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MuseScore Studio 4 使用手册

本手册告诉您使用全球最流行的,可在窗口操作系统、麦金塔和基于 Linux 的操作系统上免费使用的,音乐作谱程序——MuseScore Studio——所须知的一切。

新手册

我们目前正在搞 GitBook 上的新手册,少顷它将会代替本手册。指向旧手册的链接将会逐渐更新为指向新版。

请注意,新手册目前只有英语可用,但是不久将会启用社区翻译来使之可用于其他语言。如果您想要助力翻译新手册,请加入我们的 Transifex 项目,它也用来翻译 MuseScore Studio 本身。

MuseScore Studio 4.5 中的新特性

使用 MuseScore Studio 4.5 中的新特性的详见新手册。

关于本手册

    MuseScore 版本说明

    本手册适用于 MuseScore 4.0 及以上版本。

    如果您使用的是程序的其他版本,请查阅相应版本的适用手册:

    • MuseScore 3 手册
    • MuseScore 2 手册
    • MuseScore 1 手册

    浏览手册

    浏览章节

    使用主页上的章节链接来浏览手册中每个章节的内容。

    还有一个整个手册的单页视图,可以与您浏览器的搜索功能一起使用(快捷键:Ctrl+F,或 macOS 上的 Cmd+F)。

    搜索手册

    要搜索手册,请使用每个手册页面右上角的专用搜索字段。

    Search_in_handbook.png

    如果您不确定要搜索什么,请尝试浏览 术语表。它有图片帮助您找到无法命名的事物。

    您还可以尝试使用以下特殊语法进行网页搜索,以仅包括MuseScore.org的结果:

    site:musescore.org 在此输入您的主题
    

    这适用于大多数搜索引擎。例如,在 Bing 上执行搜索 "site:musescore.org 速度标记"。

    如果您仍然找不到所需的信息,请到 支持论坛(英文) 寻求帮助。

    阅读其他语言

    该手册已翻译成多种语言,尽管翻译并不总是与英文版本同步更新。每个页面是单独翻译的,因此并非每个页面都提供所有语言版本。

    要用其他语言阅读手册,请使用每个手册页面右上方显示的语言下拉菜单,直接位于搜索字段下方。如果下拉菜单中没有特定的语言,这意味着该页面尚未翻译成该语言。

    Handbook_languages_dropdown.png

    如有疑问,请查阅 英文版手册,或在其中论坛中寻求帮助。如果您使用英语发帖,您可以使用 支持和错误报告论坛,否则请使用您语言的适当论坛。

    下载手册

    如果您想将手册复制到您的计算机以便离线阅读,您可以:

    1. 访问整个手册的单页视图。
    2. 打开您浏览器的 打印 功能(快捷键:Ctrl+P,或 macOS 上的 Cmd+P)。
    3. 选择标记为 打印为 PDF、保存为 PDF 或类似的选项。
      • 确保您正在保存文件而不是打印实体副本。

    如果您需要打印本手册,您最好按照上述步骤创建 PDF,然后在继续使用真实打印机打印之前检查 PDF 的格式是否正确。手册相当长,请仅在确实需要时打印。

    为手册做贡献

    该手册由 MuseScore 社区维护和翻译。如果您想帮助撰写内容,请阅读 编辑手册。

    如果您想翻译页面,请阅读 如何翻译手册。

    如何编写使用手册

      写作指南

      想要为 MuseScore 4 手册做贡献吗?太棒了!我们非常高兴您能加入。

      本页面包含简要的指南,帮助你开始撰写文章。在编辑手册中的任何内容之前,请仔细阅读本页面。这些信息旨在帮助你,但如果你对任何事情感到疑惑或有任何问题,请加入文档讨论论坛进行讨论。

      结构 - 总体原则

      每页应该相对完整地解释一个单一主题。如果一页面感觉太长,可以尝试将其拆分成单独的页面。

      虽然并非每个页面都相同,但牢记以下内容有助于你将页面内容结构化,以便读者易于理解:

      从概述开始

      在页面开头加上概述有助于在深入细节之前介绍主题。概述通常不需要有章节标题。

      建立层次结构

      思考大多数用户可能想要实现的目标,以及他们可能因为什么原因来手册查找信息。将最常见的任务解决方案放在页面顶部;较不常用的信息可以放在页面底部。

      逻辑分组信息

      相关概念应该一起讨论。有时,这可能需要将不常用的功能与常用的功能一起讨论,但这没关系。

      注重用户任务,而不仅仅是 UI 组件

      例如,关于“创建自定义调号”的部分比名为“使用主面板”的部分更好。

      创建目录

      请确保为所有手册页面启用“生成目录”选项。

      标题

      为了确保社区编写的页面风格一致,我们已经为许多页面提供了标题。请在此结构内组织你的内容。对于缺少标题的页面,请自行创建与其他地方相似风格的标题。

      出于可访问性的考虑,标题绝不能以常规粗体文本格式化。所有标题都需要以具有语义含义的标签格式化。

      所有页面默认都以 Heading 1 开始。因此,你输入的第一个章节标题总是 Heading 2。此外,请不要跳过标题级别(例如,在 Heading 2 后添加 Heading 4)。

      标题级别 用法和 MarkDown 语法
      Heading 1 所有页面标题的默认值(由贡献者编辑)
      Heading 2 每个章节的开始使用。MarkDown 语法:## 标题名称
      Heading 3 用于每个子章节的开始,并引入单步说明(即不需要列表的地方)。MarkDown 语法:### 标题名称
      Heading 4 如有需要,可以少量使用用于附加子章节。MarkDown 语法:#### 标题名称

      最后,请尽量始终以动词开始你的标题。例如,“添加拍号”,而不是“拍号”

      内容

      MuseScore 手册大致包含两种主要类型的信息:描述性材料和目标导向的说明。

      描述性材料

      这用于解释程序的不同功能区域。例如,

      符号面板是包含可应用于谱的音乐符号的文件夹。MuseScore 的默认符号面板包含一组相关的符号,但你可以自定义符号面板以显示几乎任何类型的符号、线条或文本。

      描述性材料往往比目标导向的说明更长,更“丰富”,但我们仍然要求你尽可能使用简单明了的语言。

      目标导向的说明

      这些说明如何执行特定任务。说明应该尽可能简短直接,通常采用编号列表的形式。例如,

      创建一个新的符号面板

      1. 打开符号面板选项卡
      2. 点击添加符号面板
      3. 点击创建自定义符号面板
      4. 给你的新符号面板命名,然后点击创建

      请注意,我们使用粗体文本来表示用户界面的命名组件,包括菜单。键盘快捷键,例如 Ctrl+S,使用<kbd>标签呈现(请参阅Syntax)。

      在编写目标导向的说明时,请:

      • 仅使用编号列表(无点号)
      • 每个编号条目以动词开头
      • 每个编号条目只写一个任务/指示

      例如,不要写成:

      1. 打开符号面板选项卡并点击添加符号面板

      而应写成:

      1. 打开符号面板选项卡
      2. 点击添加符号面板

      请务必在目标导向的说明中包含键盘选项,如果存在这样的选项。这对于提高程序的可访问性尤为重要。

      使用多模态媒体

      鼓励使用多模态媒体作为文字描述的补充。这包括:

      • 动画 GIF
      • 用户界面相关部分的截图

      创建动画 GIF

      与截图和视频相比,动画 GIF 在最短的时间内展示完成特定任务所需的操作序列方面具有许多优势。有许多可用于创建 GIF 的工具,但我们建议使用以下工作流程,以确保在保持尽可能小的文件大小的同时保持清晰的图像质量(理想情况下每个 GIF 小于 2MB)。

      • 仅使用 MuseScore 4 界面,并将其外观设置为深色模式,蓝色主题色(以确保整个手册保持一致性)
      • 计划并排练你将要使用的鼠标点击和键盘快捷键,旨在尽可能短的时间内演示所需步骤(理想情况下不超过 10 秒)
      • 使用类似 gifcap 这样的免费工具记录你屏幕的内容
      • 使用类似 KeyCastr 这样的免费工具记录按键(如果需要)
      • 仅显示执行特定任务所需的面板

      链接到其他页面

      在手册中链接到其他页面非常有帮助。你可以在提及用户界面的不同部分时这样做,甚至可以在引用以前版本的手册时也这样做。

      添加到其他手册页面的链接有特定的流程,可以确保无论阅读的语言版本如何,都可以进行准确的重定向。

      使用正确的语法

      [node:******,title="要链接到的页面名称"]

      或者,要链接到页面内的特定标题:

      [node:******,fragment="标题缩写",title="要链接到的页面名称"]

      链接到页面的节点编号,而不是页面的 URL

      要找到页面的节点编号:

      1. 在浏览器中打开所需页面
      2. 单击页面右上角的“三个点”图标
      3. 在弹出的上下文菜单中单击编辑
      4. 单击浏览器的搜索栏以阅读 URL

      你将在此编辑屏幕上可见的 URL 地址中找到页面的节点编号(是的,它只会出现在编辑屏幕中)。它看起来可能是这样的:

      显示如何找到页面节点编号的图片

      使用书签工具自动生成链接

      你可以使用以下代码片段,并将其添加为书签工具到你的书签中。操作方法如下:

      1. 选择代码片段
      2. 将其拖动到浏览器的书签栏中

      或者,你可以在浏览器中添加一个新的书签,并将书签的 URL 替换为代码片段。如果你在手册内的页面上,想要链接到的页面,点击书签栏中的书签,并复制显示的链接。

      javascript:void function(){prompt("",`[node:${drupalSettings.path.currentPath.replace("node/","")}${document.querySelector("meta[property=\"og:title\"]").content?`,title="${document.querySelector("meta[property=\"og:title\"]").content}"`:""}${window.location.hash?`,fragment="${decodeURIComponent(window.location.hash).replace("#","")}"`:""}]`)}();

      来自 节点,标题,片段书签工具。

      语法

      手册使用 MarkDown 编写,其中包含几个允许的 HTML 标记。

      如果你不熟悉 MarkDown,学习起来并不需要很长时间。首先阅读这个页面(需要 MuseScore 账户才能正确查看该页面的内容,还请注意,你不能再使用 Filtered HTML)。

      超出 MarkDown 范围的示例

      按键
      <kbd><kbd>A</kbd></kbd>,看起来像 A。(参见下面的编写键盘快捷键)
      按键组合
      <kbd><kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>A</kbd></kbd>,看起来像 Shift+A。(参见下面的编写键盘快捷键)
      按钮
      <kbd><samp class="button">高级样式属性...</samp></kbd>,看起来像 高级样式属性...,但在 MuseScore 4 手册中不使用此特定形式(而是使用粗体来表示程序中出现的文本)。
      菜单项
      __文件&rarr;打开,看起来像 __文件→打开
      图片
      <img src="图片 URL" alt="文件名描述" width="500px"/>,可以是内联图片的有用替代,需要指定图片宽度

      编写键盘快捷键

      使用上面描述的<kbd>语法,并遵循以下准则:

      • 由于无障碍支持原因,请始终使用单词而不是符号来表示所有空白键、箭头键和修改键的名称。

        • 好: Cmd+Space; Win+Return; Shift+Tab

        • 差: ⌘+ ; ⊞+⏎; ⇧+↹

      • 对于代表可打印字符的键,应使用适当的字符(例如,写 $ 而不是 美元)。

      • 使用常见缩写,如 Ctrl、Cmd、Esc、Del、PgDn。不要缩写通常不缩写的键名。

      • 除非必要,否则优先使用 Return 而不是 Enter,以及 Del 而不是 Backspace。

      • 对于组合键,请按照此顺序编写:Win+Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Fn+…(Mac: Ctrl+Cmd+Option+Shift+Fn+…)。

      如果有疑问,请参阅默认键盘快捷键,了解编写键名和组合键的规范方式。

      留下修订日志消息

      最后,每当你对页面进行更改(无论大小!),请留下简明扼要的消息,简要描述你所做的更改。例如,

      • 添加了关于 xxx 的内容
      • 添加了图片
      • 纠正了内容
      • 添加了键盘标签

      请在每个页面的编辑视图右侧面板的修订日志消息文本字段中留下这些信息:

      修订日志文本字段

      MuseScore 4 简介

      下载与安装

        MuseScore Studio

        MuseScore Studio 完全免费。用户不需要任何 PRO 或 PLUS 账户订阅服务即可使用 MuseScore Studio。MuseScore Studio 4 在革奴通用公共许可证第 3 版下发布。“MuseScore Studio”在版本 4.3 以前称为“MuseScore”。

        此外,所有人都有权将(未经修改的二进制文件)分发给朋友和学生,“您可以将 musescore.org 上的任意版本的 MuseScore 分享给其他人,或通过服务器内部共享”。要合法地收取额外的服务费或费用,请阅读 GPLv3 条款。

        请注意 Musescore Studio 4 和先前的版本的区别。

        Windows

        一些基本的计算机知识:

        1. 硬件
        2. 软件
        3. 如何在 Windows 上从联机源安装程序

        MuseScore Studio 4 相关知识:

        1. MuseScore、MuseScore 3、MuseScore Studio 4
        2. 阅读Musescore 4 的最低系统要求并查看您的机器是否可以运行它。
        3. 了解 MuseGroup 开发的全新、免费、精美的适用于 Musescore 4 的音源Installing Muse Sounds。除此之外,Musescore 4 也预装了另外两种基本的播放方法音色库和Working with VST and VSTi。
        4. 了解由名为 MuseGroup 的公司开发的软件Muse Hub,并决定您是否需要。简而言之,如果您想要 Muse 采样器,您就需要 Muse Hub。

        您可以直接拜访我们的网站来下载 Musescore 4。

        1. 下载并双击下载的文件,如有需要,请Troubleshooting。
        2. 仔细阅读文本并按照步骤进行操作。

        Musescore 4 是免费应用。您也可以花钱支持我们。

        您可以卸载或者删除 MuseScore 4。您可以随时在论坛留言反馈您遇到的问题,以便我们改进。

        macOS

        [此部分尚未完成]

        Linux

        另见 Troubleshooting

        AppImage

        安装

        安装程序的最简单方法是使用一个 AppImage:

        1. 前往我们的网站的下载→软件页面
        2. 在 Linux → AppImage(推荐) 下,点击 下载 (64 位)链接
        3. 下载完成后,右键单击 AppImage 并选择 属性
        4. 切换到 权限 选项卡
        5. 下一步的步骤因文件管理器不同而异:
          • Nautilus (Nemo, Files, Caja):选中复选框 允许作为程序执行文件 。
          • Dolphin: 选中框 可执行 。
          • Thunar: 选中框 允许此文件作为程序运行 。
          • PCManFM:将下拉列表中的 执行 选项更改为 任何人 。
        6. 退出对话框。
        7. 在安装 AppImage 的目录中右键单击并选择 在终端中打开
        8. 在终端中键入:
          ./[文件名] install
          (开始处的点和斜杠很重要!)

        步骤 7–8 能确保 MuseScore 出现在系统菜单中,并链接到 AppImage 的新位置(/home/[用户名]/.local/bin)。同时这也会正确地关联文件。

        注意:除了上述步骤 7 和 8,您当然也可以使用绝对文件路径进行安装。即:

        1. 打开终端
        2. 键入:
          [文件路径] install

        提示:如果您将 AppImage 复制并在终端中按下 控制 + 上档 + V ,这将输入刚刚“复制”的文件的绝对文件路径。

        卸载

        卸载已安装的 AppImage 不需要任何正式的步骤。您只需手动删除菜单条目和所有快捷方式,然后删除 App 本体及其链接(这些链接位于 ~/.local/bin 中)。

        创建第一份乐谱

        概览

        本章是一个快速入门教程,如果您从来没使用过本软件,那么本章很适合你,因为本章节演示了 Musescore 最基本的工作流程。另外,也有许多类似的在线学习资源,请参阅获取帮助。

        在本章中,我们将:

        1. 快速创建一个新乐谱,其中包括
          • 常见的预定义乐器设置(模板),
          • 不同的调号,
          • 4/4的拍号,以及
          • 32小节的总长度,
        2. 输入音符和休止符和其他记谱对象,
        3. 播放乐谱,
        4. 调整乐谱和记谱对象的属性和小节的数量,
        5. 以Musescore 文件格式保存乐谱文件,这样在使用 Musescore 重新打开这个乐谱的时候,乐谱仍然会保持不变,
        6. 导出乐谱数据到PDF、MusicXML、MIDI等非 Musescore 格式,以便其他应用程序可以利用。这不是推荐的乐谱存储方式。

        快速创建一个新乐谱

        当您打开Musescore时,默认情况下不会创建或打开任何乐谱文件(除非您已更改了偏好设置:通用:程序启动中的设置)。如果您需要创建一个空白乐谱,您首先要考虑使用乐器设置添加空白谱表。最快的方法是应用预定义的模板:

        1. 选择以下操作之一:
          • 在主页:乐谱选项卡中,选择新乐谱,或点击新建(右下角)。
          • 从菜单中选择 文件→新建。
          • 使用键盘快捷键Ctrl+N(Mac: Cmd+N)。
        2. 在出现的新乐谱对话框中,点击从模板选择,浏览模板按类别分类,或直接使用搜索栏查找模板,
        3. 点击完成创建新的乐谱。

        创建新乐谱(动画图像)

        在设置您的乐谱:乐器章节了解更多关于乐器及如何分别添加它们和它们的谱表。
        在设置您的乐谱:从模板创建和模板和样式章节了解更多关于模板的内容。

        输入乐谱信息

        为了简单起见,我们将跳过这些设置,并使用前面列出的默认值,但您在这一步可以添加诸如调号、拍号、速度、弱起小节等信息:

        • 在创建新乐谱时,您可以方便地在附加乐谱信息屏幕中添加信息(在新乐谱对话框中,点击下一步而不是完成),请参阅主章节设置您的乐谱:附加乐谱信息,或
        • 您也可以在创建完乐谱之后随时添加信息,如键盘快捷键、使用符号面板、项目属性等章节所述。

        输入音符和休止符

        新乐谱会自动填充休止符。默认的音符输入模式基于以下逻辑:当用户添加新音符或休止符时,随后的音符和休止符会自动调整其持续时间(音符值或长度),而不会影响任何小节中的总拍数。在MuseScore中输入新音符和休止符的一种方法是使用计算机键盘。这个设计类似于Microsoft Word等文字处理器:

        1. 按下键盘上的N键进入音符输入模式。现在,一个薄而高的浅蓝色框,带有深蓝色左边框,覆盖整个谱表,表明它目前处于音符输入模式。该框位于下一个输入的音符或休止符要添加到的时间或节拍位置上。
        2. 输入字母名称(A,B,C,D,E,F,G),输入零(0)表示休止符。

        输入音符(动画图像

)

        音符持续时间在输入字母名称之前指定。

        1. 确保它目前处于如上所述的音符输入模式。
        2. 在音符输入工具栏中点击所需的音符持续时间,或使用键盘数字键1到7和句号键.。
        3. 如上所述输入字母名称。

        更改音符持续时间(动画图像)

        您现在正在使用MuseScore排版!在输入音符和休止符章节中了解更多关于此主题的内容。

        从符号面板中添加项目

        符号面板面板包含最常用的记谱对象。符号面板面板默认可见,如果不是这种情况,请通过勾选查看→符号面板,或先按键盘快捷键F9打开它。要显示该面板,请单击屏幕左侧的符号面板选项卡。添加符号面板项目的最简单方法是:

        1. 选择您的谱表中的现有对象(或对象范围)(例如音符头、谱号、小节等)。
        2. 在符号面板面板中,通过点击三角箭头按钮展开符号面板。
        3. 点击一个符号面板项目。

        向乐谱添加符号面板项目(动画图像)

        在符号面板章节了解更多关于此主题的内容。

        播放乐谱

        Musescore有一套乐谱对象解释器和音频合成器提供音频播放。要播放乐谱,只需按空格,或使用播放工具栏,参见播放控件。

        表情记号根据所使用的音色库(Sound Font、Muse Sound或VSTi,请参见MuseScore 3尚未在MuseScore 4中实现的功能:速度控制)影响乐器播放。当一个乐器使用Sound Font,如MS Basic(与默认设置一样,参见混音器章节),并且乐谱上没有添加表情记号时,它的所有音符都像添加了mf(中音强音)一样响亮。

        不受任何速度标记影响的乐段的播放速度默认是一分钟内120个四分音符。这个方便的默认值是由 Musescore 程序员决定的,可能与每分钟120(常识音乐)拍不同。

        在属性面板中进行调整

        定位属性面板图像

        属性面板是其他Musescore版本中的检查器的升级版本。它显示所选对象或文本对象内所选字符的布局和播放属性。当没有选中任何内容时,它显示乐谱的属性。属性面板默认可见,如果不是这种情况,请通过勾选查看→属性,或先按键盘快捷键F8打开它。要显示该面板,请单击屏幕左侧的属性选项卡,参见上面的图像。

        要显示和调整乐谱的属性,

        1. 单击乐谱上的任何空白空间,所有谱表之外。
        2. 属性会显示在属性面板中,根据需要进行调整。

        要显示和调整元素的属性,

        1. 单击以选择乐谱上的元素,每个选定的元素都会以蓝色、绿色、橙色或紫色的颜色显示,具体取决于其分配给的声部。
        2. 属性会显示在属性面板中,根据需要进行调整。

        要显示和调整文本对象内所选字符的属性,

        1. 单击以选择乐谱上的文本元素。
        2. 双击进入编辑模式。
        3. 拖动以选择字符,或使用键盘Shift和箭头键。
        4. 属性会显示在属性面板中,根据需要进行调整。

        在选择元素、属性面板和输入和编辑文本章节了解更多关于此主题的内容。

        插入和删除小节

        插入和删除小节(动画图像)

        要插入小节:

        1. 单击要选择的小节(在谱表线之间的任何空白空间)。选定的小节会用蓝色方框包围起来。
        2. 在属性面板:小节部分,点击插入小节。
        3. 选择小节数,使用下拉菜单更改插入点。
        4. 点击+按钮。

        要删除小节:

        1. 选择不想要的小节。使用键盘Shift键选择范围,参见选择元素章节。
        2. 在属性面板:小节部分,点击垃圾桶图标。

        在主章节小节了解更多关于此主题的内容。

        保存您的乐谱

        在Musescore 文件格式中保存的乐谱会记录其所有的编辑状态,在Musescore中重新打开时可以完全编辑。乐谱可以保存在本地,也可以保存到为每个注册用户免费提供的云存储中。您可以参见发布到musescore.com和在Audio.com上分享章节。保存乐谱的步骤:

        1. 选择文件→保存。
        2. 在出现的对话框中,选择

          • 保存到计算机选项,可以将乐谱保存到任何所需的文件夹中,或
          • 保存到云端选项,可以将乐谱保存在线。当保存到云端时,会自动创建一个额外的本地副本,以提供离线编辑功能。云乐谱可以在主页:乐谱选项卡内重新打开,以小预览缩略图的左上角有一个小蓝色云符号。
        3. 填写所需信息,如文件名,然后点击保存或确定。

        在主章节打开和保存乐谱了解更多关于此主题的内容。

        导出您的乐谱

        导出不是存储乐谱的推荐方式,请参见"保存您的乐谱"章节。

        导出是将乐谱数据保存在Musescore以外的应用程序可以利用的格式中。这些非本地格式包括PDF、MusicXML、MIDI等。要导出完整乐谱:

        1. 选择发布选项卡。
        2. 点击导出。
        3. 选择文件格式。
        4. 点击导出。

        在主章节文件导出了解更多关于此主题的内容。

        MuseScore 4 的新特性

          如果你从旧版本更新到 Musescore 4,你会注意到不仅图形界面发生了变化,而且许多熟悉的功能和编辑的方式也发生了变化。这些更改旨在改善用户体验,以及提供更强大的功能。下面是主要变化的概述:

          新的图形界面

          MuseScore 4 拥有更加优美的新界面。为了方便阅读,几乎每一个窗口都经过了完全的重新设计。您可以选择浅色、深色和高对比度的主题,也可以选择你喜欢的主题色。您可以在偏好设置中更改上述选项。

          乐器和分谱

          一个新的乐器面板能够使你在不打开新窗口的前提下隐藏,重新排列或自定义你的乐器。

          乐器面板和分谱的功能现在被紧密结合到了一起。您可以轻松地使用不同的乐器组合生成不同的分谱。工具栏上还有一个按钮可以使你方便地打开任何一个分谱。

          元素检视器

          MuseScore早期版本的元素检视器现在被称为属性面板。为了简化操作,面板中的每一个选项都被重新组织了。在没有选中任何元素的情况下,属性面板能够显示多个可用的选项,例如显示或隐藏空白谱表以及其他不可见元素。另外,对于以前需要选中单个类型的元素才能进行的某些操作,现在Musescore能够做到不管选中多少的元素都能分类地显示那些不同操作的选项。

          新的播放和VSTi支持

          Musescore 4 的最大的改进是播放功能。除了新的音色库(Muse Sounds, 可单独下载)之外,现在 Musescore 还支持VSTi,您可以使用新的混音器将VSTi效果应用到某一乐器上。混合器还可以让您轻松地在VSTi,SoundFonts和 Muse Sounds 之间切换,同时还支持VST效果。不同乐谱的声音设置现在将始终分别保存不同乐谱中,因此在 MuseScore 4 中不再需要旧版本的合成器面板(这在 MuseScore 4 中已被删除)。如果你以前在 MuseScore 3 中使用SFZ文件播放,我们现在建议你使用免费的VST采样器,例如Sfizz,或Sforzando。(两者都支持SFZ回放)

          排版的改进

          Musescore 4 有许多排版的改进,其中一些会对旧版本创建的文件的外观和布局产生影响。最重要的变化影响到符杠、连奏线、同音连线、垂直间距和页面布局。还有很多更改没有在这里列出来,因此那些有兴趣了解更多新特性的人可以阅读这个详细地解释和说明了所有内容的文档(即将推出)。

          当你使用 Musescore 4 中打开一个旧版本创建的文档时,这种排版的改进将会不可避免地会造成乐谱看起来不和旧版本打开它看起来的完全相同。

          云存储

          当你第一次保存一个文档时,系统会问你是想把文件保存到本地还是保存到云端。这个新功能是我们在musescore.com上开发的新服务的一部分。您可以在打开或保存乐谱和保存乐谱到云端中了解更多信息。

          其他更改

          当你使用 Musescore 4 时,你会发现许多其他小但重要的变化,这些变化能够使作曲或打谱的过程更加轻松。这些包括:

          • 可扩展的输入工具栏。您能够在其中一键使用常用的元素,例如三连音和演奏记号。另外还有一个“+”按钮,可以快速地往输入工具栏中添加从音符和音程到文本框和文本元素的所有内容
          • 在属性面板中快速地添加或者删除小节或显示或隐藏谱表
          • 新的优美的混音器
          • 拍号面板对话框的改进
          • 简化了设置应用程序语言的体验
          • 一个新的能够获得关于如何使用 Musescore 4 的视频教程的学习中心

          浏览和导航

            无障碍支持

              屏幕阅读器

              Musescore 4 分别在以下操作系统中支持这些屏幕阅读器:

              • Windows 10 和 11: 讲述人 和 NVDA
              • macOS: 旁白
              • Linux: Orca

              大部分时候,基于JAWS的屏幕阅读器能够工作,但是朗读的结果不像使用旁白或NVDA那样完整。

              在Windows系统中使用屏幕阅读器

              如果屏幕阅读器的语音输出突然停止工作,您可以尝试按Alt+F来选中文件菜单,然后按Esc两次以返回你原来在应用程序中的位置,此时,屏幕阅读器理应能够正常工作。如果你想要先运行 Musescore,再启动屏幕阅读器,您就必须这么做。

              在Mac系统中使用屏幕阅读器

              在使用 Musescore 4 时,“旁白”的旁白快速导览必须被关闭。您可以通过在“旁白”运行时同时按下左和右箭头键来打开或关闭快速导览,或者你可以从“旁白实用工具>管理”关闭旁白快速导览。

              MuseScore 的界面既可以用 Tab 跳转,又可以用“旁白”自己的光标跳转。一般来说,最好使用 Tab,因为这既与其他平台上的界面相匹配,又是大多数文档和教程中讲述的内容。“旁白”的光标可以用来到达应用程序中不能通过 Tab 光标访问的区域。当使用 Tab 时,记得配合使用方向键(参见在用户界面中跳转)。

              在Linux系统中使用屏幕阅读器

              在 Linux 上,在启动 MuseScore 之前必须启动屏幕阅读器,否则辅助功能将被禁用以节省系统资源。如果您忘记这样做,只需退出 MuseScore 并再次启动它。所有构建在 Qt 框架上的 Linux 应用程序也是如此。

              Orca 是 Linux 上功能最齐全的屏幕阅读器。Orca 内置于 GNOME 桌面环境中,因此建议有无障碍需求的 Linux 用户使用基于 GNOME 或其衍生产品的发行版。

              键盘控制

              在用户界面中跳转

              MuseScore 4 用户界面(UI)中的键盘跳转既依赖于 Tab 键又依赖于方向键。您可以使用 Tab 键循环遍历每个控件组,然后使用方向键跳转到组内的各个控件。在其他应用程序(包括以前版本的 MuseScore)中通常是用 Tab 键访问每个单独的控件。但是 Musescore 4 的全新的跳转系统允许你用更少的按键跳转到界面中的任何地方。新的跳转系统仍在改进中,欢迎在开发论坛提出反馈意见。

              除了方向键和 Tab 键,您可以使用F6键在程序中的不同面板之间切换。下面是如何使用各个快捷键来跳转的方法:

              • 上、下、左、右箭头:将光标从控件组中的一个控件移动到下一个控件(例如在工具栏中的按钮之间切换)。

              • Tab和Shift+Tab:将光标从一个控件组移到下一个控件组(例如在工具栏之间切换)。

              • F6和Shift+F6:在面板和其他大块的UI之间移动光标(例如从工具栏切换到符号面板或乐谱中)。

              默认情况下,重音符`(有时被称为反撇号)可以用来代替F6来在面板和其他大块的UI之间移动光标。在大部分QWERTY的键盘上,重音符在Tab的上方。如果你的键盘上那个键不是重音符,你可以考虑在偏好设置里把快捷键修改到那个在Tab上方的按键,因为这个位置使得所有的跳转快捷键被排在一起方便使用。

              一旦你的光标已经移动到某个控件,在大多数情况下,你可以通过按Spacebar、Enter或Return键进行操作。在列表或其他某些杂项中,空格键通常用于选择项目而不是激活它们。某些项目一旦被选中就会被激活,于是就可以通过按Delete键删除,或可以通过按Tab键移动到其他UI控件来修改。例如,您可以在乐器面板中使用此方法删除之前添加到乐谱中的乐器。

              在乐谱中跳转

              在乐谱中(即在记谱视图中)跳转的方式与 MuseScore 3 基本相同。以下快捷方式可能对无障碍用户特别有用:

              快捷键 操作
              Alt+右和Alt+左 移动到下一个或上一个元素。这些快捷键使您能够访问各种符号元素,而不仅仅是音符和休止符。
              Alt+上和Alt+下 移动到上面或下面的音符。这些快捷键使您可以在和弦中的单个音符之间移动,也可以移动到其他声部和五线谱的音符和休止符中。
              F2或Alt+Shift+E 编辑所选元素。这相当于用鼠标双击一个元素。它使您能够编辑文本对象,包括歌词、力度和节奏标记。它还允许您调整线元素的长度,如渐强渐弱记号,连奏线和跳跃号(使用Tab键在左端和右端之间切换)。完成编辑后,您需要按下Esc键以回到正常模式。

              键盘导航的其他操作在这本手册的各个页面上都有描述。

              视频教程

              下面的无障碍教程旨在让您使用键盘和屏幕阅读器启动和运行MuseScore。它们并没有涵盖程序的每一个方面,但它们应该会为你充分理解和运用本手册的其余部分打下一个坚实的基础。

              视频 描述
              安装 MuseScore 本视频介绍了 MuseScore 在 Windows 上的安装过程,包括 Muse Hub 和 Muse Sounds。这个过程在 macOS 和 Linux 上是相似的,尽管在 Linux 上你需要分别安装 Muse Hub 和 MuseScore。
              初始化乐谱 本视频介绍了乐谱的初始设置,包括选择乐器和选择键和拍号以及其他设置。
              输入音符 此视频介绍了基本的音符输入。
              添加标记 此视频介绍如何使用符号面板向乐谱添加力度变化等标记。
              用户界面 此视频将介绍程序的各个窗口,您可以从中了解所有不同面板、工具栏和控件的位置,以及如何通过键盘访问它们的方式。

              用户界面

                菜单栏

                主菜单

                在 MuseScore 4 中,菜单栏 包含以下菜单:

                • 文件: 创建新文件、打开和保存文件、导入和导出各种格式、创建和编辑乐器部分以及打印
                • 编辑: 撤消和重做选项、复制/剪切/粘贴选项以及查找/转至功能
                • 视图: 显示或隐藏各种调色板、对话框和其他工作区元素。在显示子菜单下的项目调整非打印元素的显示:
                  • 显示不可见: 根据它们的 属性面板: 不可见 设置显示/隐藏元素。如果选中此选项,不可见元素将在谱面窗口中以浅灰色显示。
                  • 显示格式: 显示/隐藏 系统和水平间距: 系统分段 或 页和垂直间距: 页分段 符号。
                  • 显示框架: 显示/隐藏 框架 的虚线轮廓。
                  • 显示页边距: 显示/隐藏 谱的尺寸和间距: 页边距。
                  • 显示不规则小节: 小节右上角的加号或减号表示其持续时间与拍号设置的持续时间不同。
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                • 添加: 添加不同种类的乐谱元素,例如音符、文本、线性记号等。
                • 格式: 调整全局或部分乐谱的格式。也可以拉伸或收缩乐谱、加载或保存乐谱样式,等等。
                • 工具: 这里提供许多有用的命令,包括移调、交换声部、用斜杠填充小节等。
                • 插件: 管理您的插件
                • 帮助: 访问在线手册、报告错误和提供反馈,并恢复出厂设置

                在 Windows 和 Linux 上使用键盘的用户可以通过按住 Alt 键并按下特定的字母或数字键(称为 助记访问键 ),该键在您寻找的菜单项名称中显示有下划线来访问这些菜单。例如,按 Alt+F 来访问 文件,然后按 Alt+A 来访问 另存为。在 UI 中,字母 'F' 和 'a' 在按住 Alt 键时会被下划线标出。

                在 macOS 上,MuseScore 的菜单是系统范围内的菜单栏的一部分,您可以通过按 Ctrl+F2 导航到该菜单。

                主页选项卡

                主页选项卡

                在主菜单下方有三个选项卡,第一个是 主页 选项卡。该选项卡包含以下部分:

                我的账户

                创建一个新的 MuseScore 账户,或登录到您现有的账户。有了活跃账户,您可以在 musescore.org 的论坛上获得技术支持并报告错误。您也可以将您的文件保存到 musescore.com 上的云端。

                乐谱

                该部分允许您设置新乐谱,或打开现有乐谱。了解有关创建新乐谱的信息,请参阅 设置您的乐谱。

                插件

                此窗口显示可用插件的列表。查看有关管理这些有用附加组件的章节 插件。

                学习

                这是视频教程的主页。单击任何视频教程都会在 官方 MuseScore YouTube 频道 上打开它。

                乐谱选项卡

                乐谱选项卡

                在 MuseScore 中,这个区域是您进行大部分工作的地方,包括添加音乐符号和听取谱表的播放。工作区由几个区域组成(根据下图中的标签编号):

                MuseScore 4 用户界面图示

                1. 分谱:位于窗口顶部中心附近,在那里,您可以创建、编辑和删除分谱。
                2. 混音器:位于 分谱 按键的右边,可以打开 混音器 面板。
                3. 播放面板:位于混音器图标的右侧。
                4. 音符输入面板:位于整个屏幕的上部,在这里您可以找到乐谱中的基本符号。也可以在这里设置音符的时值,切换临时记号,使用常见演奏记号,输入三连音,或者切换声部。
                5. 侧边栏:位于窗口的左侧。您可以在这里找到符号面板、属性以及乐器。可以根据需要被隐藏或显示。
                6. 乐谱:程序的主要窗口,包含了您的乐谱。您可以在这里添加、编辑或删除符号元素。
                7. 状态栏:位于窗口的最底部。当选择一个或多个元素时,它的左侧会显示有关乐谱的相关信息。您可以在它的右侧更换工作区,选择是否使用标准音高,并指定页面显示和缩放倍率。

                键盘用户可以使用Tab或F6键来在不同区域之间切换。您可以在每个区域内使用方向键和Tab键切换到不同的元素。

                Musescore 4 中几乎所有的面板和工具栏都可以根据您的需求和工作区偏好设置隐藏或修改位置。了解更多信息,请参阅 工作区。

                发布选项卡

                发布选项卡

                此选项卡允许您查看不带音符输入工具栏或侧边栏面板的谱表。有打印谱表的选项,以及将其导出为各种图像、音频和文档格式的选项。当您完成谱表时,还可以将其发布到 musescore.com。

                上下文菜单

                在应用程序的某些部分,主要是在 乐谱选项卡,提供了具有额外功能的上下文菜单,例如复制、编辑、自定义、删除或查看在您打开菜单时选择的任何项目的属性。

                元素上下文菜单

                在乐谱中,每一个元素都有一个右键菜单。您可以通过鼠标右键单击某元素,或者按下Shift+F10(有些电脑键盘在右Ctrl键旁边还有一个菜单键)。每种元素的右键菜单里的内容都不尽相同,您可以大胆地尝试,看看不同元素的右键菜单里面有些什么。例如,当您右键单击一个小节的空白部分时,右键菜单会包括谱表/分谱属性和小节属性的选项。目前来说,这是唯一打开这些对话框的方法。

                UI 上下文菜单

                在乐谱之外,“右键菜单”通常是一个有一个齿轮图标或者是三个点图标的按钮。您可以按下按钮打开菜单。有时候按钮会与其他的界面相关联,例如在符号面板中每一个分类都有一个菜单。在这里,除了直接按那个有三个点图标的按钮以外,您可以右键任意一个分类,或者用键盘选中它,然后按Shift+F10或菜单快捷键打开这个菜单。

                导航

                  滚动

                  鼠标滚轮

                  • 您能使用滚轮上下滚动界面。
                  • 您能使用Shift加滚轮左右滚动界面。

                  滚动条

                  在乐谱的右侧和底部有两个滚动条。拖动它们可以快速上下或左右移动乐谱。大部分时候滚动条会被隐藏,但您可以通过将鼠标悬停在乐谱的边缘来让它们显示出来。

                  Using scrollbars

                  键盘

                  您还可以使用键盘上的PgUp、PgDn、Home、以及End键来滚动乐谱。如果您的键盘没有这些专门的按键,大部分情况下您可以按住Fn或其他具有类似功能的按键,然后分别按下上、下、左、或右。

                  注意:按PgUp或PgDn键并不是一次滚动一页,而是一次滚动一个屏幕的宽度。如果您想让屏幕一次滚动一整页,您可以在按下PgUp或PgDn的同时按住Ctrl(Mac:Cmd⌘)键。

                  在元素之间切换

                  当您在乐谱中选中一个元素的时候,您可以像操纵光标一样使用常用的键盘快捷键来更改光标的位置,从而选中其他的元素。

                  按下左或右键可以在相邻的音符(或休止符)之间切换。如果您想一次跳过一个小节,您可以在按下左或右键的同时按下Ctrl(Mac:Cmd⌘键。

                  您可以按下Alt+Up或Alt+Down(Mac:Option⌥+Up或Option⌥+Down)键让光标在不同音符,声部,谱表之间纵向移动。

                  您也可以使用快捷键Alt+左或Alt+右(Mac:Option⌥+左或Option⌥+右)键来选中除了音符和休止符以外的几乎任何其他元素(包括奏法文本、小节线、渐强渐弱记号等)。

                  另外,您可以按下Ctrl+Home(Mac:Cmd⌘+Home)来选中整个乐谱的第一个元素,或者按下Ctrl+End(Mac:Cmd⌘+End)来选中整个乐谱的最后一个元素。同样地,对于有些没有直接的Home和End键的键盘,大部分系统都可以通过按Fn+Left或Fn+Right来代替。

                  参阅默认键盘快捷键了解更多信息。

                  导航视图

                  导航视图是一个能够展示乐谱缩略图的面板。您可以点击视图 → 导航面板打开或关闭导航面板。

                  Using navigator

                  导航面板里面的蓝色边框代表了当前屏幕显示的乐谱区域。您可以拖动方框来移动乐谱。

                  时间轴

                  时间轴是一个用来显示乐器和乐谱结构的辅助工具。参阅时间轴了解更多。

                  视图

                  您可以在状态栏右侧的弹出窗口中切换不同的乐谱视图。

                  Using different views

                  多页视图

                  多页视图将乐谱按被打印或导出成 PDF 文件的样子显示(每一页单独显示,且带有页边距)。Musescore 能够根据页面设置和偏好设置中的设置自动应用换行符和分页符。另外,您还可以自己插入换行符和分页符。

                  单行连续视图

                  单行连续视图将乐谱不间断地显示在屏幕上。即便乐谱的起点不在屏幕中,小节号、乐器名称、谱号、调号和拍号也会被显示在窗口的最左侧。

                  垂直连续视图

                  乐谱被一页一页显示,页面具有页眉,但是没有页边距,并且能够垂直无限延申。Musescore 能够根据页面设置和偏好设置中的设置自动应用换行符和分页符。另外,您还可以自己插入换行符和分页符。

                  缩放

                  下面列出了一些能够缩放乐谱的方法:

                  放大

                  Ctrl++(Mac:Cmd⌘++)
                  或在按下Ctrl(Mac:Cmd⌘)的同时向上滚动鼠标滚轮。

                  缩小

                  Ctrl+-(Mac:Cmd⌘+-)
                  或在按下Ctrl(Mac:Cmd⌘)的同时向下滚动鼠标滚轮。

                  状态栏缩放控制

                  您可以通过下面方法从状态栏用鼠标放大或缩小您的乐谱:

                  • 点击状态栏右侧的放大镜图标。
                  • 单击这些图标右侧的数字,然后输入自定义缩放倍数
                  • 在最右边的弹出列表中选择一个预设的缩放倍数

                  Zooming

                  回到100%缩放

                  下面操作能将缩放恢复至默认倍数(100%)。

                  Ctrl+0(Mac:Cmd⌘+0)

                  查找/前往

                  查找/前往面板可以让您在乐谱中快速找到一个特定的小节,排练记号或页码。

                  您能够按下面操作打开查找/前往面板

                  • 找到编辑 → 查找/前往,或
                  • 按下Ctrl+F(Mac:Cmd⌘+F)。

                  您能够按下面操作关闭查找/前往面板

                  • 单击面板左上角X(关闭)按钮,或
                  • 当面板被选中是按下Esc键。

                  跳转到特定小节号

                  输入小节号(从1开始计数,不包括弱起小节、中断或者手动更改小节号)。

                  跳转到特定页码

                  输入页码,格式为pXX(其中XX是页码)。

                  跳转到数字排练记号

                  输入rXX(其中XX是排练记号)。

                  跳转到字母排练记号

                  输入排演记号的名称(搜索不区分大小写)。

                  高级技巧:最好避免使用单个字母“R”,“r”,“P”,“p”或其中一个字母与另一个整数(例如“R1”或“p3”)来命名排练记号,因为这可能会混淆搜索算法。

                  时间轴

                    概述

                    时间轴能逐个小节显示乐器和乐谱中主要要素的变化情况。它显示在整个窗口的底部。您可以通过单击任何一个小节或者要素轻松地跳转乐谱到您选择的位置。

                    时间轴分为四个部分:

                    要素标签

                    要素标签在整个时间轴界面的左上角。每一行都展示了后续对应的要素的名称。

                    乐器标签

                    乐器标签在整个时间轴界面的左下角。这些是主网格中每一行的对应的乐器名称。

                    要素

                    乐谱中的主要要素的变化可以显示在整个时间轴界面的右上角。它们体现了整个乐谱在不同地方的元数据。

                    主网格

                    主网格在整个时间轴界面的右下角。每一个网格中的正方形都对应了一个乐谱中某一乐器的某一小节。

                    要素

                    要素是指那些虽然不是音符,但是仍然对乐谱有重要作用的元素。例如调号、拍号、速度、排练标记、小节线和反复或跳跃记号。

                    Timeline

                    基础操作

                    选中某一小节

                    您可以通过单击某一单元格来选中时间轴中的某一个小节。当小节被选中后,这个单元格周围会出现一个蓝色的框,并且乐谱中的对应小节也会被同时自动选中,屏幕会自动跳转到您选择小节的位置。

                    选中多个小节

                    拖动选择

                    要拖动选择多个小节,您可以在按住Shift的同时按住鼠标左键并将鼠标在主网格上拖动。这会创建一个选择区域。松开鼠标后,所有在选择区域范围内的单元格以及对应乐谱中的小节都会被选中。

                    [Shift]选择

                    与在乐谱中的操作类似,如果一个单元格已经被选中,您可以按住Shift的同时单击时间轴上的另一个单元格来将选区延申至那个单元格。

                    [Ctrl]选择

                    如果当前没有选中任何单元格,按住Ctrl的同时再单击某一个单元格会选中一整列。

                    清除选区

                    您可以通过按下Ctrl的同时单击任意一个网格或要素来清除当前的选区。

                    选中某一特定要素

                    在时间轴上选中任意一个要素都会在乐谱中选中对应的要素。

                    滚动

                    鼠标滚轮

                    向上或向下滚动鼠标滚轮将分别向上或向下移动网格和乐器标签。要素标签和要素不会移动。

                    [Shift]滚动

                    按住Shift后,向上或向下滚动鼠标滚轮将分别向左或向右移动网格和要素。要素标签和乐器标签不会被移动。

                    [Alt]滚动

                    按住Alt后,向上或向下滚动鼠标滚轮将分别向左或向右移动网格和要素,且比按下Shift后移动的速度更快。要素标签和乐器标签不会被移动。

                    拖动

                    按住鼠标左键并移动可以拖动时间轴的内容。

                    标签操作

                    重新排列要素标签

                    除了小节号之外的所有要素标签都可以以任何方式被重新排列。将鼠标光标移动到某一个要素标签上后,该要素标签右侧将出现小的上下箭头。您可以用鼠标左键单击上箭头将要素标签与上面的要素标签交换,单击下箭头上的鼠标左键将要素标签与下面的要素标签交换。

                    折叠要素标签

                    您可以单击小节号的要素标签将其他所有要素折叠,这不会删除时间轴上的要素。所有其他的要素都会被折叠成一行,不同种类的要素在里面交错排列。您可以再次单击小节号的要素标签将其他所有要素展开。

                    Timeline collapsed

                    隐藏乐器

                    不论隐藏与否,所有的乐器都会被显示在时间轴上。这个功能只能够将某一乐器从乐谱中隐藏。想要在乐谱上隐藏或显示乐器,您可以将鼠标光标移动到乐器标签上,然后单击出现在乐器标签右侧的小眼睛图标。如果乐谱上这个乐器是可见的,小眼睛图标就是睁着的,如果乐谱上这个乐器是不可见的,小眼睛图标就是闭着的。您可以单击这个小眼睛来在两个状态间切换。

                    Hidden instrument

                    缩放

                    要放大或缩小时间线,您可以按住Ctrl(Mac: Cmd),然后滚动鼠标滚轮。

                    Braille

                      Overview

                      MuseScore 4.1 added a braille panel that displays the current measure in braille music notation. The content is similar to what you get if you export braille via the File menu, but the braille panel updates live as you navigate through the score.

                      As of MuseScore 4.2, the braille panel can be used to enter notes and some musical symbols using Perkins-style 6-key braille input.

                      Output to a physical braille display

                      The contents of the braille panel can be displayed on a braille terminal connected to your computer (e.g. via Bluetooth or USB).

                      The following limitations apply when using a physical braille display:

                      • NVDA must be used as the screen reader.
                      • MuseScore’s braille panel must have keyboard focus.
                        • When the score has focus, the braille terminal will just show ordinary status text from the screen reader.
                      • Braille navigation and 6-key input must be performed with the computer keyboard.
                        • Physical buttons on the braille terminal are not used, except to scroll within a measure that is too long to fit on your display.

                      Please let us know in the Documentation forum if you discover a way to bypass any of these limitations.

                      Terminology: braille vs. print

                      On this page, we refer to MuseScore's ordinary stave notation as "print music". This is the traditional music notation that sighted musicians use on paper or electronic devices, and is displayed in the central region of MuseScore's main window, known as the score view.

                      Braille can also be used on paper, but it's not printed with ink. Instead, it's embossed as raised dots, which blind musicians read by touch. It is common in accessibility circles to use the word "print" to mean non-braille notation.

                      Viewing braille

                      To open or close the braille panel

                      1. Go to Preferences > Braille.
                      2. Check (or uncheck) the Show braille panel box.

                      The braille panel appears directly below the score in MuseScore’s main window.

                      To focus the braille panel

                      With the braille panel open, press the Tab key while the score has focus. A caret (text cursor) will appear in the braille at the position of whatever element was selected in the score. For example, if a note was selected in the score, the text caret will appear on that note in the braille.

                      Press Shift+Tab at any time to leave the braille panel and return to the score. The braille panel will remain open so you can navigate to it again with Tab.

                      Navigating the braille

                      While the braille panel has focus, you can move the text caret around using the arrow keys. As the caret moves through the braille, the element to the right of the caret becomes selected in the score. If that element is a note, MuseScore will play the sound of the note.

                      The braille panel only shows one measure at a time, but it shows that measure for all instruments in the score. Each line of braille corresponds to a staff in the print notation, so grand staff instruments like the piano get two lines of braille, and the organ gets three lines.

                      If a staff has lyrics, these are written on another line of braille immediately below the line corresponding to that staff. If there are multiple lines of lyrics (e.g. for multiple verses), each line of lyrics is written on a separate line in the braille.

                      Shortcuts for navigation

                      The following keyboard shortcuts are available for navigating the braille.

                      Action Windows/Linux macOS
                      Go to next braille cell Right Right
                      Go to previous braille cell Left Left
                      Go to braille line above Up Up
                      Go to braille line below Down Down
                      Go to next measure Ctrl+Right Cmd+Right
                      Go to previous measure Ctrl+Left Cmd+Left
                      Go to beginning of score Ctrl+Home Cmd+Fn+Left
                      Go to end of score Ctrl+Emd Cmd+Fn+Right
                      Toggle braille input mode on/off N N

                      Writing braille

                      Notes and certain musical symbols can be entered in the braille panel using a 6-key method of braille input similar to that of the Perkins Brailler.

                      Turn braille input mode on or off

                      While the braille panel has focus, press N to toggle braille input mode on or off.

                      Constructing a braille cell

                      While in braille input mode, six letter keys on the computer keyboard are used to represent the six braille dots that make up a single braille cell (⠿).

                      The keys used are F, D, S for dots 1, 2, 3 down the first column of the cell, and J, K, L for dots 4, 5, 6 down the second column. The Space key is used to represent an empty braille cell (⠀), sometimes referred to as dot 0.

                      Up to six of these keys can be pressed in combination to construct any pattern of raised dots. For example, to enter a quarter note C, which in braille is ⠹ (i.e. dots 1, 4, 5, 6), press and hold F+J+K+L, then release these keys to confirm the pattern. The keys can be pressed and released in any order, providing at least one key is held at all times, until you have completed the pattern.

                      When the final key is released, MuseScore reads your braille pattern. If your pattern corresponds to a recognized note or musical symbol then this element is entered directly in the score, not in the braille panel, because print notation is the "ground truth" for MuseScore. Once the element is in the score, the braille panel automatically updates to reflect this change.

                      Sometimes in music braille, the same information can be expressed in multiple ways. For the sake of consistency, MuseScore always picks the same way regardless of how you entered the notation. Therefore, the braille that appears in the braille panel may not exactly match the pattern(s) you entered with the six keys, though it will have the same meaning.

