:
Come, we're eating, Grandpa
;-)
In reply to Puntuation can save lifes:… by Jojo-Schmitz
Is that a saying? What does it mean?
In reply to Is that a saying? What does… by William Halsted
Try missing out the second comma... ;-)
In reply to Try missing out the second… by DanielR
And ignore my typo, is should have been Punctuation.