Why music teachers should use MuseScore

With an easy-to-use interface, support for unlimited instruments, import and export of multiple formats, and more, MuseScore meet all the requirements for a professional music notation software package and meets the needs of teachers and students at education establishments of all levels (primary, secondary, college, university...). Best of all, released under an open-source license, MuseScore is free for everyone and can be downloaded, used, and distributed with no restrictions.

For students

For younger students, MuseScore forms an ideal teaching platform for core music literacy skills, without tying students to commercial products. The free software license means it can be installed on as many computers as you need, and students can also be given copies of software to use at home—perfectly legally. Older students can use MuseScore to submit composition assignments.

Students with an interest in programming can dive under the hood to see how MuseScore's code works. Those looking to forge a career from their music and programming skills can gain practical experience by contributing to its open source development, and even apply for a paid internship through Google's Summer of Code program.

For teachers

MuseScore is also an ideal platform for creating teaching materials and work sheets. For example, you can easily create scale worksheet, but also for to be filled in . For IT staff, the open-source software license means an end to license compliance worries and the threat of software audits. MuseScore is developed, translated, and supported by an international community linked by the internet, opening exciting possibilities for school projects.

Open for all

MuseScore is a professional scorewriter made available for everyone, regardless of income. MuseScore is available in a wide variety of languages, and we actively encourage local teams to produce versions for local languages. We develop software through an open-source process—the computing equivalent of peer-reviewed publishing—creating software of the highest quality.

More

Here are a few more reasons to choose MuseScore over competing products with commercial restrictions:

  • MuseScore is 100% free
  • MuseScore runs on all major platforms—Windows, macOS, Linux
  • MuseScore upgrades will always be free
  • MuseScore comes with MusicXML import and export, so you can transfer your sheet music collection from and to other music notation programs
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