                      Entering notes

                      Basic notes

                      In braille, eighth notes (quavers) and 128th notes are written as:

                      Note Braille Dots Keys
                      C ⠙ 1, 4, 5 F+J+K
                      D ⠑ 1, 5 F+K
                      E ⠋ 1, 2, 4 F+D+J
                      F ⠛ 1, 2, 4, 5 F+D+J+K
                      G ⠓ 1, 2, 5 F+D+K
                      A ⠊ 2, 4 D+J
                      B ⠚ 2, 4, 5 D+J+K

                      Additional dots are added to the above sequences to create other durations:

                      Duration Braille Dots added Keys added
                      Quarter (crotchet) and 64th notes ⠠ 6 L
                      Half (minim) and 32nd notes ⠄ 3 S
                      Whole (semibreve) and 16th notes ⠤ 3, 6 S+L

                      Hence a quarter note C is ⠹ (dots 1, 4, 5, 6) and is entered with F+J+K+L. This pattern is also used for a 64th note C.

                      16th notes and smaller

                      As mentioned above, 16th notes and smaller use the same dot patterns as larger durations. When reading braille, you can work out whether the shorter or longer duration is being specified by looking at the time signature as well as other notes in the measure. However, when writing braille, you need to tell MuseScore which durations you want to use.

                      ⠤ ⠄ ⠠ ⠀ Dots to select Keys to select
                      Group 1 whole half quarter eighth 0, 1 Space+F
                      Group 2 16th 32nd 64th 128th 0, 2 Space+D

                      By default, MuseScore enters group 1 durations (whole, half, quarter, eighth). To switch to group 2, enter dots 0, 2 (i.e. press Space+D). Nothing will appear in the braille panel, but any notes or rests you write from now on will be in group 2 (16th, 32nd, 64th, 128th). To switch back to group 1 durations, enter dots 0, 1 (i.e. press Space+F).

                      It's not currently possible to enter durations of 256th and smaller, or breve (double whole) and larger, via the braille panel.

                      Dotted notes

                      Braille uses ⠄(dot 3) to represent an augmentation dot, which is added in a new braille cell immediately following a note. No other cells are allowed to come between the note and its augmentation dot.

                      To create a dotted note in the braille panel, first write the main note duration using the rules above, then follow it with dot 3 (i.e. press S).

                      For example, a dotted quarter note C is ⠹⠄, which can be stated as dot pattern 1456-3, where the dash means to start a new cell. In terms of keys, this is F+J+K+L, S.

                      It's not currently possible to enter multiple dot 3s to create double and triple dotted notes via the braille panel.

                      Octave marks

                      Octave marks in braille serve a similar purpose to clefs in print music. If you see a note in print, you don't know what pitch it is until you look at the preceding clef. In braille, if you see ⠙ (dots 1, 4, 5) then you know the note is a C, but it could be a C in any octave. To determine the octave, you need to look at the preceeding octave mark (and also at any notes between that octave mark and the current note).

                      A standard 88-key piano has 7 complete octaves. Starting on the lowest C, which is called C1 in braille as well as in scientific pitch notation, the first complete octave of white notes is C1, D1, E1, F1, G1, A1 and B1. After B1 comes C2, which is the start of the second complete octave. This scheme continues up to the final complete octave, which starts with C7 and ends with B7.

                      In this system, C4 is middle C, and A4 is "concert A" (i.e. the note that the orchestra tunes to at the start of a performance). Enharmonic spelling is important, so B♯3 sounds the same as C4 despite being notated in a different octave, and C♭4 sounds the same as B3.

                      Even standard 88-key pianos have a few notes outside the range C1 to B7. Braille refers to the C0 octave as the "sub" octave, and the C8 octave as the "super" octave. These simply double the markings used for the first and seventh octaves.

                      Octave Marks Dots Keys
                      0 (sub) ⠈⠈ 4-4 J, J
                      1 ⠈ 4 J
                      2 ⠘ 45 J+K
                      3 ⠸ 456 J+K+L
                      4 (middle) ⠐ 5 K
                      5 ⠨ 46 J+L
                      6 ⠰ 56 K+L
                      7 ⠠ 6 L
                      8 (super) ⠠⠠ 6-6 L, L

                      When specified, octave mark are placed immediately prior to a note. So a middle C quarter note is ⠐⠹, or dots 5-1456, which is entered as K, F+J+K+L. No other cells are allowed to go between the octave mark and the note it belongs to.

                      Octave marks don't have to be given before every note. Octave marks are only required for the:

                      • First note on each line of braille.
                      • First note after a double bar line, number sign, word indicator, and certain other markings.
                      • Second of two notes separated by a melodic interval of a sixth or more, regardless of their octaves.
                      • Second of two notes separated by a melodic interval of a fourth or more, only if their octave numbers are different.

                      基础操作

                      创建乐谱

                        概述

                        本章重点介绍乐器设置和基本乐谱信息设置。您应该已经熟悉了 Musescore 的基本工作流程,该工作流程在快速入门教程创建您的第一个乐谱中有所涵盖。

                        乐器

                        在 Musescore 中,一个乐器是一个抽象概念,包含了指法谱或五线谱(参见页面布局概念:谱表),记谱风格(谱号、符头等)、音乐行为(移调、演奏范围)以及为 Musescore 合成器创建的播放音频相关的设置。

                        一个 Musescore 乐器包含可以代表单个或多个真实世界乐器的五线谱,例如在贝多芬的《交响曲第3号,作品55》中,由Cianchettini&Sperati出版,n.d.[1809]伦敦的第三谱表Corni 1 & 2 in Eb代表两个法国号:
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                        要转录此内容,您应该添加一个Musescore乐器“圆号”并选择Eb调,同时将其重命名,命名不影响播放。
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                        Musescore 支持很多真实世界的乐器、乐器组、人声和合唱,有几种方式:

                        • 具有相同名称的 Musescore 乐器,例如“钢琴”、“小提琴”、“小提琴组”、“弦乐”、“女高音”、“声乐”、“女声”以及一些打击乐器,如“定音鼓”、“管弦乐大鼓”、“钹”(管弦)。相似的项目可能具有不同的播放效果。
                        • “鼓组”,一个包含“军鼓”、“踢鼓”、“低音鼓”、“高音筒鼓”、“钹”等项目的单个谱表。这些没有单独的MuseScore乐器。参见定制鼓组
                        • Musescore 也提供一个短小的 用刷子演奏的军鼓音色,参见混音器。

                        也可以使用从模板创建新的乐谱,您还可以在任何分谱中设置乐器。

                        MuseScore 包含500多种乐器,请参阅 https://musescore.org/en/instruments。要向我们建议添加缺失的乐器,请参阅 https://musescore.org/en/contribute。

                        选择乐器

                        创建新乐谱时,您可以在新建乐谱对话框中单击打开选择乐器选项卡。在"创建乐谱后更改乐器"中提到的某些方法也会打开此窗口。

                        选择乐器(动画图像)

                        乐器按左侧乐器族标题下的下拉菜单中显示的类型/流派进行过滤。默认情况下选择“常见”,这会显示您可能需要的一些最常见的乐器或音色。注意:要显示所有可用的乐器,必须选择“全部乐器”。

                        乐器按其所属的乐器族分组。如果您知道您要查找的乐器/音色,只需在乐器标题下的搜索栏中输入其名称或部分名称即可。按下清除按钮(X)清除选择。

                        添加乐器

                        要向您的乐谱添加乐器:

                        1. 双击乐器下的一个乐器

                        或

                        1. 选择乐器下的一个乐器
                        2. 单击→按钮将乐器添加到您的乐谱中(小提示:双击乐器名称也会执行相同的操作)。

                        添加乐器(动画图像)

                        乐谱上的谱表按照右侧您的乐谱标题下显示的顺序排列。次序 … 下拉菜单会显示当前使用的谱表顺序预设。

                        通过使其独奏来更改乐器的顺序

                        独奏乐器的排序顺序在乐谱上与其他乐器是不一样的。例如,在“管弦乐队”预设中,独奏者位于弦乐之上。独奏并不意味“乐谱上只有一个”。

                        您可以在您的乐谱标题下的次序 …下拉列表中选择样式。

                        要将乐器(其所有谱表)重新排列独奏:

                        1. 选择您的乐谱下的一个乐器
                        2. 单击“使其独奏”按钮。

                        手动更改乐器顺序

                        要手动更改乐器的顺序:

                        1. 选择您的乐谱面板下选择一个乐器
                        2. 单击↑或↓以更改其位置

                        更改乐器顺序(动画图像)

                        删除乐器

                        要从您的乐谱中删除乐器:

                        1. 双击您的乐谱下的一个乐器

                        或

                        1. 选择您的乐谱下的一个乐器
                        2. 单击垃圾桶图标

                        删除乐器(动画图像)

                        您还可以通过首先按住Shift并选择多个乐器,然后单击垃圾桶图标一次删除多个乐器。

                        从模板创建

                        您也可以用预置好的模板创建乐谱。模板根据音乐风格或编制分为多个类别。模板中有这种编制通常使用的乐器,乐器的顺序和排版也符合惯例。

                        要从模板创建乐谱:

                        1. 单击从模板创建
                        2. 从类别面板中选择一类模板
                        3. 从中间的面板中选择所需的模板
                        4. 单击完成

                        从模板创建乐谱(动画图像)

                        您还可以在搜索栏中搜索所有可用的模板。

                        访问Templates and styles了解更多模板信息,包括如何创建自己的模板。

                        附加乐谱信息

                        在新建乐谱对话框中单击下一步以指定附加乐谱信息屏幕中的其他信息,例如调号、拍号、速度、起始小节(弱起小节)和小节数。

                        指定附加乐谱信息(动画图像)

                        请注意,这是在创建新乐谱时添加信息的一种方便方法,但不是唯一的方法。您可以随时使用其他方法修改乐谱的附加信息,例如键盘快捷键、使用符号面板、项目属性等。

                        调号

                        默认情况下,新的乐谱创建时带有一个不带升降号的调号(C大调)。单击调号下的按钮指定不同的调号。默认显示大调,可以通过选择小调选项卡显示小调。

                        拍号

                        创建新乐谱时拍号默认为 4/4 拍。单击拍号下的按钮更改此设置。使用文本框中的箭头更改每小节的拍数,右边的下拉菜单选择以几分音符为一拍。您也可以在弹窗中选择 common(C拍号,4/4拍)和cut-common(¢拍号,2/2拍)两种拍号。

                        速度

                        默认情况下,新的乐谱将以每分钟120个四分音符的速度播放。新乐谱中不会自动包含速度记号。

                        要自定义起始播放速度,并在最上面的五线谱上显示速度记号:

                        1. 单击速度下的按钮
                        2. 勾选在我的乐谱上显示速度记号
                        3. 选择所需的速度值
                        4. 在文本框中输入所需的每分钟拍数(20-400),或使用上下箭头调整。

                        在速度记号中了解更多关于速度文本、节拍标记和播放速度的信息。

                        小节

                        新的乐谱创建时默认有32个小节且没有弱起。要更改新乐谱的起始小节数:

                        1. 单击小节下的按钮
                        2. 在初始小节数字段中输入所需的小节数

                        您可以在这里找到如何在创建乐谱之后增加或删除小节。

                        若要让乐谱以弱起开始:

                        1. 单击小节下的按钮
                        2. 勾选创建弱起小节
                        3. 在文本框中输入弱起小节的所需拍数
                        4. 从下拉菜单中选择弱起小节的节拍值

                        您随时可以创建弱起小节。你可以在这里找到如何在创建乐谱之后增加弱起与拍不准小节。

                        标题和其他文本

                        在新建乐谱对话框底部的文本框中输入文本,MuseScore 将自动以适当的格式将其放置在您的新乐谱中。您可以为乐谱输入文本标签:

                        • 标题
                        • 作曲家
                        • 副标题
                        • 作词人
                        • 版权

                        此信息也同时成为乐谱的项目属性(文件菜单中)中的数据,您可以随时更改它。

                        一旦您完成乐谱信息的输入,点击完成将会保存您的输入并创建乐谱。

                        在创建乐谱后更改乐器

                        以下是三种可以在创建乐谱后修改乐器的方法:

                        • 在乐谱选项卡中按下键盘快捷键I
                        • 在乐器面板中点击添加 (如果你看不见这个面板,你可以按下F7或选中视图 → 乐器)
                        • 在谱表/分谱属性对话框中单击替换乐器

                        输入音符和休止符

                          本章仅解释了在标准五线谱上的音乐创作,还请参阅指法谱和打击乐谱章节。

                          概述

                          通过电脑键盘输入音乐既快捷又容易。要输入音符或休止符,只需选择一个时值,然后键入音名(A - G),或为休止符键入0(零)。您还可以使用鼠标,MIDI 键盘或 MuseScore 自己的虚拟钢琴键盘输入音符(详细信息见下文)。

                          MuseScore 支持几乎无限的撤销,所以你不必太担心输错。要撤销输入,只需单击工具栏最右边的撤销按钮,或使用标准键盘快捷键Ctrl+Z(Mac: Cmd+Z)。

                          输入音符

                          本页的信息主要涵盖如何在标准五线谱上输入音符。其他类型乐谱的输入请参考指法谱和打击乐谱。

                          最常见的输入方法,也是本页面所教的方法是每次输入一个音符或休止符。在这里你可以找到其他输入音符的方法.

                          选择一个起点

                          要在乐谱中添加音符或休止符,首先你应该选择开始添加的位置。你可以使用鼠标或键盘导航指令来选中。

                          选择起点

                          进入音符输入模式

                          接下来,您可以点击工具栏中的钢笔按钮或使用键盘快捷键N进入音符输入模式。屏幕上将会显示一个光标告诉您哪里将被插入音符。

                          进入音符输入模式

                          如果您忘记在进入音符输入模式前选择一个输入起点,音符输入可能会从上一次输入音符的地方继续,或者是从一些其他的地方开始。因此在输入音符前,请确认光标在您预设的位置上。

                          进入音符输入模式后,您可以从前到后输入音符。首先您应该选择时值,然后输入音高或休止符。当您一个地方输完了音符,想要做一些其他的事情——例如在别的地方输入音符,添加记号,或执行其他操作(如复制或粘贴)——的时候,您可以单击音符输入按钮或者再次按N。您也可以按Esc返回到正常模式。

                          选择时值

                          在音符输入模式下,您可以按照以下几种方法为下一个被输入的音符选择时值:

                          • 在音符输入工具栏直接单击对应的音符图标(在乐谱的正上方)
                          • 使用键盘快捷键1–9选择对应的时值

                            工具栏上的时值

                          使用键盘快捷键可以高效地选择时值。最常见的时值是八分音符、四分音符、和二分音符,他们对应的键盘快捷键是4、5、6(数字小键盘的中间一行)。较短的时值用较小的数字表示,较长的时值用较大的数字表示。完整快捷键列表如下:

                          • 六十四分音符:1
                          • 三十二分音符:2
                          • 十六分音符:3
                          • 八分音符:4
                          • 四分音符:5
                          • 二分音符:6
                          • 全音符:7
                          • 二全音符:8
                          • 四全音符:9
                          • 附点:. (使音符或休止符带上附点)

                          其他时值,例如复附点或一百二十八分音符,可以通过自定义工具栏或修改键盘快捷键输入。

                          注:如果您设置了对应的按键,您也可以使用 MIDI 键盘选择时值。

                          输入音符

                          在选择了一个时值之后,您可以使用电脑键盘、鼠标、MIDI 键盘或虚拟钢琴键盘输入音符。

                          使用电脑键盘输入音符

                          这几乎是 Musescore 里最高效的输入音高的方法。

                          只需在键盘上按下您想要输入的音的音名(A–G),您就可以轻松地输入音符。

                          输入音符

                          使用这种方式输入的音符会替换掉光标处任何已有的音符或休止符。若您想要在现有音符或和弦中添加一个音,您需要在输入音符的时候按住Shift。您可以在下面的输入和弦部分学到更多信息。

                          当你通过音名输入音符的时候,Musescore 将自动选择最接近前一个音符的音高。如果您想要更大的跨度,您可以按Ctrl+↑或Ctrl+↓ (Mac:Cmd+↑或Cmd+↓)使刚才输入的音符升高或降低一个八度。

                          使用鼠标输入音符

                          要使用鼠标输入音符,您需要将鼠标放置在五线谱中的您想要的线或间上,然后单击。鼠标光标将显示您即将输入的音符的预览,以帮助您准确地放置它。

                          鼠标光标

                          如果在您输入音符的位置已经有一个存在的音符,新的音符将会添加在已有音符的上方或者下方。如果想要替换现有的音符,您可以在单击鼠标的同时按下Shift。

                          使用这种方法很难直接输入很高的或者很低的音,因为 Musescore 可能会以为您想要在上面或下面一个谱表输入音符。您可以尝试在高八度或低八度的位置输入对应的音符,然后通过按Ctrl+↑或Ctrl+↓(Mac:Cmd+↑或Cmd+↓)使您刚才输入的音高一个八度或低一个八度。

                          注:虽然一般情况下,音符是从前到后被输入的,但鼠标输入实际上允许您在现有乐谱中的任何一个位置输入音符。

                          使用 MIDI 键盘输入音符

                          如果您有一台 MIDI 键盘连接到您的电脑上,您可以通过按下对应的键输入对应的音符。

                          当您在 MIDI 键盘上输入音符时,如果您在输入下一个音符前完全松开上一个键,音符就会被连续地输入,否则,新的音符将会被添加到原有音符的上方或下方。

                          使用 MIDI 键盘输入的音符可能会自动使用变音号,但是这些变音号可能不符合您的预期。您可以通过按下J改变变音号的形式。

                          使用虚拟钢琴键盘输入音符

                          您也可以通过钢琴键盘窗口输入音符。您可以在视图→钢琴键盘或按下键盘快捷键P打开或关闭这个窗口。

                          虚拟钢琴键盘

                          要输入某个音高的音符,只需用鼠标单击对应的钢琴键。

                          与使用电脑键盘输入音符一样,以这种方式输入的音符会自动替换掉任何现有的音符或休止符。如果您想要创建和弦,请在输入音符的同时按下Shift。

                          注:如果您想改变虚拟钢琴键盘的大小,您可以先选中虚拟钢琴键盘窗口,然后按住Ctrl(Mac:Cmd)同时向上或向下滚动鼠标滚轮。

                          输入和弦

                          在本节中,和弦是指在同一时间开始的多个音符的组合,且这些音符都具有相同的时值且共用一个符干。

                          和弦输入

                          如果您希望输入两个音,但是它们的开始时间、持续时间或是结束时间不同,或不共享同一个符干,请参见声部。形如“Dm7”的文本是一个和弦记号,参见和弦记号.

                          就像输入单个音符一样,和弦可以通过电脑键盘、鼠标、MIDI 键盘或虚拟钢琴键盘被输入。除了在 MIDI 键盘上您可以一次演奏多个音符以外,音符输入仍然是一次一个,你需要以某种方式告诉 MuseScore 将它们组合成一个和弦,而不是按顺序添加它们。

                          • 要使用电脑键盘在和弦中添加一个音符,请在输入音符时按住Shift
                          • 要使用鼠标在和弦中添加一个音符,请直接单击您想要添加音符的地方
                          • 要使用 MIDI 键盘在和弦中添加一个音符,您可以同时弹奏全部的音符,或者一次弹奏一个,但是在按下下一个音符前不要松手
                          • 要使用虚拟钢琴键盘在和弦中添加一个音符,请在输入音符时按住Shift

                          当您使用Shift+A–G往和弦中添加一个音符的时候,该音符将被添加到光标处的任何一个已经存在的音符的上方。您也可以基于音程来输入音符。

                          • 要在选中音符上方添加音程,你可以:
                            • 在菜单栏中选择添加→音程然后从列表中选择一个音程;
                            • 使用键盘快捷键Alt+1-9。
                          • 要在选中音符下方添加音程,您可能需要自定义键盘快捷键(参见偏好设置)。

                          输入休止符

                          休止符可以通过电脑键盘或鼠标被输入。选择休止符的时值的方式与选择音符的时值的方式相同(例如,您可以使用键盘快捷键1–9)。选择时值之后,您不需要像输入音符那样输入音高,而是:

                          • 使用电脑键盘:按下0(零)
                          • 使用音符输入工具栏:点击休止符按钮,然后点击乐谱上对应的位置
                          • 使用鼠标:在乐谱上右键

                            输入休止符

                          变音号

                          变音号

                          标准的变音号(还原号、升号、降号、重升号、重降号)既可以在输入音符前被选中,也可以在现有的音符上被添加。

                          在输入音符之前选中变音号

                          要想指定下一个被输入的音符的变音号,您可以点击乐谱上方的音符输入工具栏中的对应按钮或者使用对应的键盘快捷键。 这步操作既可以在选择时值之前完成,也可以在选择时值之前完成。

                          工具栏上的变音号

                          默认的键盘快捷键是:

                          • 降号:-
                          • 升号:+
                          • 还原号:=

                          与时值不同,变音号的选择仅对下一个被输入的音符有效。但是通常的记谱规则仍然适用,即如果你给一个音符加了降号,那么你在同一小节中输入的任何相同音高的后续音符也会被降音,即使它们没有明确的写在乐谱上的降号。

                          在输入音符之后添加变音号

                          当你升高或降低被选中音符的音高时,合适的变音号会被自动添加到乐谱中:

                          • ↑:使音符上升一个半音(使用升号)。
                          • ↓:使音符下降一个半音(使用降号)。

                          您也可以通过点击符号面板→变音号中的适当图标向现有音符添加一个变音号。符号面板里面还包含了大量的微分音记号或是其他特殊的变音号。

                          添加辅助变音号

                          尽管记谱规则确定同一小节内的同一个音共用变音号,下一个小节里的同一个音会回到到原来的音高,但无论如何,添加辅助 变音号可以帮助演奏者更顺畅地识谱。这不会改变音符的音高,所以它们不能够通过键盘快捷键↑和↓被添加。然而,您仍然可以使用前面所说的其他几种方法添加辅助变音号。

                          虽然辅助变音号不需要括号或者方括号,但是有一部分人仍然习惯给这些记号加一个括号。如果您想向一个变音号外围添加一个圆括号或者方括号,您需要暂时退出音符输入模式,然后在属性面板里面选择您想要的括号类型,或者在符号面板的变音号菜单里面的更多里面找到括号。

                          注:Musescore 还预装了一些插件,您可以使用它们来根据需要自动添加辅助变音号。

                          延音线

                          延音线是连接两个具有相同音高音符的曲线,表示了它们要作为一个组合音符被演奏。尽管延音线和圆滑线十分相似,但是您不应该将这两者混淆。圆滑线将不同音高的音符连接在一起,并表示不同的发音。

                          在 Musescore 里输入延音线十分容易,因为延音线总是出现在具有相同音高的音符之间。所以你不需要输入第二个音符的音高,只需要选择时值并输入延音线,Muesecore 会自动添加一个新的音符。要想创建一个延音线,你应该:

                          1. 为第二个音符选择时值
                          2. 单击工具栏上的延音线按钮或使用键盘快捷键T

                            延音线输入

                          延音线会自动添加第二个音符,并直接将这个音符与第一个音符绑定。如果你选中的第一个音符是一个和弦的一部分,延音线会为第二个音符创建完整的一个和弦。和弦里的每个音与前面一个和弦完全相同,且每个对应的音之间用延音线连起来。

                          由延音线连接起来的和弦

                          连线位置(可选)
                          在 MuseScore 4.1 版本之前,默认行为是将单个音符的连线绘制到外部(连接音符头部的顶部/底部),将和弦的连线绘制到内部(连接音符头部的右侧和左侧)。从 MuseScore 4.2 开始,单个音符和和弦的连线位置现在可以配置为任何方式;新乐谱的默认设置是所有连线都绘制在外部。除了全局风格设置(在 格式 > 样式 > 圆滑线与延音线 > 延音线 中),还可以为任何特定连线使用设置(通过 属性 > 延音线位置)。

                          注:尽管延音线通常用来连接相同声部中的两个相邻音符,但是 MuseScore 同样支持连接两个非相邻的音符,以及连接两个不同声部的音符。参见编辑音符和休止符。

                          另请参阅

                          • 编辑音符和休止符
                          • 声部
                          • 三连音
                          • 其他音符输入模式
                          • 指法谱
                          • 鼓谱
                          • 斜杠
                          • 符头

                          处理多声部

                            概览

                            MuseScore 的一个 声部 是谱表上的一行音乐,其节奏与同一谱表上的其他音乐独立。其他软件可能将其称为“层”。

                            “声部”在另一个意义上也可能指代声乐音乐中的音域——女高音、女中音、男高音、男低音等。重要的是不要混淆这两个含义,比如假定 SATB 合唱中的四个“声部”等同于 MuseScore 的“声部” 1–4(见下文);那就是把两者搞混了。

                            MuseScore 允许在一个谱表中 最多使用四个声部:声部1、声部2、声部3 和声部4。当在谱表上书写音乐时,通常从声部1开始,然后转到声部2。声部3 和声部4 较少使用。

                            同一谱表上的两个声部通常使用对立的符杆来表示——上声部符杆向上,下声部符杆向下:

                            在单谱表上使用两个声部的音乐

                            在一个标准的 SATB 编配中,你会在上谱表上使用声部1和2,用于女高音和女中音,下谱表上使用声部1和2,用于男高音和男低音:

                            在 SATB 编配中的多个声部

                            在多个声部输入音符和休止符

                            输入多个声部的第一步是确定你需要将音符作为 一个谱表 中的声部书写,还是将声部分布在 多个谱表 中,比如在钢琴的两个谱表中分布四个声部,或在 多个乐器 中分布四个声部。你应该考虑 MuseScore 的符号功能设计和你的制作需求,不要仅仅基于学术原因做出决定:

                            • MuseScore 根据使用的声部 以及 每个小节中使用的声部来自动设置符杆方向。在只使用声部1的小节,但没有音符或休止符写在声部2、声部3或声部4上时,音符的符杆方向由音高决定——在中线以上的音符,符杆向下,中线以下的音符,符杆向上。否则,符杆方向根据声部确定——声部1和声部3向上,声部2和声部4向下。
                            • 要手动分配覆盖符杆方向设置,使用工具栏上的 翻转方向 按钮,或键盘快捷键 X,也可参见 符干和符头。
                            • 直接在声部2上书写可能在学术上看起来是正确的,但 MuseScore 将自动创建 声部1中的休止符号,这在某些情况下可能是多余的。在这种情况下的流行选择有:之后手动隐藏休止符(这里);或者简单地使用声部1而不是声部2。
                            • 尚不能为各声部分配不同的音色,因此可能需要使用多个乐器。例如,你不能将女高音 VSTi 分配给声部1,将男高音 VSTi 分配给声部2,只能选择其中一个。
                            • 有时必须在 一个谱表中使用多个声部,以在 MuseScore 中创建特定的视觉符号结果,即使在音乐上它们并不是不同的声部。例如,在 MuseScore 中,一个和弦只能由持续时间相同的音符创建。如果一个和弦的组成音符持续时间不同,你必须使用不同的声部来书写它们。关于常见类似情况的列表可参见 Musescore 3 使用手册:声部 页。

                            使用多个乐器

                            如果你决定需要将不同的声部作为不同乐器上的音符来书写,首先创建多个乐器,使用 创建乐谱:修改乐器,然后根据需要编辑谱表上的谱号,然后在 所有这些谱表上都使用声部1进行创作。 一个常见的例子是在四个乐器的声部1上书写四声部的 SATB 乐谱。

                            如果您需要将不同的谱表合成同一谱表中的不同声部,或者进行相反的操作,请参见 合并或分解谱表。一个常见的例子是 SATB 开放谱 <-> 短谱的转换,

                            在一个谱表中输入多个声部的音符和休止符

                            要在一个声部中输入新的音符:

                            1. 选择你的音乐中的起始点。
                            2. 单击工具栏上的笔图标或按 N 进入 音符输入模式。
                            3. 使用工具栏图标选择所需的声部,或按下键盘快捷键 Ctrl+Alt+1–Ctrl+Alt+4
                            4. 正常输入音符和休止符,如 输入音符 中所述

                            你可以重复这些步骤来将音符输入到其他声部中。

                            注意:要输入新的音符,请确保在选择所需声部之前处于 音符输入模式,否则你将 改变当前选择元素的声部。

                            注意:音符工具栏默认只显示声部1和2的图标。你可以使用工具栏上点击齿轮图标时出现的控件来使所有声部图标可见。有关更多信息,请参见 自定义音符输入工具栏 部分。

                            编辑多个声部中的音符和休止符

                            调整休止符

                            通常情况下,为了显示小节中的所有节拍,每个声部都包含全部的休止符。然而,这可能会导致乐谱看上去乱糟糟的。Musescore 会自动调整休止符的位置以避免休止符与其他声部中的音符发生冲突。但在某些情况下,您可能想要手动调节休止符的位置。在节拍足够清晰的情况下,您可能希望隐藏或删除一些不必要的休止符。

                            要隐藏、删除或调整这些休止符的位置以创建更好的布局,请使用以下方法之一:

                            具有多个声部的音乐中的休止符

                            隐藏或删除休止符

                            可通过选择休止符并在 属性 面板中取消选中 可见 复选框,或使用键盘快捷键 V 来隐藏休止符。

                            声部2-4 中的休止符也可以通过选择它们然后按下 Delete 来删除。然而,这会留下声部中的“空洞”,以后可能很难编辑。要从声部中恢复丢失的休止符,你可以使用 工具→声部 中的命令来交换声部的内容与声部1的内容,这将再次填补空洞。然后您可以使用相同的操作将两个声部对调回去。

                            注意:为了确保每个小节持续的时间是正确的,第一声部中的休止符可以被隐藏,但是不可以被删除。

                            调整休止符的位置

                            即使 MuseScore 会自动避免休止符与其他声部的音符发生冲突,有时候手动调整休止符的上下位置可以使得休止符到底归属于哪个声部变得更清楚。

                            要垂直移动休止符,您只需在选中那个休止符之后按下 Up 或 Down ,这会使休止符被移动一定的距离。

                            有关手动定位的更多信息,请参见 改变元素的位置。

                            你还可以在 格式→样式…→休止符 中将休止符和其他声部元素之间的默认垂直偏移量从1个间隔改为2个间隔。

                            多个声部中休止符的偏移量

                            更改现有音符的声部

                            最初输入到一个声部中的音符可以移到另一个声部中,具体取决于情况。有关更多信息,请参见 在正常模式下更改声部。

                            将声部合并为和弦

                            在节奏匹配的情况下,原本在多个声部中的音符可以被合并成一个声部中的和弦。有关更多信息,请参见 合并 命令。

                            将和弦分成声部

                            将在一个声部中书写的和弦分成不同声部的单独音符时:

                              • 手动选择音符
                              • 按下工具栏按钮将所选音符分配到声部,或使用 Ctrl+Alt+1–Ctrl+Alt+4 键盘快捷键。
                            1. 按工具栏中的按钮为选定的音符分配声部。参见 合并或分解谱表

                            另请参阅

                            • 分谱(并参见词汇表中的 分谱 )
                            • 编辑音符和休止符
                            • 符干和符头
                            • 改变元素位置
                            • 合并或分解谱表

                            其他音符输入模式

                              如何进入其他音符输入模式

                              除了默认的阶跃时间音符输入模式,Musescore 还提供了几种其他的音符输入模式。

                              要想进入其他音符输入模式,您可以:

                              1. 单击并长按音符输入工具栏中的音符输入按钮。
                              2. 从几种不同的音符输入模式中选择一种。

                              使用键盘的用户可以通过多次按下Shift+Tab或Shift+F6选中音符输入按钮。如果您使用了屏幕阅读器,它会朗读诸如"音符输入工具栏:默认(阶跃时间)"的话。您可以继续按下空格键以展开选择其他音符输入模式的菜单。

                              进入音符输入模式(动画)

                              您也可以使用指定好的键盘快捷键直接进入这些音符输入模式(不会管理键盘快捷键?请看Keyboard shortcuts)。

                              请注意,您选中的音符输入模式会被 Musescore 记住。下一次进入音符输入模式的时候,Musescore 仍然会进入上一次您使用的的音符输入模式。所以如果您如果想要暂时使用重调现有音符的音高模式,别忘了在退出音符输入模式前切换回默认(阶跃时间)模式。

                              节拍编辑(非音高)

                              节拍编辑(非音高)音符输入模式让你可以在仅按一次键盘的情况下编辑音符的时值。这对于编辑单一音高的无音高打击乐器的乐谱十分有用。另外,在某些情况下,您还可以将节拍编辑模式和重调现有音符的音高模式混合使用以增加您的效率。

                              1. 在乐谱中选择编辑的起点。
                              2. 如上文所述进入节拍编辑(非音高)音符输入模式。
                              3. 从音符输入工具栏中选中一个时值,或者使用键盘快捷键1-9增加一个音符。
                              4. 按.先选中附点,然后选择您想要的时值。在这个模式下,附点会被持续选中而不是在输入一个音符之后自动取消。值得注意的是,您应该在输入音符之前就选择好附点,而不是之后。
                              5. 按下音符输入工具栏中的休止符图标进入休止符输入模式,然后选中一个时值可以直接输入休止符。如果您想要的时值已经被选中,您可以直接按下0输入休止符。重新按下音符输入工具栏中的休止符图标可以退出休止符输入模式。
                              6. 继续选择时值输入其他音符。

                              默认情况下,音符被输入到五线谱的中线上。你可以使用键盘的上下箭头微调刚才输入的音的音高,每一个新音符的音高跟前一个音符的音高相同。您也可以使用重调现有音符的音高模式快速地在一段已经输入节奏的乐谱上面修改音高。

                              重调现有音符的音高

                              重调现有音符的音高音符输入模式能让你在保持音符时值不变的情况下方便地改变音符的音高。

                              1. 在乐谱中选择编辑的起点。
                              2. 如上文所述进入重调现有音符的音高音符输入模式,也可以使用快捷键Ctrl+Shift+I(Mac:Cmd+Shift+I)进入该模式。
                              3. 使用电脑键盘,MIDI 键盘或是虚拟钢琴键盘输入音高。注意您不能在重调现有音符的音高音符输入模式里使用鼠标输入音符。

                              重调现有音符的音高模式可以让你非常高效地输入具有重复节奏的音乐片段。您可以直接复制粘贴节奏相同的段落,然后使用重调现有音符的音高模式改变音高。同样的技巧也可以用在一些共享节奏,但是音高不同的多乐器或声乐段落。

                              实时

                              实时音符输入模式基本允许您在 MIDI 键盘(或 Musescore 的虚拟钢琴键盘)上演奏乐曲来输入音符。然而,您应该注意这个模式有以下的一些限制:

                              • 您必须提前选择您想用的最小的时值。
                              • 您不能在实时音符输入模式内输入三连音。
                              • 就像其他音符输入模式一样,您只能在单个谱表的单个声部上输入音符。
                              • 您不能在实时音符输入模式内使用电脑键盘输入音符。

                              这些限制意味着 MuseScore 在计算应该如何将输入转换为五线谱时几乎不需要做猜测,这有助于保持产出的乐谱和您预期的相符。

                              实时(节拍器)

                              在实时(节拍器)音符输入模式中,您需要听节拍器以一个固定的节拍演奏乐谱。您可以在菜单中改变节拍器的速度:编辑→偏好设置...→音符输入(Mac: MuseScore→偏好设置...→音符输入)。

                              1. 在乐谱中选择编辑的起点。
                              2. 如上文所述进入实时(节拍器)音符输入模式。
                              3. 在音符输入工具栏中选择您想要的最小的时值。
                              4. 按下 MIDI 键盘或虚拟钢琴键盘输入对应时值的音符。
                              5. 听节拍器—节拍器每响一次,音符增长所选时值一次。
                              6. 当音符达到您所需的长度时,松开键盘。

                              一旦您松开了键盘,音符输入就停止了。如果您想要在松开键盘的情况下仍然让程序继续输入休止符,您可以使用实时增强快捷键启动或停止节拍器。

                              实时(踏板)

                              在实时(踏板)音符输入模式里,您可以通过按键盘或者踏板的方式自己打节拍。您可以以任何的速度演奏,而且你不需要维持一个恒定的节奏。默认用来打节拍的键(称作“实时增强”)是数字小键盘上的Enter(Mac:Fn+Return)但是我们强烈推荐您把这个快捷键设到 MIDI 键盘上的某个键或者踏板上。(见下方)。

                              1. 在乐谱中选择编辑的起点。
                              2. 如上文所述进入实时(踏板)音符输入模式。
                              3. 在音符输入工具栏中选择一个时值,您打的节奏的时值以你选择的时值为基准。
                              4. 按下 MIDI 键盘或虚拟钢琴键盘输入对应时值的音符。
                              5. 按下“实时增强”按键,音符的长度将会增长一个(3)中所选的时值。
                              6. 当音符达到您所需的长度时,松开键盘。

                              实时增强快捷键

                              “实时增强”快捷键是用来在实时(节拍器)音符输入模式中启动节拍器,或实时(踏板)音符输入模式插入一个所选时值的休止符。它被称作“实时增强”是因为它能使输入光标在乐谱中的位置向后移。

                              实时增强的默认按键是数字小键盘上的Enter(Mac:Fn+Return),但是我们强烈推荐您把这个快捷键通过 Musescore 的远程控制设到 MIDI 键盘上的某个键或者踏板上。您可以在下面菜单中找到 Musescore 的远程控制设置:编辑→偏好设置...→MIDI 映射(Mac:MuseScore→偏好设置...→MIDI 映射)。

                              另外,如果你有一个 USB 脚踏开关或电脑踏板,你可以将他们设置到数字小键盘上的 Enter 键。

                              插入

                              插入音符输入模式能使您在两个音符之间插入音符或休止符,这会自动向前或向后移动插入点前后音符的位置。 小节时值会被自动修改。

                              要插入一个音符,您需要:

                              1. 在乐谱中选择被插入位置之后的一个音符(或休止符)。
                              2. 如上文所述进入插入音符输入模式。
                              3. 像在阶跃时间音符输入模式里面一样输入音符或休止符。每一个音符都被插入在当前光标之前,小节的总时值被自动拉长,但是小节线位置不变。

                              输入音符时,新的音符会被放置在用蓝色方框高亮的选中元素之前。被选中的元素和相同小节后续的元素都会自动向后移。您可以使用方向键→或←调整插入点,之后新的插入点将会被高亮显示。

                              另外,如果您只有一两个音符要被插入,您可以直接在默认的阶跃时间音符输入模式里在用鼠标或键盘(A-G)插入音符时使用键盘快捷键Ctrl+Shift(Mac:Cmd+Shift)。

                              要插入休止符,您可以首先插入所需时值的音符,然后按Delete。

                              要清除音符或休止符,您可以使用键盘快捷键Ctrl+Shift+Delete。小节长度会被自动缩短。此快捷键在阶跃时间和插入音符输入模式中均可用。

                              由于插入音符可能会导致小节时值增加或减少,使小节真正时长与拍号不符,因此当这种情况发生时,小节上方将显示一个小的“+”或“-”符号。

                              增加或删除小节

                                插入小节

                                Musescore 允许您使用多种不同的方法插入或删除小节。小节可以被用以下几种方式插入:

                                • 选区后
                                • 选区前
                                • 在乐谱开头
                                • 于乐谱结尾

                                小节菜单栏

                                您可以通过以下方式插入一个或多个小节:

                                1. 右击某小节的空白区域
                                2. 选择菜单栏中的插入小节
                                3. 在侧面的子菜单中选择您想插入小节的位置
                                4. 在对话框中输入想要插入的小节数量,然后点击好

                                属性面板

                                您还可以通过以下方式插入一个或多个小节:

                                1. 单击选中一个小节
                                2. 切换到属性面板
                                3. 点击小节下面的插入小节
                                4. 输入您想要插入的小节数量(默认为“1”)
                                5. 选择您想要插入小节的位置(默认为“所选区域之后”)
                                6. 点击+按钮

                                这个临时弹窗在你点击+按钮后仍然不会自动被关闭,所以你可以继续点击+按钮插入小节。

                                增加小节(动图)

                                另外,你还可以通过下面几种方法插入小节:

                                音符输入工具栏

                                1. 在乐谱中选中除了线性记号以外的某个东西
                                2. 点击音符输入工具栏中的+按钮
                                3. 找到小节
                                4. 选择你想要插入小节的位置

                                菜单栏

                                1. 在乐谱中选中除了线性记号以外的某个东西
                                2. 点击菜单栏中的添加
                                3. 找到小节
                                4. 选择你想要插入小节的位置

                                使用键盘快捷键插入小节

                                您可以使用以下方法在您选中的选区之前快速插入一个小节:

                                1. 在乐谱中选中除了线性记号以外的某个东西
                                2. 按下Ins

                                您可以多次按下Ins插入多个小节。

                                您可以使用以下方法在您选中的选区之前插入多个小节:

                                1. 在乐谱中选中除了线性记号以外的某个东西
                                2. 按下Ctrl+Ins(Mac:⌘+Ins)
                                3. 在弹出的对话框中输入想要插入的小节的数量
                                4. 单击好

                                如果您想要在乐谱末尾插入小节,您可以使用键盘快捷键Ctrl+B(Mac:⌘+B)插入一个小节,或者Alt+Shift+B(Mac:Option+Shift+B)插入多个小节。

                                在占位框前后插入小节

                                您也可以向乐谱中的占位框前后插入小节:

                                1. 单击占位框
                                2. 使用上述“音符输入工具栏”、“菜单栏”方法或键盘快捷键

                                删除小节

                                您可以使用下述的键盘快捷键删除一个或多个小节:

                                1. 选中某个小节(或者按下Shift选中多个小节)
                                2. 按下Ctrl+Backspace或Ctrl+Del(Mac:⌘+Backspace或⌘+Del)。

                                或者,您也可以:

                                1. 选中某个小节(或者按下Shift选中多个小节)
                                2. 右键您选中的任意一个小节
                                3. 点击删除小节

                                您也可以:

                                1. 选中某个小节(或者按下Shift选中多个小节)
                                2. 点击菜单栏中的工具
                                3. 点击移除所选区域

                                移除末尾空小节

                                要想移除乐谱末尾的空小节,您可以:

                                1. 点击菜单栏中的工具
                                2. 点击移除末尾空小节

                                另请参阅

                                一些其他与小节有关的页面:

                                • 小节号
                                • 全休止符和多小节休止符
                                • 弱起小节和不规范小节
                                • 小节属性
                                • 有量记谱法和 Mensurstrich 记谱法

                                选择元素

                                  不要与输入音符和休止符:音符输入模式中讲解的音符输入光标混淆

                                  如果你需要对乐谱上的某些元素进行操作(例如复制),你需要先选中这些元素。在当前的 Musescore 中,乐谱上被选中的元素会用其所属的声部的颜色高亮显示,未选中的元素显示为黑色(译注:有时超过乐器音域的音符会被高亮为黄色或红色)。默认情况下声部1使用蓝色高亮,声部2使用绿色高亮,声部3使用橙色高亮,声部4使用紫色高亮。默认的颜色可以在编辑→偏好设置:高级下更改,详见偏好设置章节。

                                  被选中元素的状态会被简要地显示在左下角的状态栏上,每当用户选择不同的元素时,状态栏会立刻显示新的元素信息。总共有四种选择状态:

                                  • “未选中任何内容”状态,状态栏显示为空白。您可以按Esc取消选择所有内容。为了确保确保安全,您可以经常点击Esc键,就像专业会计师对待计算器一样。
                                  • “选中单个元素”状态,状态栏显示被选中元素的基本信息。
                                  • 列表选取状态,选择了多个单独的对象。
                                  • 范围选取状态,给定一个选择起始点和选择终止点,Musescore 可以自动选择一些谱表上两个时间点之间的可用元素。这些元素包括所有的音符、休止符、Musescore 文本(如力度符号),Musescore 线性记号(如踏板)等。系统范围的元素,如速度、拍号、重复记号、排版控制元素不被包括在自动选择中。在此状态下,谱表上会显示一个蓝色的矩形框围绕所选内容,如下图所示。

                                  许多常见操作,如复制和粘贴都需要进行范围选择。

                                  下面两张图分别展示了“选中单个元素”(上图)和“范围选取”(下图)。
                                  选中单个元素
                                  范围选取
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                                  选中单个元素

                                  您可以用鼠标单击某个元素选中它。除了单击整个小节以外,单击元素总会只选中这一个元素。如果您在某谱表内单击了某个小节的空白处,Musescore 会自动范围选择该小节内部的多个对象。

                                  要使用键盘选择单个元素,请使用光标键导航到该元素。在普通模式下(按键盘Esc键使用此模式),左右光标键← →只会导航到下一个(或前一个)音符或休止符。您可以使用Alt + 光标键导航到所有元素,包括所有的音符、装饰记号、力度符号和其他标记。

                                  重叠的元素

                                  目前该特性无法使用(Musescore 4.2),如果您有能力并且乐意帮助我们,请点这里

                                  当多个对象占据谱表上的相同位置并完全重叠时,例如两个音符具有相同音高但位于不同的声部时,您可以重复按Ctrl + 单击该位置,直到选中所需的元素。

                                  选择音符内部的单个元素

                                  一般来说,选择符头可以控制单个音符的大部分特性,例如改变音符的音高。另外,音符也包括符杆、符旗、符点、变音记号等一系列元素。每个元素都可以被单独选择,以便精调其布局位置。

                                  选择和弦中的音符的不同方法

                                  和弦的范围选择

                                  您可以逐个选择单个和弦的多个音符以创建列表选择,也可以通过选中开始和结束的时间位置以创建范围选择。(参见下文)

                                  许多常用的命令,包括复制和粘贴可以用于单个和弦,但是必须对其进行范围选择(如上图所示)。如果您只想范围选中某一个和弦,除了在创建范围选择部分中描述的方法之外,您也可以使用这个方法:首先确保当前没有选定任何内容(按Esc以确保),然后在和弦的任一音符头上按Shift+单击。

                                  由于范围选择是根据时间位置自动选择的,因此其他声部中的音符可能会被包括,要明确排除它们,请参阅从范围选择中排除元素。

                                  重复选区命令(R)适用于单个和弦,无论是对其的范围选择,还是确切选择的单个音符。请参阅复制和粘贴:重复选区章节。

                                  创建列表选择

                                  列表选择

                                  您可以通过鼠标点击、拖拽选区或使用命令手动创建列表选择。

                                  手动选择多个元素

                                  要将对象添加到列表选择中或将其删除,请按Ctrl(Mac: Cmd) + 单击该对象。这将将选择转换为列表选择。但是,不能使用这一方法选中或删去一整个小节。向范围选择中添加和删除元素也会将其转换为列表选择。

                                  位于任何谱线区域之外并且不与其他元素重叠的元素可以一起使用鼠标拖拽选区进行选择。按Shift + 单击任何空白处(在谱线之外)并拖动鼠标以创建选择框。如果选区不包括任何音符或休止符,则这一操作会创建列表选择,否则会创建一个使用“开始和结束时间位置方法”的范围选择。

                                  自动选择相似元素

                                  要选择整个谱表中或给定谱表中特定类型的所有元素:

                                  1. 右键单击其中一个此类元素
                                  2. 在弹出的菜单中,单击选择→相似内容或选择→此谱表上的相似内容

                                  要选择两个时间位置之间特定类型的所有元素:

                                  1. 单击第一个此类元素
                                  2. Shift+单击最后一个此类元素

                                  —或—

                                  1. 创建一个范围选择
                                  2. 右键单击其中一个此类元素
                                  3. 在弹出的菜单中,单击选择→此选区内的相似元素

                                  要创建更复杂的相似元素选择:

                                  1. (可选)创建一个范围选择
                                  2. 右键单击其中一个此类元素
                                  3. 在弹出的菜单中,单击选择→更多
                                  4. 在对话框中选中您想要的部分(见下图)

                                  对话框中可用的选项取决于您右键单击的元素类型。

                                  选择对话框

                                  与音符特定的选择选项有关的选项是:

                                  • 同一符头:具有相同符头组(普通、交叉、斜线等)的音符。
                                  • 同一音高:具有相同音高名、变音符号和八度的音符。
                                  • 同弦:在同一弦上的音符(仅限吉他谱)。
                                  • 同一类型:相同类型的音符(普通、acciaccatura、appoggiatura)。
                                  • 同类音符:相同持续时间的音符,不考虑点或三连音的存在。
                                  • 同一时值:实际持续时间相同的音符。
                                  • 同一音名:具有相同音高名称和变音符号,不考虑八度。
                                  • 同一谱表:同一谱表中的音符。
                                  • 同一声部:同一声部中的音符。
                                  • 选中:在当前选区中的音符。
                                  • 相同系统:同一系统中的音符。

                                  除了特定于元素类型的选择选项外,对话框底部还有一些通用于所有元素类型的操作选项。这些控制所选元素的操作,一次只能选择一个:

                                  • 替换选区:如果选中,此操作选择将替换现有选区。
                                  • 添加到选区:如果选中,此操作将元素添加到现有选区。
                                  • 从选区减去:如果选中,此操作从现有选区中移除元素。

                                  创建范围选择

                                  范围选择能让 Musescore 自动在给定谱表的给定开始和结束时间位置之间选择有用的元素。

                                  通过拖拽进行范围选择

                                  当选择范围不超出屏幕范围时,您可以按Shift + 单击任何空白处(在谱线之外)并拖动鼠标以创建选择框。范围选择至少需要包括一个音符或休止符。

                                  通过点击进行范围选择

                                  适用于跨越多页的选择。

                                  1. 先单击选中开始/结束时间位置的音符或休止符。
                                  2. (可选)使用在导航章节中解释的命令重新定位谱表。
                                  3. Shift+单击另一个时间位置的音符或休止符。

                                  使用键盘进行范围选择

                                  仅使用键盘或主要使用键盘:

                                  1. 使用键盘导航或单击选择第一个音符或休止符。
                                  2. 在导航时按住Shift以扩展选择。

                                  可用的命令包括:

                                  • Shift+Left和Shift+Right以每次扩展一个音符或休止符。
                                  • Shift+Ctrl+Left和Shift+Ctrl+Right以每次扩展一个小节(Mac:使用Cmd而不是Ctrl)。
                                  • Shift+Up和Shift+Down以每次扩展一个谱表。
                                  • Shift+Home和Shift+End以扩展到一行的开头或结尾。
                                  • Shift+Ctrl+Home和Shift+Ctrl+End以扩展到谱表的开头或结尾(Mac:使用Cmd而不是Ctrl)。

                                  特殊的范围选择

                                  MuseScore 也提供一些特殊的命令来进行范围选择:

                                  • 编辑→全选或Ctrl+A(Mac:Cmd+A)以选择整个乐谱。
                                  • 编辑→选择章节以选择谱表的当前部分(位于前一个和下一个Systems and horizontal spacing之间的所有内容)。

                                  从范围选择中排除元素

                                  在执行对范围选择的操作之前,可以通过类型排除元素。例如,在复制音符、休止符等短语时排除歌词;或者在多声部乐段中仅保留声部1中的所有内容。要排除给定类型的元素:

                                  1. 使用视图→筛选器打开筛选器。
                                  2. 取消选中要从选择中排除的任何元素类型旁边的复选框。

                                  筛选器

                                  请注意,如果排除声部1,则将无法选择缺少其他声部内容的任何小节。因此,在排除声部1,执行排除声部1的操作之后,请务必将其恢复。例如,如果您只希望复制并粘贴声部2,请进行范围选择,使用选择过滤器排除声部1,在使用编辑→拷贝或Ctrl+C之后,在尝试选择目标以粘贴之前,您必须将声部1的复选框恢复。

                                  编辑音符和休止符

                                    概述

                                    本章讨论了编辑乐谱中已有的音符的方法。请确保您已熟悉输入音符和休止符章节中解释的输入新的音符的方法。

                                    要编辑乐谱中的音符(音高、时值、时间位置等)和休止符,可以使用:

                                    • 音符输入模式,或
                                    • 正常模式。

                                    在音符输入模式中进行编辑

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                                    在按工具栏中的笔图标或使用快捷键N进入音符输入模式后。屏幕上会显示一个浅蓝色的覆盖整个谱表的音符输入光标。音符输入光标的存在表示 Musescore 当前处于音符输入模式。

                                    在音符输入模式下,使用键盘箭头键← →将音符输入光标移动到当前谱表中的相邻音符或休止符位置。

                                    在音符输入模式下编辑时值

                                    在音符输入模式下,有两个命令可以编辑现有音符或休止符的时值:

                                    • Shift+W 增加时值
                                    • Shift+Q 减少时值

                                    这两个命令首先会尝试添加或移除附点,其次会更改到下一个较大或较小的音符时值。例如,按Shift+W在四分音符上会将其编辑为附点四分音符,再按一次Shift+W会将其编辑为二分音符。

                                    在音符输入模式下编辑音高

                                    在音符输入模式下编辑选定音符音高的命令是:

                                    • ↑ - 将音高上移半音(该操作会尽可能使用升号作为变音符号)
                                    • ↓ - 将音高下移半音(该操作会尽可能使用降号作为变音符号)
                                    • Alt+Shift+↑ - 将音高按音阶上移一步
                                    • Alt+Shift+↓ - 将音高按音阶下移一步
                                    • Ctrl+↑(Mac: Cmd+↑) - 将音高上移一个八度
                                    • Ctrl+↓(Mac: Cmd+↓) - 将音高下移一个八度

                                    在音符输入模式下替换音符和休止符

                                    在默认输入模式阶跃时间下,音符和休止符是一个一个输入的。阶跃时间模式的逻辑是,当用户添加新音符或休止符时,后续音符和休止符的时值会自动调整,而不影响小节内的总拍数。

                                    一个类比是 Microsoft Word 等文字处理器中的“替换”或“覆盖”模式。要用不同的音符替换一个音符,直接输入新音符即可。新音符会自动覆盖之前的音符,无需先删除旧音符。

                                    要添加新音符并使后续音符不被覆盖,可以:

                                    • 在输入新音符之前,使用剪切和粘贴重新放置后续音符,或
                                    • 使用阶跃时间以外的输入模式,详见其他音符输入方法章节。

                                    在音符输入模式下删除音符

                                    要用休止符替换音符,直接按Del键。

                                    注意:如果希望将后续音符提前以取代已删除的音符,则无需先删除原音符。直接使用剪切和粘贴移动后续音符即可。

                                    在音符输入模式下移动音符

                                    尽管大多数情况下,移动音符到不同时间位置是在正常模式下完成的,但在音符输入模式下也有一对命令可以在某些情况下编辑音符或休止符的时间位置。如果有两个相同时值的音符或休止符,您希望在音符输入模式下交换它们,可以使用Shift+←或Shift+→将音符或休止符与其相邻的相同时值的音符或休止符交换。

                                    在正常模式下进行编辑

                                    您需要退出所有其他模式以进入正常模式。

                                    如果 Musescore 当前处于音符输入模式,要退出音符输入模式,可以按键盘上的Esc键,或点击音符输入按钮,或再次按N键。在此之后,音符输入光标应不可见。请参阅在音符输入模式下进行编辑部分。

                                    如果 Musescore 当前处于编辑模式,要退出编辑模式,请按键盘上的Esc键。请参阅主章节直接调整元素。

                                    除非另有说明,以下方法全部适用于单个选定的音符或休止符、包含多个音符或休止符的列表选择或整个范围选择。有关更多信息,请参阅选择页面。

                                    在正常模式下编辑时值

                                    将选定音符编辑为特定时值

                                    在正常模式下,将一个或多个选定音符的时值编辑为特定时值,只需点击相应的时值图标或使用快捷键1–9。

                                    增加或减少选定音符的时值

                                    要增加选定音符的时值,可以使用命令Shift+W如上所述。如果音符没有附点,这会添加一个附点;如果音符已有附点,则会编辑为下一个更长的时值。例如,八分音符会变成附点八分音符,附点四分音符会变成二分音符。您也可以使用W直接将时值加倍,从而将八分音符直接变成四分音符,或将附点八分音符变成附点四分音符。

                                    命令Shift+Q和Q执行相反的操作,以相同方式减少或减半时值。

                                    所有这些命令仅适用于单个选定的音符。

                                    将范围选择内的所有音符时值加倍或减半

                                    如果您输入了一个包含八分音符和十六分音符的段落,但希望将所有音符和休止符的时值加倍,从而使段落的时值本身加倍,请参阅粘贴时值减半/加倍命令部分。

                                    在正常模式下编辑音高

                                    在音符输入模式下用于编辑音高的命令在正常模式下也同样适用,包括单个、列表和范围选择。这些命令是:

                                    • ↑ - 将音高上移半音(该操作会尽可能使用升号作为变音符号)
                                    • ↓ - 将音高下移半音(该操作会尽可能使用降号作为变音符号)
                                    • Alt+Shift+↑ - 将音高按音阶上移一步
                                    • Alt+Shift+↓ - 将音高按音阶下移一步
                                    • Ctrl+↑(Mac: Cmd+↑) - 将音高上移一个八度
                                    • Ctrl+↓(Mac: Cmd+降) - 将音高下移一个八度

                                    此外,在正常模式下,您也可以使用音符输入工具栏上的临时记号按钮或相应的快捷键为任何选定的音符切换(添加或移除)临时记号,从而(可能)改变其音高。临时记号面板也可用于为选定音符添加临时记号。

                                    在正常模式下删除音符和休止符

                                    要用休止符替换音符,直接按Del键。

                                    如果选择了多个音符作为列表,按Del键会分别将它们替换为休止符。

                                    如果选择了一个范围,按Del键之后,软件会尝试将整个段落替换为若干个总时值相同的休止符。

                                    通常情况下,您无法删除一个休止符,因为删除它们会使小节的拍数少于应有的拍数。然而,您也可以参考下文的移除选定范围命令部分,了解在需要时如何删除休止符。此外,2至4声部中的休止符可以在保持小节总时长不变的情况下随意地被删除。

                                    彻底移除选定范围

                                    完全移除某些音符或休止符会导致小节数量的减少或小节内拍数的减少。要彻底移除选定的音符或休止符,您可以使用工具→移除选定范围或快捷键Ctrl+Del(Mac: Cmd+Del)。

                                    在正常模式下添加连音线

                                    您可以在正常模式下添加连音线,但与在音符输入模式下自动添加音符创建的连音线不同,正常模式下的连音线要求前后两个音符已经存在。

                                    在正常模式下添加连音线的方法:

                                    1. 选择要与下一个相同音高的音符连音的音符
                                    2. 点击连音按钮或使用快捷键T

                                    这种方法也适用于下一个相同音高的音符在不同声部的情况。

                                    如果选择了多个音符,MuseScore会在每个选定音符处开始一个连音线。您可以用这种方法一次性为整个和弦中的所有音符添加连音线。

                                    这个方法还允许您使用连音线连接不相邻的音符,例如在钢琴上的延音琶音。

                                    在正常模式下编辑声部

                                    在条件允许的情况下,输入到一个声部的音符可以被移到另一个声部,或者可以交换两个声部的内容。

                                    将选定音符移到另一声部

                                    要将一个或多个选定音符移到另一声部,按工具栏上的声部按钮或使用快捷键Ctrl+Alt+1–4(Mac: Cmd+Option+1–4)。音符将在不影响目标声部当前内容的情况下尽可能地移动。

                                    如果目标声部在该时间位置为休止符或没有任何内容,音符就会移到新声部。

                                    如果目标声部在该时间位置已经有一个或多个相同时值的音符或和弦,音符会与现有音符或和弦合并。

                                    交换两个声部的内容

                                    MuseScore还可以交换任何两声部的内容。这些命令仅适用于完整的小节(或多个小节),不适用于单个音符。

                                    要交换任意两声部的内容,使用工具→声部中的相应命令:

                                    • 交换声部1-2
                                    • 交换声部1-3
                                    • 交换声部1-4
                                    • 交换声部2-3
                                    • 交换声部2-4
                                    • 交换声部3-4

                                    另请参阅

                                    输入音符和休止符

                                    复制与粘贴

                                      剪切、复制和粘贴命令可用于复制整段音乐,将音乐提前或延后,复制文本或其他标记到不同的谱表之间,交换不同小节中的内容等等。

                                      概述

                                      首先,您必须选择你想要剪切或复制的内容。

                                      如同其他支持剪切、复制和粘贴的程序一样,你可以从编辑菜单、右键菜单(如Ctrl+单击或双指点击)或通过标准键盘快捷键访问这些命令。

                                      命令 快捷键(Windows) 快捷键(Mac) 右键菜单 主菜单
                                      剪切 Ctrl+X Cmd+X 剪切 编辑→剪切
                                      复制 Ctrl+C Cmd+C 复制 编辑→拷贝
                                      粘贴 Ctrl+V Cmd+V 粘贴 编辑→粘贴
                                      与剪贴板交换 Ctrl+Shift+X Cmd+Shift+X 与剪贴板交换 编辑→与剪贴板交换
                                      粘贴(时值减半) Ctrl+Shift+Q Cmd+Shift+Q 无 编辑→半时值粘贴
                                      粘贴(时值加倍) Ctrl+Shift+W Cmd+Shift+W 无 编辑→倍时值粘贴

                                      注意: 使用右键菜单时,请务必右键点击选中的项目;如果错误地右键点击空白区域,选中的区域会丢失!

                                      复制范围选择

                                      如选择元素章节所述,在范围选择中,MuseScore会自动选择给定起始和结束时间位置之间的一组谱表中的有用元素。这些元素包括所有的音符、休止符、MuseScore文本(如力度符号)、MuseScore线条(如延音线)等。系统元素(如速度、拍号、反复记号、版面控制符)不包含在自动选择中,因此不会被复制。

                                      粘贴时,复制的元素将会替换所有原有内容,但是原始小节的节奏结构和系统元素除外。

                                      1. 创建一个范围选择。
                                      2. (可选)使用选择过滤器排除其他类型的元素。
                                      3. 从菜单中使用复制命令或按Ctrl+C(Mac: Cmd+C)。
                                      4. 选择目标位置的第一个音符或休止符。
                                      5. 从菜单中使用粘贴命令或按Ctrl+V(Mac: Cmd+V)。

                                        复制一段音符复制一段音符

                                      复制单个元素或列表选择

                                      MuseScore也允许复制单个元素或列表选择的多个歌词、和弦符号、力度、表情记号或其他标记到另一个位置,同时保持目标位置的内容(如音符)不变。但是,您无法复制多个音符的列表选择。

                                      复制和弦符号和力度等文本时,MuseScore会尽可能根据实际音符时值的距离保持标记的相对时间位置,但是小节内部的节奏不会被考虑。粘贴歌词或表情记号时,您必须指定一个有效的音符或休止符作为锚点。

                                      1. 选择单个元素(除小节外),或创建一个列表选择,详见选择元素章节。
                                      2. 从菜单中使用复制命令或按Ctrl+C(Mac: Cmd+C)。
                                      3. 选择目标位置的第一个音符或休止符。
                                      4. 从菜单中使用粘贴命令或按Ctrl+V(Mac: Cmd+V)。

                                      移动元素

                                      剪切和粘贴命令可以用于:

                                      • 将一个段落移动到另一谱表,例如将长笛的音乐移到单簧管,或
                                      • 将一个段落提前或延后。此方法尤其适用于插入或删除一个音符或休止符并同时移动现有音符和休止符以创建或消除空白。

                                      小节(及其节奏结构)无法移动,但请参见添加和删除小节章节。移动列表选择时,其元素的相对位置会尽可能保留,详见复制列表选择部分。

                                      移动选择内容:

                                      1. 选择你想移动的内容。
                                      2. 从菜单中使用剪切命令或按Ctrl+X(Mac: Cmd+X)。
                                      3. 选择目标位置的第一个音符或休止符。
                                      4. 从菜单中使用粘贴命令或按Ctrl+V(Mac: Cmd+V)。

                                      与剪贴板交换选择

                                      与剪贴板交换命令将两个操作合并为一个:(1)首先用剪贴板内容覆盖选定的乐谱部分,就像粘贴命令一样;(2)然后将被覆盖的乐谱部分转移回剪贴板,就像复制命令一样。

                                      例如,可以用它来交换乐谱中的两个等长段落A和B:

                                      1. 选择段落A。
                                      2. 应用剪切命令。
                                      3. 选择段落B。
                                      4. 应用与剪贴板交换命令,将A粘贴到B的位置,同时将B的内容移动到剪贴板。
                                      5. 再次选择段落A(或只选择第一个音符、休止符或小节)。
                                      6. 应用粘贴命令。

                                      像这里讨论的其他命令一样,你可以从菜单或通过键盘快捷键访问与剪贴板交换命令,此快捷键为Ctrl+Shift+X(Mac: Cmd+Shift+X)。

                                      重复选择

                                      复制和粘贴的常见用途是将给定段落(包括音符、和弦等)在原位置后重复一遍。使用特殊的重复选择命令可以简化此过程。

                                      1. 选择乐谱上的单个元素,或创建一个范围选择,详见选择元素章节。
                                      2. 按R。

                                      此命令不适用于列表选择。它仅适用于单个或范围选择的和弦,且只有该和弦的一个音符被选择时。详见选择元素章节。在音符输入模式下,此命令会重复包含当前音符的整个和弦。这对创建一系列重复的和弦很有用。

                                      复制范围选择到多个谱表

                                      如果你想将一段音乐复制到多个谱表——例如,将长笛的音乐复制给双簧管和单簧管——可以使用分解命令:

                                      1. 选择你要复制的段落。
                                      2. 扩展选择范围以包含下面的谱表(例如,按Shift+↓)。
                                      3. 使用工具→分解。

                                      这会复制原选择内容,假设它仅包含单音符——没有和弦和多声部。如果有和弦或多声部,则这些会分配到其余的谱表,详见分解命令部分。

                                      减半/加倍时值粘贴

                                      如果你输入了一段主要使用八分音符的音乐,但希望将其整个变为主要使用十六分音符,或变为四分音符,MuseScore提供了一对特殊命令来完成此操作。你可以修改选择范围的时值,或者创建一个具有修改时值的段落副本。要将段落时值减半或加倍:

                                      1. 选择要修改的范围。
                                      2. 使用复制命令。
                                      3. 如果你希望创建一个具有修改时值的段落副本,选择目标位置。
                                      4. 使用粘贴半时值或粘贴双时值命令Ctrl+Shift+Q/W(Cmd+Shift+Q/W)。

                                      复制单个元素

                                      单个元素——即使在范围选择中未自动选中的元素,如拍号或反复记号——可以选择后用鼠标复制。

                                      1. 按住Ctrl+Shift(Mac: Cmd+Shift),单击并按住一个元素。
                                      2. 将其拖动到乐谱的任意位置。
                                      3. 当你释放鼠标按钮时,选定元素会复制到新位置。

                                        复制一个延音线

                                      参见

                                      • 选择元素
                                      • 合并和分解

                                      使用符号面板

                                        概述

                                        您可以使用 符号面板 将音乐符号和文本添加到乐谱中。MuseScore 提供了一个预设的符号面板分类,包含 调号 和 奏法记号 等。默认情况下,符号面板会显示基本的符号,但如果需要,也可以显示更高级或专业的符号。

                                        您可以在符号面板中的任意位置添加、删除、编辑或重新排列元素,还可以创建和自定义自己的符号面板。

                                        本章节将向您展示如何显示符号面板、搜索元素以及如何将符号面板中的符号添加到乐谱中。关于如何自定义符号面板,请参阅自定义符号面板。

                                        访问符号面板

                                        符号面板 通常显示在主窗口的左侧边栏。侧边栏顶部显示三个选项卡:符号面板、乐器 和 属性。如果侧边栏中当前显示的是其他选项卡,点击 符号面板 选项卡即可显示符号面板。

                                        符号面板

                                        您可以通过 视图→符号面板 菜单或使用键盘快捷键 F9 打开和关闭 符号面板。如果关闭了侧边栏中的所有面板,侧边栏本身也会关闭,以腾出更多的乐谱显示空间。

                                        与 MuseScore 中的大多数其他面板一样,符号面板 窗口也可以被 分离,作为一个独立的窗口使用。

                                        将元素添加到乐谱中

                                        要将元素添加到乐谱中,首先您需要在符号面板中打开相应的面板。您可以点击其标题或其左侧的箭头图标打开某面板。面板中的元素将被排列显示。

                                        添加符号面板中的元素(动图)

                                        通常情况下,要将元素添加到乐谱中,您可以先选择乐谱中被添加的目标元素,然后点击符号面板中的元素,或者您也可以将元素从符号面板拖动到目标元素上。有关通过键盘添加元素的信息,请参阅下面的搜索与导航部分。

                                        作用于单个乐谱元素的元素

                                        许多元素——例如,演奏法、力度标记和大多数其他文本——可以应用于单个音符、休止符或其他乐谱元素。如果您使用拖放方式添加这些元素,请确保将元素拖到特定的乐谱元素上,并且在目标元素被高亮显示以表示它可以接受该元素之前不要松手。

                                        然而,通常更有效的方法是先在乐谱中选中目标元素,然后再点击元素。如果您希望将同一个元素添加到多个乐谱元素上,这种方法尤其有效,因为它允许您一次性将一个元素添加到多个乐谱元素上。

                                        要将符号面板中的元素添加到一个或多个乐谱元素上,您需要:

                                        1. 选中被添加的目标元素(单个、列表或范围选择均可)。
                                        2. 点击符号面板中的元素。

                                        通常,符号面板中的元素会被添加到每个被选中的元素上。但是,当选择了一个范围时,添加表示文本的元素(例如力度标记和速度标记)时,元素将仅添加到范围内的第一个元素中。系统文本(例如速度标记)将被添加到整个谱表的最上方;其他文本将被添加到每个选定谱表的第一个选定元素上。

                                        作用于一个范围的元素

                                        渐强线、延音线、八度音线和踏板标记等元素需要应用于某个范围而不是单个音符或休止符。添加它们的过程类似:

                                        1. 选中您希望添加元素的范围。
                                        2. 点击符号面板中的元素。

                                        作用于一个小节的元素

                                        某些元素,如小节线、拍号、反复记号和布局设置需要应用于整个小节或一组小节,而不是特定的音符或休止符。将它们添加到乐谱中的过程与其他元素相同:

                                        1. 选中您希望添加元素的小节或小节范围。
                                        2. 点击符号面板中的元素。

                                        展开和折叠符号面板

                                        可以通过点击标题栏或标题左侧的图标以展开或折叠某个符号面板。此外,您还可以一次性展开或折叠所有符号面板,或者让 MuseScore 自动关闭符号面板。要使用这些功能,您需要点击符号面板窗口顶部的 ... 按钮以弹出符号面板菜单。

                                        符号面板选项

                                        • 单击以打开一个面板: 控制符号面板是否通过单击一次或双击打开。
                                        • 每次只展开一个面板: 如果选中此项,那么每次您打开一个符号面板时,任何已经打开的符号面板将自动关闭。
                                        • 收起所有符号面板: 立即关闭所有已打开的符号面板。
                                        • 展开所有符号面板: 立即打开所有符号面板。

                                        在符号面板中搜索与导航

                                        您也可以使用键盘而不是鼠标来搜索和导航符号面板。

                                        搜索

                                        要按名称搜索元素,请使用键盘快捷键 Ctrl+F9(Mac:Cmd+F9),或点击 符号面板 顶部的放大镜图标。

                                        搜索符号面板—步骤1

                                        这将显示一个搜索框。当您在框中输入字符时,MuseScore 将显示任何匹配的元素。

                                        搜索符号面板—步骤2

                                        要关闭搜索框,请点击“X”图标。

                                        导航

                                        符号面板完全可以通过键盘访问。前面描述的搜索功能是您可以用来开始此过程的一种方法,但您也可以使用 Shift+F6 将光标移动到侧边栏,从而将光标对准 符号面板。

                                        一旦光标在符号面板上,您可以使用↑ 和 ↓ 键在各个符号面板之间切换。您可以通过按 Enter 键来打开和关闭某特定的符号面板。要访问符号面板中的元素,请按 → 键访问符号面板,然后按 ↑ 和 ↓ 键在符号面板上的元素之间移动。按 Enter 键将以与点击相同的方式添加元素。

                                        访问更多元素

                                        某些符号面板还包含默认情况下未显示的其他元素。要访问这些元素,请点击符号面板右下角的 更多 按钮。

                                        符号面板—更多元素

                                        您可以通过简单的拖动将任何这些其他元素添加到符号面板中。有关更多信息,请参阅自定义中符号面板部分。

                                        添加更多符号面板

                                        默认情况下显示的符号面板是大多数用户经常需要的。但 MuseScore 提供了其他符号面板,您可能也会发现这些符号面板很有用。

                                        要访问这些额外的符号面板:

                                        • 点击 符号面板 顶部的 添加符号面板 按钮。

                                          添加符号面板

                                        这将显示您可以添加到 符号面板 的符号面板列表。要添加任意符号面板,请点击符号面板名称旁边的 + 按钮。

                                        更多符号面板

                                        添加的符号面板会显示在面板顶部。要重新排序它们,只需将它们拖动到所需位置。

                                        您还可以创建一个空白的自定义符号面板,稍后可以根据需要填充自己的元素。

                                        • 点击 创建自定义符号面板 按钮,请参阅自定义符号面板。

                                        符号总面板

                                        符号总面板 里包含 MuseScore 支持的所有音乐符号;您还可以使用它创建自定义调号和自定义拍号。

                                        要显示 符号总面板,请使用键盘快捷键 Shift+F9,或从菜单中选择 视图→符号总面板。

                                        master_palette.png

                                        符号总面板 窗口按类别划分,这些类别名称与 符号面板 中的默认符号面板(无论是显示还是隐藏)的名称相匹配;事实上,每个小符号面板的内容都取自符号总面板中对应的部分。唯一的例外是 符号总面板 中的符号类别,其中包含 符号面板 中从未出现的元素。

                                        您可以像从符号面板一样从 符号总面板 向乐谱中添加元素;然而,除非你要从 符号 部分添加非常不常见的元素外,通常最好从 符号面板 中进行操作。

                                        符号总面板 窗口中除“符号”外的所有部分中的元素都是会改变乐谱的特性,它们对乐谱具有影响:例如,添加调号和拍号会改变乐谱本身调号和拍号的设置。而 符号 中的元素则不会,它们仅仅只是显示在乐谱上。

                                        另请参阅其他符号章节。

                                        另请参阅

                                        • 自定义符号面板 了解自定义符号面板。
                                        • 其他符号 了解符号总面板中的 符号。
                                        • 添加图像 了解如何将图像添加到乐谱中。

                                        属性面板

                                          您可以在属性面板中查找或修改选中对象或文本对象内选中字符的布局和播放属性。当没有选中任何内容时,它将显示乐谱的属性。如果您是从 MuseScore 3 升级而来,您可以把属性面板理解为检视器的升级版本,但它同时具有文本工具栏的功能,详见输入和编辑文本章节以及MuseScore 3手册的检视器和文本编辑章节。

                                          MuseScore 4 使用手册的编写风格也与 Musescore 3 手册不同,本章仅讨论面板本身和大部分对象共有的属性。关于其他元素的属性,请查找其最相关的章节。(对于编辑者:如果属性不是多个对象共有的,请随意将内容移动到最相关的章节)

                                          访问属性面板

                                          显示鼠标光标的属性面板图像

                                          1. 打开乐谱选项卡
                                          2. 按下键盘快捷键 F8;或者点击屏幕左侧的属性选项卡。

                                          乐谱的属性

                                          未选中任何内容时的属性面板图像

                                          乐谱属性保存在乐谱文件(*.mscz)中。不要与工作区混淆。

                                          当没有选中任何内容时,属性面板显示乐谱的属性。

                                          在显示副标题下,

                                          • 不可见元素:隐藏/显示乐谱中的不可见对象
                                          • 占位框:隐藏/显示乐谱中的占位框
                                          • 排版标记:隐藏/显示乐谱中的排版标记
                                          • 页边距:隐藏/显示乐谱中的页面内边框

                                          在乐谱外观副标题下,

                                          • 空白谱表:隐藏/显示总谱中不包含音符的谱表。此设置与样式对话框中的隐藏总谱中的空白谱表设置相对应。
                                          • 页面设定:打开页面设定对话框。与格式→页面设置相同。详见模板和样式。
                                          • 样式设定:打开样式对话框。与格式→样式相同。详见模板和样式。

                                          对象的属性

                                          当一个或多个对象被选中时,属性面板显示它们共有的布局和播放属性。按下任何对应的按钮将仅显示该对象类型的项目。

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                                          一些常见设置:

                                          选择元素时的属性面板图像

                                          • 可见:点击此框以隐藏/显示选定的元素,或使用快捷键V。使用此功能可隐藏某元素,使其不会出现在导出或打印的乐谱中。例如,如果您想在 MuseScore 中影响播放而应用速度标记或力度标记,但又不希望其出现在到处的乐谱中时,您需要使用此功能。
                                          • 自动排布:默认通常勾选此选项,勾选后,MuseScore 会根据垂直和水平碰撞避免算法来排布选定对象。取消勾选自动排布可以更好地自定义某些元素的位置。了解有关此功能的更多信息,请参阅定位元素。
                                          • 缩小化元素:此功能用于创建小的提示音符(通过暗示其他成员在同一时间演奏的内容来帮助演奏者的音符)。勾选该框会使选定的音符变小,包括其符干和任何连接的符杠。
                                          • 播放:勾选此选项可使选定元素播放。不勾选播放可使元素静音。

                                          播放选项卡

                                          显示播放选项卡的属性面板图像

                                          力度符号的播放功能正在积极开发中,可能会在不同软件版本中发生重大变化。此处提供的信息适用于MuseScore 4.2 beta(2023年11月)。在阅读时可能已过时,请帮助更新本章节。

                                          在播放按钮下,如果选定元素有播放属性,则会显示这些属性。

                                          • 力度:
                                            • 仅音符具有力度属性,其对播放的影响与 MuseScore 3 中的不同。
                                            • 此属性对使用 MuseSound 的乐器无效,详见混音器:声音和力度控制。
                                            • 有效范围为1到127。默认值为64,无论力度符号如何影响音符。输入0会自动转换为64。[请提供声音级别如何工作的数值细节,因为许多 MuseScore 3 升级而来的用户会发现此信息很有用]
                                            • 力度符号不再具有力度属性。力度符号和力度线不再仅通过操控MIDI力度值来改变音色/力度/响度。另请参见力度章节。
                                          • 调音:
                                            • 仅音符具有调音属性。MuseScore 3 中合成器的默认 440Hz 的基准音高调整功能已被移除,详见调音控制。要使用以赫兹/Hz为单位的调音值来更改以分为单位的调音属性,请参阅MuseScore 4 中的调音中的公式。
                                            • 它们影响使用 Soundfont 的乐器的音高[此要点正在进行中,请使用 VST 和MuseSounds 信息改进此要点]

                                          外观选项卡

                                          显示外观选项卡的属性面板图像

                                          • 前导空间:更改选定元素的前导空间(元素前的空间)大小。前导空间调整能应用于所有谱表,以便相同时刻的音符保持对齐。
                                          • 小节宽度:以原始宽度的比例更改小节的宽度:例如,1.5 = 默认宽度的1.5倍。
                                          • 最小间距:此功能仅改变自动放置碰撞避免算法,仅适用于默认情况下应用于谱表上方/下方的元素,例如谱表文本、力度、指法、线条等。它设置选定对象与更靠近谱表的其他元素或谱表本身之间的最小距离(以sp.为单位)。
                                          • 偏移:将元素偏移默认位置。水平/垂直偏移为您提供了一种比拖动或使用键盘箭头移动更精确地放置元素的方法。
                                          • 吸附于网格:此功能允许您将拖动操作影响的距离限制某增量的整数倍。首先需要勾选吸附于网格框,然后按下设置网格线并设置您想要的水平/垂直间距。根据需要通过勾选/取消勾选框来打开/关闭对齐网格。
                                          • 在排列副标题下,四个按钮控制如何绘制重叠的元素:
                                            • 下移一层将选定元素移到下一个元素的下面
                                            • 上移一层将选定元素移到下一个元素的上面
                                            • 置于顶层将选定元素移到所有其他元素的最上方。
                                            • 置于底层将选定元素移到所有其他元素的最下方,包括谱表线。
                                          • 颜色:点击此按钮更改选定元素的颜色。您可以选择预设颜色或自定义颜色,或通过点击+按钮创建自己的颜色。这会存储在右侧的自定义颜色列表中,以供将来使用。

                                          文本对象内的字符属性

                                          当文本对象被选中时(对象本身,而不是字符),属性面板显示文本对象的格式设置。编辑这些属性会更改对象,它会被应用于对象内的所有字符。

                                          当文本对象内的字符被选中时,属性面板显示字符的格式设置。编辑这些属性仅更改选定的字符。详见格式化文本章节。

                                          保存和恢复默认值

                                          详见主章节模板和样式。

                                          在属性旁边的省略号菜单按钮(三个点菜单按钮)下,有两个按钮:

                                          • 重置:删除特定属性,实际上,此按钮将属性重置为默认值。
                                          • 保存为此乐谱的默认样式:执行以下操作:
                                            • 将属性值分配给该对象当前使用的样式配置文件中的对应值,位于格式→样式下。详见模板和样式。
                                            • 然后清除该对象的特定属性值。
                                            • 最终,该对象不再具有特定的属性。乐谱中所有使用该样式配置的对象都会受到影响。

                                          直接调整元素

                                            本章节解释了在乐谱上微调元素精确位置的方法,以实现排版的目的。更常见的音乐编辑方法请参考输入和编辑文本和编辑音符和休止符章节。

                                            改变元素的位置

                                            要微调乐谱上元素的精确位置,可以通过以下方法实现:

                                            • 拖动元素,详见对齐到网格章节,或者
                                            • 选择乐谱上的元素,调整它们的偏移属性,参见属性面板章节,或者
                                            • 使用编辑模式。

                                              要进入编辑模式,可以通过以下方法:

                                              • 右键单击 → 编辑元素,或者
                                              • 选择乐谱上的一个元素,使用快捷键F2,或者
                                              • 选择乐谱上的一个元素,使用快捷键Alt+Shift+E(Mac: ⌥+Shift+E)

                                              然后,在编辑模式下,按键盘方向键← → ↑ ↓以0.5 sp为单位移动对象,或者

                                            • 直接编辑,此方法不适用于音符、休止符以及从符号总面板→符号中添加的元素(详见其他符号章节)。选择乐谱上的元素,按下键盘方向键← → ↑ ↓以小步进(0.1 sp)移动。结合Ctrl(Mac: ⌘),它们可以以大步进(1 sp)移动。

                                            关于单位sp的更多信息,请参阅页面布局概念章节。

                                            改变元素的形状

                                            要改变元素的形状,例如添加到乐谱上的圆滑线和延音线:

                                            1. 单击要调整的圆滑线或延音线
                                            2. 单击并拖动出现在元素周围的调整手柄(注意:下图中的红色字母仅供参考)
                                              调整形状

                                            注意:

                                            • 手柄B、C和D可以改变曲线在该点的形状
                                            • 手柄A和E可以调整元素的长度(也可以通过按下Shift+←/→一次移动一个和弦/休止符来实现)
                                            • 手柄F在不改变形状或长度的情况下移动整条线

                                            如果希望更改圆滑线或延音线连接的音符范围,建议使用上面描述的键盘快捷键(Shift+←/→)。这是更改圆滑线或延音线所包含的音符范围的最有效方法。

                                            处理线条

                                            另见主要章节其他线条。

                                            改变线条的范围

                                            要改变线条的起点和终点:

                                            1. 选择线条以显示其调整手柄
                                              调整线条
                                            2. 单击起点或终点的调整手柄
                                            3. 按下Shift+←/→一步一步地移动手柄(一步=一个音符/休止符或一个小节,具体取决于线条类型)。注意:调整时可以使用Tab在手柄之间切换焦点。
                                            4. 如有需要,可以使用键盘方向键←/→微调手柄的位置。注意,这不会影响线条的播放范围。

                                            与圆滑线或延音线一样,建议在使用方向键调整线条长度时使用Shift,以确保播放范围也相应调整。

                                            创建斜线

                                            虽然线条默认是水平的,但可以通过拖动起点或终点的调整手柄,或选择起点/终点手柄并使用上下方向键,将线条设置为任意角度。

                                            编辑线条对象中的文本

                                            要编辑线条对象中的文本(如“系统文本线”、“谱表文本线”和“横按线”,参见输入和编辑文本)的显示文本:

                                            1. 选择一个线条元素
                                            2. 打开属性面板
                                            3. 打开对应的文本选项卡
                                            4. 编辑以下字段:
                                              • 起始文本
                                              • 在新谱行处连续时的文本:当对象跨越多个行时显示的文本,详见页面布局概念章节。

                                            另见

                                            • 其他线条:线条属性
                                            • 元素的定位

                                            分谱

                                              Opening a part

                                              MuseScore 4 automatically creates a separate (default) part for every instrument in your score.

                                              To open all parts at once:

                                              1. Click Parts in the toolbar (This will open the Parts dialog)
                                              2. Click Open all

                                              To open an individual part:

                                              1. Click Parts in the toolbar
                                              2. Click a part to select it
                                              3. Click Open selected

                                              You can also select specific parts to open at once. Do this by holding Control (Mac: ⌘) while selecting the parts you’d like to open, then click Open selected. You can also select a range of contiguous parts by clicking the first and holding Shift while clicking the last.

                                              Opening parts (animated image)

                                              Closing a part

                                              Click the X close button in a part tab to close a part.

                                              Closing parts (animated image)

                                              Note that changes you make to a part will be saved with that part and retrievable the next time you open it from the Parts dialog.

                                              Creating custom parts

                                              The Parts dialog is tightly integrated with the Instruments panel. This integration makes it easy for you to create parts with any combination of instruments from your score.

                                              There are two ways to customize parts in MuseScore 4: using the default (i.e. ready-made) parts to reveal other instruments, and creating entirely new parts.

                                              Reveal instruments in default parts

                                              As we’ve already seen, MuseScore 4 automatically creates a new (default) part for every instrument in your score. All you have to do is open the part from the Parts dialog.

                                              In fact, each default part already contains all of the instruments in your score – they’re simply hidden from view (except, of course, the chosen part instrument).

                                              This means you can “reveal” other instruments within any of the default parts. To do this:

                                              1. Open a part (as described above)
                                              2. Select the Instruments panel
                                              3. Click the eye icon next to another instrument

                                              This instrument will now be visible in the chosen part.

                                              This makes creating custom parts an incredibly flexible process. Revealing or hiding other instruments is completely non-destructive, meaning you can customize every instrument in every part, and hide or show only what you want to reveal to different players (or for different musical projects) without having to create entirely new parts each time.

                                              Create a new part

                                              You can create a completely "blank" part from scratch, allowing you full control over which instruments it shows. To do this:

                                              1. Click Parts in the toolbar to open the Parts dialog
                                              2. Click Create new part
                                              3. Give your new part a name
                                              4. Click Open selected

                                              Your new part will now be open in the Score tab, but it will appear to contain no instruments. To add instruments to this part:

                                              1. Go to the Instruments panel
                                              2. Click the "eye" icon next to each instrument you’d like to appear in your part

                                              Choose which voices appear in each part

                                              Sometimes it will be necessary to create individual parts from staves that contain multiple voices. You might, for example, want to extract separate parts for orchestral players who share a staff in the main score (E.g. Flute I and Flute II). Or you might wish to create individual vocal parts from choral scores where, for example, four voices are notated across two staves.

                                              You'll need to first create (see above) or duplicate (see below) a part. To then select which voices will appear in a part:

                                              1. Open a part (see above)
                                              2. Go to the Instruments panel
                                              3. Expand an instrument by clicking on the triangular dropdown icon
                                              4. Click the settings icon next to the staff name
                                              5. Select which voice(s) you want to appear in your part by ticking/un-ticking the checkboxes under Voices visible in the score

                                              Showing and hiding voices in parts (animated image)

                                              Applying styles to parts

                                              Style settings for a wide range of engraving elements can be applied specifically to parts without affecting the main score.

                                              To change style settings for a specific part:

                                              1. Ensure a part has been opened and is currently selected in the Score tab
                                              2. Go to Format → Style...
                                              3. Make your desired style settings changes (applicable changes will be visible in the score in real time)
                                              4. Click OK to confirm your changes

                                              Changes you make in this dialog will affect only the part selected in the Score tab. If you want changes to affect all parts (but not the main score), select Apply to all parts before clicking OK.

                                              Learn more about saving and loading default style settings in Templates and styles.

                                              Managing synchronisation of score and parts

                                              (This section describes features that are new or considerably enhanced in MuseScore 4.2.)

                                              When you make changes to the content of the score - adding or deleting an item, or changing pitches and durations of notes, for example - these changes are always reflected in the parts, and vice versa.

                                              However, just as you can apply different styles to score and parts, you may want the properties (position, style/appearance) of certain items to differ between score and parts. Therefore:

                                              • When you change any property of an item in a part, that change will not be reflected in the score and the item will be marked as 'desynchronised' from the score, if it is not already;
                                              • When you change any property of an item in the score, that change will be reflected in the part, unless that item is already desynchronised.

                                              When an item in a part is desynchronised, its colour when selected changes to orange and, according on which properties have been changed, the toggles which appear in the Properties panel under Score and part synchronisation will switch off:

                                              Toggles for managing score and part synchronisation

                                              Position refers to offset, leading space, minimum distance, autoplace, direction (up/down, above/below), alignment, and a few other properties specific to certain types. Style/appearance is, essentially, all other properties.

                                              If you have made changes to an item in the part but wish to resynchronise that item with the score, you can turn these toggles back on to reset those properties to match the score.

                                              Text items have a third toggle, Text, which allows you to control synchronisation of the content and formatting of a text item. Unlike other properties, this must be manually switched off before you make changes to a text item in a part which you do not want to be reflected in the score.

                                              Excluding items from parts or score

                                              In some cases you may wish certain items to be in the score but not to appear in the parts at all, or to appear in a part but not in the score. This is not the same as simply making the item invisible, as invisible items sometimes affect the layout.

                                              This option is available for frames, clef changes, ottava lines, staff text and system text. In the case of clefs and ottavas, excluding these items from one view will cause the notes there to be repositioned accordingly.

                                              To exclude an item from parts:

                                              1. Select the item in the score
                                              2. Open Properties
                                              3. Under Score and part synchronisation, check Exclude from parts

                                              To exclude an item from the score:

                                              1. Select the item in the part
                                              2. Open Properties
                                              3. Under Score and part synchronisation, check Exclude from score

                                              Renaming, duplicating and deleting parts

                                              This all takes place in the Parts dialog (accessible from the Parts button in the toolbar).

                                              Context menu for parts image

                                              Simply click the "three dots" menu icon next to a selected part to reveal its options. Note that only newly created parts (created by clicking the Create new part button) can be deleted. All parts can be duplicated or renamed.

                                              To duplicate any part:

                                              1. Select a part in the Parts dialog
                                              2. Click the "three dots" menu icon for the selected part
                                              3. Select Duplicate from the context menu that appears
                                              4. Enter a new name for the part (or leave the default name as is)
                                              5. Hit Enter, or click anywhere in the Parts dialog

                                              To rename any part:

                                              1. Select a part in the Parts dialog
                                              2. Click the "three dots" menu icon for the selected part
                                              3. Select Rename from the context menu that appears
                                              4. Type your new part name
                                              5. Hit Enter to confirm the new name

                                              Note you can also double click on any part in the Parts dialog to rename it.

                                              To delete a newly created part:

                                              1. Select a newly created part in the Parts dialog
                                              2. Click the "three dots" menu icon for the selected part
                                              3. Select Delete from the context menu that appears

                                              When a part is deleted, its tab in the Score tab (if already opened) will be closed. Any customizations made to that part will also be lost. The part will also no longer appear in the Parts dialog.

                                              Exporting and printing parts

                                              To export parts:

                                              1. Click File → Export... (alternatively, select the Publish tab and click Export...)
                                              2. Check the box next to the part(s) you want to export, or click Select all to choose all parts at once
                                              3. Select whether to export all parts combined in one file, or leave the default export setting as each part to a separate file
                                              4. Click Export...
                                              5. Select your destination file and name your score in your operating system's Export dialog
                                              6. Click Save

                                              Parts will be exported in the PDF format by default. To change the export format, select your preferred format from the dropdown menu in Export settings. You can export your parts in a range of image and audio formats, as well as the braille format for compatible printers. For more information, see File Export.

                                              To print parts:

                                              1. Ensure the part you wish to print is selected in the Score tab
                                              2. Click File → Print
                                              3. Use your operating system's print dialog to print the selected part

                                              Note that parts can currently only be printed one at a time.

                                              Default keyboard shortcuts

                                                On macOS, make the following substitutions:

                                                • Replace Ctrl with Cmd (or ⌘)
                                                • Replace Alt with Option (or ⌥)
                                                • Replace Home with Fn+Left
                                                • Replace End with Fn+Right
                                                • Replace PgUp with Fn+Up
                                                • Replace PgDn with Fn+Down
                                                • Add Fn with function keys

                                                Navigation

                                                Page navigation

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Zoom in Ctrl+= Cmd+=
                                                Zoom out Ctrl+- Cmd+-
                                                Zoom to 100% Ctrl+0 Cmd+0
                                                Go to first element in score Ctrl+Home Cmd+Fn+Left
                                                Go to last element in score Ctrl+End Cmd+Fn+Right
                                                Jump to next screen PgDn Fn+Down
                                                Jump to previous screen PgUp Fn+Up
                                                Jump to top of first page Home Fn+Left
                                                Jump to bottom of last page End Fn+Right
                                                Jump to next page Ctrl+PgDn Cmd+Fn+Down
                                                Jump to previous page Ctrl+PgUp Cmd+Fn+Up
                                                Find / Go to Ctrl+F Cmd+F

                                                Score navigation

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Select next chord Right Right
                                                Select previous chord Left Left
                                                Go to next measure Ctrl+Right Cmd+Right
                                                Go to previous measure Ctrl+Left Cmd+Left
                                                Select next element in score Alt+Right Option+Right
                                                Select previous element in score Alt+Left Option+Left
                                                Select note/rest above Alt+Up Option+Up
                                                Select note/rest below Alt+Down Option+Down

                                                Note input

                                                General

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Note input: toggle note input mode N N
                                                Show/hide piano keyboard P P
                                                Use voice 1 Ctrl+Alt+1 Cmd+Option+1
                                                Use voice 2 Ctrl+Alt+2 Cmd+Option+2

                                                Duration

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Set duration 1 – 9 1 – 9
                                                Set duration: 32nd note 2 2
                                                Set duration: 16th note 3 3
                                                Set duration: 8th note 4 4
                                                Set duration: quarter note 5 5
                                                Set duration: half note 6 6
                                                Set duration: whole note 7 7
                                                Toggle duration dot . .
                                                Enter tuplet Ctrl+2 – Ctrl+9 Cmd+2 – Cmd+9
                                                Enter tuplet: duplet Ctrl+2 Cmd+2
                                                Enter tuplet: triplet Ctrl+3 Cmd+3
                                                Enter tuplet: quadruplet Ctrl+4 Cmd+4
                                                Add tied note T T
                                                Halve selected duration (includes dotted values) Shift+Q Shift+Q
                                                Double select duration (includes dotted values) Shift+W Shift+W

                                                Pitch

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Enter note A – G A – G
                                                Add note to chord Shift+A – Shift+G Shift+A – Shift+G
                                                Enter interval Alt+1 – Alt+9 Option+1 – Option+9
                                                Toggle accidental: flat - -
                                                Toggle accidental: natural = =
                                                Toggle accidental: sharp + +
                                                Enter rest 0 0
                                                Add grace note: acciaccatura / /

                                                Tablature

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Set duration (TAB) Shift+0 – Shift+9 Shift+0 – Shift+9
                                                Set duration: 32nd note (TAB) Shift+2 Shift+2
                                                Set duration: 16th note (TAB) Shift+3 Shift+3
                                                Set duration: 8th note (TAB) Shift+4 Shift+4
                                                Set duration: quarter note (TAB) Shift+5 Shift+5
                                                Set duration: half note (TAB) Shift+6 Shift+6
                                                Set duration: whole note (TAB) Shift+7 Shift+7
                                                Enter TAB: fret 0 – 9 0 – 9
                                                Enter TAB: fret A – K A – K
                                                Go to string above (TAB) Up Up
                                                Go to string below (TAB) Down Down
                                                Toggle ghost note Shift+X Shift+X

                                                Selecting

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Select all Ctrl+A Cmd+A
                                                Add to selection: previous note/rest Shift+Left Shift+Left
                                                Add to selection: next note/rest Shift+Right Shift+Right
                                                Add to selection: staff above Shift+Up Shift+Up
                                                Add to selection: staff below Shift+Down Shift+Down
                                                Select to beginning of measure Ctrl+Shift+Left Cmd+Shift+Left
                                                Select to end of measure Ctrl+Shift+Right Cmd+Shift+Right
                                                Select to beginning of score Ctrl+Shift+Home Cmd+Shift+Fn+Left
                                                Select to end of score Ctrl+Shift+End Cmd+Shift+Fn+Right

                                                Editing

                                                General

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Escape Esc Esc
                                                Undo Ctrl+Z Cmd+Z
                                                Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z Cmd+Shift+Z
                                                Copy Ctrl+C Cmd+C
                                                Cut Ctrl+X Cmd+X
                                                Paste Ctrl+V Cmd+V
                                                Repeat selection R R
                                                Insert one measure before selection Ins Ins
                                                Insert measures before selection Ctrl+Ins Cmd+Ins
                                                Insert one measure at end of score Ctrl+B Cmd+B
                                                Insert measures at end of score Alt+Shift+B Option+Shift+B
                                                Delete Del Del
                                                Delete selected measures Ctrl+Del Cmd+Del
                                                Show/hide properties F8 Fn+F8
                                                Edit element F2 Fn+F2

                                                Duration

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Set duration 1 – 9 1 – 9
                                                Enter tuplet Ctrl+2 – Ctrl+9 Cmd+2 – Cmd+9
                                                Add tied note T T

                                                Pitch

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Toggle accidental: flat - -
                                                Toggle accidental: natural = =
                                                Toggle accidental: sharp + +
                                                Move pitch/selection up Up Up
                                                Move pitch/selection down Down Down
                                                Move pitch up an octave Ctrl+Up Cmd+Up
                                                Move pitch down an octave Ctrl+Down Cmd+Down
                                                Change enharmonic spelling (concert and written pitch) J J
                                                Move note to higher string (TAB) Ctrl+Up Cmd+Up
                                                Move note to lower string (TAB) Ctrl+Down Cmd+Down

                                                Notation

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Flip direction X X
                                                Use voice 1 Ctrl+Alt+1 Cmd+Option+1
                                                Use voice 2 Ctrl+Alt+2 Cmd+Option+2

                                                Manual adjustment

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Move text left Left Left
                                                Move text right Right Right
                                                Move text left quickly Ctrl+Left Cmd+Left
                                                Move text right quickly Ctrl+Right Cmd+Right
                                                Move selection up Up Up
                                                Move selection down Down Down
                                                Move selection up quickly Ctrl+Up Cmd+Up
                                                Move selection down quickly Ctrl+Down Cmd+Down

                                                Text

                                                General

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Add text: staff text Ctrl+T Cmd+T
                                                Add text: expression text Ctrl+E Cmd+E
                                                Add text: system text Ctrl+Shift+T Cmd+Shift+T
                                                Add text: tempo marking Alt+Shift+T Option+Shift+T
                                                Add text: rehearsal mark Ctrl+M Cmd+M

                                                Formatting

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Format text: bold face Ctrl+B Cmd+B
                                                Format text: italic Ctrl+I Cmd+I
                                                Format text: underline Ctrl+U Cmd+U

                                                Lyrics

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Add text: lyrics Ctrl+L Cmd+L
                                                Go to next syllable Space Space
                                                Go to previous syllable Shift+Space Shift+Space
                                                Lyrics: enter hyphen - -
                                                Lyrics: enter melisma _ _
                                                Add lyric verse Return Return
                                                Go to next lyric verse Down Down
                                                Go to previous lyric verse Up Up

                                                Chord symbols, Roman numeral analysis, Nashville numbers, figured bass

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Add text: chord symbol Ctrl+K Cmd+K
                                                Next text element Space Space
                                                Previous text element Shift+Space Shift+Space
                                                Advance cursor: next beat ; ;
                                                Advance cursor: previous beat Shift+; Shift+;
                                                Advance cursor: duration Ctrl+1 – Ctrl+9 Cmd+1 – Cmd+9

                                                Other score elements

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Show/hide palettes F9 Fn+F9
                                                Search palettes Ctrl+F9 Cmd+Fn+F9
                                                Add slur S S
                                                Add articulation: accent Shift+V Shift+V
                                                Add articulation: marcato Shift+O Shift+O
                                                Add articulation: staccato Shift+S Shift+S
                                                Add articulation: tenuto Shift+N Shift+N
                                                Add hairpin: crescendo < <
                                                Add hairpin: decrescendo > >

                                                Score setup and formatting

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Add/remove instruments I I
                                                Open instruments dialog F7 Fn+F7
                                                Toggle visibility of elements V V
                                                Decrease layout stretch { {
                                                Increase layout stretch } }
                                                Add/remove system break Return Return
                                                Add/remove page break Ctrl+Return Cmd+Return
                                                Reset shapes and positions Ctrl+R Cmd+R

                                                File Operations

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                New Ctrl+N Cmd+N
                                                Open Ctrl+O Cmd+O
                                                Close Ctrl+W Cmd+W
                                                Save Ctrl+S Cmd+S
                                                Print Ctrl+P Cmd+P
                                                Quit Ctrl+Q Cmd+Q

                                                User interface

                                                Playback

                                                Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                Play Space Space
                                                Show/hide mixer F10 Fn+F10

                                                记谱:乐器、谱表与总谱

                                                  设置乐器

                                                    概览

                                                    乐器 面板是 MuseScore 4 中一个新特性。它允许您控制您的乐器和某些基础的声部属性而无需离开乐谱视图。此面板中将会展示您的乐谱中的所有乐器。

                                                    访问此面板

                                                    点击屏幕左侧的乐器选项卡,以打开乐器面板:

                                                    instruments-panel-opening.png

                                                    添加乐器

                                                    点击 添加。这将打开乐器对话框(详见 创建乐谱)。

                                                    删除乐器

                                                    选择任一乐器并点击垃圾桶图标以从乐谱中删除乐器。

                                                    更改乐器的顺序

                                                    选择任何乐器并使用 ↑ 或 ↓ 按钮来更改其在乐谱中的位置。或者,您也可以用鼠标将乐器向上/向下拖动。

                                                    “使用乐器面板添加、重新排序和删除乐器(动画图片)”

                                                    乐器设置

                                                    隐藏/显示乐器

                                                    通过点击乐器标签旁边的眼睛图标能够开关整个乐器谱表的可见性。

                                                    instrument-settings.png

                                                    被隐藏的乐器不会被删除——它们只是简单地藏起来了。这意味着它们不会被打印,但是您仍然能够为它们建立和输出声部。

                                                    您如果有(譬如,对于不同的表演者或者乐器配置),想要切换的替代乐器或者某一声部的替代版本,则可能会用到此特性。您可能还喜欢隔离某一较大乐谱的不同片段(比如说,对于管弦乐队)而不真正删除任何东西或者生产任何新的项目文件。

                                                    重命名乐器

                                                    点击齿轮图标以暴露用来重命名您的乐器的设置。将任何这些编辑区域留下空将会确保没有标签出现在乐谱上抑或该乐器的声部.

                                                    “显示乐器设置图像”

                                                    替换乐器

                                                    要替换乐器面板中的乐器:

                                                    1. 点击齿轮图标
                                                    2. 在弹窗中,点击 替换乐器
                                                    3. 在弹出的对话框中选择亟需替换的乐器
                                                    4. 点击确定

                                                    添加和配置谱表

                                                    乐器面板还能够用来添加谱表至某一现存的乐器并且配置其某些基本属性。

                                                    要为现有乐器添加谱表

                                                    1. 如果在乐器标签下看不到谱表,点击标签左侧的黑色小三角以显示谱表
                                                    2. 点击 添加谱表
                                                    3. 点击新添加的谱表的齿轮图标,并根据需要调整 “谱表类型”。有关五线谱类型的更多信息,请参阅 谱表/分谱属性 章节中的 五线谱类型模板。

                                                    添加的谱表共享同一乐器,但其记谱可以独立编辑。除其他外,它们可用于为弦乐器演奏者(如吉他、班卓琴、尤克里里琴等)创建五线谱/谱表。

                                                    在现有乐器上添加一个链接五线谱

                                                    如果一个谱表上的某些记谱客体被链接在一起,它们就会自动出现在其他谱表上。链接谱表可用于为弦乐器演奏者(吉他、班卓琴、尤克里里琴等)创建谱表。

                                                    要创建链接五线谱:

                                                    1. 如果乐器标签下看不到谱表,请单击标签旁边的“显示更多”三角形图标
                                                    2. 点击五线谱标签旁的齿轮图标(如“高音谱号”)
                                                    3. 单击创建链接五线谱
                                                    4. 单击新添加的五线谱的齿轮图标,然后单击 “创建链接五线谱**”。

                                                    “创建链接的谱表(动画图片)”

                                                    配置谱表

                                                    每一谱表包含某些可独立配置的属性。通过点击某一谱表(譬如“高音谱表”)标签旁边的齿轮图标,您能够:

                                                    • 变更其谱表类型(包括其谱号和谱表数目)
                                                    • 减少the 该谱表的尺寸(小谱表)
                                                    • 隐藏任何不包含记谱的小节

                                                    谱表自定义详见 Staff/part properties。

                                                    仅在需要处显示线谱

                                                      默认地,某一乐谱会将所有线谱的所有小节显示在贯穿该乐谱的所有页面上,不论它们包含音符与否。然而,您或许希望使得某些线谱仅仅出现在需要它们的谱行组上。您或许甚至希望来使得某一谱表出现或者消失于谱行组中途。MuseScore 为此提供许多控制;本章解释它们。

                                                      欲在某一乐谱上处处隐藏某些乐器,使用选择乐器的对话框(快捷键 i)、左侧的乐器面板(MuseScore 4 中的新特性),或者顶部分谱工具栏按钮。

                                                      隐藏沿着一个谱行组的空谱表(该谱表沿着那一谱行组的所有小节)

                                                      省略空线谱是见于印刷合奏乐谱的惯例。当沿着一个谱行组(页面布局概念)的某一谱表无记谱之时,隐藏该谱表(沿着那一谱行组的所有小节)。

                                                      Hiding empty staves

                                                      隐藏所有空线谱

                                                      欲将当前乐谱配置为将其谱行组上某一谱表为空处的任何线谱自动隐藏:

                                                      1. 确保您的乐谱中无物被选中(如有必要,按下 Esc)。
                                                      2. 前往属性面板。
                                                      3. 点击空白谱表旁边的图标。

                                                      Empty staves setting in Properties panel

                                                      或者,您可以在格式→ 样式→ 乐谱中启用隐藏谱行组中的空白谱表选项。

                                                      Hide empty staves style settings

                                                      按照惯例,MuseScore 正常将会继续将所有线谱显示于第一谱行组上。如果您还想要强迫 MuseScore 隐藏第一谱行组上空白线谱,禁用该对话框中的选项“不隐藏第一谱行组的空谱表”。如果——譬如——某一乐章中仅仅演奏某一单一乐器,您还可以通过选项“显示延伸到单个谱表的连谱号”来控制是否显示连谱号。

                                                      从被隐藏者中排除特定线谱

                                                      上文解释的乐谱范围的设置影响乐谱上的所有谱表。还有一个每一(包含一个谱号的)谱表成员的单独设置覆写该谱表范围设置:

                                                      1. 右键点击某一谱表。
                                                      2. 点击谱表/分谱属性。
                                                      3. 在该所得对话框中,设置选项“空时隐藏”

                                                      在启用 乐谱范围的设置“隐藏谱行组中的空白谱表”选项的某一乐谱中,

                                                      • 欲指定一个谱表 不在空时隐藏,将其选项“空时隐藏”设至从不。
                                                      • 该默认隐藏行为单独对待每一谱表成员。对于使用两个或者更多线谱的乐器(像钢琴、管风琴,和竖琴),您或许希望来指定,某一谱表即使为空亦显示。譬如,在某一钢琴协奏曲乐谱中仅仅该钢琴高音谱表具有音符的钢琴独奏乐章中,低音谱表普遍即使为空亦显示。为此,将每一线谱的选项“空时隐藏”设至乐器。对于上述示例,设置低音谱表的选项。
                                                      • 欲移除单独谱表设置并且换回使用乐谱范围的设置,将其选项“空时隐藏”设至自动。

                                                      暂时线谱

                                                      上文解释的乐谱范围的设置影响乐谱上的所有谱表。还有一个每一(包含一个谱号的)谱表成员的单独设置覆写该谱表范围设置:

                                                      1. 右键点击某一谱表。
                                                      2. 点击谱表/分谱属性。
                                                      3. 在该所得对话框中,设置选项“空时隐藏”。

                                                      尽管如此,在所有谱表处处显示(停用 谱表范围的设置选项“隐藏谱行组中的空白谱表”)的某一乐谱中,或许有一个或者两个特殊线谱您希望仅在需要时显示。譬如,这可能是合奏乐谱中的独奏分谱或者旋律乐谱中的男低音谱表。欲将一个谱表设至空时隐藏而不分配某一乐谱范围的谱表隐藏设置,将其选项“空时隐藏”设为总是。

                                                      选择当某一谱行组中所有谱表为空时要显示的谱表

                                                      在包含所有可见乐器的所有谱表为空的谱行组的乐谱中,默认显示顶部谱表。欲指定要显示的谱表:

                                                      1. 右键点击某一谱表。
                                                      2. 点击谱表/分谱属性。
                                                      3. 在所得对话框中,启用选项“不隐藏空白谱行组”。

                                                      当使用MuseScoree 分谱功能时,此设置或许有用。此设置无关乎本章中涵盖的所有其他谱表隐藏设置。

                                                      隐藏空白小节

                                                      提示线谱

                                                      电影乐谱和其他现代乐谱经常使用一种空时隐藏单独小节的记谱样式。这些有时被称为提示乐谱。

                                                      Cutaway staff

                                                      欲将此样式用于 MuseScore 中一个谱表上:

                                                      1. 右键点击某一谱表。
                                                      2. 选中谱表/分谱属性。
                                                      3. 在所得对话框在,将空时隐藏设至总是。
                                                      4. 启用选项“提示曲谱”。

                                                      该提示曲谱选项不独自变更垂直版式;在所有谱行组中保留该谱表的垂直间距,正如它不可见那样。

                                                      如果您希望在提示乐谱样式中显示所有线谱,您可以用上文解释的乐谱范围的设置替换步骤 3。然而,您仍然需要单独设置每一谱表成员的提示曲谱选项。您可以通过使用谱表/分谱属性对话框中的箭头按钮加快此过程:

                                                      1. 设置顶部谱表的提示曲谱选项。
                                                      2. 按下应用按钮。
                                                      3. 按下↓按钮来移动至下一谱表。
                                                      4. 重复步骤 1-3 直到您遍历所有线谱。

                                                      可选段落

                                                      可选段落是提示曲谱的一种特殊类型;其中某一给定乐章在正常谱表上方使用小谱表记谱——例如来显示一个替代演绎。

                                                      Ossia

                                                      这些可以在 MuseScore 中使用功能组合来创建:

                                                      1. 按照《添加和配置线谱》中所述添加一个谱表。
                                                      2. 选中并且删除或者调整任何自动添加的连谱号。
                                                      3. 进入所需记谱。
                                                      4. 右键点击该谱表。
                                                      5. 选中谱表/分谱属性。
                                                      6. 在所得对话框中,将空时隐藏设至总是。
                                                      7. 启用选项“提示曲谱”和“小键”。
                                                      8. 按下“好”。

                                                      如果您希望听到可选段落而非正常谱表的回放,选中该正常谱表上的对应小节并在属性面板上取消勾选播放设置。如果您只想听到该正常谱表的回放,为该可选谱表做同样设置。

                                                      取决于您需要的外观,您或许还想要隐藏该乐章的第一或者终止小节线。为此,选中该小节线并且按下 V 或者在属性面板中取消勾选可见选项。

                                                      您或许还希望缩小该可选段落和正常谱表的间距。为此,从版面面板中使用下方固定空位符。

                                                      其他不可见小节

                                                      MuseScore 还允许您来使得单独小节在任何给定谱表——不论空白与否——上不可见。

                                                      欲将某一小节在某一给定谱表上设至不可见:

                                                      1. 右键点击该小节。
                                                      2. 选中小节属性。
                                                      3. 为您希望该小节被设为不可见的谱表或者线谱禁用可见复选框。

                                                      注意:您不能使得某一小节在所有线谱上不可见——它必须在至少其一保持可见。

                                                      谱表的合并与拆分

                                                        合并

                                                        合并谱表命令允许您做下列任一件事情:

                                                        • 将同一谱表中来自若干声部的记谱结合为一个声部。
                                                        • 将来自若干线谱的记谱结合为一个谱表中的诸声部。

                                                        将单个谱表中来自若干声部的记谱结合为一个声部

                                                        1. 选中单一谱表中的一系列小节。
                                                        2. 从菜单栏中,选中 工具 → 合并谱表 。

                                                        谱表中的所有所选音符在现在显示在声部 1 中。

                                                        将来自多个线谱的记谱结合成单个谱表中的多个声部

                                                        1. 确保,每一待合并谱表中只有一个声部。
                                                        2. 选中顶部谱表中一系列小节并且向下扩展所选范围以包括至多 4 个谱表。
                                                        3. 从菜单栏,选中 工具 → 合并谱表 。

                                                        起初在最上方谱表中的记谱现在将会成为声部 1,来自下方谱表的成为声部 2,依此类推。

                                                        拆分

                                                        拆分谱表允许您做下列任一件事情:

                                                        • 将单音符乐句,从单个谱表中,拷贝到下方一个或者更多线谱。
                                                        • 将所选乐句和弦,从单一谱表中,转移成其下方一个或者更多线谱上的组成音符。

                                                        将单音符乐句拷贝到下方多个线谱

                                                        1. 确保,乐句在声部 1 中(其他声部中应该无音符或者休止符)。
                                                        2. 选中所选小节范围。
                                                        3. 您想要拷贝到多少线谱就向下扩展所选范围到多少线谱。
                                                        4. 从菜单栏,选中工具 → 拆分谱表。

                                                        顶部谱表中的乐句拷贝到下方每一所选线谱。

                                                        将乐句中的和弦分成其组成音符

                                                        在此案例中所选乐句中的和弦按照如下方式分成其组成音符:

                                                        • 如果乐句全部在声部 1中,和弦的最高音符留在顶部谱表上,而较低音符移到后续线谱。
                                                        • 如果乐句包含多个声部,声部 1 的音符留在顶部谱表上,而其他声部移到后续线谱。
                                                        • 所有被拆分的音符都落在声部 1 上。
                                                        1. 确保,有足够的空线谱下于来源谱表来接收被拆分的音符。如有必要,使用 乐器 面板以创建额外线谱。
                                                        2. 二选一:
                                                          • 选中来源谱表中的一系列小节:如果有足够的可用线谱,这会拆分所有音符。
                                                          • 选中既包括来源谱表又向下扩展到包括一个或者更多目标线谱的一系列小节:这将被拆分音符/声部的数目限制为所选线谱的数目。
                                                        3. 从菜单栏,选中工具 → 拆分谱表 。

                                                        注意:
                                                        1. 如果所选范围全部在声部 1 中,MuseScore 将会丢弃所含音符多于所选范围中线谱数目的任何和弦的最低(诸)音符。
                                                        2. 如果所选范围全部在声部 1 中,并且如果给定和弦具有少于目标线谱数目的音符,那么音符将会根据需要复制以至于每一谱表接收到音符。
                                                        3. 目标线谱中任何现存音乐会覆写。
                                                        4. 如果您选中部分小节,拆分谱表命令将会自动将它扩张到完整小节。

                                                        在乐谱中途改换乐器

                                                          添加改换乐器

                                                          当要求音乐家在作品的一部分贰于不同乐器之时,乐器的切换说明通常在那一部分开头置于谱表上方。回到初始乐器之时以同样方式处理。

                                                          在 MuseScore 中,文本元素改换乐器处理乐器的改换说明,见于文本符号面板。此文本元素不同于面板中的谱表文本、谱行组文本,与表情文本;它链接于回放,允许声音改换到新乐器。

                                                          欲添加改换乐器:

                                                          1. 点击音符或者休止符以选中改换起点
                                                          2. 点击 符号面板 → 文本 → 改换乐器
                                                          3. 在出现的选择乐器对话框中选择您希望改换到哪个乐器
                                                          4. 点击 好

                                                          到该新乐器的改换说明将会出现在乐谱中所选插入点上方。

                                                          在乐谱中途创建乐器改换(动画)

                                                          改换乐器的相关工作

                                                          移除改换乐器

                                                          欲移除改换乐器,点击文本元素改换乐器一次以选中之,然后按下或是 删除 或是 退格 。

                                                          重贴改换乐器标签

                                                          您可以给乐谱中任何文本元素改换乐器重贴标签,通过双击之然后输入新文本。这不会影响新乐器的回放声音。

                                                          在混音器中改换乐器

                                                          改换乐器的回放声音在Mixer中反映为堆叠到初始乐器声轨右侧的分开声轨。这些乐器被在括号中贴标签。您可以改换所配回放库、应用效果、调整音量,和静音、独奏(独唱),和淘洗这些声轨,正如您想要其他然后乐器声轨所做的那样。

                                                          Mixer showing instrument change channel strip

                                                          更换谱表类型

                                                          更换到不同乐器可能有必要使用不同调号、谱号,甚至谱表类型更换。

                                                          谱表类型更换

                                                            欲在乐谱上各处谱表/分谱属性一个谱表,代之以变更谱表/分谱属性。

                                                            您可以从乐谱上某点开始变更谱表的外观,通过将谱表类型更换元素加诸一小节,并且在属性面板面板中调整其属性。这可以用来在有音高和无音高线谱之间或者在不同实验记谱效果之间改弦更张。

                                                            谱表类型更换示例

                                                            添加谱表类型更换

                                                            1. 选中乐谱中一小节。
                                                            2. 点击 符号面板 → 版式 → 谱表类型更换 以加之于您的乐谱。

                                                            谱表类型更换符号

                                                            或者,您可以将该符号从符号面板拖到乐谱中的小节上。

                                                            设置谱表属性

                                                            当您在属性面板中切换谱表类型更换属性之时,新值起效覆盖全局谱表/分谱属性对话框中展示的值。谱表/分谱属性中只有那些不可为谱表类型更换而变更的属性值才将会贯穿乐谱有效。

                                                            在属性面板中可以为谱表类型更换而切换的属性是:

                                                            缩小化元素
                                                            使用为乐谱界定的小谱表尺寸

                                                            偏移
                                                            垂直移动谱表

                                                            缩放比
                                                            使用定制百分比来变更谱表的尺寸

                                                            谱线数量
                                                            变更谱表的组成谱线的数目

                                                            谱线间距
                                                            变更两条谱线间的距离

                                                            音级偏移
                                                            偏移相关谱表上的音符

                                                            隐藏谱线
                                                            切换谱线的可见性

                                                            谱线颜色
                                                            设置谱线的颜色

                                                            符头方案
                                                            规定替代符头,例如音名或者特型音符

                                                            无符干
                                                            切换音符符干的显示

                                                            显示小节线
                                                            切换小节线的显示

                                                            显示加线
                                                            切换加线的显示

                                                            生成谱号
                                                            切换谱号的显示

                                                            生成拍号
                                                            切换拍号的显示

                                                            生成调号
                                                            切换调号的显示

                                                            谱表/分谱属性

                                                              概览

                                                              警告: 本章和窗口标题中所提到的单词“分谱”目前是 Musescore 4 中一个有待更新的误用措辞(来自 Musescore 3 的一个过时数据)。本章中,该单词含义是Musescore 乐器,但是请注意,本手册和 Musescore 4 中其他各处,其含义是分谱(创建同一乐谱不同版本的特性)

                                                              谱表/分谱属性对话框允许您来变更它所属谱表的显示属性和Musescore 乐器属性。要打开该对话框:

                                                              • 右键点击某一谱表中任一空白区域,或者该乐器的名称,然后选择谱表/分谱属性…。

                                                              点击左下角的导航箭头 ↑ 和↓ 按钮将会取消任何未保存的变更并且切换到编辑上一或者下一谱表。

                                                              Staff properties

                                                              谱表共有四种不同类型:

                                                              1 甲. 标准谱表 1。用于有弦品的拨弦除外的大多数乐器音高谱表。
                                                              1 乙. 标准谱表 2。包含某一有弦品的拨弦乐器,伴随设置乐器的拨弦和调弦数目的选项的音高谱表。
                                                              2. 品位谱表。包含某一有弦品的拨弦乐器,将音乐显示为一系列关于拨弦的品格号的谱表。还包含设置乐器的拨弦和调弦数目的选项。
                                                              3. 打击乐谱表。打击乐器的音高谱表。

                                                              Staff types
                                                              上图显示的四个乐器是这四个谱表类型的示例。下载此乐谱的测试文件:MS4-1-1 Staffstypes.mscz

                                                              对于每一类型,都有预定义的模板供从高级样式属性(编辑谱表类型)窗口中选择。

                                                              替换乐器还变更谱表类型,但是可能导致不合理的结果和错误的回放。例如,将钢琴(标准谱表,类型 1 甲)替换为鼓组(打击乐谱表,类型 3)。

                                                              谱表属性

                                                              该对话框的顶部允许您来调整某一单独谱表的外观的许多方面。下列选项是所有线谱类型共有的:

                                                              第一栏:

                                                              • 样式组:显示谱表类型。类型 1 甲 和类型 1 乙为标准,类型 2 为品位,类型 3 为打击乐。
                                                              • 谱线:组成谱表的谱线的数目。对于品位,本数目通常匹配弦数据对话框中弦的数目(除非是巴洛克琉特琴、短双颈琉特琴等弦多于谱线的)。
                                                              • 谱线间距:当前谱表中相邻谱线的间距。罕有变更需要。变更所有谱表的尺寸,见《页面布局概念》章。
                                                              • 谱表上方的额外距离:增大或者减小所选谱表同所有谱行组中上方那一个谱表的间距。
                                                                注意:(1) 此设置不适用于某一谱行组的顶端谱表,它受到最小/最大谱行组间距的控制(见排版标记)。(2) 欲调整某一特定谱行组中仅仅一个谱表谱线上方的空隙,见安放某一页上的谱行组:空位符。
                                                              • 缩放比:按百分比变更当前谱表及其所有关联元素的尺寸。变更所有谱表的缩放比的方式,见《页面布局概念》章。

                                                              第二栏:

                                                              • 空时隐藏:设置谱行组中谱表为空时的隐藏等级,见《仅在需要时显示线谱》章。
                                                              • 显示谱号:是否显示谱表谱号。
                                                              • 显示拍号:是否显示谱表拍号。
                                                              • 显示小节线:是否显示谱表小节线。
                                                              • 隐藏谱行组小节线:显示/隐藏该谱表左手边缘的小节线。
                                                              • 合并匹配的休止符:若您想要匹配不同声部中能够合并而非分开的休止符则勾选。

                                                              第三栏:

                                                              • 不隐藏空白谱行组:指派为当某一谱行组中所有谱表为空之时显示该谱表,见《仅在需要时显示线谱:选择谱行组中所有谱表为空时显示的谱表》章。
                                                              • 小谱表:创建一个缩小尺寸的谱表。您能够从菜单中格式→样式…→尺寸设置默认值。
                                                              • 隐藏谱线:使得谱线不可见。
                                                              • 谱线颜色:使用取色器来变更谱线的颜色。
                                                              • 提示曲谱:隐藏空小节的设置,见《仅在需要时显示线谱:隐藏空小节》章。
                                                              • 高级样式属性:(见下)

                                                              高级样式属性

                                                              线谱高级属性
                                                              点击高级样式属性…将会打开标记谱表类型窗口,其属性的可用性取决于谱表类型。

                                                              高级样式属性:所有四种谱表类型通用的设置

                                                              第一行:谱线、谱线间距:重复完全相同的上述属性的用户界面
                                                              第二行:显示谱号、显示拍号、显示小节线:重复完全相同的上述属性的用户界面
                                                              在此窗口的底部:
                                                              - 模板 下拉框
                                                              分配一个模板来变更谱线的数目(类型 3 打击乐谱表)或者一同切换谱表类型(类型 1 甲、类型 1 乙和类型 2)。欲应用某一模板:

                                                              1. 从标签为“模板”的下拉列表中做出某一选择;
                                                              2. 按下<重置回模板;
                                                              3. 按下确定以接受变更并退出该对话框(或者取消以取消此操作)。

                                                              高级样式属性:标准和打击乐谱表(类型 1 甲、类型 1 乙和类型 3)的设置

                                                              第三行:

                                                              • 显示调号、显示加线:切换这些元素是否显示的选项。
                                                              • 无符干:如果勾选,那么谱表音符将会没有符干、折钩或者符杠。

                                                              高级样式属性:标准谱表(类型 1 甲、类型 1 乙)的设置

                                                              • 符头方案:见符头方案。

                                                              高级样式属性:品位谱表(类型 2)的设置

                                                              Advanced staff properties for tablature staves

                                                              • 倒置:如果未勾选,那么顶部品位线将会参考最高弦,并且底部品位线至最低弦(这是最通常的选项)。如果勾选,那么顶部品位线参考最低弦,并且底部品位弦至最高弦(譬如意大利式琉特品位)。
                                                              • 预览:底部窗口显示某一标本乐谱的简短片段,它将看起来具有当前应用的属性。

                                                              品格号选项卡下:
                                                              Fret marks
                                                              品格号是用来表明指板上音符的位置的数码或者字母。下列一组属性界定了品格号的外观:

                                                              • 字体:用来绘制品格号的字体。提供了八个字体选项来支持 8 个不同样式中所有必要的符号——不论是现代的还是历史的。
                                                              • 字号:以字体磅数来计量的品格号的字体字号。内置字体通常在 9-10 磅的字号良好可见。
                                                              • 垂直偏移:MuseScore 试图以一种明智的方式来放置符号并且您通常无需改变内置字体的此值(设为 0)。如果该字体具有未在基线上(或者以 MuseScore 始料未及的另一方式)分配的符号,那么此属性允许您来将品格号向上(负偏移)或者向下(正偏移)移动至更好的垂直位置。值以“谱间”计。
                                                              • 品格号类型:选择使用数字(“1”“2”…)还是字母(“a”“b”…)作为品格号。当使用字母之时,跳过字母“j”而将“k”用作第 9 品。
                                                              • 品格号位置:选择在谱线上还是在谱线间放置品格号。
                                                              • 品号下谱线:选择连续(谱线穿过品格号)还是断开(显示品格号之时该谱线中途出现一个小空隙)。
                                                              • Show back-tied fret marks:如果未勾选,那么某一系列延音连结的音符中仅显示第一个音符。如果勾选,那么该延音序列中所有音符在都会显示。
                                                              • 在指法谱中显示指法:勾选以允许显示来自面板的适用的指法符号。

                                                              在音符时值选项卡下:属性界定了显示音符时值的符号的外观{#音符时值}
                                                              Tablature notes

                                                              • 字体:用来绘制时值符号的字体。目前提供的 5 种字体以 5 种不同样式(现代、意大利指法谱、法兰西指法谱、法兰西巴洛克(无符头)、法兰西巴洛克)支持所有必要的符号。仅随音符符号选项使用。
                                                              • 字号:字体字号,以字体磅数来计量。内置字体通常在 15 磅的字号良好可见。仅随音符符号选项使用。
                                                              • 垂直偏移:仅当选中音符符号(见下文)时适用。使用负偏移值来抬升音符的时值符号,正值来降低之。
                                                              • 显示为:
                                                                • 无:将不会绘制音符时值(如上面的示例所示)
                                                                • 音符符号:将会在谱表上方按照音符形状绘制符号。选中此选项之时,仅当音符时值变更而非重复(默认)该序列此前所有相同时值的音符之时才绘制符号。
                                                                • 符干与符杠:将会绘制音符的符干和符杠(或者折钩)。为规则谱表使用相同的字体机制来显示每一音符的时值;标准符杠面板中的所有命令也能够适用于这些符杠。
                                                              • 重复出现:如果连续若干音符具有相同的时值,那么您能够指定相同的音符符号是否和在哪里重复。即:从不/在新谱行组中/ At new measure /总是。
                                                                注意:此选项仅在选中“显示为:音符符号”(见上文)时可用。
                                                              • 符干样式:
                                                                • 于谱表旁:将符干绘制为在该谱表上/下方固定高度的线。
                                                                • 贯穿谱表:符干穿过该谱表以到达该品格号。
                                                                  注意:此选项仅在选中“显示为:音符符号”(见上文)时可用。
                                                              • 符干位置:
                                                                • 上方:在该谱表上方绘制符干和符杠。
                                                                • 下方:在该谱表下方绘制符干和符杠。
                                                                  注意:此选项仅在选中“显示为:符干与符杠”和“符干样式:于谱表旁”(见上文)时可用。
                                                              • 2 分音符:无/缩短符干/ 带条纹符干。
                                                                注意:此选项仅在选中“显示为:符干与符杠”和“符干样式:于谱表旁”(见上文)时可用。
                                                              • 显示休止符:音符符号是否还适宜用来展示休止符;用于休止符之时,在某一略低的位置绘制音符符号。仅随音符符号选项使用。

                                                              分谱属性

                                                              警告:用在本标题中措辞“分谱”是 Musescore 4.1.1 中的一个错误名称

                                                              乐器

                                                              乐器的名称在此展示。欲变更该乐器,

                                                              • 点击替换乐器并且从该"选择乐器"对话框中做出选择。这将替换此谱表所属乐器并且变更此乐器所拥有的所有谱表。它变更回放、谱表名称,和谱表移调等该谱表类型的变更可能不合理并且导致回放错误。

                                                              名称

                                                              • 完整乐器名:乐谱或者片段的第一谱行组中谱表左侧显示的名称。
                                                              • 乐器名缩写:在本乐谱后继谱行组中谱表左侧显示的名称。

                                                              可用音域

                                                              • 业余:乐谱中业余音域以外的音符被着色为橄榄绿/暗黄色。
                                                              • 专业:乐谱中专业音域以外的音符被着色为红色。

                                                              注意:欲禁用超音域音符着色,从菜单选择编辑→偏好设置…(麦金塔:MuseScore→偏好设置…),点击“音符输入”选项卡,然后取消勾选“为超音域音符着色”。

                                                              移调

                                                              设置八度,然后设置上行/下行音程以确保移调乐器记谱正确。对于大多数乐器,这是由程序自动完成的。

                                                              为移调乐器展示一个附加选项:“对移调后调号偏向使用升号或降号”。共有三个选项:

                                                              • 默认:让 MuseScore 去决定
                                                              • 降号:偏向降号
                                                              • 升号:偏向升号

                                                              分谱属性:仅适用于拨弦(类型 1 乙和类型 2)的设置

                                                              除了上述所列那些,品格拨弦乐器(类型 1 乙和类型 2)的线谱具有此窗口底部少量额外选项:

                                                              • 弦数:显示乐器弦的数目。
                                                              • 编辑弦数据…:此按钮将打开一个对话框让您来设置数目和调弦。见变更调律。

                                                              连谱号

                                                                连谱号用来连接在某一谱行组中一个乐器(譬如某一钢琴的大谱表)或者某一组乐器(譬如在弦乐组中的 2 x 小提琴、中提琴和大提琴)的多个线谱。见《页面布局概念: 谱行组》章。

                                                                当在新建乐谱对话中创建某一乐谱之时时会自动应用连谱号。如果此默认非您所需,那么您可以轻松变更它们(见下文)。

                                                                欲添加直连谱号和花连谱号,使用连谱号 符号面板.

                                                                添加连谱号

                                                                欲至所有谱行组添加直连谱号或者花连谱号:

                                                                1. 点击您想要开始此直连谱号/花连谱号的该谱表的第一小节,按住Shift,然后点击您想要结束该直连谱号/花连谱号的小节。
                                                                2. 在“连谱号”面板中点击该所需连谱号的图标。

                                                                或者:

                                                                1. 选中该起始小节,然后点击从“连谱号”面板该连谱号使之就位。
                                                                2. 选中该连谱号,点击其调整句柄,然后将它向下拖动至所需位置。它将会啪嗒就位。

                                                                使用这些方法也能够应用嵌套连谱号,首先应用最内层并且最后是最外层。这一顺序随后能够编辑使用“栏”属性(见下文)来编辑。

                                                                编辑括号

                                                                如果您选中某一直连谱号/花连谱号,那么您能够在属性面板(侧栏)中编辑其属性。

                                                                • 连谱号内外层次:向内/向外移动该连谱号。
                                                                • 连谱线管辖范围:扩张或者收缩该直连谱号/弯连谱号的末端。

                                                                变更连谱号的类型

                                                                • 选中在此乐谱中欲变更的直连谱号/花连谱号,然后点击"连谱号"面板中的某一新的直连谱号/花连谱号。

                                                                变更连谱号的管辖范围

                                                                使用下列方法之一:

                                                                • 选中该连谱号,点击其调整句柄,并且将它拖动至所需位置。
                                                                • 选中该连谱号,点击其调整句柄,并且按下Shift+↑/↓以将它从谱表至谱表地移动。
                                                                • 或者属性面板中的“连谱线管辖范围”。

                                                                删除连谱号

                                                                • 欲删除某一直连谱号/花连谱号,选中它并且按下Del。

                                                                定制连谱号的外观

                                                                直连谱号/花连谱号还具有少量能够在样式菜单中调整的全局属性:

                                                                • 调整粗细和到谱表的距离:在格式→样式→谱行组.
                                                                • 调整距离上方/下方:在格式→样式→页面→启用谱表垂直对齐。

                                                                记谱:节奏、拍子,和小节

                                                                  Time signatures

                                                                    Overview

                                                                    Time signatures are applied to the score from the "Time Signatures" palette.

                                                                    Time signatures palette

                                                                    Setting the initial time signature for your score

                                                                    This is done from page 2 of the New Score dialog.

                                                                    Adding a time signature change to your score

                                                                    Use any of the following methods:

                                                                    • Select an existing time signature, measure, note or rest in the score, and click a time signature in a palette.
                                                                    • Drag and drop a time signature from a palette onto a space in a measure, or onto an existing time signature.

                                                                    Deleting a time signature

                                                                    • To delete a time signature in the score, select it and press Del.

                                                                    Controlling the visibility of time signatures

                                                                    To hide/show time signatures on a particular staff:

                                                                    1. Right-click on the staff and choose "Staff/Part properties";
                                                                    2. Uncheck/Check "Show time signature".

                                                                    To disable/enable all courtesy time signatures (at the end of systems):

                                                                    1. From the menu bar, select Format→Style→Page.
                                                                    2. Uncheck/Check "Create courtesy time signatures".

                                                                    To hide or show an individual courtesy time signature:

                                                                    1. Select the parent time signature;
                                                                    2. In the Time signature section of the Properties panel, uncheck/check "Show courtesy time signature".

                                                                    Creating a custom time signature

                                                                    1. In the Time Signatures palette, click on More, then, in the supplementary palette, click on the “Create Time Signature” button;
                                                                    2. In Value enter the Numerator, Denominator, and Text (the latter is optional, when you need the display to be different from the actual time signature);
                                                                    3. Adjust the note beaming in the Beam Groups section (see Beam groups (below)
                                                                    4. Press Add to transfer the newly-created time signature to the Time Signatures palette.

                                                                    You can also do the same thing from the Master Palette (Shift+F9).

                                                                    Adding a local time signature for a single staff

                                                                    In certain cases a score may show staves with different time signatures running at the same time. For example, in the following (J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variation no. 26):

                                                                    Example: Goldberg variation

                                                                    The global time signature is 3/4, but the time signature of the upper staff has been set independently to 18/16.

                                                                    To set a local time signature for just one staff:

                                                                    • Hold down Ctrl (Mac: Cmd) and drag and drop a time signature from a palette onto an empty measure.

                                                                    Resizing a time signature

                                                                    1. Select a time signature
                                                                    2. In the Time signature section of the Properties panel, adjust the horizontal and vertical Scale values.

                                                                    Time signature properties

                                                                    To open the Time signature properties dialog use one of the following:

                                                                    • Right-click on a time signature and from the context menu select "Time signature properties".
                                                                    • Select a time signature, then click on Time signature properties in the "Time signature" section of the Properties panel.

                                                                    Time signature properties

                                                                    Appearance

                                                                    This part of the dialog allows you to adjust the nominal appearance of the signature without affecting its underlying rhythmic value.

                                                                    • Text: Insert the nominal numerator and denominator that you wish to appear on the score.

                                                                    Alternatively, you can make a selection from a range of time signature symbols below.

                                                                    Beam Groups

                                                                    See the Beams chapter.

                                                                    Time signature style

                                                                    There are a few global style properties for time signatures (see Format→Style).

                                                                    • Create courtesy time signatures: Found in the Clefs, key & time signatures section. Check or uncheck to turn on or off.
                                                                    • Clef to time signature / Key signature to time signature / Barline to time signature / Time signature to barline / Time signature to first note: Found in the Measure section. Allows you to set spacing for various aspects of time signature layout.

                                                                    音符的符干和符尾

                                                                      音符的符干方向

                                                                      默认的音符符干方向

                                                                      MuseScore 按照音乐理论的惯例对齐声部1的音符的符干。相比之下,声部2和声部4的符干默认指向下,而声部3的符干则默认向上。当声部2或声部4添加了音符时,声部1的音符符干会自动向上翻转。

                                                                      翻转音符符干的方向

                                                                      1. 如果有的话,选择音符符头、符干或附在音符上的符杠;
                                                                      2. 使用以下任何一种方法:
                                                                        • 在键盘上按下 X 键
                                                                        • 点击输入音符工具栏里的“翻转方向”的图标
                                                                        • 从属性面板的符干选项卡中选择符干方向

                                                                      该操作也会翻转任何连接该音符的符杠。

                                                                      调整符干长度

                                                                      1. 选择符干
                                                                      2. 使用以下任何一种方法:
                                                                        • 在键盘上按下 ↑ / ↓ 键以拉长或缩短符干
                                                                        • 在属性面板中改变长度的值

                                                                      创建没有符干的音符

                                                                      如果要隐藏单个音符的符干,请按如下操作:

                                                                      1. 选择一个或更多的符头
                                                                      2. 前往属性面板
                                                                      3. 点击符干选项卡
                                                                      4. 勾选无符干前的复选框

                                                                      如果需要隐藏谱表/分谱中的所有符干:

                                                                      1. 右键谱表,选择谱表/分谱属性
                                                                      2. 点击高级样式属性
                                                                      3. 勾选无符干前的复选框

                                                                      音符的符干和符尾的属性

                                                                      您可以通过属性面板中音符部分的符干选项卡编辑符干和符尾的特定属性:

                                                                      • 无符干 将会移除所选音符的符干,并断开与其连接的符杠
                                                                      • 符干方向:
                                                                        • 自动将会根据所选音符的声部确定符干的方向
                                                                        • ↑(上箭头) 和 ↓(下箭头) 将会覆盖默认的符干方向,使用所选的符杆方向。
                                                                      • 符尾样式将会设置整个乐谱的符尾外观为传统(默认)或 直线
                                                                      • 粗细 决定符干的粗细
                                                                      • 长度 决定符干的长度
                                                                      • 符干偏移可以用于在水平与垂直方向上移动符干

                                                                      音符符干和符尾的样式设置

                                                                      如要设置全局的符干粗细与符尾样式,您也可以在 格式→样式→音符中设置这些。

                                                                      另请参阅

                                                                      符杠

                                                                      符杠

                                                                        概览

                                                                        符杠是表明八分或者更短的音符的节奏组相邻诸音符的连线(维基百科)。您能够控制音符间符杠的显隐及其外观。

                                                                        控制哪些音符被符杠化

                                                                        音符的默认符杠化取决于拍号的属性。您能够编辑那些默认项从而影响该拍号中所有音符的符杠化效果,并且您还能够覆写单独音符的符杠化来使之异于该拍号的默认项。

                                                                        为某一拍号设置默认符杠化

                                                                        见主章《拍号signatures》

                                                                        每一拍号具有一个控制该拍号中所有音符的符杠化的符杠化默认项集合。由于正常您会想要符杠化贯穿乐谱保持一致,这通常是切换符杠化开始的地方。欲编辑某一给定拍号的默认项,请使用拍号属性对话框。

                                                                        访问拍号设置

                                                                        1. 选中该乐谱中的某一拍号
                                                                        2. 点击属性面板中的拍号属性按钮
                                                                        3. 按下文所述编辑符杠组部分

                                                                        您还能够通过右键点击某一拍号来访问此对话框。

                                                                        注意:在此对话框中所做设置是每一乐谱以及每一谱表独立的。欲应用变更至同一乐谱中其他线谱,您能够按下 Ctrl + Shift + 拖动该拍号至其他谱表,动作类似于从面板中添加它。欲做出某一可用于其他乐谱的定制拍号,Ctrl + Shift + 拖动它回到面板。

                                                                        符杠组

                                                                        beam groups.png

                                                                        欲变更给定拍上给定时值的音符的符杠化,点击该符杠组中的音符来切换那个音符的符杠是开还是关。也就是说,如果您点击当前通过符杠联结至前一音符的某一音符,那将会断开该符杠,并且如果您点击当前未通过符杠联结至前一音符的某一音符,那么该音符将会加入符杠组的联结。您还能够拖动符杠选择器图标之一至任一给定音符来按下文深入解释的设置其符杠化。

                                                                        如果您选中同时改变更短的音符的选项,那么对任一给定音符所作变更将会同样影响同一拍上时值更短的音符。

                                                                        点击 Reset 以移除自从此对话框打开以来所有所做变更。注意,此按钮不将设置重设回来自面板的原始默认项。欲逆转自从添加该拍号以来所有所做变更,使用面板来替换该拍号。

                                                                        重设某一特定音符的默认符杠化

                                                                        拍号属性控制您的乐谱中音符的默认符杠化,但是您能够在逐个音符的基础上重设那些默认项,例如令一个小节的符杠化与众不同。当书写非标准方式符杠化可能更加可读的某些节奏之时,或者在拍号属性中可用的选项是足以创建您想要的默认项的案例中,这可能是有用的。它还是创建跨休止符符杠的仅有方式。

                                                                        诸音符设置其自身的符杠属性。欲变更两个音符之间的符杠,正常您将会通过选中两个音符中的二者,其大多数符杠属性控制某一音符中的符杠开始。注意,这些属性能够从属性面板或者符杠属性面板中设置,但是此讨论将会聚焦于属性面板。

                                                                        欲变更某一给定音符的符杠化:

                                                                        1. 选中该音符
                                                                        2. 选中属性面板音符部分中的符杠选项卡
                                                                        3. 选中图标之一来设置适当的属性

                                                                          beam type - properties.png

                                                                        从左至右,可用属性为:

                                                                        • 自动:重置该音符的符杠化至其拍号的默认表现
                                                                        • 无符杠:断开该所选音符内外任何符杠
                                                                        • 断开左侧符杠:断开该所选音符内任一符杠
                                                                        • 断开内测符杠(八分):断开所选音符内(与具有两条或者更多符杠的音符的)所有符杠,剩下一个
                                                                        • 断开内测符杠(十六分):断开所选音符内(与具有三条或者更多符杠的音符的)所有符杠,剩下一个
                                                                        • 联结符杠:从前一音符联结一条符杠至所选音符内 (除非前一音符被设为无符杠)

                                                                        跨休止符符杠

                                                                        beam over rest.png

                                                                        欲将某一符杠扩展至跨越某一休止符:

                                                                        1. 选中该休止符
                                                                        2. 应用联结符杠或者断开左侧符杠属性

                                                                        跨小节线符杠化

                                                                        beam over barline.png

                                                                        欲将某一符杠扩展至跨越某一小节线:

                                                                        1. 选中该小节线后第一个音符或者休止符
                                                                        2. 应用联结符杠属性

                                                                        控制符杠的外观

                                                                        While 断开和联结符杠是单独音符的功能,该符杠的实际外观可能受控于所选符杠本身或者它联结的任何音符。因此,欲设置这些属性,您能够要么:

                                                                        1. 选中一个当前被符杠化的音符
                                                                        2. 选中属性面板的音符部分中的符杠选项卡

                                                                        要么

                                                                        1. 选中该符杠本身

                                                                        通过任一方式,您将会看控制该符杠外观的选项。

                                                                        发散式符杠

                                                                        feathered beam.png

                                                                        属性面板的发散式符杠部分中的诸按钮能够用来表现所联结音符的渐慢或者渐快(注意这里在回放中不支持)。这些选项仅仅适用于使用多个符杠的 16 分和更短的时值。

                                                                        feathered beams - properties.png

                                                                        • 无:重置符杠至标准(非发散)外观
                                                                        • 降速:使得符杠向内逆发散来表现渐慢
                                                                        • 增速:使得符杠向外发散来表现渐快

                                                                        符杠倾角

                                                                        beam angle.png

                                                                        某一符杠的倾角能够直接通过选中它并且通过拖动或者使用光标键来移动手柄来编辑。但是您还能够使用属性面板中的设置。您或许需要首先点击更多按钮来显示此部分。

                                                                        beam height - properties.png

                                                                        这两个设置这里对应该符杠上的左侧和右侧手柄并且允许您来独立设置该符杠任一侧高度。

                                                                        您还能够通过启用强制放平符杠属性将某一符杠强制放平。

                                                                        符杠样式

                                                                        符杠的少量全局属性能够从格式→样式→符杠设置:

                                                                        • 符杠间距:设置从一个符杠到下一个的垂直距离。
                                                                        • 符杠粗细:设置所有符杠的粗细。
                                                                        • 断开的符杠最小长度:设置断开的符杠——例如用于短促(dotted)节奏者——的最小长度。
                                                                        • 压平所有符杠:勾选以使得所有音符符杠无视上下文保持水平。

                                                                        另见

                                                                        • How to add a beam over a rest
                                                                        • 使用面板

                                                                        重组节奏

                                                                          概览

                                                                          正常的标准音乐记谱符合一系列旨在助力节奏识读的惯例。基础的想法是以反映哪些音符属于哪拍的方式来分组音符。规则包括:

                                                                          • 十六分音符适宜以反映每一拍的方式用符杠联结
                                                                          • 八分音符适宜按照两拍一组的方式用符杠联结
                                                                          • 该拍开头的更长音符适宜按照每一拍或者两拍一组的方式用沿音线来断开

                                                                          关于此主题的完整讨论超出了此手册的范围,详见此讲义。

                                                                          这里是一个不当书写并且改为恰当的节奏示例:

                                                                          Example of rhythm written incorrectly and correctly

                                                                          MuseScore 能够自动更正许多这样的案例。

                                                                          重组节奏

                                                                          欲根据标准音乐记谱惯例重组节奏:

                                                                          1. 选中您想要重组的乐句。
                                                                          2. 从主菜单,选中工具→重组节奏。

                                                                          变更的只是其记谱—而非节奏本身。

                                                                          另见

                                                                          • 记谱规则:节奏

                                                                          连音

                                                                            创建连音

                                                                            连音是以一种不同于拍号通常所允许的方式划分节拍的音符组。一拍中由三个八分音符组成的三连音是最常见的连音。

                                                                            三连音

                                                                            简单连音

                                                                            如上图显示,三连音这样的简单连音可在音符输入模式或常规模式下输入。

                                                                            音符输入模式中

                                                                            1. 导航到您想要创建连音位置的音符/休止符(或空白小节)。
                                                                            2. 为整个连音组选择一个时值 (如一组八分三连音占一个四分音符——快捷键 5).
                                                                            3. 使用以下任一命令:
                                                                              • 按下键盘快捷键输入所需的连音:即Ctrl+3输入三连音、Ctrl+4四连音……Ctrl+9九连音封顶(Mac:Cmd+3……Cmd+9)。
                                                                              • 从主菜单中选择添加→连音…,然后选取所需连音。
                                                                              • 从音符输入工具栏中,单击连音图标并从下拉菜单中进行选择。

                                                                            将自动为您划分音符或休止符,并应用适当的记谱法。

                                                                            1. 输入所需的一系列音符/休止符。

                                                                            常规模式中

                                                                            1. 选中一个音符或休止符,指定连音组所需的完整时值。你可能需要先行在乐谱中将其创建。因此,若您想要一个八分音符三连音,需要先选中一个四分音符/休止符。
                                                                            2. 使用以下任一命令:
                                                                              • 按下键盘快捷键输入所需的连音:即Ctrl+3输入三连音、Ctrl+4四连音……最高Ctrl+9九连音封顶(Mac:Cmd+3……Cmd+9)。
                                                                              • 从主菜单中选择添加→连音…,然后选取所需连音。
                                                                              • 从音符输入工具栏中,单击连音图标,并从下拉菜单中进行选择。

                                                                            音符或休止符会自动为您划分,并应用适当的记谱法。

                                                                            1. 输入所需的一系列音符/休止符。

                                                                            连续连音

                                                                            若您需要输入一连串的连音,且不想重复连音命令,您可选中首个连音的首音符按照所需次数按下 R键(重复);然后使用键盘箭头来移动后续音符、重新输入或其他音符输入模式。

                                                                            自定连音

                                                                            更复杂的连音组可以创建如下:

                                                                            1. 在音符输入模式中,选中一个和连音总时值等值的音符,或在常规模式中选中一个所需整体时值的音符或休止符。
                                                                            2. 从主菜单中打开创建连音对话框(添加→连音…→ 其他…),或在音符输入工具栏中单击连音图标。
                                                                              创建连音对话框
                                                                            3. 在比率字段中,指定连音所需的比率数字。
                                                                            4. 设置数字及括号以获得所需的连音显示。
                                                                            5. 按下 OK 以关闭对话框。
                                                                            6. 输入所需的一系列音符和休止符。

                                                                            嵌套连音

                                                                            连音可嵌套于其他连音内部。

                                                                            嵌套连音

                                                                            要创建嵌套连音 :

                                                                            1. 按上述方法创建外部连音。
                                                                            2. 在输入单个音符时,再以此方式创建内连音(为内连音选择时值,然后使用任一连音命令对其进行适当划分)。

                                                                            更改连音的显示

                                                                            可以选择显示或隐藏连音数字或连音括号及更改其方向或调整括号线条粗细。详请参阅连音属性(下文)。

                                                                            连音属性

                                                                            所选连音的显示可在属性面板的连音栏更改。

                                                                            方向:决定连音记号出现在谱表的上方还是下方。可用选项有“自动”、“上方”(↑)或“下方(↓)。
                                                                            数字类型:影响数字显示。选项有“数字”、“比率”、“无”。
                                                                            括号类型:设置括号显示。选项有“自动”、“括号”、“无”。
                                                                            线条粗细:可见状态下的连音括号粗细。

                                                                            连音样式

                                                                            参阅模板和样式

                                                                            "连音样式"的值可在格式→样式→连音中编辑。
                                                                            "连音内样式"的值可在格式→样式→文本样式→连音中编辑。

                                                                            "连音样式"包含

                                                                            连音样式设置

                                                                            设置项包括:

                                                                            • 属性
                                                                              • 方向
                                                                              • 数字类型
                                                                              • 括号类型
                                                                            • 连音括号
                                                                              • 连音括号粗细
                                                                              • 括号折钩高度
                                                                            • 与音符的垂距
                                                                              • 最大斜度
                                                                              • 符干垂距
                                                                              • 符头垂距
                                                                              • 避开谱表
                                                                            • 与音符的水平距离
                                                                              • 与首音符符干的间距
                                                                              • 与首音符符头的间距
                                                                              • 与末音符符干的间距
                                                                              • 与末音符符头的间距

                                                                            小节线

                                                                              小节线 面板中包含常用小节线的完整值域。

                                                                              Barlines palette

                                                                              添加双小节线以及其他特殊小节线

                                                                              变更所有 线谱的小节线类型

                                                                              1. 选中某一谱表中的一个或者多个小节线;
                                                                              2. 点击该面板中所需小节线。

                                                                              或者,您能够将某一小节线从该面板中拖动到该乐谱中某一小节线上。

                                                                              变更自动应用于在此乐谱中同一处所有小节线。

                                                                              变更某一单一谱表的小节线类型

                                                                              1. 选中该乐谱中一个或者更多小节线;
                                                                              2. 按住Ctrl然后点击该面板中所需小节线。

                                                                              或者,您能够按住Ctrl并且将某一小节线从该面板拖动到该乐谱中某一小节线上。

                                                                              仅仅那一个谱表中的小节线受到影响。

                                                                              添加小节中途小节线

                                                                              1. 选中一个或者更多音符。
                                                                              2. 点击该面板中某一小节线。

                                                                              这将会在每一所选音符前添加一个“小节线”。该小节线只是图好看而不参与任何小节操作。

                                                                              如果您希望将某一小节分开,在此过程中添加一个真正的小节线,见拆分小节。

                                                                              变更小节线长度

                                                                              这里我们对小节线的侧重点是为了将线谱联结在一起而垂直延申,或者用来创建部分小节线而将其缩短。

                                                                              延长某一谱表中的所有小节线

                                                                              1. 选中该“起始”谱表上的某一小节线;
                                                                              2. 使用下列之一:
                                                                                • 将其末端手柄向下拖动直到它到达目标谱表。这是延申小节线贯穿多个线谱的最佳方法。
                                                                                • 选中编辑手柄并且按下↓。
                                                                                • 勾选属性面板的小节线部分中的“延至下一谱表”;然后点击设置为谱表默认
                                                                              3. 根据后续线谱有所需要重复以上操作。

                                                                              该小节线啪嗒就位,然后那一谱表中所有其他小节线也如法炮制。

                                                                              Extend barlines (animated image)

                                                                              延申某一谱表中所选小节线

                                                                              1. 选中一条或者更多小节线(以及其下方线谱中对应者,如果有多于两个谱表有待加入)。
                                                                              2. 勾选在属性面板的小节线部分中的“延至下一谱表”。

                                                                              创建部分小节线

                                                                              能够通过调整属性面板的小节线部分中的“连谱线起点”和“连谱线终点”来轻松创建部分小节线。

                                                                              创建仅在线谱之间的小节线 (Mensurstrich)

                                                                              见Working with Mensurstrich。

                                                                              小节属性

                                                                              您能够在属性面板的小节线部分中编辑特定于小节线的属性:

                                                                              样式:用来将所选小节线变为下拉列表中之一。
                                                                              延至下一谱表:勾选此项以使得所选小节线延申至下面的谱表。
                                                                              连谱线起点/终点:用来设置垂直一个或者更多所选小节线的起点和终点。
                                                                              设为谱表默认样式:将延至下一谱表和____连谱线起点/终点中所做变更应用至该谱表中所有小节线。
                                                                              __连谱号预设样式
                                                                              :将所选预设样式应用至该乐谱中一条或者更多所选小节线。

                                                                              小节线样式

                                                                              在Format→Style→Barlines中能够变更该乐谱中所有小节线的所选属性:

                                                                              Barline style settings

                                                                              另见

                                                                              • 固定小节宽度 是确保小节线在谱行组之间垂直对齐的变通方法。
                                                                              • 反复号

                                                                              小节标号

                                                                                显示和隐藏小节号

                                                                                自动显示小节号

                                                                                MuseScore 默认在某一乐章中第一个除外的每一谱行组开头显示小节号。标号始于某一乐章中第一完整小节。

                                                                                如果您希望变更小节标号:

                                                                                1. 从菜单栏,选中格式→样式→小节号。
                                                                                2. 按照需求编辑下列属性:
                                                                                  • 小节号:这默认为开。取消勾选以关闭小节标号。
                                                                                  • 第一小节显示小节号:勾选以在某一乐章第一谱行组上显示小节号。
                                                                                  • 所有谱表:勾选以在每一谱表上显示小节号。
                                                                                  • 每个谱行组 / 间隔:如果选中“每个谱行组”,那么每一谱行组开头显示小节号。如果选中“间隔”,那么您能够选中在那里显示小节的小节间隔。
                                                                                3. 使用右侧的控制按钮变更位置。
                                                                                4. 在以下部分中编辑多小节号的显示效果:
                                                                                  • 在长休止符处显示小节号的范围。如果勾选,那么您还能够定制标号的外观和位置。取消勾选(默认设置),则仅显示长休止符计数。

                                                                                手动显示小节号

                                                                                欲无视样式设置而总是显示某一特定小节的序号,打开小节属性并且从小节号显示模式下拉列表中选中“常显”。

                                                                                隐藏小节号

                                                                                欲隐藏所有小节号,在格式→样式→小节号中取消勾选“小节号”。

                                                                                欲无视样式设置而隐藏某一特定小节的标号,打开小节属性并且从小节号显示模式下拉列表中选中“常隐”。

                                                                                变更小节号序列

                                                                                从计数中排除某一小节

                                                                                在小节属性中,(在其它滚动窗口中)勾选“不纳入小节号”。

                                                                                替换某一小节的标号

                                                                                在小节属性中,编辑“增减小节号”。正负数值均可接受。

                                                                                重置某一新乐章的小节标号

                                                                                默认地,小节的标号总是在某一新乐章开头重新开始。欲避免之并且继续标号,选中该空白处并且在属性面板中取消勾选“为新乐章重置小节号”/

                                                                                变更小节号位置

                                                                                欲变更所有小节号的位置,在格式→样式→小节号中编辑“在上方的位置”和“Position below”的横向和纵向偏移量。

                                                                                小节号属性

                                                                                注意,如果布局变更。那么在属性面板中对于某一小节号中所做任何变更可能丢失。

                                                                                小节号样式

                                                                                见模板和样式

                                                                                "Style for Measure number"的值能够在格式→样式→小节号中编辑。
                                                                                "Style for text inside Measure number"的值能够在格式→样式→文本样式→小节号中编辑。

                                                                                Measure number style settings

                                                                                另见

                                                                                其他与小节相关的页面:

                                                                                • 小节休止符和长休止符
                                                                                • 弱起和不计数小节
                                                                                • 小节属性
                                                                                • 添加和移除小节
                                                                                • Mensural notation and Mensurstrich

                                                                                小节休止与多节休止

                                                                                  小节休止

                                                                                  小节休止形似全休止,但是居中于小节并且提示全小节(或者其中一个声部)静默:

                                                                                  小节休止

                                                                                  它常用于所有拍号(二四拍和四八拍除外)中。

                                                                                  创建一个或者更多全小节休止

                                                                                  如果所有所选小节是“标准”——即,非定制时值——的,就使用下列方式:

                                                                                  1. 选中一小节,或者小节范围。
                                                                                  2. 按下 删除 (麦金塔: 退格 )。

                                                                                  如果诸小节之一或者更多包含定制时值,代之以使用下列方式:

                                                                                  1. 选中一小节,或者小节范围。
                                                                                  2. 按下 控制 + 上档 + 删除 (麦金塔: 命令 + 上档 + 退格 )。

                                                                                  创建特定声部中的全小节休止

                                                                                  1. 在该特定声部中,输入延申到全小节的休止符。
                                                                                  2. 确保选中该休止符,然后按下 控制 + 上档 + 删除 (麦金塔: 命令 + 上档 + 退格 )。

                                                                                  如果该声部仅仅包含休止符,您可以选中第一休止符并且调用此切换快捷键。

                                                                                  多节休止

                                                                                  多节休止用来提示连续空节,谱表上方/下方的数码展示空节数目。

                                                                                  多节休止

                                                                                  多节休止的启用与禁用

                                                                                  下列方式,择一以开/关多节休止:

                                                                                  • 快捷键
                                                                                    • M (可用于版本 4.4 以前)
                                                                                    • 控制 + 上档 + M (可于版本 4.4;麦金塔: 命令 + 上档 + M )
                                                                                  • 或者 点击 格式 → 样式… → 休止符 → 勾选 多节休止 。

                                                                                  如果启用多节休止,任何两个或者更多空小节的序列默认自动切换成多节休止。

                                                                                  欲变更空小节需要触发多节休止的最小数目:

                                                                                  1. 从菜单中,点击 格式 → 样式… → 休止符 。
                                                                                  2. 勾选 多节休止 (如果该选项尚未启用)。
                                                                                  3. 编辑 空小节最小数量 。

                                                                                  可以在乐谱和乐器分谱中独立开/关多节休止。

                                                                                  断开多节休止

                                                                                  重要点,例如双小节线、排练号、调号或者拍号更换处,分节符等,自动断开多节休止。

                                                                                  然而,您可以选择按照如下方式在别处断开多节休止。

                                                                                  1. 禁用多节休止。
                                                                                  2. 右键点击您想要断开多节休止的小节,并且选中小节属性。
                                                                                  3. 在对话框中,勾选 断开多节休止符 。
                                                                                  4. 点击 好 。
                                                                                  5. 重新启用多节休止。

                                                                                  多节休止属性

                                                                                  您可以在 属性面板 → 多节休止符 中编辑特定于多节休止的属性:

                                                                                  显示数字:此框默认勾选。取消勾选以隐藏多节数字。
                                                                                  数字位置:调整多节数字的垂直位置,在休止符上方还是下方。

                                                                                  多节休止样式

                                                                                  “多节休止范围内的文本样式”的值可以在此编辑: 格式 → 样式 → 文本样式 → 多节休止符范围 。

                                                                                  “小节号样式”的值可以在此设置: 格式 → 样式… → 小节号 :

                                                                                  多节休止数码样式设置

                                                                                  其他从这里设置: 格式 → 样式… → 修房子 :

                                                                                  多节休止样式设置

                                                                                  另请参阅

                                                                                  其他小节相关页面:

                                                                                  • 小节标号
                                                                                  • 弱起与拍不准小节
                                                                                  • 小节属性
                                                                                  • 增加或删除小节
                                                                                  • 小节记谱与表间线

                                                                                  弱起与拍不准小节

                                                                                    创建弱起小节

                                                                                    弱起小节,也known 作为上拍或者弱拍,是乐谱或者乐章开头的,部分的,或者不完整的,小节。

                                                                                    注意:按照惯例,小节标号始于第一完整小节。

                                                                                    在建谱期间规定弱起时值

                                                                                    1. 点击 新乐谱 对话框 → 附加乐谱信息(第 2 页) → 小节 ;
                                                                                    2. 勾选 创建弱起小节 ;
                                                                                    3. 使用下方的微调控件来选择潜藏的拍号。

                                                                                    将小节切换成弱起

                                                                                    1. 点击 小节 → 右键选单 → 小节属性 ;
                                                                                    2. 在小节时值部分中,在实际旁边,选择一个潜藏的“拍号”;
                                                                                    3. 点击 好 ;或者点击 应用 ,然后,如果您想要配置相邻的部分小节, ← 或者 → 。

                                                                                    省略与从该部作品或者同一反复部分的最后小节弱起相同的时值是已接受的音乐实践。缩短小节适用此处同样的方式。

                                                                                    创建拍不准小节

                                                                                    拍不准小节是时值小于或者大于拍号所示者。

                                                                                    时值小于拍号所示的小节可以用与弱起小节(见上文)完全相同的方式创建。

                                                                                    其他创建拍不准小节小节的方式描述如下:

                                                                                    插入音符和休止

                                                                                    额外的音符/休止,要么通过键盘快捷方式,要么通过使用称为插入模式的特殊输入模式的帮助,方可插入小节:

                                                                                    使用键盘快捷方式

                                                                                    1. 选中乐谱中您想要插入音符/休止处之后的音符或者休止;
                                                                                    2. 进入音符输入方式;
                                                                                    3. 选择时值;
                                                                                    4. 当从键盘或者鼠标添加音符/休止之时,按下 控制 + 上档 (麦金塔: 命令 + 上档 )。

                                                                                    使用插入模式

                                                                                    1. 确保令您想要开始插入音符/休止之处的元素被选中;
                                                                                    2. 点击并且长按音符输入图标,并且选中插入(或者如果插入是当前默认值,只需按下 N );
                                                                                    3. 输入音符或者休止,如您在步骤时间模式中所为。每一音符插入当前光标位置之前;
                                                                                    4. 根据需求(使用方向键)向前和向后移动光标,以变更插入点。

                                                                                    如果,在任何时间,小节中音符和休止的总时值不匹配拍号,小的 + 或者 - 号将会展示在小节上方。

                                                                                    合并小节

                                                                                    此命令使得所选小节合而为一。

                                                                                    方法甲 仅欲合并两小节:

                                                                                    1. 选中两小节之间的小节线;
                                                                                    2. 按下 控制 + 删除 ;或者选中 工具 → 移除所选范围 。

                                                                                    方法乙 欲合并任意数目的小节:

                                                                                    1. 选中您想要合并的诸小节;
                                                                                    2. 从菜单栏中,点击 工具 → 小节 → 合并所选小节 。

                                                                                    注意:

                                                                                    1. 如果您选中乐谱上仅仅一个具有多个线谱的谱表的几个小节,谱行组每一谱表中同样的几个小节亦将合并。
                                                                                    2. 符杠可能自动修改。

                                                                                    分割小节

                                                                                    此命令在所选音符之前插入小节线,将小节一分为二。

                                                                                    下列方式择一:

                                                                                    • 选中个音符;然后按住 控制 并且点击符号面板中的小节线。
                                                                                    • 按住 控制 并且将小节线(从符号面板)拖到某个音符。
                                                                                    • 选中个音符;然后,从菜单栏,点击 工具 → 小节 → 在所选音符/休止符前拆分小节 。

                                                                                    另请参阅

                                                                                    • 搞拍不准的音乐。

                                                                                    其他小节相关页面:

                                                                                    • 小节标号
                                                                                    • 小节休止与多节休止
                                                                                    • 小节属性
                                                                                    • 增加或删除小节
                                                                                    • 小节记谱与表间线

                                                                                    小节属性

                                                                                      打开与使用对话框

                                                                                      小节属性对话框允许您调整各种属性之于单独小节——例如可见性、时值、标号,和宽度(拉伸)。欲变更乐谱上的所有小节,使用 格式 → 样式 → 乐谱、 页面、 小节标号,和小节 。欲变更整个乐谱上一个谱表的所有小节,变更该谱表的谱表/声部属性。

                                                                                      • 欲打开小节属性,一小节 → 右键菜单 → 小节属性 。

                                                                                      小节属性

                                                                                      如果您仅仅想要调整一个小节,点击 好 以永久应用更改。然而,如果您还想要调整相邻小节,不必关闭该对话框;简单点击 应用 ,然后使用窗口左下角的箭头以将对话框移到新小节。该新小节的号码出现在该对话框顶部和状态栏中。

                                                                                      线谱

                                                                                      文本 勾选 取消勾选
                                                                                      可见 显示所选小节 隐藏所选小节
                                                                                      无符干 隐藏符干 显示符干

                                                                                      小节时值

                                                                                      谱面:这是乐谱中设置的拍号。
                                                                                      实际:调整这些数字以增加或者减少小节的时值。

                                                                                      其他

                                                                                      不纳入小节号:勾选以令计数跳过所选小节。
                                                                                      断开多节休止符:见《断开多节休止符》。
                                                                                      小节号显示模式:允许您显示/隐藏所选小节的小节号而无视样式设置。
                                                                                      增减小节号:变更乐谱中从此小节以后的标号。
                                                                                      小节宽度:此属性首先随拉伸快捷方式正常调整;使用小节属性以做最终调整。
                                                                                      演奏次数:仅当该小节在终止反复小节线之前才出现。它提示反复部分的演奏次数。

                                                                                      伴有终止反复小节线的小节的演奏次数必须被设为比您想要该小节演奏的次数高一(这通常等于那一跳跃反复列表的条目数目 + 1)。

                                                                                      考虑以下乐谱(无障碍警告:此截图底色为透明色,乐谱元素为黑色。为使此截图中的乐谱清晰可见,请确保本页的底色足够明亮):
                                                                                      |: 小节 1 | 小节 2 | (跳跃 1., 3., 4. ) 小节3 | m4 :| (跳跃 2., 5. ) 小节 5 | 小节 6 :| (跳跃 6) 小节 7 | 小节 8 | 小节 9 ||
                                                                                      * 小节 4 的演奏次数应当设为 4
                                                                                      * 小节 6 的演奏次数应当设为 3

                                                                                      另请参阅

                                                                                      • 确保小节线在谱行之间垂直对齐的变通方式,见固定小节宽度。

                                                                                      其他小节相关页面:

                                                                                      • 小节休止与多节休止
                                                                                      • 弱起与拍不准小节
                                                                                      • 增加或删除小节
                                                                                      • 小节记谱与表间线

                                                                                      记谱:音高

                                                                                        谱号

                                                                                          译文可靠性警告:本页的英语版本中介绍的软件界面的下列字符串在翻译时未见于本软件的 Transifex 项目,有待后续确认。

                                                                                          英语字符串 本页暂定译文
                                                                                          Create clef for all systems 为所有谱行创建谱号
                                                                                          Show courtesy clef on previous system 显示先前谱行上的提示谱号

                                                                                          从谱号面板将谱号应用于乐谱。

                                                                                          设置谱表的初始谱号

                                                                                          当创建乐谱之时,MuseScore 为乐器自动应用最合适的谱号。您可以根据需要从乐谱窗口轻松更换之。

                                                                                          添加或者更换谱号

                                                                                          添加/更换起始谱号

                                                                                          欲更换谱行开头的谱号,下列方式择一:

                                                                                          • 选中谱行中第一小节并且点击符号面板中的谱号符号。
                                                                                          • 将谱号从符号面板拖到谱行第一小节上。
                                                                                          • 选中原谱号并且点击符号面板中的谱号。
                                                                                          • 将新谱号从符号面板拖到原谱号上。

                                                                                          添加/更换小节中途的谱号

                                                                                          欲添加/更换小节中途一音符之前的谱号,下列方式择一:

                                                                                          • 点击该音符,然后点击符号面板中的谱号。
                                                                                          • 将谱号从符号面板拖到该音符上。

                                                                                          添加/更换小节中途小节线之前的的谱号,下列方式择一:

                                                                                          • 选中下一小节并且点击符号面板中的谱号。
                                                                                          • 将谱号从符号面板拖到下一小节上。

                                                                                          注意:

                                                                                          1. “谱表中途”的谱号总是小于谱行主谱号。
                                                                                          2. 谱表更换以后的音符被自动重新定位以便它们继续按原始音高发声。

                                                                                          删除

                                                                                          欲删除谱号,就选中之并且按下 删除。注意,不能删除谱行开头的谱号。

                                                                                          控制谱号的可见性

                                                                                          标准谱号

                                                                                          欲隐藏/显示第一谱行除外的所有谱行开头的谱号:

                                                                                          1. 从菜单栏中,点击 格式 → 样式 → 页面 ;
                                                                                          2. 取消勾选/勾选 为所有谱行创建谱号 。

                                                                                          小节中途的谱号不受影响。

                                                                                          欲隐藏/显示所选谱表上的所有谱号:

                                                                                          1. 右键点击一小节;
                                                                                          2. 点击 谱表/分谱属性 ;
                                                                                          3. 在对话框中,取消勾选 显示谱号 。

                                                                                          这奏效于谱行开头和小节中途的谱号。

                                                                                          提示谱号

                                                                                          欲隐藏/显示提示谱号:

                                                                                          1. 从菜单栏中,点击 格式 → 样式 → 页面 ;
                                                                                          2. 取消勾选/勾选 显示提示谱号 (注意:此处英语字符串实际为 Show courtesy clefs,手册英语原文有误,本语言版本已改正)。

                                                                                          如果启用提示谱号,您仍然可以按照如下方式隐藏单独的提示谱号:

                                                                                          1. 选中相关的标准谱号;
                                                                                          2. 在属性面板中,取消勾选/勾选 显示先前谱行上的提示谱号 。

                                                                                          谱号与移调

                                                                                          使用八度谱号

                                                                                          【待添加】

                                                                                          使用为移调与音乐会音高不同谱号

                                                                                          【待添加】

                                                                                          谱号属性

                                                                                          见《提示谱号》(上文)。

                                                                                          适用于完整小节或者小节中第一音符的谱号被展示在小节线之前。

                                                                                          欲将该谱号移小节线之后:
                                                                                          1. 选中该谱号;
                                                                                          2. 打开 属性面板 ;
                                                                                          3. 下于 相对小节线位置 ,选择 后 。

                                                                                          见《添加/更换起始谱号》以替换乐谱中的第一个谱号。

                                                                                          谱号样式

                                                                                          指法谱用户可以选择指法谱谱号的显示类型:

                                                                                          1. 从菜单栏中,点击 格式 → 样式 → 谱号 ;
                                                                                          2. 将 默认指法谱谱号 根据需求设为 标准 或者 衬线 。

                                                                                          格式 → 样式 → 页面 中提供其他样式属性,分别是:

                                                                                          为所有谱行创建谱号
                                                                                          创建提示谱号

                                                                                          详见《控制谱号的可见性》(上文)。

                                                                                          调号

                                                                                            概览

                                                                                            从 符号面板 → 调号 将调号应用于乐谱。

                                                                                            为您的乐谱设置初始调号

                                                                                            从新乐谱对话框第 2 页设置初始调号。

                                                                                            将调号更替加诸您的乐谱

                                                                                            使用下列方式之一:

                                                                                            • 选中一小节并且点击面板中的调号。
                                                                                            • 将调号从面板拖到一小节的空白部分上。

                                                                                            注意:添加小节中途调号,还有种可能——不过不常见——的方式,是选中音符然后点击面板中的调号,或者将调号拖到音符上。

                                                                                            为单个谱表添加局部调号

                                                                                            如果您希望将调号加诸仅仅一个谱表,其他保持不变,应用下列方式之一:

                                                                                            • 选中您希望开始应用新调号的小节,然后按下并且按住 控制 (麦金塔: 命令 )并且点击面板中的调号。
                                                                                            • 按下并且按住 控制 (麦金塔: 命令 ),然后将调号从面板拖到一小节上。

                                                                                            选中单个谱表的调号

                                                                                            如果您希望选中仅适用于单个谱表的调号,按下并且按住 控制 (麦金塔: 命令 ),然后点击该调号。

                                                                                            替换现存调号

                                                                                            使用下列任意方式:

                                                                                            • 选中待替换的调号,并且点击面板中的新调号。
                                                                                            • 将调号从面板拖到待替换的调号上(或者包含该调号的小节上)。

                                                                                            欲替换仅在单个谱表上的调号,在执行上述操作之前按下并且按住 控制 (麦金塔: 命令 )。

                                                                                            删除调号

                                                                                            • 欲删除乐谱中的调号,选中之并且按下 删除 。
                                                                                            • 欲将调号仅从单个谱表删除,当选中之期间按住 控制 (麦金塔: 命令 ),然后按下 删除 。

                                                                                            控制调号的可见性

                                                                                            注意:此节的源语言版本已经过时。本页面已经根据实际界面修正。

                                                                                            欲将调号仅展示于乐谱开头和转调处:

                                                                                            1. 从菜单栏中,选中 格式 → 样式 → 谱号、调号、拍号 ;
                                                                                            2. 选择仅首谱行组显示。

                                                                                            欲隐藏/展示所有提示调号(于谱行末尾):

                                                                                            1. 从菜单栏中,选中 格式 → 样式 → 谱号、调号、拍号 ;
                                                                                            2. 取消勾选/勾选显示提示调号。

                                                                                            欲隐藏/展示特定提示调号:

                                                                                            1. 选中亲调号;
                                                                                            2. 属性面板 → 取消勾选/勾选显示提示调号 。

                                                                                            调号与移调乐器

                                                                                            当搞书面音高并且将调号直接应用于移调乐器之时需要留意。譬如,降 B 单簧管的书面比它听起来高一个音;所以,欲令单簧管显示于G 大调,您需要从面板中应用F 大调的调号。诸如此类。

                                                                                            调号与标准音高,GIF 动图

                                                                                            开放/无调性调号

                                                                                            一些乐器(譬如法国号)被习惯上写作无调号。欲实现这个,您需要将开放/无调性局部调号加诸谱表(在从模板创建的乐谱中这已经完成)。

                                                                                            开放/无调性调号看起来类似于C 大调/A 小调调号。然而,不像标准调号,开放/调号总是保持相同,无视乐谱其余分谱的转调。

                                                                                            创建自定调号

                                                                                            欲创建自定调号:

                                                                                            1. 在调号面板中,点击 更多… → 创建调号 ;
                                                                                              创建调号对话框
                                                                                            2. 将变音号按需拖到谱表图像上。注意:变音号默认水平对齐。如果您想要将变音号放在自定位置中,在拖动它期间按住 控制 (麦金塔: 命令 )。
                                                                                              调号编辑器,GIF 动图
                                                                                            3. 欲移除变音号,选中之并且按下 删除 。Note: 清除 按钮删除所有附加变音号。
                                                                                            4. 欲将完整的符号加诸主面板,点击 添加 。

                                                                                            注意:移调乐器自动采用自定调号。如果您想要移调乐器使用完全相同的自定调号,如面板中所示,您需要将它移调回来。选中放置调号的小节并且使用 工具 → 移调 。

                                                                                            自定调号,GIF 动图

                                                                                            调号属性

                                                                                            您可以在 属性面板 → 调号 中编辑特定于调号的属性:

                                                                                            显示提示调号(英语版本的实际字符串为 Show courtesy key signature,手册源语言版本过时,本页面不受影响):见《控制调号的可见性》(上文)。
                                                                                            模式:您可以为调号按需选中个模式——大调、小调、多利亚,等等。默认为 未知。

                                                                                            调号样式

                                                                                            几种样式属性奏效于调号的显示。

                                                                                            注意:此节的源语言版本已经过时。本页面已经根据实际界面修正。

                                                                                            格式 → 样式 → 谱号、调号、拍号

                                                                                            每个谱行组上显示
                                                                                            仅首谱行组显示
                                                                                            显示提示调号

                                                                                            《控制调号的可见性》(上文)中讨论了这些属性的用法。

                                                                                            格式 → 样式 → 变音号

                                                                                            调号的自然样式设置

                                                                                            此处您可以更改变音号显示于乐谱中的调号更替中的方式。

                                                                                            格式 → 样式 → 小节

                                                                                            谱号-调号
                                                                                            调号-拍号
                                                                                            小节线-调号
                                                                                            调号-小节线
                                                                                            谱号/调号—首音符

                                                                                            这些属性控制乐谱中调号前后的各种距离。

                                                                                            另见

                                                                                            • Transposition

                                                                                            Transposition

                                                                                              Overview

                                                                                              Transposition is the act of raising or lowering the pitch of a selection of notes by the same interval.

                                                                                              In MuseScore, you can transpose your music using keyboard shortcuts, or via the Transpose dialog.

                                                                                              Transposing with keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                              To transpose with keyboard shortcuts, first select a range of notes (See Selecting elements). Then use one of the following options, depending on how you need to transpose your music:

                                                                                              Transpose chromatically

                                                                                              Press ↑ or ↓ to move the selection up/down in semitone steps

                                                                                              Transpose diatonically

                                                                                              Press Alt+Shift+↑/↓ to move the selection up/down in scale degrees (Mac: ⌥+Shift+↑/↓).

                                                                                              Transpose by an octave

                                                                                              Press Ctrl+↑/↓ to move the selection up/down in octave steps (Mac: ⌘+↑/↓).

                                                                                              Using the transpose dialog

                                                                                              The Transpose dialog gives you more control over transposition, with options to transpose to selected keys or by specific intervals.

                                                                                              First select a range of notes you wish to transpose. (See Selecting elements). If no selection is made, the whole score is automatically selected for transposition.

                                                                                              Then open the dialog by selecting Tools → Transpose...

                                                                                              Transpose dialog

                                                                                              Transpose Chromatically

                                                                                              When this is selected, you can choose to transpose to a specific key, or by specified interval.

                                                                                              To transpose chromatically to a specific key:

                                                                                              1. Select To key
                                                                                              2. Select whether to transpose to the Closest key (relative to the current key signature of the selection), or Up or Down to the destination key signature
                                                                                              3. Choose your destination key signature from the drop down menu
                                                                                              4. Leave Transpose key signatures selected to transpose any existing key signatures in your selection (deselecting this will leave any existing key signatures unchanged)
                                                                                              5. Leave Transpose chord symbols selected to transpose any existing chord symbols in your selection (deselecting this will leave any existing chord symbols unchanged)
                                                                                              6. Click OK

                                                                                              To transpose chromatically by interval

                                                                                              To transpose selected notes up or down in semitone increments:

                                                                                              1. Select By interval
                                                                                              2. Select whether to transpose your selection Up or Down by the specified interval
                                                                                              3. Select the transposition interval from the drop down menu
                                                                                              4. Select options for Transpose key signatures and Transpose chord symbols as required (see above)
                                                                                              5. Click OK

                                                                                              Transpose Diatonically

                                                                                              Select this to transpose the selection by a specified interval without changing the existing key signature(s). Note: the intervallic relationships between pitches in your selection will change as a result!

                                                                                              1. Select Transpose Diatonically
                                                                                              2. Select whether to transpose your selection Up or Down by the specified interval
                                                                                              3. Leave Keep degree alterations selected to retain any accidentals in the selection (Note: accidentals will be modified relative to the existing key signature. Note also: Deselecting this will remove any existing accidentals upon transposition)
                                                                                              4. Leave Transpose chord symbols selected to transpose any existing chord symbols in your selection (see above)
                                                                                              5. Click OK

                                                                                              Working with transposing instruments

                                                                                              Transposed and concert pitch

                                                                                              Transposing instruments (such as the clarinet, French horn, trumpet etc.) are notated at a different pitch (and key signature) to how they sound. The notated pitch is called the written pitch, while the actual pitch is called concert or sounding pitch.

                                                                                              By default the program is displayed with all the staves at written pitch. However, if you wish to view the score at concert pitch just check the "Concert pitch" box (to the left of the tuning fork icon) in the status bar.

                                                                                              Concert pitch check box

                                                                                              Setting the interval of transposition

                                                                                              When you set up a score in the New Score, or Add or remove instruments dialogs, transposed key signatures are automatically applied to any transposing instruments. However if for any reason you need to set up the staff transposition manually, this is how to do it.

                                                                                              1. Right-click on the instrument staff and select Staff/Part properties;
                                                                                              2. Next to "Transpose" in the lower part of the dialog, select the interval that the instrument sounds above/below concert pitch. (Music for the Bb clarinet, for example, is written a tone above its sounding pitch and the transpose setting is therefore a major second down.)
                                                                                                Transposition part properties
                                                                                              3. Click OK.

                                                                                              The correct transposed key signature will now appear on the staff.

                                                                                              Controlling enharmonic spelling

                                                                                              The enharmonic spelling of the transposed key signature, whether in sharps or flats, is set in Staff/Part properties (see Setting the interval of transposition ).

                                                                                              To change the enharmonic spelling of pitches in the score, see Change spelling.

                                                                                              Octave lines

                                                                                                Overview

                                                                                                Octave (Ottava) lines are used to indicate that a section of music is to be played one or more octaves above or below written pitch; the line may be dotted or solid:

                                                                                                8--------┐or 8va--------┐: Play one octave above written pitch.
                                                                                                8--------┘or 8va--------┘: Play one octave below written pitch.

                                                                                                8va alta/bassa lines are particularly common in piano scores, though they are sometimes used in other instrumental music. 15ma alta (2 octaves above) and 15ma bassa (2 octaves below) are also occasionally used.

                                                                                                MuseScore automatically adjusts playback of the score under the ottava to the correct pitch.

                                                                                                Ottava lines may be found in the Lines palette.

                                                                                                Adding an octave line to your score

                                                                                                See Adding a line to your score.

                                                                                                To adjust the range and vertical position of the line, see Adjusting elements directly.

                                                                                                Octave line properties

                                                                                                Properties specific to the selected ottava(s) can be adjusted in the Ottava section of the Properties panel, namely:

                                                                                                Style tab

                                                                                                Type: Specifies whether the Ottava line is 8va, 8vb etc.
                                                                                                Show number only: Hides any text (such as “va”).
                                                                                                Show line: Makes the line visible / invisible. Text is unaffected.
                                                                                                Allow diagonal: Allow line to slope if required.

                                                                                                For other properties in this tab, see Line properties.

                                                                                                Text tab

                                                                                                This has a similar user interface to general lines (see Line properties), but uses special code to specify the ottava text.

                                                                                                Octave line style

                                                                                                Default properties for ottavas can be adjusted in Format→Style→Ottava.

                                                                                                Ottava style

                                                                                                Noteheads

                                                                                                  Overview

                                                                                                  This chapter discusses the appearance of noteheads in MuseScore.

                                                                                                  Notehead schemes

                                                                                                  One aspect of music notation systems is notehead scheme. A scheme is a set of rules used to decide notehead shape's meaning, some of which are supported in MuseScore. Supported schemes relate notehead meaning to a note's:

                                                                                                  • duration: as in the most widely used scheme.
                                                                                                  • pitch (using movable-do or absolute pitch solfege): literally written on it, and
                                                                                                  • pitch (relative pitch using shape note solfege): as in "shape note notation" (see reference under External links).

                                                                                                  The most widely used scheme is very likely the only one known to most musicians. It is referred to as "Normal" in MuseScore and is the default setting for a new staff. Details of the nine schemes available in MuseScore are covered in Custom staff types:Notehead scheme.

                                                                                                  Understanding relative pitch notations (shape note solfege, shape note notation) can enhance the reader's comprehension of this chapter. Most of the time, a notehead shape conveys one specific meaning, and that meaning is only associated with one notehead shape. Shape note solfege is like a variant of movable-do solfege that belongs to the exceptions. For example, in one type of "shape note notation", a triangle must be used to notate a relatively pitched "C4", but triangles are also read as relatively pitched "C"s or "F"s only, and triangles must sing "Fa" or a syllable agree upon by singers on-site. The loosely related shape note solfege notates interval perception much better than the "Normal" setting.

                                                                                                  Notehead shape

                                                                                                  Different notehead shapes
                                                                                                  Shown above, the diamond notehead can be used for harmonic notes in guitar, violin etc; and slash notehead for guitar strums etc. The cross is also known as crosshead, ghost note, or dead note.

                                                                                                  Final display of notehead shape in MuseScore is determined by three factors: the notehead type factor, the pitch factor, and the duration factor (or note-value, rhythm).

                                                                                                  Pitch factor

                                                                                                  Note pitch may affect affect notehead shape, depending on the scheme, but it only happens on note(s) that do not use an overriding Notehead type property. See "Notehead type factor" section. "Normal" notehead scheme does not use pitch to determine notehead shape.

                                                                                                  Duration factor

                                                                                                  The duration factor is determined by a note's duration. To edit duration see Entering notes and rests and Editing notes and rests chapters. It also can be visually overridden for an individual note, while keeping the real value and playback intact.

                                                                                                  Notehead type factor

                                                                                                  Options available for notehead type factor depends on staff type:

                                                                                                  • On Standard staffs (type 1a, type 1b), there are three levels:
                                                                                                    1. Level 1 Notehead scheme of a staff : Default is "Normal".
                                                                                                    2. Level 2 Notehead scheme of a note (option named "Notehead System" in Musescore 4.1.1):
                                                                                                      • The default option "Auto" means "ignore this level".
                                                                                                      • Other options: scheme to use on this note, overrides Level 1.
                                                                                                    3. Level 3 Notehead type property of a note. Affects notehead shape if and only if the result scheme of Level 1 and Level 2 is "Normal".
                                                                                                  • Tablatures (type 2) do not use notes. To change selected fret number(s) into crosshead, click the cross item in the Noteheads palettes. To enclose selected fret number(s) with brackets (parentheses, dead note or ghost note), use Shift+X. Only the first two items of Noteheads palettes works on Tablatures.
                                                                                                  • On percussion staffs (type 3), instrument (like snare or hi-hat, not the "drumset" MuseScore Instrument) determines the notehead type factor. See Entering and editing percussion notation: Notehead shape chapter.

                                                                                                  Notehead scheme is used to determine notehead shape unless overridden by individual note's Notehead type property. When notehead scheme is not overridden, note pitch may affect notehead shape, depending on the scheme. "Normal" notehead scheme does not use pitch to determine notehead shape. When a note uses an overriding Notehead type property, note pitch information does not affect notehead shape at all.

                                                                                                  Changing notehead shape

                                                                                                  Notehead type factor

                                                                                                  • (Valid on standard staffs only) To change level 1 notehead scheme of a single staff, affecting all notes:
                                                                                                    1. Right click on an empty part of the desired staff and select Staff/Part properties.
                                                                                                    2. Click on the Advanced style properties button (opens Edit Staff Type window).
                                                                                                    3. Select an option in Notehead scheme dropdown.
                                                                                                  • (Valid on standard staffs only) To change level 2 notehead scheme of note(s):
                                                                                                    1. Select note(s) on a score.
                                                                                                    2. In the Properties panel, open Note: Head tab.
                                                                                                    3. select an option from the Notehead system dropdown (you may need to click "Show more" at the bottom of the panel to reveal it): the default "Auto" means "ignore this level".
                                                                                                  • (Valid on standard staffs only) To change level 3 notehead type property:
                                                                                                    1. Select note(s) on a score.
                                                                                                    2. Use one of the following:
                                                                                                      • In Properties panel, open Note: Head tab, select a Notehead type, or
                                                                                                      • Click on an item in the Noteheads palettes, or drag it onto a notehead in the score.
                                                                                                  • To change selected fret number(s) into crosshead, click the cross item in the Noteheads palettes. To enclose selected fret number(s) with brackets (parentheses, dead note or ghost note), use Shift+X.
                                                                                                  • To change noteheads on percussion staffs, see Entering and editing percussion notation: Notehead shape chapter.

                                                                                                  Duration factor

                                                                                                  • To change note duration, see Entering notes and rests and Editing notes and rests.
                                                                                                  • To change the apparent duration without altering real value so that playback is not affected:
                                                                                                    1. Select note(s) on a score.
                                                                                                    2. In the Properties panel, open Note: Head tab.
                                                                                                    3. Select the desired option from the Override visual duration (you may need to click "Show more" at the bottom of the panel to reveal it): the default "Auto" means "no override"

                                                                                                  Adding pitch information to notes

                                                                                                  Seven-shape system (Aikin)
                                                                                                  shown above 7 Shape (Aikin), a "shape note notation"

                                                                                                  There are six methods to change "pitch".

                                                                                                  Most of the time, a note's pitch only affects its staff space / vertical position, to change it:

                                                                                                  • Change note pitch, see Entering notes and rests and Editing notes and rests.
                                                                                                  • Modify the playback pitch of note(s) on score without altering notation: In Properties panel, click General: Playback , edit Tuning (cents). This is useful for reasons explained in Musescore 3 Handbook's Tuning systems, microtonal notation system, and playback. Does not work on instruments using Muse sounds (yet) on Musescore 4.1.1

                                                                                                  Tablatures, percussion staffs and some notehead scheme (see Overview) use notehead shape to convey pitch information:

                                                                                                  • [not working yet, upcoming fixed 4.3 https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/16500 ] The brackets (parentheses, dead note or ghost note) item in Noteheads palettes can be added to a note or accidental.
                                                                                                  • To change selected fret number(s) into crosshead, click the cross item in the Noteheads palettes. To enclose selected fret number(s) with brackets (parentheses, dead note or ghost note), use Shift+X.
                                                                                                  • To use custom notehead shape for visual pitch representation:
                                                                                                    1. Change level 1 setting as required for the staff.
                                                                                                    2. Use a level 2 overriding setting on selected note(s):
                                                                                                      1. Select note(s) on a score.
                                                                                                      2. In the Properties panel, open Note: Head tab.
                                                                                                      3. Select an "Normal" from the Notehead system dropdown (you may need to click "Show more" at the bottom of the panel to reveal it).
                                                                                                    3. Assign level 3 notehead type property. Use either one of the following:
                                                                                                      • In Properties panel, open Note: Head tab, select a Notehead type, or
                                                                                                      • Click on an item in the Noteheads palettes, or drag it onto a notehead in the score.
                                                                                                    4. These note(s) will be always use this item, regardless of any future pitch change by user unlike other notes on this staff.
                                                                                                    5. Change duration factor as required.
                                                                                                  • To loosen the relationship between note vertical position and pitch so that all notes on a staff create desired playback, take advantage of 'Transposing instruments' feature.

                                                                                                  Changing notehead direction

                                                                                                  To move notehead(s) horizontally to the other side of stem, use one of the following:

                                                                                                  • Press Shift+X, or
                                                                                                  • In Properties panel, open Note: Head tab, select a Notehead direction (you may need to click "Show more" at the bottom of the panel to reveal it).
                                                                                                    Note direction

                                                                                                  (Note: Contrast this command with X which moves the stem and beam horizontally and vertically to other side of the notehead)

                                                                                                  Notehead properties

                                                                                                  Selecting a note(s) on score, in the Properties panel Note: Head tab :

                                                                                                  • Notehead parentheses: Add or remove parentheses.
                                                                                                  • Notehead type: See overview and changing notehead shape.
                                                                                                  • Hide notehead: Makes notehead invisible, see Properties: visibility.
                                                                                                  • Small notehead
                                                                                                  • Duration dot position: This provides an alternative vertical offset for the duration dot.
                                                                                                  • Show more / Show less button
                                                                                                  • Notehead system: level 2 Notehead scheme, see Overview. The default "Auto" means "ignore this level".
                                                                                                  • Override visual duration: change duration factor, see Overview. "Auto" means "no override".
                                                                                                  • Note direction: See Changing notehead direction (above).
                                                                                                  • Notehead offset: This changes the offset of the notehead only (to change the offset of the complete note, use "Offset" in Properties: Appearance instead).

                                                                                                  Notehead style and font

                                                                                                  There are 8 font options (two new options compared to MuseScore 3) for notehead set in Format→Style→Score. Notehead does not use style profiles (Templates and styles).
                                                                                                  Noteheads palette is displayed with Bravura font.

                                                                                                  Sharing noteheads between voices

                                                                                                  When two notes in different voices coincide on the same beat, they can either share a single notehead, or else be offset to allow the display of both noteheads. This is done automatically by MuseScore according to certain rules (see below).

                                                                                                  To force two offset noteheads in different voices to share a single notehead, use one of the following methods:

                                                                                                  • Make the smaller-value notehead invisible. This works for the majority of cases.
                                                                                                  • Select the smaller value notehead and in the Note section of the Properties toolbar change "Head type (visual only)" to that of the higher value note.

                                                                                                  Rules for automatically sharing or offsetting noteheads:

                                                                                                  • Notes with stems in the same direction do not share noteheads.
                                                                                                  • Dotted notes do not share noteheads with undotted notes.
                                                                                                  • Black notes do not share noteheads with white notes.
                                                                                                  • Whole notes never share noteheads.

                                                                                                  Remove duplicate fretmarks in tablature

                                                                                                  If you are using paired standard and tablature staves you will come across situations where a shared notehead in the standard staff generates two fretmarks in tablature. In this case simply hide one of the fretmarks by making it invisible.

                                                                                                  See also

                                                                                                  • Entering and editing percussion notation

                                                                                                  External links

                                                                                                  • The Music Notation Project Wiki > Shape Note Notation
                                                                                                  • IMSLP.org Wiki > 4-shape notation
                                                                                                  • IMSLP.org Wiki > 7-shape notation

                                                                                                  Ambitus

                                                                                                    An ambitus indicates the range of notes included within a stave. It is used to indicate the appropriate voice for a particular part. See Wikipedia: Ambitus.

                                                                                                    Adding an ambitus to your score

                                                                                                    To create an ambitus choose one of the following methods:

                                                                                                    • Select the desired start clef and click on the ambitus symbol in either the Pitch or Lines palette.
                                                                                                    • Drag the ambitus symbol from either the Pitch or Lines palette and drop it onto the desired start clef.

                                                                                                    Changing the range of an ambitus

                                                                                                    The top and bottom notes of the range can be manually adjusted via Properties.

                                                                                                    Ambitus properties

                                                                                                    Four different properties of the ambitus can be manually altered:
                                                                                                    1. style: vertical or diagonal
                                                                                                    2. notehead type
                                                                                                    3. notehead duration
                                                                                                    4. line thickness of the line joining the two noteheads

                                                                                                    Respell pitches

                                                                                                      Manually changing the enharmonic spelling of notes

                                                                                                      To change the enharmonic spelling of a note, or notes, in both written and concert pitch views:

                                                                                                      1. Select a note, or group of notes;
                                                                                                      2. Press J;
                                                                                                      3. Continue pressing J to cycle through the enharmonic equivalents.

                                                                                                      To change the enharmonic spelling in the written pitch view, without affecting the concert pitch view, or vice versa:

                                                                                                      1. Select a note, or group of notes;
                                                                                                      2. Press Ctrl+J (Mac: Cmd+J);
                                                                                                      3. Continue pressing the same combination of keys to cycle through the enharmonic equivalents.

                                                                                                      Note: If the pitches of selected notes are not all the same, the effect may be unpredictable.

                                                                                                      Automatically respelling all notes in a selection

                                                                                                      Respell pitches

                                                                                                      • From the menu, select Tools→Respell Pitches.

                                                                                                      记谱:表情记号

                                                                                                        运音法

                                                                                                          本章讨论运音法面板(重音、断奏、揉颤音记号,等等)中可用的运音法符号。

                                                                                                          欲将文本面板中可用的动词运音法客体(连奏、拨弦、拉奏、震音,等等)加诸乐谱,见《Entering and editing text》章。《惯用记谱:吉他》诸章涵盖了吉他运音法。《琶音与滑音》涵盖了铜管或者木管运音法[坠音、爵士上倚音、轻落音、舀音(爵士下倚音)]。

                                                                                                          将运音法加诸乐谱

                                                                                                          键盘快捷方式

                                                                                                          欲通过键盘快捷方式添加运音法:

                                                                                                          1. 选中一个或者更多音符;
                                                                                                          2. 应用下列相关快捷方式:
                                                                                                            • 加强音: Shift + O
                                                                                                            • 重音: Shift + V
                                                                                                            • 保持音: Shift + N
                                                                                                            • 断奏: Shift + S

                                                                                                          工具栏

                                                                                                          运音法工具栏
                                                                                                          某些运音法(重音、加强音、断奏,和保持音)可以被从(文档面板上方的)音符输入工具栏添加:

                                                                                                          1. 选中一个或者更多音符;
                                                                                                          2. 点击运音法工具栏区域中的所需图标。

                                                                                                          运音法面板

                                                                                                          运音法面板
                                                                                                          欲将列项加诸乐谱:

                                                                                                          1. 选中一个或者更多音符;
                                                                                                          2. 点击运音法面板中所需运音法。

                                                                                                          或者,将运音法符号从符号面板拖动并投掷到符头。

                                                                                                          运音法的回放

                                                                                                          某些运音法影响音符的回放——例如断奏、顿音、波弓号(微断音,保持音+断奏),和重音。些被程序自动处理。

                                                                                                          运音法属性

                                                                                                          《属性面板》中展示了乐谱上所选运音法的可编辑属性。

                                                                                                          运音法定位

                                                                                                          • 定位:这更换音符上方或者下方符号的位置。

                                                                                                          运音法样式

                                                                                                          见主要章《Templates and styles》

                                                                                                          • “运音法与装饰音样式”的值可以在格式→样式→运音法与装饰音中编辑。

                                                                                                          与符干对齐

                                                                                                          以下展示的是乐谱上某些选项的结果。

                                                                                                          对齐选项

                                                                                                          • 与符干对齐
                                                                                                            与符干对齐
                                                                                                          • 与符头对齐
                                                                                                            与符头对齐
                                                                                                          • 居中至符干与符头间
                                                                                                            居中至符干与符头间

                                                                                                          合并的运音法记号选项

                                                                                                          • 常聚
                                                                                                            常聚
                                                                                                          • 偏向接近符头(组合运音法记号可能会分离)
                                                                                                            偏向接近符头

                                                                                                          力度

                                                                                                            将力度加诸您的乐谱

                                                                                                            Dynamics palette

                                                                                                            所有力度符号客体都在力度使用符号面板中。欲将力度符号加诸乐谱:

                                                                                                            • 选中一个或者更多音符,然后点击力度面板中的列项;或者
                                                                                                            • 将列项从力度面板拖到音符上。

                                                                                                            力度属性

                                                                                                            力度可以在属性面板中编辑。下列选项可用:

                                                                                                            • 缩放比:力度符号的尺寸
                                                                                                            • 避开小节线:复选力度记号是否避免同小节线碰撞。
                                                                                                            • 声部指派:选择所选力度被指派到哪个声部。既奏效于力度的位置又奏效于回放。
                                                                                                            • 位置:选择所选力度坐落在线谱上方还是下方。
                                                                                                            • 谱表间居中:在伴有超过一个线谱的乐器上,选择所选力度是否在两个线谱之间垂直居中。可以与位置结合使用。
                                                                                                            • (显示更多下的)与符头对齐:对于伴有附加表情文本的力度符号,合并的元素可以被两端对齐到符头的右侧,或者与符头居中对齐。
                                                                                                            • (显示更多下的)框体:将正方形或者圆形框体加诸力度记号并且定制其样式

                                                                                                            欲编辑乐谱范围的设置,见《力度样式》部分。

                                                                                                            力度与回放

                                                                                                            在In MuseScore 4.4 以及更高版本中,力度符号(包括Hairpins)可以独立应用于单独声部和线谱。所属(诸)声部上的力度从它出现之处奏效,直到回放到达同一声部中另一力度或者影响所有声部的力度为止。

                                                                                                            见《力度回放兼容性》部分以学习此特性如何随不同声音技术工作。

                                                                                                            为声部指派力度

                                                                                                            观看我们的关于力度和声部的视频(注意:中国内地用户请自行设法访问 YouTube;英语单语字幕;暂无搬运)。

                                                                                                            在 MuseScore Studio 4.4 中,力度和Hairpins可以被指派到所有声部或者特定声部从1~4使用声部指派属性。默认将力度指派到乐器上的所有声部。

                                                                                                            Voice assignment options for single-staff instruments

                                                                                                            对于具有多个线谱的乐器,选中全部将显示适用于下列不同范围的选项:

                                                                                                            • 乐器上的所有声部(即,应用于所有线谱)和
                                                                                                            • 仅此谱表的所有声部(即,仅仅应用于它附着其上的谱表上的所有声部)

                                                                                                            多谱表乐器的声部指派选项

                                                                                                            欲在您添加力度之时将其直接指派到特定声部:

                                                                                                            1. 选中乐谱中的音符或者休止符
                                                                                                            2. 在按住 控制 (麦金塔: 命令 )期间点击符号面板中的力度
                                                                                                            3. 力度将会指派到所选音符或者休止符所在声部

                                                                                                            欲变更现存力度的声部指派,选中之,然后要么:

                                                                                                            • 点击属性→声部指派中的按钮之一,要么
                                                                                                            • 点击声部音符输入工具栏中的按钮之一,要么
                                                                                                            • 使用键盘快捷方式
                                                                                                              • 对于声部 1~4:
                                                                                                                控制 + 交替 + 1~4 (麦金塔: 命令 + 选项 + 1~4 )
                                                                                                              • 对于全部(或者乐器上的全部声部*):
                                                                                                                控制 + 交替 + 0 (麦金塔: 命令 + 选项 + 0 )
                                                                                                              • 对于仅此谱表上所有声部*:
                                                                                                                控制 + 交替 + - (麦金塔: 命令 + 选项 + - )

                                                                                                            *对于多线谱乐器

                                                                                                            在偏好设置→音符输入→声部指派中控制默认将力度指派到全部声部还是单独声部。

                                                                                                            放置力度

                                                                                                            在控制通用力度位置的格式→样式→力度与楔形力度记号→力度与楔形力度记号的默认位置中有三个选项可用:

                                                                                                            力度与楔形力度记号的默认位置

                                                                                                            • 位置决定是力度应该根据其声部指派(默认为“基于声部”)来定位还是应该全部去往“上方”或者“下方”
                                                                                                            • 力度记号放置在声乐乐器谱表上方规定声乐线谱上力度是否应该去往线谱上方(默认为开)
                                                                                                            • 力度记号居中于大谱表乐器会自动将力度垂直居中在多线谱乐器的线谱之间(默认为开)

                                                                                                            基于声部放置

                                                                                                            如果选择基于声部的位置,声部指派将会按照如下方式奏效于力度的位置:

                                                                                                            • 声部 1 的力度,如果仅有一个声部在那个节奏位置就去往线谱下方,否则去往上方
                                                                                                            • 声部 3 的力度去往线谱上方
                                                                                                            • 声部 2 和 4 的力度去往去往线谱下方
                                                                                                            • 分配到全部声部的力度去往去往线谱下方

                                                                                                            通过属性→位置可以明确覆写任何力度的位置。

                                                                                                            力度居中在线谱之间

                                                                                                            大谱表乐器(例如:键盘乐器、键盘鼓、竖琴)上的力度可以垂直居中在线谱之间。

                                                                                                            默认地,自动居中力度,当:

                                                                                                            • 存在这样的线谱:
                                                                                                              • 属于同一乐器;
                                                                                                              • 在该力度上方或者下方,(根据其相对于所附线谱的位置)该力度可以居中于所属线谱和该线谱之间
                                                                                                            • 将属性→声部指派设为乐器的所有声部
                                                                                                            • 将属性→谱表间居中设为自动
                                                                                                            • 在格式→样式→力度与楔形力度记号中,开启力度记号居中于大谱表乐器选项
                                                                                                            • 尚无手动纵向偏移应用于该力度

                                                                                                            您还可以手动居中力度,通过将谱表间居中设为开并且基于您想要居中的相对线谱是在上方还是下方配置位置。

                                                                                                            结合力度和文本

                                                                                                            欲添加结合力度符号与文本的力度说明,譬如poco f(稍强):

                                                                                                            1. 通过如上步骤将恰当的力度符号加诸您的乐谱(对于poco f(稍强)来说,就是添加f(强)力度符号)
                                                                                                            2. 从文本面板,将表情文本元素加诸同一音符。
                                                                                                              • 力度符号和表情文本将会粘在一起,允许您将它们当作单一单元来重新定位。
                                                                                                            3. 双击表情文本以编辑之(对于poco f(稍强),用单词poco来替换文本)

                                                                                                            或者,您可以双击力度符号并且在其任一侧键入附加文本。

                                                                                                            当表情文本结合于力度,表情文本的尺寸可以使用 属性→文本 中的尺寸属性来独立缩放。

                                                                                                            力度样式

                                                                                                            见主要章《Templates and styles》

                                                                                                            格式→样式→力度与楔形力度记号 包含默认定位、间隔,和力度与Hairpins尺寸的选项。

                                                                                                            编辑力度字体

                                                                                                            您可以在 格式→样式→乐谱→音乐记号字体 中选择用于力度的字体。默认字体是Leland。您还可以在 格式→样式→力度与楔形力度记号→首选乐谱字体 **中变更力度的字体而不变更用于其他音乐元素的字体。

                                                                                                            编辑表情文本样式

                                                                                                            您可以在 格式→样式→文本样式→表情记号 中编辑表情文本样式。您可以在 格式→样式→表情文本 中切换表情文本是否自动粘到力度上。

                                                                                                            力度回放兼容性

                                                                                                            对特定于声部的力度的支持取决于所选声音技术(例如:声音字体、VST,还是 Muse 采样器)和乐器是一个单音符力度乐器(即,允许于变更其单一音符上的力度乐器,例如小提琴或者长笛)还是一个非单音符力度乐器(例如:钢琴或者鼓组乐器,乐器音符的力度属性在初始敲击以后开始减退)。

                                                                                                            在下表中,单音符力度乐器称为 SND 乐器,而非单音符力度乐器称为非 SND 乐器.

                                                                                                            声音技术 对单独声部/线谱的支持
                                                                                                            Muse 采样器 完整支持每一声部和每一线谱的力度
                                                                                                            声音字体(MS 基础) SND 和非 SND 乐器都将会支持单独声部上的力度。仅非 SND 乐器将会支持单独线谱上的力度
                                                                                                            VST 仅非 SND 乐器支持每一声部和每一线谱的力度

                                                                                                            Hairpins

                                                                                                              Types of hairpin

                                                                                                              Hairpins are symbols used to indicate gradual changes of volume in the score. There are two kinds: crescendo (getting louder) and decrescendo (getting quieter).

                                                                                                              Hairpins

                                                                                                              There are also crescendo and diminuendo lines which do the same thing:

                                                                                                              Crescendo and diminuendo lines

                                                                                                              All can be found in the Lines or Dynamics palettes.

                                                                                                              Adding a hairpin to your score

                                                                                                              Lines palette

                                                                                                              To enter a hairpin from a palette use one of the following options:

                                                                                                              • Select a range of notes or measures, then click on a hairpin in the palette.
                                                                                                              • Drag and drop a hairpin onto a notehead. The hairpin will extend to the end of the measure.

                                                                                                              Keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                              To enter a hairpin using a keyboard shortcut:

                                                                                                              1. Select a range of notes or measures;
                                                                                                              2. Use one of the following options:
                                                                                                                • For a crescendo hairpin press < ("less than" sign).
                                                                                                                • For a diminuendo hairpin press > ("greater than" sign).

                                                                                                              Changing appearance of hairpins

                                                                                                              Range

                                                                                                              To extend or contract the range of a hairpin, see Changing range of a line.

                                                                                                              Height

                                                                                                              To change the height, select the height adjustment handle (shaded in the image below) …

                                                                                                              Hairpin height adjustement

                                                                                                              … then use keyboard arrows, offsets (Properties panel), or dragging, to move the handle into the desired position. (See Basics: Adjusting elements directly.)

                                                                                                              Alternatively you can adjust the "Height" in the Hairpin: Style section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                              Set at angle

                                                                                                              To allow the hairpin to slope at a diagonal, check the "Allow diagonal" box in Hairpin: Style in the Properties panel. Then move the start/end adjustment handles to get the desired slope.

                                                                                                              Other adjustments

                                                                                                              See Hairpin properties.

                                                                                                              Changing playback of hairpins

                                                                                                              See Dynamics and playback

                                                                                                              Hairpin properties

                                                                                                              You can edit properties specific to hairpins in the Hairpins section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                              Style tab

                                                                                                              Niente circle: Places a small circle at the point of the hairpin.
                                                                                                              Allow diagonal: Allows the hairpin to be set at an angle; see Changing appearance of hairpins (above).
                                                                                                              Line style: Choose solid, dashed or dotted lines.
                                                                                                              Thickness / Height:
                                                                                                              Height (new system): Specify the height of subsequent hairpins if the first one spans a system.
                                                                                                              Position: Above or Below.

                                                                                                              Text tab

                                                                                                              Properties here allow you to specify beginning, end, and continuation texts and their vertical offsets.

                                                                                                              Hairpin style

                                                                                                              See Templates and styles and Dynamics style

                                                                                                              Slurs

                                                                                                                A slur is a curved line between notes of different pitches indicating legato phrasing; exact interpretation depends on the instrument.

                                                                                                                Slurs should not be confused with (note) ties which connect notes of the same pitch and extend the duration of the first note to encompass the connected notes.

                                                                                                                Adding a slur to your score

                                                                                                                After selecting a note, a slur can be created using any of the following:

                                                                                                                • A keyboard shortcut, S. This option is both convenient and fast.
                                                                                                                • The menu option, Add→Line→Slur
                                                                                                                • A slur from the lines palette.

                                                                                                                The exact method of applications depends on whether you are in note input or normal modes of operation. The keyboard shortcut method will be used as an example.

                                                                                                                Adding slurs in normal mode

                                                                                                                Method 1

                                                                                                                1. Select the note where you want the slur to start:
                                                                                                                  Adding slur, step 1
                                                                                                                2. Press S to add a slur extending to the next note:
                                                                                                                  Adding slur, step 2
                                                                                                                3. To extend the slur to the next note, hold Shift and press → (right arrow). Repeat as required:
                                                                                                                  Adding slur, step 3, extending it to next note
                                                                                                                4. To flip the slur direction, press X:
                                                                                                                  Adding slur, step 4, flipping direction
                                                                                                                5. Press Esc to exit edit mode:
                                                                                                                  Adding slur, step 5, exiting edit mode

                                                                                                                Method 2

                                                                                                                1. Select the note where you want the slur to start;
                                                                                                                2. Choose one of the following options:
                                                                                                                  • To add a single slur: Hold down Ctrl (Mac: Cmd) and select the last note that you want the slur to cover.
                                                                                                                  • To add slurs to all voices: Hold down Shift and select the last note that you want the slurs to cover.
                                                                                                                3. Press S.

                                                                                                                Adding slurs in note input mode

                                                                                                                1. Enter the first note in the slurred section;
                                                                                                                2. Press S to begin the slurred section;
                                                                                                                3. Type in the remaining notes in the slurred section;
                                                                                                                4. Press S again to end the slurred section.

                                                                                                                Multi-voice and cross-staff slurs

                                                                                                                Using method 2 (above) you can create a slur between notes in the same or different voices. Cross staff slurs can be created in exactly the same way. e.g.

                                                                                                                Cross-staff slur

                                                                                                                You can also adjust the start/end handles of an existing slur to move the start or end to a note of a different voice:

                                                                                                                1. Click on the start/end handle of the slur.;
                                                                                                                2. Press Shift+↑/↓ to move the start/end between voices, and from staff to staff.

                                                                                                                Changing appearance of slurs

                                                                                                                To adjust the shape of a slur or its range, see Adjusting elements directly.

                                                                                                                Slur properties

                                                                                                                The following properties specific to slurs can be adjusted in the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                Style: Solid, dashed or dotted line.
                                                                                                                Position: Above or below.

                                                                                                                Slur style

                                                                                                                Some default properties for all slurs in the score can be adjusted in Format→Style→Slurs/Ties:

                                                                                                                Slur style dialog

                                                                                                                Breaths and pauses

                                                                                                                  Breaths and pause symbols may be found in the Breaths & pauses palette.

                                                                                                                  Breathes and pauses

                                                                                                                  These symbols also have an adjustable playback effect.

                                                                                                                  Types of pauses

                                                                                                                  Fermata

                                                                                                                  A fermata, or pause appears above/below a note, and extends its written duration, indicating a pause in the music.

                                                                                                                  Fermata

                                                                                                                  It may also be written above a rest, or a barline, indicating the end of a piece or section of music.

                                                                                                                  Fermata over rest

                                                                                                                  Breath mark

                                                                                                                  A breath mark is placed just above the staff, and tells a wind instrument performer or singer to take a breath here, or other instruments to pause slightly. It may occur between two notes or at the end of a measure.

                                                                                                                  Caesura

                                                                                                                  The caesura also indicates a pause, slightly longer than a breath mark but less so than a fermata. It may occur between two notes or at the end of a measure.

                                                                                                                  Adding a pause to your score

                                                                                                                  To add a fermata:

                                                                                                                  1. Select a note, rest or barline;
                                                                                                                  2. Click on a fermata symbol in the Breaths & pauses palette

                                                                                                                  Alternatively drag a fermata symbol onto a note.

                                                                                                                  To add a breath mark or caesura:

                                                                                                                  1. Select a note;
                                                                                                                  2. Click on a breath mark/pause symbol in the Breaths & pauses palette.

                                                                                                                  Alternatively drag a breath mark/caesura symbol onto a note.

                                                                                                                  MuseScore automatically places the breath mark/caesura in the correct position, just above the staff and after the selected note.

                                                                                                                  Changing pause playback

                                                                                                                  Pause symbols have a playback effect in the score. To adjust the pause length, click on Playback in the Properties panel and adjust "Time stretch".

                                                                                                                  Pause properties

                                                                                                                  The position of selected pauses can be altered by clicking on Appearance in the Properties panel and adjusting the offsets. Alternatively you can drag a symbol, or enter Edit mode and use the keyboard arrows to move it.

                                                                                                                  In addition you can position a fermata above or below the staff by selecting the desired option in "Placement on staff" in the Fermata section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                  Pause style

                                                                                                                  You can specify default positional properties for all fermatas in Format→Style→Fermatas.

                                                                                                                  Fermata style settings

                                                                                                                  Ornaments

                                                                                                                    Ornaments and ornament lines can be applied from the Ornaments palette.
                                                                                                                    If the it is not already displayed in the palettes area, see Adding more palettes. Available ornaments include turns, (short) trills, and mordents, are discussed here. See Other lines for ornament lines available including (long) trill lines, upprall, downprall, prallprall.

                                                                                                                    Ornaments palette

                                                                                                                    Adding an ornament to your score

                                                                                                                    Add an ornament

                                                                                                                    To add an ornament to the score:

                                                                                                                    1. Select one or more notes;
                                                                                                                    2. Click on the desired ornament in the Ornaments palette;

                                                                                                                    For a trill only, it is possible to use a custom shortcut instead at step 2.

                                                                                                                    Add an ornament line

                                                                                                                    See main chapter of ornament lines Other lines.

                                                                                                                    The procedure for applying ornament lines is just like any other line, i.e.

                                                                                                                    1. Select a start note;
                                                                                                                    2. Press Shift and click on an end note;
                                                                                                                    3. Click on an ornament line in the Ornaments palette

                                                                                                                    If you subsequently need to adjust the ornament's length, see Changing the range of a line.

                                                                                                                    Changing ornament intervals (adding accidentals)

                                                                                                                    Ornaments are aware of the key signature and of other accidentals in the bar. By default, trills, turns, mordents and other ornaments will display and play diatonic intervals. Use the Properties panel to change the interval, displaying the appropriate accidentals in the score and changing playback.

                                                                                                                    To change the interval of an ornament:

                                                                                                                    1. Select an ornament
                                                                                                                    2. Open the Properties panel
                                                                                                                    3. Use the interval selectors to choose the desired interval. The score will display the appropriate accidentals for the chosen interval.

                                                                                                                    Trills can be customized by quality (major, minor, augmented, etc.) and interval number from unison to octave. The appropriate accidental or upper auxiliary note will display in the score above or below the ornament. For intervals larger than a second, consider using a tremolo.
                                                                                                                    Trill properties

                                                                                                                    Both the upper and lower interval can be set for turns.
                                                                                                                    Turn properties

                                                                                                                    Short trill and mordent intervals can be set to the minor or major second.
                                                                                                                    Mordent properties

                                                                                                                    Any accidentals introduced only by an ornament must be confirmed or cancelled later in the measure for clarity, meaning it is not possible to delete accidentals where the note:

                                                                                                                    • is after AND in the same measure as an ornament with accidentals
                                                                                                                    • as the same pitch class as a note with an accidental specified by the ornament (excluding the base note)

                                                                                                                    For example, in a measure starting with a chromatic turn on A as seen below, all Gs and Bs later in the measure will have an accidental, even if it is the same as what appears in the ornament.

                                                                                                                    Ornament accidental behavior

                                                                                                                    While these accidentals cannot be deleted, their visibility can be turned off. To do so:

                                                                                                                    1. Select the accidental
                                                                                                                    2. Open the Properties panel
                                                                                                                    3. Uncheck Visible

                                                                                                                    Ornament properties

                                                                                                                    The following properties of selected ornaments can be edited from the Ornament section of the Properties panel:

                                                                                                                    Accidental visibility

                                                                                                                    • Default only shows accidentals that have not shown up yet in the measure.
                                                                                                                    • Show any alteration shows accidentals again even if they appear earlier in the measure.
                                                                                                                    • Always display an accidental shows accidentals even for diatonic notes.

                                                                                                                    Placement

                                                                                                                    Use the placement controls to either let MuseScore automatically choose the standard placement, or manually select above or below.

                                                                                                                    Accidental properties

                                                                                                                    When selected, accidentals, including those linked to ornaments, have the following options in the Properties panel:

                                                                                                                    • Add parentheses or brackets
                                                                                                                    • Toggle small accidental

                                                                                                                    Ornament style

                                                                                                                    Default sizing and spacing properties for ornaments can be edited in Format→Style…→Articulations, Ornaments.

                                                                                                                    Articulations, Ornaments style

                                                                                                                    Ornaments can be individually repositioned by clicking and dragging in the score or via the Appearance dialog in the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                    Arpeggios and glissandi

                                                                                                                      Arpeggios, strum arrows, glissandi (slide), portamento (glide), brass or woodwind instrument bends and Guitar techniques: Slide in and slide out can be applied from the Arpeggios & Glissandi palette:

                                                                                                                      Arpeggios and Glissandi palette

                                                                                                                      Many have an adjustable playback effect (see below).

                                                                                                                      Arpeggios

                                                                                                                      Adding an arpeggio/strum to your score

                                                                                                                      To add an arpeggio/strum to a score:

                                                                                                                      1. Click on any note in a chord (multiple selection is possible)';
                                                                                                                      2. Click on an arpeggio/strum symbol in the palette.

                                                                                                                      Alternatively you can drag an arpeggio/strum symbol from a palette onto a notehead.

                                                                                                                      Adjusting the height of an arpeggio/strum

                                                                                                                      Click on an arpeggio and two adjustment handles will appear at the top and bottom of the symbol. You can move either up or down by dragging, or by selecting a handle and using the up/down keyboard arrows.

                                                                                                                      Creating multi-voice or cross-staff arpeggios

                                                                                                                      Arpeggios only span the voice to which they are input initially, but then can then be adjusted to span multiple voices in the same instrument, even across multiple staves.

                                                                                                                      To adjust an arpeggio to span multiple voices:

                                                                                                                      1. Select either the top or bottom handle of the arpeggio
                                                                                                                      2. Press Shift+↑ or Shift+↓ to move the handle up or down to the next adjacent voice

                                                                                                                      The handle will jump to the next voice above or below that has any notes at that point. This includes voices on staves above or below, in the case of multi-staff instruments.

                                                                                                                      The arpeggio is considered to 'belong' to the uppermost voice that it spans, and will be coloured accordingly.

                                                                                                                      (Prior to MuseScore 4.2, only the bottom handle could be used, to extend an arpeggio to a voice of the same numberr in the stave(s) below. Any other adjustments had to be made manually.)

                                                                                                                      Changing playback of arpeggios

                                                                                                                      To change the speed of a selected arpeggio, press Playback in the Properties panel, and adjust "Spread delay".

                                                                                                                      If you want to turn off playback altogether, untick the "Play" box in the General section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                      Arpeggio style

                                                                                                                      Default properties for all arpeggios in the score can be adjusted from the style menu at Format→Style→Arpeggios:

                                                                                                                      Arpeggio style settings

                                                                                                                      Portamento

                                                                                                                      To add a slide or "portamento" between two notes, add a glissando symbol and change its appearance and playback setting.

                                                                                                                      To add a slide or portamento before or after a note before a note (a string instrument or guitar technique), add either one of the four brass or woodwind instrument bends or a Guitar techniques: Slide in and slide out, see also Guitar techniques. Alternative wavy symbols are found in the Symbols category in Master palette, those do not affect playback.

                                                                                                                      Glissandi

                                                                                                                      Note: Guitar slides are covered in Guitar techniques.

                                                                                                                      Adding a glissando to your score

                                                                                                                      1. Select one or more start notes;
                                                                                                                      2. Click on the desired glissando icon in the palette. A glissando is created extending to the next note in the same voice:
                                                                                                                        Glissando

                                                                                                                      Alternatively you can drag a glissando symbol from the palette onto a notehead.

                                                                                                                      Glissandi can cross staves if needs be:

                                                                                                                      Cross staff glissando

                                                                                                                      Editing range of a glissando

                                                                                                                      If required, you can change the start or end position of a glissando as follows:

                                                                                                                      1. Select the edit handle whose position you want to change;
                                                                                                                      2. Press Shift+↑/↓/←/→, to move the handle in the specified direction, one note at a time.

                                                                                                                      This method can also be used to move the edit handle between voices and across staves.

                                                                                                                      Changing appearance of glissandi

                                                                                                                      The line type of a selected glissando—whether straight or wavy—and any text associated with it, can be changed in the Glissando section of the Properties panel. You can also turn off text by unchecking the "Show text" box.

                                                                                                                      Changing playback of glissandi

                                                                                                                      To change the playback effect, click on Playback and select an option from the dropdown list: chromatic, white keys, black keys, diatonic, portamento (this option for glissando symbol creates a portamento between two notes, to add other types see portamento).

                                                                                                                      You can also choose to turn off the playback effect by unchecking "Play" in the General section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                      Glissando properties

                                                                                                                      The following properties are available in the Glissando section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                      Glissando line: Choose from "Straight" or "wavy".
                                                                                                                      Show text: Uncheck/Check this box to turn off/on the display of the glissando text.
                                                                                                                      Text: Specify any text to appear with the glissando.

                                                                                                                      The default style of all glissando text is determined by the settings of "Glissando" in Format→Style→Text styles.

                                                                                                                      Bends

                                                                                                                      Not to be confused with Guitar techniques: Bends.

                                                                                                                      The Arpeggios & glissandi palette also contains bend symbols for brass or woodwind instruments:

                                                                                                                      Brass bends

                                                                                                                      These have a playback effect on the score.

                                                                                                                      Types of bends

                                                                                                                      Fall:
                                                                                                                      Doit:
                                                                                                                      Plop:
                                                                                                                      Scoop:

                                                                                                                      if you are not sure what's what, mousing over the palette icon will display the name of the symbol in a tooltip.

                                                                                                                      Adding a bend to your score

                                                                                                                      1. Select a notehead;
                                                                                                                      2. Click on the desired bend symbol in the palette.

                                                                                                                      Alternatively, drag a bend symbol onto a notehead in the score;

                                                                                                                      Changing appearance of bends

                                                                                                                      To change the shape of the bend, click on it and four adjustment handles become visible. Drag the handles, or click on them and press the keyboard arrows, until you get the shape you want.

                                                                                                                      Grace notes

                                                                                                                        Grace notes can be applied to the score from the Grace notes palette.

                                                                                                                        Grace notes palette

                                                                                                                        For bagpipe players there is a comprehensive range of grace notes in the Bagpipe embellishments palette.

                                                                                                                        Types of grace notes

                                                                                                                        Grace notes are small (cue-size) notes which ornament a previous or following note. They take their value from this parent note but do not themselves count towards the measure duration.

                                                                                                                        There are several kinds:

                                                                                                                        • Acciaccatura: Acciaccatura Usually written with an oblique stroke through the note flag, or through the beam, if there is a beamed series.

                                                                                                                        • Appoggiatura: Appoggiatura A stressed note which takes half the value from the parent note.

                                                                                                                        • Grace note after (trill endings):

                                                                                                                        Adding a grace note to your score

                                                                                                                        Note: For standard staves and tablature, the following instructions for adding grace notes work in both note input and normal modes.

                                                                                                                        Add grace note with keyboard shortcut

                                                                                                                        1. Ensure that the "parent" note is selected (multiple selection is possible in normal mode).
                                                                                                                        2. To apply an acciaccatura, press / (slash). For other grace notes use a custom shortcut (see Preferences: Shortcuts).

                                                                                                                        Add grace note from palette

                                                                                                                        1. Ensure that the "parent" note is selected (multiple selection is possible in normal mode).
                                                                                                                        2. Click on the desired symbol in the Grace notes palette.

                                                                                                                        Alternatively, you can drag and drop a grace note from the palette onto a note in the score.

                                                                                                                        Multiple grace notes

                                                                                                                        Sequential grace notes

                                                                                                                        You can add a run of grace notes to a selected note by repeatedly applying any of the following:

                                                                                                                        • pressing the relevant keyboard shortcut (see above).
                                                                                                                        • clicking on a grace note icon in a palette.
                                                                                                                        • dragging and dropping a grace note from a palette onto a note.

                                                                                                                        Grace note chords

                                                                                                                        To apply a chord of grace notes:

                                                                                                                        1. Add a single grace note (as described above).
                                                                                                                        2. For standard staves use one of the following methods:
                                                                                                                          • Press Shift and a note letter, A to G. This will add the corresponding note above.
                                                                                                                          • Press Alt+1–9; or from the menu bar, select Add→Intervals and choose an interval from the list. This will add a note at the indicated interval above the selected note.
                                                                                                                          • You can add intervals below in the same way, but using a custom shortcut (see Preferences: Shortcuts).
                                                                                                                        3. For tablature, select the grace note in normal mode, then add further chord notes using the method of adding intervals in step 2.

                                                                                                                        Editing grace notes

                                                                                                                        Change duration

                                                                                                                        To edit the visual duration, click on the grace note in normal mode, and select a duration from the note input toolbar or by using a keyboard shortcut (see Selecting duration).

                                                                                                                        Change pitch

                                                                                                                        Standard staves. To change the pitch of grace notes, use one of the methods described in Editing notes and rests.

                                                                                                                        Tablature. To change the pitch of grace notes, use one of the methods described in Changing the pitch in normal mode (tablature).

                                                                                                                        Changing playback of grace notes

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                                                                                                                        Grace note style

                                                                                                                        You can adjust the default size for all grace notes in Format→Styles→Sizes.

                                                                                                                        Tremolo and rolls

                                                                                                                          Types of tremolo and rolls

                                                                                                                          A Tremolo is the rapid repetition of one note or chord, or a rapid alternation between two notes or chords. The placement of tremolos is handled automatically by the program.

                                                                                                                          Single note tremolo

                                                                                                                          For stemmed notes, the rhythmic value of the tremolo is indicated by the number of diagonal strokes through the stem. One stroke indicates that the original note is divided into eighth notes. e.g.

                                                                                                                          tremolo_1.png

                                                                                                                          Two strokes divides the note into sixteenth notes, and three strokes into thirty-second notes. On whole notes the tremolo symbol is placed above the note.

                                                                                                                          Tremolo between notes

                                                                                                                          In traditional two-note or two-chord tremolos, incomplete beams are drawn between the notes to indicate the rhythmic value of the tremolo (to change the style see below). One beam indicates eight notes, two beams sixteenth notes, and three beams thirty-second notes. e.g.

                                                                                                                          tremolo_two_note.png

                                                                                                                          Buzz roll

                                                                                                                          A buzz roll symbol is also available from the Tremolos palette. However, it is notational only and currently has no playback properties.

                                                                                                                          Adding a tremolo to a single note

                                                                                                                          1. Click on a notehead in the score.
                                                                                                                          2. Click on the desired tremolo symbol in the Tremolos palette.

                                                                                                                          Adding a tremolo between notes/chords

                                                                                                                          1. Enter the notes at half the desired final duration of the tremolo.
                                                                                                                          2. Select a note in the first chord.
                                                                                                                          3. Click on the desired tremolo symbol in the Tremolos palette (it has to be one of the tremolo symbols without a stem).

                                                                                                                          Tremolo beams appear between the notes/chords and the appearance of the noteheads is adjusted accordingly.

                                                                                                                          Example: To enter a two-note tremolo with the duration of a half note (minim), enter two normal quarter notes (crotchets). After applying a tremolo symbol to the first note, the note values automatically double to half notes.

                                                                                                                          Changing appearance of tremolos

                                                                                                                          Three styles of tremolos between notes/chords are supported in MuseScore. To change the style:

                                                                                                                          1. Click on the (between notes) tremolo symbol.
                                                                                                                          2. In the Tremolos section of the Properties panel, click on the desired style icon under “Style (between notes)”.

                                                                                                                          Other symbols

                                                                                                                            The Symbols palette is a category within the Master palette and houses all symbols and text from all built-in music fonts.

                                                                                                                            master_palette.png

                                                                                                                            Unlike other categories in the Master palette, items in the Symbols palette are non-functional: they are for display purposes only and have no other effect on the score.

                                                                                                                            You should find most symbols and text items you need for scoring in the Palettes panel—use of the Symbols palette should be reserved for specialist items not available in the small palettes, or on those occasions when you really do need a non-functional element.

                                                                                                                            The Symbols palette

                                                                                                                            View

                                                                                                                            To view the Symbols palette, select View→Master Palette, or use the shortcut Shift+F9.

                                                                                                                            Selecting “Symbols” in the list of headings reveals all symbols under all subcategories. Selecting one subcategory to focus on a specific set.

                                                                                                                            Symbols palette

                                                                                                                            Search

                                                                                                                            You can search for a symbol by entering a term in the Search box at the top of the Symbols section. Specify the musical font you want in the dropdown at the bottom right.

                                                                                                                            Adding symbols to your score

                                                                                                                            Symbols added from the Symbols palette scale in line with the score (see Staff size), but their font-size is fixed.

                                                                                                                            If you need a symbol with an adjustable font-size, you should consider adding it instead from the Special characters palette as staff text.

                                                                                                                            Add a symbol

                                                                                                                            Use one of the following methods:

                                                                                                                            • Select one or more score elements (notes, rests, barlines) then click on the desired symbol in the Symbols palette.
                                                                                                                            • Drag the desired symbol from the Symbols palette onto a score element (note, rest, barline).

                                                                                                                            Add to other symbols

                                                                                                                            After adding a symbol, you can, if required, add an additional symbol to the existing one. Use one of the following:

                                                                                                                            • Select a symbol (previously added to the score from the Symbols palette), then click on the desired symbol in the Symbols palette.
                                                                                                                            • Drag the desired symbol onto the existing symbol in the score.

                                                                                                                            Reposition symbols

                                                                                                                            To reposition, you can drag the symbol, or edit the offsets in the Apprearance section of the Properties panel. You can also move the symbol using the keyboard arrows—after selecting it and entering edit mode by pressing Alt+Shift+E or F2.

                                                                                                                            If two symbols have been joined together (see Add to other symbols, above), moving the first-added symbol moves both. However you can still move the second symbol in relation to the first.

                                                                                                                            See also

                                                                                                                            • Using the palettes for information about how to search for and apply palette items to the score.
                                                                                                                            • Working with images for how to apply images to your score.

                                                                                                                            其他线性记号

                                                                                                                              概览

                                                                                                                              Musescore 线性记号是能够附着(锚定)于超过两个音符或者休止符的水平连续范围的客体类型,或者音符的垂直收纳(和弦)。Musescore 线性客体包含一段单音或者乐句,和可选的文本。这些客体能够功能性地影响乐谱,并且共享相似的可配置的线性属性、文本属性,以及样式。

                                                                                                                              Musescore 线性客体包括这些子类型。跟随文本上的超链接以阅读它们专门的主要章,或者在本章“跳至节”:

                                                                                                                              • 标准线性记号或者单纯线性记号(一条简单一般用途的、直线)(跳至节)
                                                                                                                              • Slurs
                                                                                                                              • 谱表文本线与谱行组文本线(跳至节)
                                                                                                                              • Hairpins 和渐强、渐弱线性记号
                                                                                                                              • 速度线性记号,例如渐慢线(跳至节)
                                                                                                                              • Voltas(反复部分顶部的括号)
                                                                                                                              • Pedal记号
                                                                                                                              • Octave lines(高八度记号,等等)
                                                                                                                              • (长)颤音线(跳至节)
                                                                                                                              • Arpeggios and glissandi
                                                                                                                              • 两个音符之间的Arpeggios and glissandi(滑奏)与滑音在
                                                                                                                              • 上逆波音线、下逆波音线、双逆波音线,影响回放
                                                                                                                              • 吉他相关线性记号(跳至节):包括小节线、“持续延音”线、P.M. ---(手掌闷音)、揉颤音线,和定制的指法/弦品数码线。
                                                                                                                              • 揉颤音锯齿线、震音锯齿线,不影响回放
                                                                                                                              • Ambitus(早期音乐特性)

                                                                                                                              这些记号包含单音或者乐句的长度,但是不属于 Musescore 线性客体,因为它们不能附着(锚定)于连续范围:

                                                                                                                              • Arpeggios and glissandi(铜管或者吉他运音法)
                                                                                                                              • 延音线
                                                                                                                              • Tremolo and rolls
                                                                                                                              • 单音符Ornaments,例如回旋音、(短)颤音,和波音
                                                                                                                              • (谱表)连谱号与花连谱号
                                                                                                                              • 小节线
                                                                                                                              • 谱线(欲变更全局谱线粗细,见《页面布局概念:谱表》。其他相关设置见《谱表/分谱属性》章。)

                                                                                                                              注意:下列行动和一般行为的描述适用于这里讨论的线性客体(不具有专门手册章者)。对于具有专门手册章的线性客体,更加精确的信息参考那些章。

                                                                                                                              将线性记号加诸您的乐谱

                                                                                                                              添加新的 Musescore 线性记号的最常用方式是使用:

                                                                                                                              • 或是预定义的键盘快捷方式,譬如 S 来添加圆滑线(见上文相关章),
                                                                                                                              • 或是线性记号面板和吉他 符号面板

                                                                                                                              欲将线性记号应用到所选范围:

                                                                                                                              1. 选中音符范围,
                                                                                                                              2. 点击符号面板中的线性记号;

                                                                                                                              或者

                                                                                                                              1. 将线性记号从符号面板拖到起始音符,
                                                                                                                              2. 调整终止手柄以延申范围(见变更线性记号的范围)。

                                                                                                                              欲将线性记号应用到单个音符:

                                                                                                                              1. 选中音符并且点击所需面板线性记号。
                                                                                                                              2. 将面板线性记号拖到所需起始音符。

                                                                                                                              调整线性记号

                                                                                                                              欲调整线性记号的范围,见《变更线性记号的范围》。

                                                                                                                              线性记号的类型

                                                                                                                              标准线性记号

                                                                                                                              从线性记号面板应用平坦线性记号。它们可以用到您喜爱的任何事物,例如创建吉他指法/弦品数码线。它们可以被调整为对角化或者垂直。

                                                                                                                              谱表与谱行组文本线

                                                                                                                              谱表文本线,像谱表文本、谱行组文本,与表情文本,贴在谱行组中一张谱表,并且仅仅提示那一谱表。它仅仅出现在那一谱表的特色分谱中。

                                                                                                                              谱行组文本线,像谱表文本、谱行组文本,与表情文本,贴在一张谱表但是提示谱行组中所有谱表。它出现在所有乐器分谱中。

                                                                                                                              速度线

                                                                                                                              Tempo markings,例如渐慢——是 Musescore 4 中新增的,它们影响回放速度。

                                                                                                                              吉他相关线

                                                                                                                              • 吉他面板中的小节线(Barre lines):用来表明品格位置,见吉他技巧:将小节线加诸您的乐谱。
                                                                                                                              • 欲创建指法/弦品数码线:
                                                                                                                                1. 从指法面板添加Fingering,
                                                                                                                                2. 从线性记号面板添加标准线性记号,
                                                                                                                                3. 按需调整长度。
                                                                                                                              • 吉他面板中的揉颤音。您可以在属性面板面板的揉颤音部分中变更线性记号的形状。
                                                                                                                              • 吉他面板中的手掌闷音:将回放声音变为干净静音的电吉他的那种。
                                                                                                                              • 吉他面板中的__持续延音:影响回放,表现为像键盘乐器上的持续踏板。

                                                                                                                              颤音线

                                                                                                                              不惑于(短)颤音Ornaments。

                                                                                                                              Musescore 4 中升级了颤音线,它们具有许多新的雕版设置,例如展示括起来的小音符和变音号来记录颤音音高,Ornaments中解释了这些设置。

                                                                                                                              它们仍然随音色库乐器创建回放,像在先前的 Musescore 版本中那样。如果乐器使用Installing Muse Sounds并且存在声音样本,颤音线将会利用华美记录的颤音音频来回放,譬如在完美五分颤音线的案例中。

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                                                                                                                              线性属性

                                                                                                                              属性面板允许您浏览和编辑通用、外观,和回放设置。

                                                                                                                              下面部分的名称因线性记号的类型而异,但是它将会具有两个品位记号样式与文本:

                                                                                                                              样式品位

                                                                                                                              点击样式选项卡允许您设置线性记号自身的属性:

                                                                                                                              线条类型:选择是直的、折钩式、角钩式,还是双钩式。
                                                                                                                              粗细/折钩高度:
                                                                                                                              样式:选择是实线(solid)、虚线,还是点状线。
                                                                                                                              虚线/间隙:“虚线”选中时调整外观。

                                                                                                                              文本选项卡

                                                                                                                              点击文本选项卡允许您应用和放置关联于线性记号的任何文本:

                                                                                                                              起始文本:输入文本,如果有的话,来出现在线条的起始处。
                                                                                                                              垂直偏移:允许您关于线条垂直移动文本(以谱间计)。
                                                                                                                              在新谱行连续处的文本:如果线条跨过谱行,这是将会出现在下一谱行中线条之前的文本。
                                                                                                                              垂直偏移:如上。

                                                                                                                              线条样式

                                                                                                                              见Templates and styles

                                                                                                                              “文本线条样式”的值可以在格式→样式→文本线性记号中编辑。
                                                                                                                              “谱行组有线文本样式”的值可以在格式→样式→谱行组有线文本。
                                                                                                                              “文本线性记号中文本样式”的值可以在格式→样式→文本样式→文本线性记号

                                                                                                                              Text line style dialog

                                                                                                                              记谱:反复

                                                                                                                                Repeat signs

                                                                                                                                  A repeat sign looks like a double barline with a dot above and below the center line of the staff (see image below). It is used to enclose repeated sections of the score.

                                                                                                                                  Adding repeat signs to your score

                                                                                                                                  Simple repeats

                                                                                                                                  Place a start repeat barline at the beginning of the repeated section and an end repeat barline at the end.

                                                                                                                                  Simple repeat section

                                                                                                                                  If the start of the repeat section coincides with the beginning of the piece there is no need for a start repeat barline.

                                                                                                                                  Multiple ending repeats

                                                                                                                                  See Voltas, for repeat sections with multiple endings.

                                                                                                                                  Changing playback of repeat signs

                                                                                                                                  To change the number of times the repeat section is played, adjust the Play count of the final measure in the Measure properties dialog.

                                                                                                                                  Ignore Repeat barlines, Jumps, Markers playback by unchecking Play toolbar : Cogwheel → Play repeats, see Playback controls chapter.

                                                                                                                                  Changing appearance of repeat signs

                                                                                                                                  1. Select a barline on a score
                                                                                                                                  2. Do any of these as required

                                                                                                                                    • Edit values in Properties panel.
                                                                                                                                    • Drag the square handle (see image below) to extent vertically all barlines across the score.
                                                                                                                                    • Ctrl + drag the square handle to extent vertically the selected barline only.

                                                                                                                                    Drag square handle

                                                                                                                                  Repeat properties

                                                                                                                                  Properties panel : Barline

                                                                                                                                  1. Select a barline on a score
                                                                                                                                  2. UnderProperties panel : Barline:
                                                                                                                                    Style: leave it as "--", do not edit.
                                                                                                                                    Repeat style: winged tip.
                                                                                                                                    Other items: see Barlines chapter.

                                                                                                                                  Repeat style

                                                                                                                                  See the main chapter Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                  • Values of the "Style for Barlines" can be edited in Format→Style→Barlines. Specify thickness, distance etc.

                                                                                                                                    Barlines Style

                                                                                                                                  Voltas

                                                                                                                                    Volta brackets are lines above the staff used to mark different endings for a repeat section. Musescore creates correct playback. Shown below is an example, the repeat section is played once through with the ending marked "1", then a second time with the ending marked "2".

                                                                                                                                    1st and 2nd ending

                                                                                                                                    Adding voltas to your score

                                                                                                                                    1. Make sure that repeat barlines are in the correct position;
                                                                                                                                    2. To apply the Volta bracket use one of the following:
                                                                                                                                      • Select a measure and click on the desired line in the Lines palette, or
                                                                                                                                      • Drag a line from a palette onto a measure

                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of voltas

                                                                                                                                    1. Select a volta in the score
                                                                                                                                    2. Under Properties panel Volta section,
                                                                                                                                    3. Open the Style tab, edit the line appearance, see Other lines : Line properties chapter.
                                                                                                                                    4. Open the Text tab, edit the text appearance, see Entering and editing text and Formatting text chapters. Text is for indication only and does not affect playback.

                                                                                                                                    To change the time range covered, see Changing range of a line chapter.

                                                                                                                                    Changing playback of voltas

                                                                                                                                    1. Select a volta in the score
                                                                                                                                    2. Under Properties panel Volta section, open the Style tab, enable playback of music passage under this volta by editing Repeat list.
                                                                                                                                      For example, enter "1" to enable playback of this music passage only for the first time, it is skipped during the repeat; enter "2" to enable playback of this music passage only for the repeat.
                                                                                                                                      A series of numbers joined with commas can be used, such as "1,2,3" .
                                                                                                                                    3. Remember to edit Measure properties : Play count accordingly. Measure with the end repeat barline must have a Play count value that is equal to the total number of times of playback of this measure + 1 or more. The total number of times of playback of a measure is usually the amount of Repeat list entries. See example below. For example, if Repeat list is "1,7,9", then Play count should be "4".

                                                                                                                                    The End hook property affects playback.

                                                                                                                                    To change the time range covered, see Changing range of a line chapter.

                                                                                                                                    Ignore Repeat barlines, Jumps, Markers playback by unchecking Play toolbar : Cogwheel → Play repeats, see Playback controls chapter.

                                                                                                                                    Example of a complex Volta setting

                                                                                                                                    Download example mscz file:
                                                                                                                                    |: m1 | m2 | (volta 1,3,4) m3 :| (volta 2,5) m4 | m5 :| (volta 6) m6 | m7 | m8 ||
                                                                                                                                    Measure 3 should have play count set to 4
                                                                                                                                    Measure 5 should have play count set to 3

                                                                                                                                    This example plays back as: 1-3, 1-2,4-5, 1-3, 1-3, 1-2,4-5, 1-2,6-8

                                                                                                                                    Volta properties

                                                                                                                                    1. Select a volta in the score
                                                                                                                                    2. Under Properties panel Volta section, there are two tabs, Style tab and Text tab, their usage are covered in the sections above. The End hook property affects playback.

                                                                                                                                    Voltas style

                                                                                                                                    See the main chapter Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                    • Values of the "Style for Volta" can be edited in Format→Style→Volta.
                                                                                                                                    • Values of the "Style for text inside Volta" can be edited in Format→Style→Text Style→Volta.

                                                                                                                                      Volta style settings

                                                                                                                                    Jumps and markers

                                                                                                                                      Jumps and markers are used to create repeated sections in a score.

                                                                                                                                      Types of jumps and markers

                                                                                                                                      Jump object that act as a jumping point:

                                                                                                                                      • D.C. (Da Capo): Repeat from the beginning.
                                                                                                                                      • D.S. (Dal segno): Repeat from Segno marker.
                                                                                                                                      • D.C. al Fine : Repeat from the beginning up to Fine.
                                                                                                                                      • D.S. al Fine : Repeat from Segno marker up to Fine.
                                                                                                                                      • D.C. al Coda : Repeat from the beginning up to To Coda, then continue at Coda.
                                                                                                                                      • D.S. al Coda : Repeat from Segno marker up to To Coda, then continue at Coda.

                                                                                                                                      Marker object that act as both a jumping point, and a labelled time position:

                                                                                                                                      • To Coda: To used as jumping point to Coda marker, it must be used together with D.C. al Coda or D.S. al Coda. Its default label property is "coda".

                                                                                                                                      Marker object that act as a labelled time position only:

                                                                                                                                      • Fine: To indicate the end, it must be used with D.C. al Fine or D.S. al Fine .
                                                                                                                                      • Coda: Coda. Its default label property is "codab".
                                                                                                                                      • Segno: Segno.

                                                                                                                                      Adding a jump or marker to your score

                                                                                                                                      Use one of the following methods

                                                                                                                                      • Select a measure, then click the desired repeat symbol in the Repeats and jumps palette.
                                                                                                                                      • Drag and drop a repeat symbol from the palette onto the desired measure.

                                                                                                                                      Changing appearance of jumps and markers

                                                                                                                                      Jumps and markers are Text objects. To edit text see Entering and editing text and Formatting text chapter. Segno, Capo symbols are glyphs that can be added from the special character window. Segno, Capo glyphs use Format → Score : Musical symbols font, see Musescore 3 handbook Fonts chapter.

                                                                                                                                      Changing playback of jumps and markers

                                                                                                                                      Ignore Repeat barlines, Jumps, Markers playback by unchecking Play toolbar : Cogwheel → Play repeats, see Playback controls chapter.

                                                                                                                                      Jump and marker properties

                                                                                                                                      Jump properties

                                                                                                                                      1. Select Jump(s) or Marker(s) on a score.
                                                                                                                                      2. Under the Properties panel Jump and Marker sections:
                                                                                                                                        Label: internal program text used for jumping, make sure it matches with the text in the jump starting object. Not to be confused with appearance text, see "Changing appearance of jumps and markers" section.
                                                                                                                                        Jump to: enter a target label
                                                                                                                                        Play until: enter a target label
                                                                                                                                        Continue at: enter a target label
                                                                                                                                        Play repeats: play with Repeat signs after jumping.

                                                                                                                                      Jump and marker style

                                                                                                                                      See the main chapter Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                      • Values of the "Musical symbols font" can be edited in Format→Style→Score.
                                                                                                                                      • Values of the "Style for text inside Repeat text left" can be edited in Format→Style→Text Style→Repeat text left. Use by Segno, Capo.
                                                                                                                                      • Values of the "Style for text inside Repeat text right" can be edited in Format→Style→Text Style→Repeat text right. Use by others.

                                                                                                                                      Measure and multi-measure repeats

                                                                                                                                        A measure repeat symbol indicates that the previous measure is to be repeated. Two- and four-measure repeat symbols indicate the repetition of the previous two or four measures.

                                                                                                                                        Adding a measure or multi-measure repeat to your score

                                                                                                                                        To apply a measure repeat symbol, select a measure in the score and click on the measure repeat icon in the Repeats & Jumps palette. Or drag the symbol on to a measure.

                                                                                                                                        Measure repeat

                                                                                                                                        To apply a two- or four-measure repeat symbol, select the first blank measure following the section you want repeated, then click on the applicable measure repeat icon in the Repeats & Jumps palette. Alternatively, drag the repeat icon from the palette onto the same blank measure instead.

                                                                                                                                        Two-measure repeat

                                                                                                                                        Note: You may need to click the More icon in the palette to reveal the two- and four-measure repeat symbols.

                                                                                                                                        In the case of multiple-measure repeats a "Group measures" symbol appears above and between measures. This keeps the measures together on the same system, where possible, in case of any automatic layout changes in the score. This symbol can be deleted if desired.

                                                                                                                                        Measure repeat properties

                                                                                                                                        Number position in the Measure repeat section of the Properties panel, allows you to edit the vertical offset of the number above the measure.

                                                                                                                                        Measure repeat style

                                                                                                                                        Properties of all measure repeats in the score can be set from Format→Style…→Measure repeats:

                                                                                                                                        Measure repeats style settings

                                                                                                                                        Repeat playback

                                                                                                                                          Turning repeat playback on and off

                                                                                                                                          By default, repeats are always played. If you want to turn off repeat playback,

                                                                                                                                          1. Click on the Cog button in the Play toolbar
                                                                                                                                            rpt_playback.png
                                                                                                                                          2. Uncheck "Play repeats".

                                                                                                                                          惯用记谱:键盘乐器

                                                                                                                                            Pedal

                                                                                                                                              For Harp Pedal see Idiomatic notation: Harp instead.

                                                                                                                                              Types of pedal markings

                                                                                                                                              This chapter focuses on the types of piano pedal engraving available, for knowledge of various piano pedals see wikipedia article.

                                                                                                                                              In terms of visual representation

                                                                                                                                              Supported engravings including:

                                                                                                                                              • Line at either or both ends, have no hook or hooks at angles of either 45 or 90 degrees, or "T" end;
                                                                                                                                              • Ped. followed by such a line, or a rosette symbol (*): The line from the built-in Ped. * palette item is invisible and non-printing. Adjust on-screen display with View menu > Show > Show invisible setting accordingly, see The user interface. To convert the line to visible in printing, or style it as dashed, see properties.
                                                                                                                                                ms4p_pedalast.png
                                                                                                                                              • Other related symbols and pictogram can be found under Symbols category in Master palette window, see Other symbols. Sost. (sostenuto pedal) marking should not be confused with sost.-- Tempo markings, see also discussion on steinberg.net.
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                                                                                                                                              • Create custom sim. or pedal ad lib marking with Staff text.
                                                                                                                                              • Full pedal is implied for playback, embed images to add pedal strength symbols for engraving need.

                                                                                                                                              In terms of function inside Musescore

                                                                                                                                              There are three different subtypes:

                                                                                                                                              Type 1 includes:
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                                                                                                                                              • Line with 45 degree angled End hook or no End hook, with or without Ped. beginning text.
                                                                                                                                              • Ped. followed by a rosette symbol (*)

                                                                                                                                              Visually, the line or symbol only extends horizontally to the notehead attached to the end anchor.
                                                                                                                                              Functionally, if that note is attached to another marking's start anchor, the following marking will automatically connect and make a shape resembling "-^-", which is indicative of the piano technique "pedal released and pressed again without releasing this note".
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                                                                                                                                              shown above is the auto connect, their playback are also in line with the piano technique
                                                                                                                                              If the instrument use SoundFonts such as "MS Basic", or when exported as MIDI file, sustain (MIDI CC 64) is created. When consecutive type 1 markings create a "-^-", playback matches the piano technique, the first marking is interpreted by synthesizer as released at the note attached to the end anchor. Single or trailing type 1 markings creates playback like type 2: sustain until the note attached to the end anchor ends.
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                                                                                                                                              The last two type 1 markings shown above are single or trailing, they create the same playback as type 2

                                                                                                                                              Type 2 includes:
                                                                                                                                              ms4p_type2.PNG

                                                                                                                                              • Line other than described in Type 1, with or without Ped. beginning text.

                                                                                                                                              Visually, the line extends horizontally to an aprpopiate length spanning the full duration of note attached to the end anchor.
                                                                                                                                              Functionally, if the instrument use SoundFonts such as "MS Basic", or when exported as MIDI file, sustain (MIDI CC 64) is created. Type 2 always sustain until the note attached to the end anchor ends.

                                                                                                                                              Type 1 and 2 are interchangable by adjusting properties.

                                                                                                                                              Type 3 includes the sostenuto pedal marking and custom Staff texts, they are for engraving purpose only and are non-functional.

                                                                                                                                              Adding pedal markings to your score

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                                                                                                                                              shown above a type 2 marking on score

                                                                                                                                              Add pedal markings from Lines palette, see Other lines:Adding a line to your score.

                                                                                                                                              Adjust with Shift+←/→, switch handle with Tab, see Adjusting elements directly: Changing the range of a line.

                                                                                                                                              Unfortunately, you might need to make compromise with engraving style or not notate at all if you must create a desired playback, because of the functional limitation of Type 1 and Type 2 explained. As of Musescore 4.1.1, pedal marking always create sustain playback only (cannot be turned off), making it impossible to use "add redundant symbol, make it invisible" trick.

                                                                                                                                              To create shape resembling "-^-" with consecutive Type 1 markings, make sure the end anchor is attached correctly, which is usually to the first note of the next measure instead of the last note of the previous measure. This big picture shows the correct end anchor result.
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                                                                                                                                              MuseScore 4.1.1 does not offer keyboard shortcut bindings to palette items, the keyboard shortcut key available in Musescore 3 that you can use to re-apply the same (last used) palette item is removed (not reimplemented yet).

                                                                                                                                              Creating pedal changes

                                                                                                                                              Not to be confused with Harp pedal change

                                                                                                                                              Use type 1 markings, explained in "adding marking" section.
                                                                                                                                              For issues related to MusicXML direction import / export, there are upcoming changes in Musescore 4.2, see forum discussion https://musescore.org/en/node/356899 [please feel free to update info here]

                                                                                                                                              Pedal properties

                                                                                                                                              Select pedal marking(s), in Properties panel Pedal section, Line properties can be set, the extra option available to pedal marking is "Show line with rosette" checkbox under Style tab, tick it to make the default line visible in printing and exporting.

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                                                                                                                                              Pedal style

                                                                                                                                              See Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                              Values of the "Style for Pedal" can be edited in Format→Style→Pedal.
                                                                                                                                              Values of the "Style for text inside Pedal" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Pedal
                                                                                                                                              See also Line style.

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                                                                                                                                              Cross-staff notation

                                                                                                                                                Creating cross-staff notation

                                                                                                                                                1. First of all, enter the notation on one staff only.
                                                                                                                                                2. Select a note in the voice that you wish to move up or down to the other staff. e.g.

                                                                                                                                                  Cross-staff notation, before

                                                                                                                                                3. Press Ctrl+Shift+↓/↑ (Mac: Cmd+Shift+↓/↑), to move the voice up or down to the other staff. Alternatively, you can click on the cross-staff icon in the note input toolbar and choose the same options from the context menu.

                                                                                                                                                  Cross-staff notation, after

                                                                                                                                                  Note: This operation works on a voice basis, rather than on individual notes. It follows that if you want to ensure that notes remain on the same staff during the operation, they should be in a different voice to the one selected above. Be aware that notes which have been moved to a different staff still belong logically to the staff of origin. This is why no rest is shown in the place where the moved notes originated.

                                                                                                                                                Changing appearance of cross-staff notation

                                                                                                                                                To adjust the beam angle and height, click on the beam, then click on an adjustment handle and use the keyboard arrows, or drag the handle with a mouse. e.g.

                                                                                                                                                Cross-staff notation, beam adjusted

                                                                                                                                                Alternatively you can make more precise adjustments from the beam section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                See also

                                                                                                                                                How to span a chord or stem over two staves longstem2.png

                                                                                                                                                Accordion notation

                                                                                                                                                  [work in progress, please add missing info]

                                                                                                                                                  See Accordion notation and playback tutorial.

                                                                                                                                                  • accordion symbols are literally just symbol from the Symbols, but there is a dedicated palette for them
                                                                                                                                                  • we could consider eliminating this page
                                                                                                                                                  • we could also consider adding one for harp

                                                                                                                                                  Adding accordion symbols to your score

                                                                                                                                                  惯用记谱:吉他

                                                                                                                                                    Fretboard diagrams

                                                                                                                                                      Fretboard (or Chord) diagrams usually appear above the staff on lead sheets and piano scores:

                                                                                                                                                      Fretboard diagram examples

                                                                                                                                                      They are commonly used for guitar chords, but MuseScore allows you to create diagrams for any stringed instrument.

                                                                                                                                                      A library of common guitar chord diagrams (major, minor and 7th) is provided in the Fretboard Diagrams palette.

                                                                                                                                                      To reveal the chord name of any diagram in the palette, hover the cursor over it.

                                                                                                                                                      Adding a fretboard diagram to your score

                                                                                                                                                      Use one of the following methods:

                                                                                                                                                      • Select one or more notes, then click a fretboard diagram in the palette.
                                                                                                                                                      • Drag and drop a fretboard diagram from a palette on to a note.

                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbols linked to fretboard diagrams

                                                                                                                                                      When any of the preset diagrams is applied to the score, a chord symbol is automatically placed above it. This linked chord symbol has the same properties as a stand-alone chord symbol and can be edited and moved as such.

                                                                                                                                                      The default placement of a chord symbol in relation to its parent diagram is controlled by the “Distance to Fretboard Diagram” property (set in Format→Style…→Chord Symbols→Positioning). This value interacts with the chord symbol Minimum distance (to view, press Appearance in the Properties panel). Adjust the diagram’s position manually if you need to override this.

                                                                                                                                                      A linked chord symbol can be deleted independently of its parent diagram. You can also add a new linked chord symbol to a fretboard diagram: see Entering a chord symbol.

                                                                                                                                                      Note: Neither fretboard diagrams nor their linked chord symbols are affected by transposition commands.

                                                                                                                                                      Creating a custom fretboard diagram

                                                                                                                                                      1. Select an existing fretboard diagram in the score; or add one from the Fretboard diagrams palette.
                                                                                                                                                      2. Ensure that the Properties panel is open (toggle F8).
                                                                                                                                                      3. Edit the properties in the Settings tab as required.
                                                                                                                                                      4. In the General tab, apply the following instructions to the fretboard image, as required:
                                                                                                                                                        • Remove all dots: Click the Clear button above the diagram.
                                                                                                                                                        • Add a finger dot: Click on a fret. The shape of the dot is determined by the Marker type setting. If Multiple dots is checked you can add more than one dot per string.
                                                                                                                                                        • Delete dot: Click on an existing dot.
                                                                                                                                                        • Add barre / partial barre: If "Barre" is unchecked, press Shift and click on the string fret where you want the barre to begin. If Barre is checked simply click on the fret. e.g.
                                                                                                                                                          Partial barre
                                                                                                                                                        • Add partial barre ending before first string: Create a standard barre first (see previous instruction). Then shorten it by Shift clicking (if Barre is disabled); or clicking (if Barre is enabled) the fret where you want the barre to end. e.g.
                                                                                                                                                          Partial barre ending before first string
                                                                                                                                                        • Delete a barre: With Barre disabled, Shift click on the "top" of the barre. With Barre enabled, just click on the "top".
                                                                                                                                                        • Create multiple barres: Repeat the above steps at different fret positions.
                                                                                                                                                        • Open / Mute strings: Click just above the diagram to toggle a string between:
                                                                                                                                                          • No symbol
                                                                                                                                                          • Open (o)
                                                                                                                                                          • Mute/Unplayed (X)

                                                                                                                                                      Note: See also Fretboard diagram properties (below).

                                                                                                                                                      Finger markers

                                                                                                                                                      The default finger marker is a round black dot, which suffices for standard chord (and scale) diagrams. However a number of other shapes are provided—cross, square and triangle—to enable other notation styles.

                                                                                                                                                      Alternative notation styles

                                                                                                                                                      Some arrangers and educators have extended the basic form of the fretboard diagram, incorporating finger dots of various shapes, and allowing multiple dots per string. Jazz guitarist Ted Greene and his successors are notable examples.

                                                                                                                                                      Multi-dot notation style. With this approach, the chord signified by round dots on the fretboard diagram is played first (see image below). Then, on successive beats marked by chord symbols, the chord fingering is modified to incorporate other shapes on the same diagram; the usual playing order is: dot → X → square → delta, but this can vary.

                                                                                                                                                      Fretboard diagram, multiple dots 1

                                                                                                                                                      Optional-note notation style. Another use of multiple dots per string allows other symbols to show optional notes, rather than delayed notes:

                                                                                                                                                      Fretboard diagram, multiple dots 2

                                                                                                                                                      Fretboard diagram appearance

                                                                                                                                                      • Select a chord diagram and click on Appearance in the Properties sidebar.

                                                                                                                                                      Edit the following properties as desired:

                                                                                                                                                      • Leading: The leading space.
                                                                                                                                                      • Measure width:
                                                                                                                                                      • Min distance: Minimum distance from the staff.
                                                                                                                                                      • Offset: Move the diagram horizontally or vertically.
                                                                                                                                                      • Snap to grid:
                                                                                                                                                      • Arrange: Backward or forward.
                                                                                                                                                      • Color: Click on this button to change the color of a selected chord diagram.

                                                                                                                                                      Fretboard diagram properties

                                                                                                                                                      Fretboard diagram properties

                                                                                                                                                      When a fretboard diagram is selected, its properties are viewable in the Properties tab of the sidebar as follows:

                                                                                                                                                      General (tab)

                                                                                                                                                      • Barre: Check if you want to add or delete finger barres with one click on the fretboard image below. If unchecked, barres are added by Shift clicking instead.
                                                                                                                                                      • Multiple dots: If unchecked you can only add one finger dot per string. If checked you can add multiple dots per string.
                                                                                                                                                      • Marker type: When you click on the fretboard image the shape of the dot added is determined by this property. This allows you to add a variety of shapes if desired.
                                                                                                                                                      • Clear: Clears everything leaving an empty fretboard.

                                                                                                                                                      Settings (tab)

                                                                                                                                                      • Scale: Allows you to make the fingerboard larger or smaller.
                                                                                                                                                      • Strings: The number of strings to be displayed.
                                                                                                                                                      • Visible frets: Specifies the number of displayed frets: these are added, or removed, from the bottom of the diagram.
                                                                                                                                                      • Fret number: Specifies the fret number to be displayed at the top left/right of the diagram.
                                                                                                                                                      • Placement on staff: Positions the diagram above or below the staff.
                                                                                                                                                      • Show nut: Check the box to embolden the nut. Applies to first position diagrams only.

                                                                                                                                                      At the bottom of the Fretboard diagram section of the sidebar is an image of the selected fretboard diagram. Any changes made to this image are automatically applied to the fretboard diagram in the score as well.

                                                                                                                                                      Fretboard diagram style

                                                                                                                                                      Global fretboard diagram properties can be set in Format→Style…→Fretboard Diagrams:

                                                                                                                                                      Fretboard diagram style settings

                                                                                                                                                      See also

                                                                                                                                                      • Customizing palette contents

                                                                                                                                                      Guitar techniques

                                                                                                                                                        Adding a tremolo bar symbol to your score

                                                                                                                                                        Tremolo bar symbols are available from the Guitar palette (look for the oversized "V") and are applied and adjusted in a similar way to bend symbols (above)—with a similar graphical interface in the "Tremolo" bar section of Properties.

                                                                                                                                                        You can choose from a range of presets in "Tremolo bar type", or create your own custom one.

                                                                                                                                                        Adding a slide to your score

                                                                                                                                                        Slides can be found in the Arpeggios and glissandi palette. They are of two types:

                                                                                                                                                        • Glissando-type slides: these run from one note or chord to the next.
                                                                                                                                                        • In / Out slides: played before or after a note; these can be slide-up or slide down.
                                                                                                                                                          Slides

                                                                                                                                                        By default, slides have a playback effect on the score. You can turn this off by unchecking "Play" in the General section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                        Add a slide

                                                                                                                                                        Use one of the following methods:

                                                                                                                                                        • Select one or more notes as start points, then click the desired slide icon in the palette.
                                                                                                                                                        • Drag the desired slide from the palette onto a note.

                                                                                                                                                        In the case of in-between slides going from one chord to the next, the program will attempt to link the correct notes where possible. If further adjustment is required, see below.

                                                                                                                                                        Edit properties

                                                                                                                                                        For in-between slides, the following properties can be adjusted in the Glissando section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                        • Type: Choose between Straight or Wavy.
                                                                                                                                                        • Show text: Tick this box to display text. Note: If there isn't enough room between notes, the text is not displayed.
                                                                                                                                                        • Text: The wording displayed above the slide (if any).

                                                                                                                                                        Adjust start and end points of a slide

                                                                                                                                                        In-between slides:

                                                                                                                                                        To move an end handle vertically or horizontally, from one note to the next:

                                                                                                                                                        1. Select the slide.
                                                                                                                                                        2. Click on the start or end handle:
                                                                                                                                                          • Use Shift+↑↓ to move the handle up or down, from note to note.
                                                                                                                                                          • Use Shift+←→ moves the handle horizontally, from note to note.

                                                                                                                                                        Slides in/out:

                                                                                                                                                        To adjust the position of the end handle:

                                                                                                                                                        1. Select the slide.
                                                                                                                                                        2. Click on the adjustment handle.
                                                                                                                                                        3. Drag the handle, or use the keyboard arrows.

                                                                                                                                                        Adding a barre line to your score

                                                                                                                                                        A Barre lines is a text-line drawn above a guitar staff to indicate that the passage requires a full or half barre. Symbols such as the following are commonly found in guitar music:

                                                                                                                                                        Full bar (2nd fret):
                                                                                                                                                        Full barre

                                                                                                                                                        Half barre (2nd fret):
                                                                                                                                                        Half barre

                                                                                                                                                        The C before the roman numerals can be omitted and other variations in line style and text are possible—according to the publisher.

                                                                                                                                                        To apply a barre:

                                                                                                                                                        1. Click on the start note for the barre, then shift click on the end note to establish the range.
                                                                                                                                                        2. Click on the "Capo Line" symbol in the Guitar palette.
                                                                                                                                                        3. Customize the line and text as required. See Line properties (Other lines).

                                                                                                                                                        To adjust the length of a line, see Changing range of a line.

                                                                                                                                                        Adding hammer-on and pull-off symbols to your score

                                                                                                                                                        Hammer-ons and pull-offs are notated by slurs. If you need text annotations as well, create them using staff text; they can be saved to a palette for future use (see Adding elements from your score).

                                                                                                                                                        Notating harmonics

                                                                                                                                                        Standard staff

                                                                                                                                                        A natural harmonic can be notated in one of three ways:

                                                                                                                                                        • At the pitch of the open string on which it is produced. For example, harmonics on the third string appear as:
                                                                                                                                                          Natural harmonics on 3rd string
                                                                                                                                                        • At the pitch of the string fret at which it is produced. The same harmonics now appear as:
                                                                                                                                                          Natural harmonics at string fret
                                                                                                                                                        • At concert pitch. The same harmonics now appear as:
                                                                                                                                                          Natural harmonics at concert pitch

                                                                                                                                                        An annotation, such as "Nat. Har.", "N.H.", "Har.", is usually attached, as well as string and fret numbers; the notehead may be standard or diamond-shaped, and rendered clear rather than black; fret numbers may be Arabic or Roman, and so on.

                                                                                                                                                        Fixing Playback: If harmonics do not play back at the correct pitch, mute them and create a hidden voice containing the harmonics at concert pitch.

                                                                                                                                                        See also, How to Read Harmonic Notation on the Classical Guitar (douglasniedt.com).

                                                                                                                                                        Tablature

                                                                                                                                                        A natural harmonic in tablature may be rendered simply as a fretmark, or may be followed by a dot, or enclosed in a diamond, or a pair of angled brackets. e.g.

                                                                                                                                                        Harmonics in tablature

                                                                                                                                                        To create a pair of angled brackets:

                                                                                                                                                        1. Select a harmonic and add staff text.
                                                                                                                                                        2. Enter a "single left-pointing angle quotation mark" (U2039), then a space, then a "single right-pointing angle quotation mark" (U203A).
                                                                                                                                                        3. Move the text so it sits over the fretmark;
                                                                                                                                                        4. Adjust the font size of the staff text and the space inside it to just enclose the harmonic.
                                                                                                                                                        5. Save it to a palette for future use.

                                                                                                                                                        Staff/Tablature pairs

                                                                                                                                                        You should ensure that the staff/tab pairs are not linked, since you need to be able to edit each staff independently of the other.

                                                                                                                                                        Notating guitar fingering

                                                                                                                                                        The types of guitar fingering and how to apply them are explained in Fingering.

                                                                                                                                                        Adding a bend symbol to your score

                                                                                                                                                        Not to be confused with brass or woodwind instrument bends.
                                                                                                                                                        This section shows old instructions for using Bends in MuseScore 4.0 to Musescore 4.1. For users of MuseScore 4.2 and above versions, see the Guitar bends chapter.

                                                                                                                                                        Apply a bend

                                                                                                                                                        Bends are created with the Bend Tool located in the Guitar palette. To apply one or more bends to the score, use one of the following options:

                                                                                                                                                        • Select one or more notes and click the bend symbol in the palette.
                                                                                                                                                        • Drag the bend symbol from the palette on to a note.

                                                                                                                                                        A default bend is created in the score. You can modify this bend or choose from a range of alternatives using “Bend type” in the Bends section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                        Edit a bend

                                                                                                                                                        Bend shape and length can be edited in the graphical display in the Bends section of the Properties panel:

                                                                                                                                                        Bend graphical display

                                                                                                                                                        Each red line segment between blue nodes represents one step in the bend, and each step extends horizontally for 1 sp. in the score. The slope of any line shows whether it is an up-bend, a down-bend or a hold. So the above graph describes an up bend, then a hold—total length 2sp.

                                                                                                                                                        The vertical axis of the graph represents the amount by which the pitch is bent up or down: one unit (the side of a small square) equals a quarter-tone, 2 units a semitone, 4 units a whole-tone, and so on.

                                                                                                                                                        To add another step to a bend

                                                                                                                                                        • add another node by clicking on the appropriate line intersection.

                                                                                                                                                        To delete a bend step

                                                                                                                                                        • click on the relevant node to remove it.

                                                                                                                                                        Adjust bend height

                                                                                                                                                        The height of the bend is automatically adjusted so that any text appears just above the staff. This height can be adjusted, if necessary, with a workaround:

                                                                                                                                                        1. Create another note vertically above the note (shortening the height) or below the note (extending the height) at which you want the bend to start.
                                                                                                                                                        2. Apply the bend to the new note.
                                                                                                                                                        3. To adjust the height of the bend move this created note vertically so that the bend symbol gets the desired height.
                                                                                                                                                        4. Drag the bend symbol to the correct position (to the original note).
                                                                                                                                                        5. Mark the created note invisible and silent (using the Properties panel).

                                                                                                                                                        Reposition bend

                                                                                                                                                        Bends can be freely repositioned using the methods shown in Changing position of elements.

                                                                                                                                                        Creating a tablature staff

                                                                                                                                                          Overview

                                                                                                                                                          Music for fretted, stringed instruments is commonly notated using tablature (often abbreviated as tab); this gives a visual representation of the strings and fret numbers. Tablature is frequently found in combination with traditional staff notation.

                                                                                                                                                          Normal staff and tablature combination

                                                                                                                                                          Types of tablature staves

                                                                                                                                                          A variety of tablature templates for common instruments are supplied. If this isn't quite what you're looking for, you can easily change the template (see Changing tablature staff type), and/or customize the staff (see Tablature: customization).

                                                                                                                                                          Adding a tablature staff to your score

                                                                                                                                                          There are three possibilities:

                                                                                                                                                          • Create tablature as part of a new score.
                                                                                                                                                          • Add tablature to an existing score.
                                                                                                                                                          • Change an existing staff from standard to tablature.

                                                                                                                                                          Add tablature using the New Score dialog

                                                                                                                                                          To create tablature as part of a new score:

                                                                                                                                                          1. Open the New Score dialog.
                                                                                                                                                          2. Select the required tablature from either the Choose Instruments or Create from template tabs.
                                                                                                                                                          3. Complete the rest of the New Score dialog.

                                                                                                                                                          Add tablature using the "Add or remove Instruments" dialog

                                                                                                                                                          To create a tablature staff in an existing score:

                                                                                                                                                          1. In the Instruments panel, click on the Add button; or press the shortcut key, I. This brings up the Add or remove instruments dialog.
                                                                                                                                                          2. Click on the Strings – Plucked family and choose the desired tablature from the Instruments column.
                                                                                                                                                          3. Press OK.

                                                                                                                                                          Change an existing staff from standard to tablature

                                                                                                                                                          1. Make sure that the standard staff contains a plucked string instrument;
                                                                                                                                                          2. Use one of the methods described under Changing tablature staff type.

                                                                                                                                                          Creating paired standard and tablature staves

                                                                                                                                                          Music for the guitar (and other plucked-string instruments) is often notated using paired standard and tablature staves. In MuseScore, the staves can be either linked or unlinked.

                                                                                                                                                          • Linked: Any change you make to the notation in one staff automatically updates the other.

                                                                                                                                                          • Unlinked: Each staff is edited independently. To update the other staff, copy and paste the relevant music notation.

                                                                                                                                                          Note : In both cases, the staff/tablature pair shares the same instrument.

                                                                                                                                                          Create paired standard/tab staves using the New Score Wizard

                                                                                                                                                          There are two ways to do this when creating a new score (A or B):

                                                                                                                                                          A. For linked staves only:

                                                                                                                                                          1. Open the New Score Wizard.
                                                                                                                                                          2. In the "Create from template" tab, click on the "Solo" category and choose the "Guitar + Tablature" .
                                                                                                                                                          3. Complete the rest of the New Score wizard.
                                                                                                                                                          4. Change the instrument type, if required, in Staff / Part properties.
                                                                                                                                                          5. Change the tablature type, if required (see Changing tablature staff type).

                                                                                                                                                          B. For linked or unlinked staves:

                                                                                                                                                          1. Open the New Score Wizard.
                                                                                                                                                          2. In the "Choose instruments" tab, click on the "Strings – Plucked" family, and select a staff option from the "Instruments" column.
                                                                                                                                                          3. Complete the rest of the wizard.
                                                                                                                                                          4. Add the desired staff using the Instruments panel.

                                                                                                                                                          Create paired standard/tab staves using the Instruments dialog

                                                                                                                                                          Use this method when you want to add to an existing score:

                                                                                                                                                          1. Open the Add or remove instruments dialog: press I; or, alternatively, the Add button in the Instruments sidebar
                                                                                                                                                          2. Click on the Strings – Plucked family and choose the desired staff from the Instruments column.
                                                                                                                                                          3. Press OK.
                                                                                                                                                          4. Add the desired tablature from the Instruments panel.

                                                                                                                                                          Note: If you already have one staff of a standard/tab pair in your score, you can simply add the missing staff from the Instruments panel. See Adding and configuring staves.

                                                                                                                                                          Entering and editing tablature notation

                                                                                                                                                            Computer keyboard entry

                                                                                                                                                            1. In normal mode, select a measure, or note/rest.
                                                                                                                                                            2. Switch to note input mode: the cursor appears as a small “blue rectangle” on the currently "active" string.
                                                                                                                                                            3. Select the duration (see below) of the note or rest to be entered.
                                                                                                                                                            4. Press the up/down arrow keys to move the cursor between strings. Use the left/right arrow keys to navigate through the score.
                                                                                                                                                            5. Press a number from 0 to 9 to enter a fret mark from 0 to 9. To enter double digit numbers press each digit in sequence (Note: You cannot enter a number higher than the “Number of frets” value set in the Edit String Data dialog).
                                                                                                                                                            6. Press ; (semicolon) to enter a rest of the selected duration.
                                                                                                                                                            7. To enter grace notes, see Grace notes.
                                                                                                                                                            8. You can enter notes in different voices if required—just as you would in a standard staff.

                                                                                                                                                            Note for period instrument tablature: A to K (skipping I) can also be used to enter numbers 0 to 9. In French tablature the corresponding letters appear instead; for L, M, N, you need to type respectively 10, 11, 12.

                                                                                                                                                            See also, Editing notes and rests" (below).

                                                                                                                                                            Mouse entry

                                                                                                                                                            1. Enter note input mode and select the note or rest duration (see below).
                                                                                                                                                            2. Click on a string and MuseScore will enter a 0 which means "open string." (For French tablatures MuseScore enters an a. )
                                                                                                                                                              You can immediately type a single or double digit number to replace the 0. (Note: You cannot enter a number higher than the “Number of frets” value set in the Edit String Data dialog).
                                                                                                                                                            3. You can also increase/decrease the fret mark using Alt+Shift+↑; or, Alt+Shift+↓.
                                                                                                                                                            4. You can enter notes in different voices if required—just as you would in a standard staff.

                                                                                                                                                            See also, Editing notes and rests" (below).

                                                                                                                                                            Selecting note duration

                                                                                                                                                            Whether you are using a keyboard or mouse, you can set note duration using one of the following:

                                                                                                                                                            • Press Shift+0 up to Shift+9: to set duration from a 128th note to a longa (availability of these shortcuts may depend on the platform and/or keyboard layout);
                                                                                                                                                            • Press NumPad 0 to 9: to set duration from a 128th note to a longa (if a numeric keypad exists and NumLock is on);
                                                                                                                                                            • Click on the desired note duration icon in the Note Input toolbar above the document window;
                                                                                                                                                            • Press Q to decrease the selected duration and W to increase it.

                                                                                                                                                            Note: This applies to note input mode only. If you want to change the duration of a selected note in normal mode see Changing duration in normal mode.

                                                                                                                                                            Period tablature notation

                                                                                                                                                            MuseScore also supports tablature notation for period instruments such as the renaissance and baroque lutes, Theorbo etc. There are a number of notation systems in use (French, Italian, German, Spanish), but the most common is French.

                                                                                                                                                            French tablature features 6 lines representing the top 6 courses. Instead of numbers, fretmarks are indicated by letters—as explained above. Any notes on bass courses below the 6th string (fretted or unfretted) are represented by symbols in the space underneath the 6th line of tablature.

                                                                                                                                                            To enter symbols below the 6th course:

                                                                                                                                                            1. In note input mode, move the cursor until it is in the space below the 6th line. Press ↓ to move the cursor to the next lowest course and so on. As you do so a "cue mark" appears at the left side of the cursor to show you which course is active:
                                                                                                                                                            Cue mark Number of course Fretmark entered automatically for unstopped course
                                                                                                                                                            no cue 7 a
                                                                                                                                                            / 8 /a
                                                                                                                                                            // 9 //a
                                                                                                                                                            /// 10 ///a
                                                                                                                                                            4 11 4
                                                                                                                                                            5 12 5
                                                                                                                                                            6 13 6
                                                                                                                                                            7 14 7

                                                                                                                                                            Conversely you can return to a higher course by pressing ↑, and the cue mark changes accordingly.
                                                                                                                                                            2. If the selected course is fretted simply enter a fretmark in note input mode (as shown above). If the selected course is unstopped press any note key in note input mode and MuseScore will automatically enter the correct zero fretmark (see table above).

                                                                                                                                                            Editing tablature notation

                                                                                                                                                            Changing the pitch

                                                                                                                                                            In note input mode:

                                                                                                                                                            1. Position the cursor over the fret mark and type the desired number.
                                                                                                                                                            2. Increment or decrement the fret mark using Alt+Shift+↑; or, Alt+Shift+↓ (The fret mark automatically changes strings, if necessary, to achieve the lowest possible fret position).

                                                                                                                                                            In normal mode:

                                                                                                                                                            1. Select one or more fret marks.
                                                                                                                                                            2. Use any of the following commands:
                                                                                                                                                              • To increment or decrement, without changing the string: Press ↑/↓.
                                                                                                                                                              • To increment or decrement, changing strings, when possible, to minimize the fret number: Press Alt+Shift+↑/↓.

                                                                                                                                                            Note: The fret mark cannot be higher than the “Number of frets” value set in the Edit String Data dialog.

                                                                                                                                                            Moving the fretmark to a different string

                                                                                                                                                            To move the fret mark to an adjacent string without changing the pitch:

                                                                                                                                                            In note input mode:

                                                                                                                                                            • Position the cursor over a fret mark, and press Ctrl+↑/↓ (Mac: Cmd+↑/↓).

                                                                                                                                                            In normal mode:

                                                                                                                                                            Use one of the following methods:

                                                                                                                                                            • Select one or more fret marks, and press Ctrl+↑/↓ (Mac: Cmd+↑/↓).
                                                                                                                                                            • Drag a fret mark up or down to an adjacent string.

                                                                                                                                                            Note: This operation can only proceed if the relevant string is free and can produce that note.

                                                                                                                                                            Changing the duration

                                                                                                                                                            See Changing duration in normal mode.

                                                                                                                                                            Crosshead/Ghost notes

                                                                                                                                                            To change a fret mark to a crosshead/ghost note:

                                                                                                                                                            1. Select one or more fret marks (in normal mode).
                                                                                                                                                            2. Press Shift+X to toggles ghost noteheads on/off.

                                                                                                                                                            Customizing a tablature staff

                                                                                                                                                              Changing tuning

                                                                                                                                                              1. Right-click on the staff and select Staff/Part Properties…
                                                                                                                                                              2. Press the Edit String Data… button at the bottom of the dialog box. This opens the String Data dialog:
                                                                                                                                                                String data dialog
                                                                                                                                                              3. Under Strings tuning, click on a string pitch and select Edit String…; Alternatively, just double-click the string pitch.
                                                                                                                                                              4. Select a new pitch in the Note Selection box and click OK. Alternatively, just double-click the new pitch.
                                                                                                                                                              5. Click OK to close the “String Data” dialog box.
                                                                                                                                                              6. Click OK to close the Staff/Part Properties dialog.

                                                                                                                                                              Notes: (1) If the tuning is changed on a tab staff that already contains some notes, fret marks will be adjusted automatically (if possible); (2) Any change of tuning to a particular instrument applies only to the score at hand, and does not change any program default settings.

                                                                                                                                                              Adding or removing strings

                                                                                                                                                              Add a string

                                                                                                                                                              1. Right-click on the staff and select Staff/Part Properties…
                                                                                                                                                              2. Click on Edit String Data…
                                                                                                                                                              3. Click on a string pitch and select New String…
                                                                                                                                                              4. Select the new pitch and press OK; alternatively, just double-click the new pitch.

                                                                                                                                                              The new string is inserted below the selected string. You will also need to adjust the number of lines in Staff/Part properties→Advanced style properties.

                                                                                                                                                              Delete a string

                                                                                                                                                              1. Right-click on the staff, select Staff/Part Properties…
                                                                                                                                                              2. Click on Edit String Data…
                                                                                                                                                              3. Click on a string pitch and press Delete String.

                                                                                                                                                              Note: After deleting a tablature string you will also need to adjust the number of lines in Staff/Part properties→Advanced style properties.

                                                                                                                                                              Mark unfretted string “open”

                                                                                                                                                              For an instrument such as the Baroque lute, this feature is used to mark a bass course as unstopped—i.e. always played open like a harp string. This means that only a fret mark indicating a zero fret can be displayed.

                                                                                                                                                              To mark a bass course as unstopped:

                                                                                                                                                              1. Right-click on the staff, and select Staff/Part Properties...
                                                                                                                                                              2. Click on Edit String Data…
                                                                                                                                                              3. Check the required boxes in the Open column.

                                                                                                                                                              See also Period tablature notation.

                                                                                                                                                              Change number of instrument frets

                                                                                                                                                              This property defines the maximum fret number which can be entered on a tablature staff.

                                                                                                                                                              1. Right-click on the staff, and select Staff/Part Properties…
                                                                                                                                                              2. Click on Edit String Data…
                                                                                                                                                              3. Select or enter a new number using the “Number of frets” spinner.

                                                                                                                                                              Changing tablature staff type

                                                                                                                                                              MuseScore provides a range of common tablature types. If you want to change the tablature type, choose one of two options:

                                                                                                                                                              Change staff type from Instruments panel

                                                                                                                                                              1. Ensure that the Instruments panel is visible (toggle F7).
                                                                                                                                                                Instruments panel
                                                                                                                                                              2. Click on the arrow next to the instrument name to reveal the staves.
                                                                                                                                                              3. Click on the edit cog next to the desired staff and choose an option from the "Staff type" dropdown.
                                                                                                                                                              4. To close, press Esc, or click outside the dialog.

                                                                                                                                                              Change staff type from Staff/Part properties

                                                                                                                                                              1. Right-click onto an empty area of the staff and select Staff/Part Properties….
                                                                                                                                                              2. Click on Advanced Style properties, select the desired option from "Template", then press < Reset to Template. You can fine tune the display if necessary using the "Fret Marks" and "Note Values" tabs.
                                                                                                                                                              3. Click OK twice to exit.

                                                                                                                                                              Note: For customization options in detail, see Customizing appearance of tablature (below).

                                                                                                                                                              You will find the terms "simple", "common" and "full" in the tablature type names:

                                                                                                                                                              • Simple: Displays just fretmarks.
                                                                                                                                                              • Common: Displays fretmarks, rests, stems and beams.
                                                                                                                                                              • Full: Displays fretmarks; rests, stems and beams, half-note stems.

                                                                                                                                                              Customizing appearance of tablature

                                                                                                                                                              Tablature staff properties

                                                                                                                                                              1. Right click on the staff and select Staff/Part Properties…
                                                                                                                                                              2. Click on Advanced Style Properties….

                                                                                                                                                              This gives you access to a full range of tablature customization options. See Staff properties: Tablature options.

                                                                                                                                                              Tablature staff style

                                                                                                                                                              Global settings are set in Format→Style→Tablature styles.
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                                                                                                                                                              Applying capos

                                                                                                                                                                Overview

                                                                                                                                                                A capo is a device that can be clamped onto the fretboard of a fretted stringed instrument, such as the guitar. The capo effectively shortens the strings, which makes the instrument play in a higher key than it normally would.

                                                                                                                                                                MuseScore allows you to emulate this effect by adding a Capo marking to an instrument staff (or staves). This automatically transposes playback to the desired pitch while keeping the notes, or fretmarks, unchanged. Partial capos, where only some strings are shortened, are also possible (see below).

                                                                                                                                                                Applying a capo to your score

                                                                                                                                                                The capo element is available in the Guitar palette, which is hidden by default.

                                                                                                                                                                To find the capo element:

                                                                                                                                                                1. Click the Search Palettes button at the top of the palettes, or use the shortcut Ctrl+F9 (macOS: Cmd+F9).
                                                                                                                                                                2. Type "capo".

                                                                                                                                                                Alternatively, to permanently reveal the Guitar palette:

                                                                                                                                                                1. Click Add palettes
                                                                                                                                                                2. Click the Add button next to Guitar

                                                                                                                                                                Note: The Add palettes dialog is not currently accessible to screen readers, so blind users must use the first method (via search).

                                                                                                                                                                To apply a capo to a staff:

                                                                                                                                                                1. In the score, select the note or rest where you want to add a capo marking.
                                                                                                                                                                2. In the Guitar palette, select the Capo element.
                                                                                                                                                                  • “Capo 1” text is added to the score, and a Capo settings popup dialog appears next to it.
                                                                                                                                                                3. Adjust the capo's settings in the popup dialog (see below).

                                                                                                                                                                Apply capo

                                                                                                                                                                Adjusting capo settings

                                                                                                                                                                The Capo settings popup dialog appears when you add a new capo marking or select an existing capo marking in the score.

                                                                                                                                                                Note: Keyboard users can press Tab to focus the Capo settings popup after it has appeared, and then use the arrow keys to navigate the available settings. If you press Tab a second time the popup will disappear. To get it back, simply deselect the capo marking with Alt+Left, reselect it with Alt+Right, and then press Tab to focus the popup.

                                                                                                                                                                Turning capo on or off

                                                                                                                                                                • Select On at the top of the Capo settings dialog to indicate that a capo should be added to the instrument.
                                                                                                                                                                • Select Off to indicate that the capo should be removed from the instrument and return playback to the original key.

                                                                                                                                                                By default, if you select Off the text in the score will change to read "No capo".

                                                                                                                                                                Setting capo fret position

                                                                                                                                                                The number in the Fret spinner refers to the fret where the capo should be applied. For example, fret 1 transposes the key up by a semitone, fret 2 by a whole tone, and so on. The text label in the score will update automatically.

                                                                                                                                                                For example, if you choose fret 4, the text in the score will say "Capo 4".

                                                                                                                                                                Note: Keyboard focus can get stuck in the fret edit control. If this happens, press Up and Down to change the value of the spinner, then press Right to move to the Apply to string checkboxes below.

                                                                                                                                                                Specifying partial capo placement

                                                                                                                                                                The checkbox switches in the Apply to section let you specify that a capo should be applied only on certain strings. When at least one string is turned off, the text in the score will change to indicate a partial capo.

                                                                                                                                                                For example, if you choose fret 4 and then turn off strings 1 and 2, the text in the score would say "Partial capo: Fret 4 on strings 3, 4, 5, 6".

                                                                                                                                                                Customizing capo text appearance

                                                                                                                                                                To change the wording of the Capo text:

                                                                                                                                                                1. Check the Manually specify instruction text box in the popup dialog.
                                                                                                                                                                2. Type the text you want to appear in the score.

                                                                                                                                                                To place the capo text beneath the staff:

                                                                                                                                                                • Under Position, select Below.

                                                                                                                                                                Apply capo

                                                                                                                                                                Changing capo setting mid-score

                                                                                                                                                                Using the steps above, you can, if desired, vary the capo setting at different points in the score. Each capo instance will affect the transposition of all music that follows it, up until the next capo mark.

                                                                                                                                                                Note: It is not possible to apply more than one capo at the same time. This feature is planned for a later release.

                                                                                                                                                                Alternate string tunings

                                                                                                                                                                  This page describes features added in MuseScore 4.2. For string tuning in older versions of MuseScore 4, see Customizing a tablature staff.

                                                                                                                                                                  Applying string tuning instructions

                                                                                                                                                                  To apply a string tuning instruction to a stave:

                                                                                                                                                                  1. Go to the Guitar palette
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Click and drag the String tunings element to a measure

                                                                                                                                                                  A tuning fork icon will appear above your stave.

                                                                                                                                                                  Alternatively, first select a measure, then select the String tunings element in the Guitar palette.

                                                                                                                                                                  String tuning instructions are added to measures, and affect only the stave to which they have been applied (including any linked staves). You can apply multiple string tunings at different measures in your score. Each string tuning will apply from the start of the measure to which it has been added, up until the next string tuning element.

                                                                                                                                                                  Specifying string tunings

                                                                                                                                                                  Once you've added a string tuning element to a stave, you can specify the tuning you want for your instrument.

                                                                                                                                                                  1. Select the tuning fork icon (outlined in the steps above)
                                                                                                                                                                  2. In the widget that appears, choose from the many common tunings in the Preset dropdown

                                                                                                                                                                  The tuning fork icon will be replaced with the conventional tuning text instruction, comprising encircled numbers for each of the instrument's strings, and text designations showing the new pitch of each string.

                                                                                                                                                                  You can customise the string tuning text to display any number of strings, as well as any pitch you like:

                                                                                                                                                                  1. Click on the string tuning text
                                                                                                                                                                  2. In the widget that appears, toggle on or off the 'eye' icon to show or hide instrument strings
                                                                                                                                                                  3. Adjust the pitch of each string using up and down arrows in the text boxes alongside each string

                                                                                                                                                                  Note that the 'eye' icons merely show or hide the text instruction on the score. The actual tuning of each string, insofar as it affects playback and tablature fret positions (see more below), is determined by the pitch indicated in the text field alongside each string – regardless of whether that string's tuning instruction is shown or hidden in the score.

                                                                                                                                                                  Alternate tunings affect tablature fret positions

                                                                                                                                                                  When an alternate tuning element is applied to a stave, the pitch specified for each string will be shown as an open position ("0") in the tablature stave.

                                                                                                                                                                  During playback, the pitch of all fret positions along each string remains relative to the pitch of the open string: For example,

                                                                                                                                                                  • If the sixth string is tuned to E, the open position will sound like an E during playback, and the first fret will sound like an F;
                                                                                                                                                                  • If the sixth string is tuned down to a D, the open position will sound like a D during playback, and the first fret will sound like an E-flat.

                                                                                                                                                                  The notation on any linked standard stave remains unaffected by the presence of alternate string tunings. This allows the player to continue reading the sounding pitches of each string.

                                                                                                                                                                  Reading transposed pitches on the standard stave

                                                                                                                                                                  Sometimes, especially in cases where every string on the instrument has been uniformly tuned down, it will be preferable for the player to read the standard notation at the ‘regular‘ (i.e. pre-tuned) pitch rather than the sounding pitch. In order to achieve this, the standard stave can be transposed.

                                                                                                                                                                  1. Right-click on a measure in the standard stave
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Select Stave/Part properties...
                                                                                                                                                                  3. In the Transposition dropdown menu, select your desired transposition amount.

                                                                                                                                                                  A common example is to want to tune the guitar down a half-step without affecting the standard notation. To achieve this:

                                                                                                                                                                  1. Apply an alternate string tuning element to your stave (see steps above)
                                                                                                                                                                  2. Select the Tune down 1/2 step preset
                                                                                                                                                                  3. Where required, add a key signature that corresponds to the pitch of the song/work (I.e. its concert pitch)
                                                                                                                                                                  4. Right-click on a measure and choose Stave/Part properties...
                                                                                                                                                                  5. From the Transposition dropdown menu, select 1 – Minor second
                                                                                                                                                                  6. Select the Down radio button
                                                                                                                                                                  7. Finally, if you are using a linked tablature stave and wish for the tablature fret positions to continue showing the expected standard fingering, select the Don't reflect transposition in linked tablature staves checkbox
                                                                                                                                                                  8. When you're done, click OK.

                                                                                                                                                                  Both the standard stave and any linked tablature stave (where applicable) will show the fret positions and standard notation at the standard playing pitch (as if no alternate tuning had been specified). Playback will, however, reflect the alternate tuning.

                                                                                                                                                                  Toggling on Concert pitch will show the sounding pitches notated on the standard stave.

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                                                                                                                                                                  Guitar bends

                                                                                                                                                                    This page describes features added in MuseScore 4.2. For older versions of MuseScore 4, see Guitar techniques.
                                                                                                                                                                    For other types of bends, see brass or woodwind instrument bends.

                                                                                                                                                                    Adding bends to your score

                                                                                                                                                                    From MuseScore 4.2 onwards, four types of guitar bends can be added to your score:

                                                                                                                                                                    • Standard bend
                                                                                                                                                                    • Pre-bend
                                                                                                                                                                    • Grace note bend
                                                                                                                                                                    • Slight bend

                                                                                                                                                                    These bends can be found in the Guitar palette

                                                                                                                                                                    General points about bends in MuseScore

                                                                                                                                                                    In general, bends in MuseScore connect two notes together: a ‘starting note’ and an ‘arrival note’.

                                                                                                                                                                    Bends are contextual, meaning if the arrival note is higher than the starting note, an upward bend will be created. Conversely, if the arrival note is lower than the starting note, a release will be drawn.

                                                                                                                                                                    Whenever a bend is added to a tablature stave, both the starting and arrival notes will be entered as a fret positions. The arrival note, however, will be hidden by default. This allows you to create sequences of multiple bends (such as bend-release combinations) using only the tablature stave, without needing to input notes in the standard stave. If you're working mainly in the standard stave, you may find it more convenient to hide these fret positions via the Invisible setting in the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                    In all cases, the bend amount, being the intervallic distance between the starting and arrival notes, is reflected by the notated pitches on the standard stave, allowing you to see the shape of a melodic line, as it is affected by the presence of bent notes. On the tablature stave, the bend amount is given by a numerical indicator: "1" for a whole tone, "1/2" for a half-tone (semitone), "1/4" for a quarter-tone, etc.

                                                                                                                                                                    Applying a bend

                                                                                                                                                                    To apply any type of bend to your score:

                                                                                                                                                                    • Select one or more notes and click the desired bend symbol in the Guitar palette
                                                                                                                                                                    • Drag the bend symbol from the Guitar palette on to a note
                                                                                                                                                                    • Select one or more notes, and enter the required keyboard shortcut (see details below)

                                                                                                                                                                    Standard bends

                                                                                                                                                                    Windows Alt+B | macOS ⌥+B

                                                                                                                                                                    Image of a half bend

                                                                                                                                                                    A standard bend connects two notes together: a ‘starting note’ and an ‘arrival note’. Standard bends are mostly used when it is desired to clearly specify the rhythm of the bend pattern.

                                                                                                                                                                    When a bend is added to a note, it will automatically be drawn to the next note in the score (the arrival note). If a rest follows the starting note, MuseScore will replace the rest so that the bend has an arrival note to connect to.

                                                                                                                                                                    Grace note bends

                                                                                                                                                                    Windows Ctrl+Alt+B | macOS ⌘+⌥+B

                                                                                                                                                                    Image of a grace note bend

                                                                                                                                                                    Grace note bends can be used to indicate bends that don’t have a defined rhythmic duration; they are generally played quite quickly before the beat.

                                                                                                                                                                    When you apply a grace note bend to a note, it will automatically be entered one diatonic step lower than the note it precedes.

                                                                                                                                                                    Pre-bends

                                                                                                                                                                    No default keyboard shortcut: set your own shortcut in Preferences

                                                                                                                                                                    Image of a pre-bend

                                                                                                                                                                    Pre-bends indicate a string that has been bent prior to being struck. On the standard stave, it is represented as a stemless, parenthesised grace note. On the tablature stave, it is illustrated with a straight, rather than curved arrow.

                                                                                                                                                                    Slight bends

                                                                                                                                                                    No default keyboard shortcut: set your own shortcut in Preferences

                                                                                                                                                                    Image of a slight bend

                                                                                                                                                                    Slight bends are the only bend type in MuseScore that do not connect to an arrival note.

                                                                                                                                                                    They are always set to a pre-defined amount of a ¼ of a tone, and always bend upwards from the starting note.

                                                                                                                                                                    Holds

                                                                                                                                                                    A hold is indicated by a dashed horizontal line between two bends. It is only ever shown in the tablature stave.

                                                                                                                                                                    Hold lines are drawn automatically where a bent note is subsequently tied to one or more notes.

                                                                                                                                                                    Image of a held bend

                                                                                                                                                                    In addition, you can manually show or hide hold lines where it makes sense to do so.

                                                                                                                                                                    1. Select a bend in your score
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Open the Properties panel
                                                                                                                                                                    3. Under Hold line, select either Show or Hide to force a hold line to be drawn, or to be hidden, respectively

                                                                                                                                                                    Modifying bends

                                                                                                                                                                    Both the intervallic amount and playback speed of bends can be adjusted in MuseScore, either by modifying the pitch of bent notes on the standard stave, or adjusting the bend curve in the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                    Modifying bends in the standard stave

                                                                                                                                                                    To change the bend amount of a standard bend, grace note bend, or pre-bend in the standard stave, simply raise or lower the pitch of either the starting or arrival note in your score. The fractional indicator in any linked tablature stave will be adjusted automatically.

                                                                                                                                                                    Modifying bends in the Properties panel

                                                                                                                                                                    Both the bend amount and its playback speed can be adjusted via the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                    To adjust the bend amount:

                                                                                                                                                                    1. Apply a bend to your score, using any of the methods outlined above
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Select the bend
                                                                                                                                                                    3. Open the Properties panel
                                                                                                                                                                    4. In the Customize bend graph, click and drag the end point of the curve up or down

                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the pitch of the bend curve in Properties (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                    The left-most point of the bend curve corresponds to the starting note in a bend. The right-most point corresponds to the arrival note.

                                                                                                                                                                    Dragging the right-most (end point) of the curve upwards raises the arrival note in ¼-tone steps. In the same way, dragging the end point downwards lowers the pitch of the arrival note. The fractional indicator in the tablature stave, and the notated pitch in the standard stave, will be updated accordingly.

                                                                                                                                                                    To adjust the playback speed of a bend:

                                                                                                                                                                    1. Select a bend in your score
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Open the Properties panel
                                                                                                                                                                    3. In the Customize bend graph, click and drag the start and end points of the curve left or right

                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the playback speed of the bend curve in Properties (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                    Dragging a curve point horizontally changes only its playback speed, including the duration for which the starting and arrival notes are held (indicated with a horizontal line). It does not affect rhythmic notation in your score.

                                                                                                                                                                    Adding bends to chords

                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore also makes it possible to apply bends to chords, and to create unison bends.

                                                                                                                                                                    To apply bends to chords:

                                                                                                                                                                    1. Create a chord of two or more notes
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Select the note(s) to which you want to apply a bend
                                                                                                                                                                    3. Add the desired bend (see steps above)

                                                                                                                                                                    To create a unison bend:

                                                                                                                                                                    1. Create a chord containing two notes in unison (Add a unison interval to an existing note using Alt+1 on Windows, or ⌥+1 on macOS)
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Select the note to which you wish a bend to apply
                                                                                                                                                                    3. Add the desired bend (see steps above)

                                                                                                                                                                    Image of a half bend

                                                                                                                                                                    In the case of unison bends, it can be helpful to apply the bend in the tablature stave, where it can be easier to see which string exactly is being bent.

                                                                                                                                                                    Customising bends styles

                                                                                                                                                                    To customize the appearance of bends across an entire score:

                                                                                                                                                                    1. Go to Format in the menu bar
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Select Style...
                                                                                                                                                                    3. In the dialog that appears, choose Bends from the list of categories on the left

                                                                                                                                                                    In this dialog, you can modify:

                                                                                                                                                                    • Line thickness: the thickness of all bend lines in both standard and tablature staves
                                                                                                                                                                    • Arrow width and Arrow height: the width and height of the arrow heads on bend curves in tablature staves
                                                                                                                                                                    • Label for full bends: choose from displaying "1" or the word "full" to indicate a whole-tone bend in the tablature stave
                                                                                                                                                                    • Tablature fret numbers: selecting the checkbox in this section makes all fret positions for grace note bends in tablature staves appear as cue sized numbers (by default, fret position numbers for grace note bends are the same size as fret position numbers for other types of bends).

                                                                                                                                                                    惯用记谱:竖琴

                                                                                                                                                                      概览

                                                                                                                                                                      典型竖琴每个八度七弦,从 C 到 B 每个音级一根弦。现代竖琴还具有七个踏板,每个踏板具有三个位置:中位(还原)、最高(降音),和最低(升音)。抬高中踏板放松每个八度中对应音级弦的张力、将音符降低半音,而降下踏板致使音符升高半音。譬如,将 C 踏板移到最低位置将会使得所有 C 弦演奏 C♯。

                                                                                                                                                                      在踏板竖琴的记谱音乐中,乐谱中的图或者文本标记提示何时更换踏板位置以更换所奏音符。

                                                                                                                                                                      将竖琴踏板图加诸您的乐谱

                                                                                                                                                                      竖琴踏板图元素在竖琴记谱面板中可用。

                                                                                                                                                                      欲将竖琴踏板图应用于谱表:

                                                                                                                                                                      1. 点击乐谱中您想要添加竖琴踏板图之处。
                                                                                                                                                                      2. 点击竖琴记谱面板中的竖琴踏板图元素。
                                                                                                                                                                      3. 选择弹出对话框中的调律。

                                                                                                                                                                      添加竖琴图

                                                                                                                                                                      不能按照所选踏板配置被演奏的音符将会变红。

                                                                                                                                                                      图的视图展示每个踏板,而文本视图仅仅展示自从上一踏板记号以来需要更换的音符。

                                                                                                                                                                      默认地,图出现在线谱上方而文本记号间焉。

                                                                                                                                                                      欲更改图,在乐谱中选中之以重新打开该弹出对话框。

                                                                                                                                                                      阅读竖琴踏板图

                                                                                                                                                                      可视图

                                                                                                                                                                      图可视地对应七个竖琴踏板。垂线左侧的三个是左脚踏板;右侧的四个对应右脚。从左到右,踏板控制的音符是:

                                                                                                                                                                      • 左脚:D, C, B
                                                                                                                                                                      • 右脚:E, F, G, A

                                                                                                                                                                      线上的条提示中央位置,演奏还原音符。线上方的条告诉演奏者抬高踏板,降低音符,而低处的条提示降低踏板,升高音符。

                                                                                                                                                                      譬如,下图提示的可奏音符是 C♯, D, E, F♯, G♯, A, B。

                                                                                                                                                                      竖琴踏板图

                                                                                                                                                                      文本图

                                                                                                                                                                      上一行音名指代右脚控制的踏板,而下一行是左脚踏板。

                                                                                                                                                                      乐谱中竖琴踏板文本图的第一个实例将总是展示所有七踏板的位置。文本视图仅仅展示自从最后的踏板记号以来需要更换的音符。

                                                                                                                                                                      文本图默认出现在线谱之间,但是可以被手动重新定位。

                                                                                                                                                                      竖琴文本图

                                                                                                                                                                      惯用记谱:打击乐器

                                                                                                                                                                        Entering and editing percussion notation

                                                                                                                                                                          [This chapter (Oct 2023) does not contain the latest info on the topic. Please refer to the handbook 3's Entering and editing percussion notation chapter (May 2024). Feel free to port and improve, pls note that "major percussion overhaul" is upcoming soon https://musescore.org/en/node/354177 ]

                                                                                                                                                                          Overview

                                                                                                                                                                          In percussion notation, the lines and spaces of the music staff are allocated to different instruments—rather than different pitches—and a range of different notehead shapes is used.

                                                                                                                                                                          The example below shows a simple drumkit beat on a five-line music staff. By convention, the bass drum rhythm is written on the lowest space of the staff, the snare drum on the third space, and the closed hihat, using crosshead notes, on the space above the staff.

                                                                                                                                                                          Rock beat example

                                                                                                                                                                          Stem direction usually describes whether an instrument is hit with a hand-stick or with a foot-pedal. Musescore use the Musescore Voices feature to help create notes that have different stem direction.

                                                                                                                                                                          Types of percussion staves

                                                                                                                                                                          Percussion music is usually written on a 5-line, 3-line, or 1-line staff—depending on the instrument. When a percussion instrument is created using the New Score dialog, MuseScore automatically chooses the most appropriate staff type. This can be changed later, if necessary, using the "Staff type" column in the Instruments panel. You can also create a Custom staff types.

                                                                                                                                                                          Adding a percussion staff to your score

                                                                                                                                                                          See Setting up your score and/or Instruments panel.

                                                                                                                                                                          Entering notes and rests in percussion staves

                                                                                                                                                                          There are several ways of entering music on a percussion staff:

                                                                                                                                                                          • Using a Mouse (and the Drum Input Palette).
                                                                                                                                                                          • Via keyboard shortcuts.
                                                                                                                                                                          • Using an external MIDI keyboard.
                                                                                                                                                                          • Using the virtual piano.

                                                                                                                                                                          After each note or rest is entered, the cursor automatically advances so that it is in the correct position for subsequent entry.

                                                                                                                                                                          Mouse entry using the Drum input palette

                                                                                                                                                                          1. Select a start location in the percussion staff.
                                                                                                                                                                          2. Enter note Input mode (shortcut N). The Drum input palette (DIP) appears at the bottom of the window:
                                                                                                                                                                            Drum input palette
                                                                                                                                                                            This displays a range of percussion instruments and how they will appear on the staff. If any instrument has a keyboard shortcut this is shown above the staff.
                                                                                                                                                                            Click on an instrument in the DIP, and its name appears on the left-hand side of the palette. The color of the note shows the voice pre-allocated to that instrument: blue for voice 1, green for voice 2 etc.
                                                                                                                                                                          3. Use one of the following methods:
                                                                                                                                                                            • Click on an instrument in the DIP; select the desired note duration, then, click on the staff at the desired location.
                                                                                                                                                                            • Select a note duration, then double-click the desired instrument in the DIP. The note is entered at the cursor position.
                                                                                                                                                                              Note: Any existing notes in that voice are overwritten.
                                                                                                                                                                          4. To enter another instrument in the same voice at a location, press Shift, then double-click the instrument in the DIP.
                                                                                                                                                                          5. To enter a rest of the selected duration, press 0 (zero).

                                                                                                                                                                          Using keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                          This method is suitable for adding instruments which have a keyboard shortcut displayed in the Drum Input palette.

                                                                                                                                                                          1. Select a note, rest or measure in the percussion staff as a start point.
                                                                                                                                                                          2. Enter note Input mode (shortcut N). The Drum input palette (DIP) appears at the bottom of the window (as above).
                                                                                                                                                                          3. Choose a note duration.
                                                                                                                                                                          4. Type the keyboard shortcut for the desired instrument; this is shown above the staff in the DIP. The note is entered at the cursor position.
                                                                                                                                                                            Note: Any existing notes in that voice are overwritten.
                                                                                                                                                                          5. To enter another instrument in the same voice, hold Shift, while entering the shortcut.
                                                                                                                                                                          6. To enter a rest of the selected duration, press 0 (zero).

                                                                                                                                                                          Note: Shortcuts can be changed in the Edit drumset dialog.

                                                                                                                                                                          Using a MIDI controller

                                                                                                                                                                          To add notes to a percussion staff from a MIDI keyboard:

                                                                                                                                                                          1. Ensure that the MIDI keyboard is connected to your computer before launching MuseScore. Check that it is functioning correctly.
                                                                                                                                                                            Note: If you click on the percussion staff in normal mode, you can "preview" the sound of the percussion instruments from the MIDI keyboard.
                                                                                                                                                                          2. Click on the note or rest where you want to start.
                                                                                                                                                                          3. Enter note input mode.
                                                                                                                                                                          4. Select the voice in which you wish to enter notes.
                                                                                                                                                                          5. Select a note duration.
                                                                                                                                                                          6. Press an instrument key to add a note to the score. To add another instrument in the same voice, keep the first key held down while pressing the second key.
                                                                                                                                                                          7. To enter a rest of the selected duration, press 0 (zero).

                                                                                                                                                                          Note: Refer to a GM2 drum map for details about which MIDI keyboard key corresponds to which percussion instrument.

                                                                                                                                                                          Using the on-screen piano keyboard

                                                                                                                                                                          To add notes to a percussion staff from the virtual Piano Keyboard:

                                                                                                                                                                          1. Ensure that the Piano keyboard is displayed. Press P (or select it from the menu, View → Piano keyboard).
                                                                                                                                                                            Note: If you click on the percussion staff without entering note input mode, you can demo the percussion instruments from the Piano keyboard.
                                                                                                                                                                          2. Click on the note or rest where you want to start.
                                                                                                                                                                          3. Enter note input mode.
                                                                                                                                                                          4. Select the voice in which you wish to enter notes.
                                                                                                                                                                          5. Select a note duration.
                                                                                                                                                                          6. Click on a (virtual piano) key to add a note to the score. To add another note to an existing one, press Shift and hold it while pressing the new note.
                                                                                                                                                                          7. To enter a rest of the selected duration, press 0 (zero).

                                                                                                                                                                          Note: Refer to a GM2 drum map for details about which piano key corresponds to which percussion instrument.

                                                                                                                                                                          Drumset customization

                                                                                                                                                                            Introduction

                                                                                                                                                                            You can customize the notation of instruments inside the "drumset" Musescore Instrument using the Edit drumset dialog and
                                                                                                                                                                            To customize percussion staff, see Staff/Part properties and chapters under Idiomatic notation: Percussion.

                                                                                                                                                                            Edit drumset dialog can be opened in note input mode from the Drum input palette by clicking on the Edit drumset button (bottom left of the program window). Alternatively, in normal mode, right-click on the percussion staff and select Edit drumset...

                                                                                                                                                                            Edit drumset dialog

                                                                                                                                                                            On the left is a list of available percussion instruments. You can put these in MIDI number order by clicking on the "No." heading; this automatically shows them in note order as well. Clicking again puts the list in reverse order.

                                                                                                                                                                            The right of the dialog shows you how the selected instrument is displayed on the percussion staff: its name, position, notehead type and note-stem direction.

                                                                                                                                                                            Any changes made here are automatically saved in the parent MuseScore file (after pressing OK). You can also save the drumset independently as a drumset file.

                                                                                                                                                                            [the following is a work in progress, "major percussion overhaul" is upcoming https://musescore.org/en/node/354177 , in the meantime see Musescore 3 handbook Drum notation, feature is still identical in Musescore 4.1.1 ]

                                                                                                                                                                            Customizing a drumset definition

                                                                                                                                                                            Selecting a sound

                                                                                                                                                                            • info on GM drum sounds
                                                                                                                                                                            • how much of this is relevant for VST?

                                                                                                                                                                            Defining the note

                                                                                                                                                                            Name

                                                                                                                                                                            Noteheads

                                                                                                                                                                            Other properties

                                                                                                                                                                            Saving and loading drumset definitions

                                                                                                                                                                            Other percussion notation

                                                                                                                                                                              Diddles

                                                                                                                                                                              Diddles can be added by using an eighth-note Tremolo.
                                                                                                                                                                              Diddles

                                                                                                                                                                              Pedal lines

                                                                                                                                                                              To add a vibraphone pedal line, see Pedal.

                                                                                                                                                                              Rolls

                                                                                                                                                                              To add a drumroll to your score, see Tremolo.
                                                                                                                                                                              Rolls

                                                                                                                                                                              Sticking

                                                                                                                                                                              To enter sticking symbols (R, L):

                                                                                                                                                                              1. Select a start note;
                                                                                                                                                                              2. From the menu, select Add→Text→Sticking (alternatively, set up a keyboard shortcut to do the same
                                                                                                                                                                                thing). The cursor positions itself ready to accept your keyboard input;
                                                                                                                                                                              3. Input the letter just as you would normal text. To move forward or backwards to the next note, see Keyboard commands (chord symbols).
                                                                                                                                                                              4. To exit, press Esc, or click on a blank section of the score.

                                                                                                                                                                              Alternative notation

                                                                                                                                                                                小节记谱与表间线

                                                                                                                                                                                  将小节拍号加诸您的乐谱

                                                                                                                                                                                  欲将小节标记应用于乐谱,您需要先添加传统拍号,然后通过在拍号属性对话框中代之以合适的小节符号来修改其显示。注意,这些标记只是为了展示;它不可能修改不同音符之间的时值比例,并且隐含的真实拍号保持不变。

                                                                                                                                                                                  使用小节音符符号

                                                                                                                                                                                  【待添加】

                                                                                                                                                                                  • 从符号面板添加、隐藏

                                                                                                                                                                                  搞拍不准音乐

                                                                                                                                                                                  早期音乐,例如文艺复兴合唱音乐,可能没有书面小节线或者拍号。这可以在 MuseScore 中实现如下:

                                                                                                                                                                                  1. 照常建立乐谱的乐器或者声部;
                                                                                                                                                                                  2. 隐藏拍号;
                                                                                                                                                                                  3. 点击 格式 → 样式 → 乐谱 → 勾选 显示横跨不同小节的音符(实验特性,仅限于早期音乐!) ;
                                                                                                                                                                                  4. 顶部谱表中一小节 → 右键菜单 → 选中 谱表/分谱属性 ;
                                                                                                                                                                                  5. 取消勾选 显示小节线 ;为每一适用谱表(见注意事项)重复之;
                                                                                                                                                                                  6. 点击 好 。

                                                                                                                                                                                  注意:您可以在第 4 步中代之以使得小节线不可见,方式是全选并且按下 V 。

                                                                                                                                                                                  注意,乐谱仍然表现得好像小节线出场那样。小节属性可以按需应用。

                                                                                                                                                                                  搞表间线

                                                                                                                                                                                  表间线是早期音乐的现代记谱形式,小节线画在线谱之间而不穿过之:

                                                                                                                                                                                  Mensurstrich

                                                                                                                                                                                  在线谱之间添加小节线

                                                                                                                                                                                  1. 需要表间线的谱行底部的谱表 → 右键菜单 → 选中 谱表/分谱属性 → 取消勾选 显示小节线 ;
                                                                                                                                                                                  2. 选中每一个剩余线谱的第一(而不是起始!)小节线;
                                                                                                                                                                                  3. 打开属性面板 → 小节线 部分 → 勾选 延至下一谱表 ;
                                                                                                                                                                                  4. 调整 延申起点 以设置每一小节线顶部的位置;
                                                                                                                                                                                  5. 按下 设为谱表默认样式 ;

                                                                                                                                                                                  显示横跨不同小节的音符

                                                                                                                                                                                  1. 菜单栏 → 点击 格式 → 样式 → 乐谱 ;
                                                                                                                                                                                  2. 勾选 显示横跨不同小节的音符(实验特性,仅限于早期音乐!) 。

                                                                                                                                                                                  Slash notation

                                                                                                                                                                                    In jazz and popular music, passages are often notated with slash noteheads that indicate no specific pitch. The notation can either include stems to indicate specifc rhythms, or the notation can be stemless and just indicate the beat.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Filling a range with beat slashes

                                                                                                                                                                                    Beat slashes have no stems and thus show no rhythm; just the beat itself. Depending on the content, this might indicate an improvised solo, and accompaniment pattern to be devised by the player, or a suggestion to continue in the style of previously notated passage. These slashes are often accompanied by chord symbols, which can also be added in the usual way.

                                                                                                                                                                                    To fill a range with slashes:

                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Select the desired range of blank measures
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. From the menu, select Tools→Fill with slashes

                                                                                                                                                                                      slash_notation_strums1.png

                                                                                                                                                                                    These slashes do not play, but the chord symbols do.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating rhythmic slash notation

                                                                                                                                                                                    To notate a specific rhythm, use rhythmic slash notation. By default, these slashes do not play, but you can override that if you wish to enter specific notes or chord voicings you want to hear even though they will be turned into pitchless slashes in the notation.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Accompaniment rhythms on the staff

                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Add notes in the desired rhythm using standard notation on the staff. If you will wish to hear playback, enter the actual notes you wish to hear, but otherwise you can enter any pitch you want.
                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Select the range of chords
                                                                                                                                                                                    3. From the menu bar, select Tools→Toggle rhythmic slash notation
                                                                                                                                                                                    4. If you wish to hear the playback of the notes you entered, select the applicable range of chords and check “Play” in the Properties: General panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Screenshot 2024-08-23 10.46.57 AM.png

                                                                                                                                                                                    Accent rhythms above or below the staff

                                                                                                                                                                                    To enter rhythms above the staff, use the same process, but enter the rhythm into voice 3. Use voice 4 for a rhythm below the staff.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Custom staff types

                                                                                                                                                                                      Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                      Musescore has four staff types, each of them has different build-in templates, see Staff/Part properties.

                                                                                                                                                                                      To create a custom staff used on whole score :

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Use this step common to all four staff types: find and add an instrument similar to the target staff type by Setting up your score or in Instruments panel, then change its Staff properties and Advanced style properties, notehead scheme is also customized there.
                                                                                                                                                                                      • For percussion staff (type 3, see Staff/Part properties), in addition to the above, use Edit drumset window for notehead related settings, see Drumset customization.

                                                                                                                                                                                      To create a custom staff to be used on one section of score:

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Use the Staff type change element.
                                                                                                                                                                                      • The Change Instrument text element also change staff type by changing the instrument, see Mid-score instrument changes.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Modified Stave Notation (MSN) is a formatting common used in large print. To use MSN see MuseScore 3 tutorial page Creating Modified Stave Notation in MuseScore, it works similarly inside Musescore 4.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Customizing appearance of staff lines

                                                                                                                                                                                      [this section is a work in progress, please add missing info]

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Number
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Color
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Visibility
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Line distance

                                                                                                                                                                                      Customizing appearance of generated elements

                                                                                                                                                                                      [this section is a work in progress, please add missing info]

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Clef
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Key signature
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Time signature
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Barlines

                                                                                                                                                                                      Customizing appearance of notes

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Ledger lines [ a work in progress, please add missing info]
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Stems [ a work in progress, please add missing info]

                                                                                                                                                                                      Notehead schemes

                                                                                                                                                                                      ms4_noteheadschemes.png
                                                                                                                                                                                      Download this testing score file MS4 Noteheadschemes.mscz

                                                                                                                                                                                      'Notehead schemes' are used by musicians to designate notehead shape meaning. In Musescore 4.1.1, schemes for a staff is named "Notehead Scheme", same options for a note is named "Notehead System", see Noteheads.

                                                                                                                                                                                      Musescore has nine of them. Five of them are directly fully supported, notes written create correct playback. Four "shape note notations" are supported in terms of notehead engraving, users need to take advantage of 'Transposing instruments' feature to create desired playback, see Noteheads.

                                                                                                                                                                                      To create custom "shape note notations", see Noteheads.

                                                                                                                                                                                      The nine supported by Musescore are:

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Normal: The default scheme used by vast majority of musicians.

                                                                                                                                                                                      4 solfege related notations:

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Pitch name: Noteheads automatically and dynamically change to include the English pitch name in the notehead.
                                                                                                                                                                                      • German pitch name: similar to Pitch name but B replaced with H, and B♭ with B.
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Solfège Movable Do (also called Tonic Solfa): Noteheads with solfege literally written. It uses Ti and not Si.
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Solfège Fixed Do: Noteheads with solfege literally written. Used in France, Italy, Spain, etc. It uses Si and not Ti.

                                                                                                                                                                                      4 shape note notations, need further config if you wish to create desired playback:

                                                                                                                                                                                      • 4 Shape (Walker): used in books such as William Walker’s Southern Harmony (1835).
                                                                                                                                                                                      • 7 Shape (Aikin): used in books such as Jesse B. Aikin’s The Christian Minstrel (1846), and books by the Ruebush & Kieffer Publishing Company. It's the most used 7-shape system.
                                                                                                                                                                                      • 7 Shape (Funk): used in books such as Joseph Funk’s Harmonia Sacra (1851).
                                                                                                                                                                                      • 7 Shape (Walker): used in books such as William Walker’s Christian Harmony (1867).

                                                                                                                                                                                      Changing staff type mid-score

                                                                                                                                                                                      See Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                      [this section is a work in progress, please add missing info]

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Most of the above plus line & step offset

                                                                                                                                                                                      External links

                                                                                                                                                                                      For Notehead scheme:

                                                                                                                                                                                      • The Music Notation Project Wiki > Shape Note Notation
                                                                                                                                                                                      • IMSLP.org Wiki > 4-shape notation
                                                                                                                                                                                      • IMSLP.org Wiki > 7-shape notation
                                                                                                                                                                                      • staff/part properties preview window score https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/tree/master/src/notation/view/re…
                                                                                                                                                                                      • shape note SMuFL specification

                                                                                                                                                                                      文本

                                                                                                                                                                                        Entering and editing text

                                                                                                                                                                                          Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                          Musescore has different text editing functionalities. This chapter and other chapters under handbook Text section focus on the Musescore Text objects, individual objects that can be placed on a score, and objects containing it. There are also score settings that add text onto pages automatically.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Types of text

                                                                                                                                                                                          Musescore Text object

                                                                                                                                                                                          A Musescore Text object is an object on a score that contains individual characters that can be entered and removed by using (typing on) a computer keyboard. It is usually attached to a note or a rest, some of them attach to another object.

                                                                                                                                                                                          • Staff Text can be attached to a staff;
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Jumps and Markers are attached to measures;
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Some types (Title, Subtitle etc.) must be attached to a frame, see Frame, and Text blocks chapters.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Different types of Text object are not interchangeable. They have distinct property fields that affect how Musescore functions. For example, a Staff Text object styled as a metronome mark can never be configured to change playback tempo inside Musescore. The Tempo object should be used to change playback tempo inside Musescore.

                                                                                                                                                                                          To check the object type, select an object on a score, its type is displayed on the status bar.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Check text type using the status bar

                                                                                                                                                                                          Text object type Uses
                                                                                                                                                                                          Staff Text General purpose text for one MuseScore instrument. Can be configured to apply swing playback or sound flags. See Setting up your score and 谱表文本、谱行组文本,与表情文本 chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          System Text Similar to Staff Text, but for all instruments in the system (page layout concept). See 页面布局概念 and 谱表文本、谱行组文本,与表情文本 chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Expression Text The expression item in the Text Palette. A new type introduced in Musescore 4. Does not affect Musescore playback as of Musescore 4.2. See 谱表文本、谱行组文本,与表情文本 chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Instrument change The Change instr. item in the Text Palette. Change the Musescore Instrument after the anchored note or rest. See Setting up your score and Mid-score instrument changes chapters.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Dynamic Such as p and mf, are Text that affects Musescore playback dynamics. See Dynamics chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Hairpin Such as crese. and dim., are Text line that affects Musescore playback dynamics. See Hairpins chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Playing technique annotation The legato. pizz. etc items in the Text Palette. [This info is a work in progress, the software function is under active dev, pls see and update Staff Text, System Text and Expression Text, and Dynamics, and Mixer, and Glossary and Articulations chapters]
                                                                                                                                                                                          Tempo Numerical metronome mark, verbal direction. A Text type that specifies Musescore playback tempo. See Tempo marks chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Gradual Tempo Change Such as accel.. A new Text line type introduced in Musescore 4 that affects Musescore playback tempo. See Tempo marks chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Swing and Straight item in the Tempo Palette A pre-configured System Text. See Swing playback and 谱表文本、谱行组文本,与表情文本 chapters.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Lyrics Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut breaks up words stored in clipboard, paste and then jump to next anchor conveniently. See Lyrics chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Jump Such as "D.C."(Da Capo), "D.S. al Coda" etc found in the Repeats & Jumps Palette. See Jumps and markers chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Marker The Capo symbol, Segno symbol, "Fine", "To Coda" etc found in the Repeats & Jumps Palette. See Jumps and markers chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Rehearsal mark The boxed B1 item in the Text Palette. Facilitate rehearsals, divide score into sections, bookmark passages etc. See Rehearsal marks chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Chord symbol Has playback, notes automatically decided. See Chord symbol chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Nashville number Has playback, similar to Chord symbol. See Chord symbol:NNS chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Roman Numeral No playback. See Chord symbol:RNA chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Figured bass A period keyboard notation. No playback. See Figured bass chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Sticking Letters (L and R) attached to (drum) notes showing which hand or foot to use. See Sticking chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Fingering Numbers or letters attached to notes showing which fingers to use. See Fingering chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Title, Subtitle, Composer, Lyricist, and Text (text block type) They are Text types designed to be added into a frame. See Text blocks and Frame chapters. They are not the placeholder text used in the header and footer, see "Score setting" section.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Text line, including Volta, Pedal etc types Volta etc found in Repeats & Jumps Palette. Pedal found in Keyboard Palette. Ottava (8--, 8ve, 8va, 15--) etc found in Pitch Palette. Guitar Barre lines etc. See Other lines chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Score settings

                                                                                                                                                                                          Long and short name of Musescore Instrument (see Setting up your score chapter) is automatically added to the left of staff in each system (page layout concept, see 页面布局概念 chapter). Names can be changed direcly on a score using text edit mode, or using Staff/Part property window, see 谱表/分谱属性 chapter. They are, by default, only added when there are more than one instrument. To change this default behavior, change the setting under Format → Style → Score.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Measure numbers can be added automatically. Configure it at Format → Style → Measure nubmers, see Measure numbering chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Musescore's header and footer functionality adds text to every pages automatically. Configure it at Format → Style → Header & footer. Placeholder text (special symbols) can be used to add information like the current page number, copyright claim etc. Placeholder text is also used to add metadata tags, the digital data of a score file, onto the score dynamically. See Header and footer chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Adding text object to a score

                                                                                                                                                                                          Different types of Text object are not interchangeable, decide on the suitable object type before adding it. Use the chart under "Musescore Text object" section. For general engraving or visual display purpose, it is recommended to use a Staff text or System text.

                                                                                                                                                                                          The following explains how to add text to a note or a rest or a valid anchor outside frames. Adding text to a frame is covered in the Text blocks chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                          From a palette

                                                                                                                                                                                          To add a text element to your score from a Palette, either select one or more notes/rests and click on the desired palette item; or drag the text from the palette onto a note/rest. e.g.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Add tempo indicationAdd tempo indication

                                                                                                                                                                                          From the menu

                                                                                                                                                                                          If the text object is associated with a staff you can add it by selecting a note, then choosing a text option from Add→Text.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Using a keyboard shortcut

                                                                                                                                                                                          Many text types can be entered using keyboard shortcuts. Shortcuts are shown to the right of items in Add→Text.

                                                                                                                                                                                          To create a text object, select a note, then enter the required shortcut.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Deleting text object on a score

                                                                                                                                                                                          To edit *text automatically added by score settings*, see "Score setting" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                          To delete object(s) on a score, select the objects then press Delete.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Editing text object content

                                                                                                                                                                                          To edit *text automatically added by score settings*, see "Score setting" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Text and text line objects are edited with two different methods, depending on the object type:

                                                                                                                                                                                          • edit directly in text edit mode, as explained below; or
                                                                                                                                                                                          • edit properties in the Properties panel, see the text object's specific chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                          To enter text edit mode use one of the following methods:

                                                                                                                                                                                          • Double click on the text object, or
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Select the text object and press Return, or
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Select the text object and press F2 or Alt+Shift+E, or
                                                                                                                                                                                          • Right-click on the text object and select "Edit element."

                                                                                                                                                                                          To leave text edit mode either press Escape or click on a part of the score outside the edit area.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Keyboard shortcuts available inside text edit mode

                                                                                                                                                                                          The following keyboard shortcuts are available in text edit mode:

                                                                                                                                                                                          Function Windows & Linux Mac
                                                                                                                                                                                          Bold (toggle) Ctrl+B Cmd+B
                                                                                                                                                                                          Italic (toggle) Ctrl+I Cmd+I
                                                                                                                                                                                          Underline (toggle) Ctrl+U Cmd+U
                                                                                                                                                                                          Move cursor Home, End, ←, →, ↑, ↓ (Alt+) ←, →, ↑, ↓
                                                                                                                                                                                          Remove character to the left of the cursor Backspace Delete
                                                                                                                                                                                          Remove character to the right of the cursor Del → Delete or Fn+Del
                                                                                                                                                                                          Start new line ↵ return
                                                                                                                                                                                          Insert special characters (see below) Shift+F2 Fn+F2

                                                                                                                                                                                          Special characters

                                                                                                                                                                                          Characters not available from the standard keyboard may be accessed using the Special Characters window.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Special characters window

                                                                                                                                                                                          To open Special Characters, in text edit mode (see "Editing text object content" section), press Shift+F2; or click on Insert special characters in the Text section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                          The dialog is divided into 3 tabs: Common symbols, musical symbols and unicode symbols. The musical and unicode tabs are further subdivided into alphabetically-arranged categories. It is preferable to use items in Common symbols tab as they are functional, see Musescore 3 handbook Fonts chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Clicking an item in the Special Characters dialog immediately adds it to the text where the cursor is positioned. Multiple items can be applied without closing the dialog box, and the user can even continue to type normally, delete characters, enter numerical character codes etc., with it open.

                                                                                                                                                                                          In text edit mode, the following keyboard shortcuts add a functional version of special characters (whenever possible) into the current Text object, see Musescore 3 handbook Fonts chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                          Character Windows & Linux Mac Note
                                                                                                                                                                                          Sharp ♯ Ctrl+Shift+# Cmd+Shift+# May not work on some keyboard layouts
                                                                                                                                                                                          Flat ♭ Ctrl+Shift+B Cmd+Shift+B
                                                                                                                                                                                          Natural ♮ Ctrl+Shift+H Cmd+Shift+H
                                                                                                                                                                                          Piano p Ctrl+Shift+P Cmd+Shift+P
                                                                                                                                                                                          Forte f Ctrl+Shift+F Cmd+Shift+F
                                                                                                                                                                                          Mezzo m Ctrl+Shift+M Cmd+Shift+M
                                                                                                                                                                                          Rinforzando r Ctrl+Shift+R Cmd+Shift+R
                                                                                                                                                                                          Sforzando s Ctrl+Shift+S Cmd+Shift+S
                                                                                                                                                                                          Niente n Ctrl+Shift+N Cmd+Shift+N
                                                                                                                                                                                          Z z Ctrl+Shift+Z Cmd+Shift+Z
                                                                                                                                                                                          Elision ‿ Ctrl+Alt+- Cmd+Alt+-

                                                                                                                                                                                          Formatting text

                                                                                                                                                                                            Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                            Levels of formatting

                                                                                                                                                                                            Layout and formatting in Musescore has 2 main levels, read Templates and styles first. Text objects have finer levels:

                                                                                                                                                                                            • Level 1: Properties of each individual text object in a score file:
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Formatting of individual characters within a text object;
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Formatting of the object that contains all the characters.
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Level 2
                                                                                                                                                                                              • "style for certain type of object": you can change their values in 'Style' window: left pane
                                                                                                                                                                                              • "style for text inside certain type of object": you can change their values inside items under 'Style' window: left pane 'Text style'

                                                                                                                                                                                            Appearance and function of Text objects


                                                                                                                                                                                            The final visual and function of most object in a score file is determined by:

                                                                                                                                                                                            • Characters do not have any specific formatting. When formatting are added to them, they will always be used. See Changing characters below.
                                                                                                                                                                                            • Text objects do not have any specific properties. When properties are Properties panel, they will always be used except for characters that already have their own formatting. see details in "Text properties" below.
                                                                                                                                                                                            • functional settings: all object on a score uses values in "style for certain type of object", this behavior cannot be changed, but you can edit values in them.
                                                                                                                                                                                            • visual settings:
                                                                                                                                                                                              • an object on a score uses values in appropriate "style for text inside certain type of object", such as "Style for text inside Chord symbols", "Style for text inside Lyrics Odd Lines" automatically. This behavior can be changed with the More... > Text Style property in Properties panel. You can also utilize the 12 custom style.
                                                                                                                                                                                              • "Style for text inside Staff Text" is special. Every Text-related object on a score uses its values unless overridden, this behavior cannot be changed, but you can edit values inside.
                                                                                                                                                                                            • A subset of characters always use font settings in 'Style' window > Score : "Musical symbol font" (8 options): musical glyphs such as Segno, Coda, ottavas, dynamics glyphs such as mf and some Special characters. See Musescore 3 handbook Fonts (mostly the same as in musescore 4.1.1 but upgraded and added 2 options).

                                                                                                                                                                                            Options in Properties panel behave differently depending on the current selection.

                                                                                                                                                                                            "Font", "Style", "Size", "Subscript and superscript" are both object properties, and individual character formatting options. When you change an object using the Properties panel, incompatible formatting on individual characters are removed.

                                                                                                                                                                                            "Alignment", "Frame", "Text style" are object properties. When you select individual characters and change these options in the Properties panel, the object properties are changed instead.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Changing formatting of characters

                                                                                                                                                                                            To edit text content, see Entering and editing text instead.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Use the Properties panel to change formatting of individual characters. Musescore 4 updated the Inspector present in Musescore 2 and Musescore 3 and integrated the function of Text Toolbar (Text editing) into the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                            1. enter text edit mode using one of the following methods:
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Double-click on the text object.
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Select the object and press F2 or Alt+Shift+E
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Right-click on the element and select Edit element
                                                                                                                                                                                            2. highlighted characters
                                                                                                                                                                                            3. apply formatting in Text section of the Properties panel, and/or use keyboard shortcuts (see Editing text).

                                                                                                                                                                                            Changing formatting of a text object

                                                                                                                                                                                            Text properties

                                                                                                                                                                                            Click More to see:

                                                                                                                                                                                            More text properties

                                                                                                                                                                                            To edit text content, see Entering and editing text instead.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Use the Properties panel to change formatting of the Text object, which may change all of the characters inside:

                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Select text object(s) on a score
                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Edit settings in the Text section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Options are self-explanatory, these special settings are shown after clicking More:
                                                                                                                                                                                            Match staff size: whether text size changes proportionally, see Page layout concepts.
                                                                                                                                                                                            Text style : Changes which style a text object on a score uses, see below
                                                                                                                                                                                            Position : Above or below the staff, see below

                                                                                                                                                                                            Changing which style a text object on a score uses

                                                                                                                                                                                            In the Properties panel, use Text style property under More. Concept of formatting is explained in the overview. Only the "style for text inside certain type of object" a text object on a score uses can be changed, they includes the "User-1" ... "User-12", see below. See Templates and styles.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Position

                                                                                                                                                                                            The Properties panel is used for assigning formatting to the Text object(s). When a Text object is changed, all of the characters inside it may change. The Properties panel also is used for assigning formatting to individual characters inside a Text object, when characters are selected.

                                                                                                                                                                                            It is important to know that, even when characters inside a Text object are selected, some properties shown on the Properties panel are still the Text object's setting, but not the character property. They includes the Position property.

                                                                                                                                                                                            In the Properties panel, Use Position property under More to change layout of the Text object. If a overriding option exists for this type of object, is in "style for certain type of object", but not in "style for text inside certain type of object", see "Changing the values inside a style" section below. See also the main chapter Templates and styles.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Changing the values inside a style

                                                                                                                                                                                            Concept of formatting is explained in the overview.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Understand Templates and styles first. To change values inside a style, use the "Style" window: Format→Style.

                                                                                                                                                                                            • "style for certain type of object": you can change their values in 'Style' window: left pane"
                                                                                                                                                                                            • "style for text inside certain type of object": you can change their values inside items under 'Style' window: left pane 'Text style', or
                                                                                                                                                                                              • Use the more efficient way from the Properties panel:
                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Select a score object that use the style;
                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Edit a property;
                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Click on the ellipsis (…) above the property and select "Save as default style for this score".
                                                                                                                                                                                                4. Repeat for other properties as required.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Changing the values inside a User-1 to User-12 style

                                                                                                                                                                                            To assign visual settings values to a custom style: "User-1" to "User-12", use the "Style" window: Format→Style > Text Style > User-1 ... User-12

                                                                                                                                                                                            谱表文本、谱行组文本,与表情文本

                                                                                                                                                                                              概览

                                                                                                                                                                                              谱表文本客体和谱行组文本客体有下列提示性目的。它们可供选择以奏效于 Musescore 回放,仅仅部分奏效于所附音符或者休止符之后。

                                                                                                                                                                                              • 应用摇摆节奏和平稳拍号(谱表文本和谱行组文本)。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 适用乐谱和乐章标题。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 让吉他手的回放变调(谱表文本,仅可用于 Musescore 4.0.2 和更低版本。对于 Musescore 4.1.0 和更高版本,代之以新的Applying capos。)
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 不仅被其他文本类型涵盖的其他一般目的。不同文本类型不可互换。

                                                                                                                                                                                              表情文本客体提供音乐表情和表演提示。它们不奏效于 Musescore 回放。使用力度以提示力度并且同时创建回放。使用Tempo markings以提示速度并且奏效。

                                                                                                                                                                                              谱表文本和谱行组文本的异同

                                                                                                                                                                                              谱表文本和谱行组文本的行为和功能相似。

                                                                                                                                                                                              • 皆附着于音符或者休止符。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 皆可建立以奏效于由 Musescore 合成器创建的音频。谱表文本仅仅奏效于那个音符所属创建乐谱,而谱行组文本奏效于乐谱上所有创建乐谱。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 谱表文本随下列选项隐藏:
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 样式 → 乐谱 → 隐藏谱行组中的空白谱表
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 子选项 → 不隐藏首排谱行组的空谱表
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 谱表文本仅仅出现在以 Musescore 乐器为特色的分谱。谱行组文本出现在所有分谱上。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 新的谱行组文本置于每一谱行组的顶部谱表上方。

                                                                                                                                                                                              将谱表文本加诸您的乐谱

                                                                                                                                                                                              1. 选中某一音符
                                                                                                                                                                                              2. 下列方式择一:
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 按下 控制 + T 。
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 从菜单中,点击 添加 → 文本 → 谱表文本 。
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 点击 符号面板 → 文本 → 谱表文本 。
                                                                                                                                                                                              3. 将所需文本输入绑定的框。

                                                                                                                                                                                              或者,在输入所需文本之前将谱表文本图标拖到乐谱中的音符上。

                                                                                                                                                                                              将表情文本加诸您的乐谱

                                                                                                                                                                                              1. 选中某一音符
                                                                                                                                                                                              2. 下列方式择一:
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 按下 控制 + E 。
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 从菜单中,点击 添加 → 文本 → 表情文本 。
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 点击 符号面板 → 文本 → 表情文本 。
                                                                                                                                                                                              3. 将所需文本输入绑定的框。

                                                                                                                                                                                              或者,在输入所需文本之前将表情文本图标拖到乐谱中的音符上。

                                                                                                                                                                                              将谱行组文本加诸您的乐谱

                                                                                                                                                                                              1. 选中某一音符
                                                                                                                                                                                              2. 下列方式择一:
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 按下 控制 + 上档 + T。
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 从菜单中,点击 添加 → 文本 → 谱行组文本 。
                                                                                                                                                                                                • 点击 符号面板 → 文本 → 谱行组文本 。
                                                                                                                                                                                              3. 将所需文本输入绑定的框。

                                                                                                                                                                                              或者,在输入所需文本之前将谱行组文本图标拖到乐谱中的音符上。

                                                                                                                                                                                              在其他线谱上重复谱行组文本

                                                                                                                                                                                              现在谱行组文本置于每一谱行组的顶部谱表上方。如果您需要在较低谱表上做类似提示,使用谱表文本来加之于那个谱表。

                                                                                                                                                                                              某些模板具有附加特性。当您创建谱行组文本之时,它自动重复并且恰好展示在另一较低谱表上方。如果编辑该客体的任一实例,两者的内容皆更新。如果移除任一者,两者偕亡。这些模板包括:

                                                                                                                                                                                              • 交响乐队:重复展示于小提琴上方。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 古典管弦乐队:重复展示于小提琴上方。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 合唱团+钢琴:重复展示于钢琴上方。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 合唱团+管风琴:重复展示于管风琴上方。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 合唱总谱+钢琴:重复展示于钢琴上方。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 合唱总谱+管风琴:重复展示于管风琴上方。

                                                                                                                                                                                              属性

                                                                                                                                                                                              在属性面板中编辑所选谱表文本、谱行组文本,和表情文本(诸)客体的属性。

                                                                                                                                                                                              谱表文本和谱行组文本可供选择以奏效于回放。在谱表文本属性和谱行组文本属性窗口中编辑回放相关设置。当重复或者通过使用符号面板复用谱表文本或者谱行组文本之时,也复用回放设置。

                                                                                                                                                                                              表情文本可以加诸已经附有[node:329701的音符。这样做就把它粘到力度上。

                                                                                                                                                                                              • “谱表文本的样式”的值可以在 版式 → 样式 → 谱表文本 中编辑。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • “表情文本的样式”的值可以在 版式 → 样式 → 表情文本 中编辑。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • “谱表文本中文本的样式”的值可以在 版式 → 样式 → 谱表 中编辑。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • “谱行组文本中文本的样式”的值可以在 版式 → 样式 → 谱行组 中编辑。
                                                                                                                                                                                              • “表情文本中文本的样式”的值可以在 版式 → 样式 → 表情记号 中编辑。

                                                                                                                                                                                              “谱表文本属性”窗口

                                                                                                                                                                                              谱表文本属性,对于摇摆节奏和变调设置,可以按照如下方式访问:

                                                                                                                                                                                              1. 右键点击文本客体
                                                                                                                                                                                              2. 选中 谱表文本属性
                                                                                                                                                                                              3. 下列选项卡择一:
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Swing playback
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Capo playback (MS 4.0.2 and before):仅可用于 Musescore 4.0.2 和更低版本。在 Musescore 4.1.0 和更高版本中,代之以新的Applying capos。

                                                                                                                                                                                              “谱表文本中文本的样式”特殊。

                                                                                                                                                                                              Staff Text style

                                                                                                                                                                                              “谱行组文本属性”窗口

                                                                                                                                                                                              “谱行组文本属性”窗口仅仅具有一个选项卡——Swing playback。

                                                                                                                                                                                              样式

                                                                                                                                                                                              见主要章。

                                                                                                                                                                                              Tempo markings

                                                                                                                                                                                                Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                The musical terminology tempo means the speed or pace of a composition. Musicians use tempo markings/marks to indicate tempo. Supported tempo markings include:

                                                                                                                                                                                                • Metronome marks: Consists of a note, an equals sign, and a whole number. A metronome mark, half note = 80 indicates 80 minims (half note) per minute. Metronome mark, quarter note = 80 indicates 80 quarter notes (crotchets) per minute.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Verbal tempo indications: Andante, Allegro, "a tempo", "tempo primo" etc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Tempo change lines: Consists of a text and a dashed line. Includes "accel.", "allarg.", "rall.", and "rit.".
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Metric modulations: A metric modulation, quarter note = dotted quarter note

                                                                                                                                                                                                Musescore's synthesizer paces based on two settings:

                                                                                                                                                                                                • The real, written tempo of score. It is only determined by tempo markings on the score. Section breaks and barlines do not reset anything. If no tempo marking is present on a score, it plays as if ♩ = 120 is used (120 crotchets or quarter notes in one minute).
                                                                                                                                                                                                • The control slider that change pace temporarily, intended for monitoring purpose. See Playback panel chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Musicians use tempo markings to indicate the value of one beat, but Musescore does not use the beat information inside tempo markings. Beat information is obtained from Time signatures only.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Tempo markings are Musescore Text, except tempo change lines are Musescore Line that contains Text, see Text and Other lines chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                The Properties palette and Playback panel use a special unit "BPM". "BPM" is the amount of quarter notes would have been within one minute in decimal number. It is not related to the musical beat. It is not the whole number used in metronome marks conventionally, or on the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Using Metronome marks and Metric modulations

                                                                                                                                                                                                Playback follows written content by default only when note and augmentation dot professional glyphs are used. User can also use an overriding setting.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Using Tempo change lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                The tempo changes along the object's anchored range, see Other lines chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Musescore does not understand the written content. These items have pre-defined tempo setting. In Musescore 4.2 beta's Tempo palette, by default:

                                                                                                                                                                                                • accel.: Gradually speeds up to 133% of the original tempo
                                                                                                                                                                                                • allarg.: Gradually slows down to 75% of the original tempo. The italian allargando means widen.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • rall.: Gradually slows down to 75% of the original tempo
                                                                                                                                                                                                • rit.: Gradually slows down to 75% of the original tempo

                                                                                                                                                                                                The setting is changable, see "Changing playback" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Using Verbal tempo indications

                                                                                                                                                                                                Musescore does not understand the written content. In Musescore 4.2 beta's Tempo palette, by default:

                                                                                                                                                                                                • "a tempo" item: Changes tempo back the latest tempo before any change by tempo change lines.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • tempo primo item: Changes tempo back to that indicated by the first valid marking.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Other verbal tempo indication items have pre-defined tempo setting.

                                                                                                                                                                                                All of these settings are changable, see "Changing playback" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Adding tempo marks to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                All markings are found in the Tempo palette, see Using the palettes chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Tempo markings affect playback of all staffs on a score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                New Tempo change line is positioned on top of a staff, like Staff Text does. It only appears in the "FullScore" and the "Part" that features the staff. All other new tempo markings are positioned on top of system, like System Text does. System is a layout term, see Page layout concepts chapter).

                                                                                                                                                                                                To add a Metronome mark, Verbal tempo indication, or Metric modulation onto the score, use one of the following methods:

                                                                                                                                                                                                • Select a note/rest and click an item in a palette.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Drag the item from a palette onto a note/rest.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • From the menu bar, select Add→Text, and click on Tempo marking.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • See also External links for alternative method utilizing a 3rd-party font.

                                                                                                                                                                                                To add a Metronome mark that use a suitable note value by using the beat information from the time signature:

                                                                                                                                                                                                • Select a note/rest and press the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+T.

                                                                                                                                                                                                To add a Tempo change line, use the methods explained in the Other lines: apply line chapter. One common method is to add it to a selected range:

                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Either
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Select a note or rest, for creation of Tempo object with "Staff Text Line" behavior, or
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Select a measure for creation of Tempo object with "System Text Line" behavior;
                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Shift+Click the last.
                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Click an item in the palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Changing appearance

                                                                                                                                                                                                Playback can be configured to follow written content of Metronome mark and Metric modulation. Musescore only understand note and augmentation dot professional glyphs. Do not copy or use unicode characters from other programs or the internet. The augmentation dot is not a "Full stop / period" on the computer keyboard.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Other characters and numbers are plain characters, entered using (typing on) a computer keyboard. They have different formatting behaviors, for example changing the Properties panel:Font does not affect glyphs, see musescore 3 handbook Fonts chapter. See also Entering and editing text chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Adding plain characters

                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Select an object.
                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Enter edit mode (double click)
                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Type text.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Adding professional glyphs

                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Select an object.
                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Enter edit mode (double click).
                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Use Special characters window: Common symbols tab, one way to open the window is Shift+F2

                                                                                                                                                                                                Tempo change lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                Tempo change lines are Musescore Line. To change appearence of the dashed line, see Other lines: line properties and Adjusting elements directly: Changing the range of a line chapters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Changing playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                Metronome mark, Metric modulation, and Verbal tempo indication

                                                                                                                                                                                                To change the predefined tempo setting:

                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Select object(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Open the Properties palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Under Tempo section
                                                                                                                                                                                                4. Enter a value in Override written tempo, this value use the special BPM unit, see Overview.

                                                                                                                                                                                                To assign a manual / overriding tempo setting:

                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Select object(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Open the Properties palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Under Tempo or A Tempo or Tempo primo section, click to change:
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Follow written tempo : uncheck to ignore written content on the score
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Set specific tempo : check to ignore written content on the score
                                                                                                                                                                                                4. Enter a value in Override written tempo, this value use the special BPM unit, see Overview.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Tempo change line

                                                                                                                                                                                                Tempo change properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                To change the manual tempo setting:

                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Select object(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Open the Properties palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Click Playback, change any if required:
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Amount: Target tempo as a percentage of original tempo. 100% means no change.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Easing Methods: Rate of tempo change, options are
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Normal : a linear transition effect with the same rate of change from start to end
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Ease in : a transition effect with a slow change rate at the start but a quicker change rate at the end
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Ease out : a transition effect with a quick change rate at the start but a slow change rate at the end

                                                                                                                                                                                                Tempo change lines are Musescore Line. The tempo changes along the object's anchored range. To change the range, see Other lines: line properties and Adjusting elements directly: Changing the range of a line chapters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Repeating tempo markings on other staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                A tempo marking's layout and default positioning depends on how it is added, see "Adding tempo marks to your score" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                For tempo markings that behave like "System Text" or "System Text Line", there is a special method to mirror the object, see Staff Text, System Text and Expression Text: Repeating System Text on other staves chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Tempo properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                Selected tempo markings(s) on a score can be edited with Properties panel, settings are already covered in other sections of this chapter. The Properties panel: Font property affects plain characters, but not the professional glyphs. Professional glyphs use "Musical symbols font", see "Tempo style" section. Text related settings are covered in Formatting text chapter. Line related settings are covered in Other lines chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                To edit the score-wide settings, see "Tempo style" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Tempo style

                                                                                                                                                                                                See main chapter Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                • Values of the "Musical symbols font" can be edited in Format→Style→Score.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Values of the "Style for Tempo text" can be edited in Format→Style→Tempo text.
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Values of the "Style for text inside Tempo" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Tempo
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Values of the "Style for text inside Gradual Tempo Change" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Gradual Tempo Change
                                                                                                                                                                                                • Values of the "Style for text Metronome" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Metronome. No object uses this profile by default, its purpose is for styling Tempo markings which have both a verbal indication part and a metronome mark part. Often the metronome mark part is non-bold and a little smaller. Source: https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/13377#issuecomment-147399…

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tempo style

                                                                                                                                                                                                External links

                                                                                                                                                                                                • github "a tempo" https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/15563
                                                                                                                                                                                                • create advanced metric modulation text with "Metrico" font by Florian Kretlow, PSA: If you want to write complex metric modulations, check out this awesome font Florian Kretlow made!

                                                                                                                                                                                                Lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics are a form of text associated with melody lines on staves. e.g.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics example, Greensleeves

                                                                                                                                                                                                  As you can see in the example above, lyrics are entered syllable by syllable, those within words being connected by hyphens. Underscore lines or hyphens (depending on the context) are used to indicate melismas, where a syllable extends over several notes (see below).

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics are organized into verses, with verse 1 at the top and subsequent verses in order below.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics example, Multiple verses

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Adding lyrics to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                  In order to enter new lyrics, or to edit/format existing ones, you need to be in lyrics mode.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  There are two ways to enter lyrics mode:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Start from a selected note—see Entering syllables (below).
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Start from an existing lyric syllable—see Editing existing lyrics.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Entering syllables

                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Select the desired start note, and enter lyrics mode by pressing the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+L (Mac & Linux: Cmd+L). This will create a bounding box ready for text input.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Type the syllable;
                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. To enter a connected syllable, press - (hyphen), then enter the new syllable.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  4. To move forward to a new word (from any point in a syllable), press Space, Alternatively, and only if you are at the end of a word, press → (right arrow).
                                                                                                                                                                                                  5. To enter a non-breaking space, type Ctrl+Space.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  6. To enter a melisma, see below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  7. To move forward or backwards one character at a time, jumping between syllables, press →/← (right/left arrows).
                                                                                                                                                                                                  8. To move backwards one syllable, press Shift+Space.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Entering a melisma

                                                                                                                                                                                                  A melisma is a syllable that extends over more than one note.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics melisma

                                                                                                                                                                                                  If the melisma is at the end of a word it should be notated by an underscore line:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Starting from the end of the previous syllable, press _ (underscore) for as many notes as the melisma extends.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  If a melisma occurs in the middle of a word it may be notated by hyphens instead:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Starting from the end of the previous syllable press - (hyphen) for as many notes as the melisma extends.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • For long melismata, instead of repeated typing of hyphens, select the last note in the melisma and press - (hyphen). The intermediate hyphens will automatically be inserted between the previous typed syllable and that final note.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Entering multiple verses

                                                                                                                                                                                                  To enter subsequent verses, simply repeat the steps shown under Entering syllables. Lyrics entry automatically starts in the space beneath the last entered verse.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  In lyrics mode you can move up and down between verses using the keyboard arrows, ↑ and ↓.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Entering lyrics onto rests

                                                                                                                                                                                                  By default, the cursor skips over rests in lyrics mode. However, It is possible to enter a syllable on a rest by selecting the rest, (re-)entering lyrics mode and typing the syllable. Then you can continue entering lyrics as above.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Special characters within lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Characters not available from the computer keyboard may be entered in lyrics mode using the Special characters palette. A special case is highlighted below:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Elision slur

                                                                                                                                                                                                  An Elision slur (lyric slur or synalepha) is a symbol used to join two syllables together under one note.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  For example, to create the lyrics text below, starting with the syllable text "te":

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Elision slur

                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Type te;
                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Open the Special Characters palette;
                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. Click one of the elision slurs in the "Common Symbols" tab
                                                                                                                                                                                                  4. Type A.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Entering reserved characters

                                                                                                                                                                                                  For the most part, lyrics can be edited like normal text. However, as noted above, keys like - (hyphen) and _ (underscore) have a special meaning during lyrics entry. If you want to enter one of these characters as itself then an escape modifier (i.e. a shortcut) must be pressed to avoid triggering the special meaning.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Character Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Space ( ) Ctrl+Space Alt+Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hyphen (-) Ctrl+- Alt+-
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Underscore (_) Ctrl+Shift+_ Alt+Shift+_
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Line feed (↵) Ctrl+Return (or Enter on the numeric keypad) Alt+Return (or Enter on the numeric keypad)

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Editing existing lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                  To make additions or changes to existing lyrics, click on a syllable and use a text edit mode shortcut to enter lyrics mode.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Delete lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics are automatically deleted with their parent notes. You can also delete lyrics while leaving the notes intact, by selecting the lyrics and pressing Delete.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Entering lyrics above the staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                  If you wish to position all lyrics above, instead of below, the staff:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. From the menu bar, select Format→Style→Lyrics;
                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Set Placement to "Above".

                                                                                                                                                                                                  You can of course do the same thing by selecting all lyrics in the score and changing Position to "Above" in the text section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Changing verse number of lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Each verse attached to the staff is allocated a verse number—with the lowest positioned at the top and highest at the bottom. (You can of course prepend a number to the beginning of each verse, but this is a visual indication only.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                  To change the verse number, select the verse and adjust "Set to verse" in the Lyrics section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Copying lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Copying lyrics within MuseScore

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics are automatically copied with their parent notes, but you can also copy lyrics on their own without the notes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Copy to the same verse

                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Select a range or list of lyrics syllables;
                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Apply cut/copy;
                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. Select a destination note in the same verse
                                                                                                                                                                                                  4. Paste the lyrics.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Note that the destination range should be clear of existing lyrics, otherwise the clipboard contents will be pasted on top of them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Copy to a different verse

                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Copy the entire lyrics to a text editor (e.g. Notepad in Windows). Remember to insert hyphens as well as spaces.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Copy the entire lyrics into the clipboard.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. Position the cursor on the first lyric of the previous verse and press Enter. This will move the cursor ready for input at the start of the next verse.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  4. Using Ctrl+V repeatedly, paste in the lyrics syllable by syllable.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Copying lyrics to other programs

                                                                                                                                                                                                  All lyrics attached to staves can be copied to the clipboard from the menu using Tools→Copy lyrics to clipboard.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                  See Changing verse number of lyrics.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics style

                                                                                                                                                                                                  See Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Values of the "Style for Lyrics" can be edited in Format→Style→Lyrics.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Values of the "Style for text inside Lyrics odd lines" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Lyrics odd lines
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Values of the "Style for text inside Lyrics even lines" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Lyrics even lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics style settings dialog

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics text

                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Placement / Position above / Position below: Sets the default positioning of lyrics in relation to the music staff.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Line height: The space between verse lines.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Min top/bottom margin: The distance above and below the lyrics block to the staves above and below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Min. distance: The minimum distance allowed between syllables. Increase this if the lyrics are too squashed.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Align verse number:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics dash

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Here you will find a number pf properties which allow you to control how hyphens between syllables are displayed:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Min./Max. dash length: Sets the minimum and maximum length of inter-syllable dashes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Max. dash distance: Maximum distance allowed between dashes. Reducing this value allows more dashes to form between syllables where possible—and vice versa.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Dash thickness: The (vertical) thickness of the dash.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Dash pad: The distance between the - and the syllable
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Dash Y position ratio: Affects the vertical placement of the dash.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Always force dash: Tick to ensure that a dash is always visible between syllables.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Lyrics melisma

                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Melisma thickness: The (vertical) thickness of the melisma.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Melisma pad: The distance between the melisma and the syllable
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Align:

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Fingering

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of fingering

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fingering symbols for various instruments are found in the Fingerings palette; some of these are duplicated in the Guitar palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fingering palette

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mouse over the palette icons to reveal the names of the symbols.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    The different types of fingerings are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fingering; In keyboard notation, used to indicate left and right hand fingering. Also used in guitar music for left hand fingering.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • LH guitar fingering: In guitar notation, 1–4, indicates the left-hand fingers. 0 (zero), an open string. T, the left hand thumb. Can also be used in keyboard music.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • RH guitar fingering: In guitar notation, used to indicate the right hand fingers, namely: p = thumb, i = index, m = middle, a = ring/annular, c = little.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • String number (circled): In guitar notation, used to indicate the strings (1–6, top to bottom). 0 (zero) is used for the open string.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Other fingering: Lute fingerings may be found by clicking "More" in the Fingerings palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding fingering to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note: If you want fingering to be displayed in tablature, right-click on the TAB, and select Staff/Part Properties…→Advanced Style Properties; then check the box labelled "Show fingering in tablature"

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding fingering from a palette

                                                                                                                                                                                                    To add fingering to a selection of notes:

                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Select one or more notes;
                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Click on the desired fingering symbol in a palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alternatively, you can drag and drop a fingering symbol from a palette onto a single note.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    When fingering is added to a note, the focus immediately shifts to the symbol, so you can adjust it right away.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Open Fingering palette and add fingering

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding fingering using a keyboard shortcut

                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Select a start note;
                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Choose one of the following options:
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • (for any fingering) Add the desired fingering symbol from a palette (as shown above);
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • (for Fingering only) Enter the custom keyboard shortcut for "Add Fingering," then type the desired number.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        (Note: you can create this shortcut from the menu Edit→Preferences→Shortcuts
                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Choose one of the following options:
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • To move the cursor to the next note: Press Space, or Alt+→;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • To move the cursor to the previous note: Shift+Space, or Alt+←;
                                                                                                                                                                                                    4. Type the desired number; a fingering is added of the same type as the initial one .
                                                                                                                                                                                                    5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 as required;
                                                                                                                                                                                                    6. Press Esc, or click on an empty space in the document window, to exit.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add many fingerings to piano

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding fingering using the menu

                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Select the start note;
                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. From the menu bar, select Add→Text→Fingering;
                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Type the fingering number of the first note;
                                                                                                                                                                                                    4. Press space to move to the next note; and so on.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adjusting position

                                                                                                                                                                                                    To edit fingering position, see Changing position of elements.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Some fingerings can be flipped to the other side of the staff using the X shortcut, or the Flip direction icon on the note input toolbar.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the appearance of fingering

                                                                                                                                                                                                    The text formatting of fingering elements can be adjusted in the Text section of the Properties panel. See Formatting text for details.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fingering properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                    General and text properties for fingering can be edited from the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    For General properties see General settings.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    For Text properties, see Formatting text.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fingering style

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Each of the different classes of fingering have their own text style. These can be viewed and edited from the menu: Format→Style→Text styles.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Drum sticking

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chord symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                      A chord symbol is an abbreviated way of representing a musical chord and its harmony.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      MuseScore supports the following notations:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Chord symbol: Alphabetical chord name plus chord quality. e.g. Am,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Nashville Number System (NNS): Arabic numeral plus chord quality. e.g. 6m,
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Roman Numeral Analysis (RNA): Roman numeral plus chord quality. e.g. vi.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Adding chord symbols to a score

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Entering a chord symbol

                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Select a start note, note slash, or rest;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Press Ctrl+K (Mac: Cmd+K). The cursor is now positioned above the staff ready for input.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. Enter the chord symbol using the following characters:
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Root note: a, b, c, d, e, f, g. (the lower case will automatically change to upper-case when you exit the chord symbol)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Sharp: # (hash).
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Flat: b (small letter "b").
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Double sharp: x (small letter "x") or ## (two hash symbols).
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Double flat: bb (small letter "b" twice).
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Natural: Ctrl+Shift+H (Mac:Cmd+Shift+H). However, this won't playback, the entire chord's playback decays to its root note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Space: Ctrl+Space (Mac: Alt+Space);
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • For other symbols, see Chord symbol syntax (below).
                                                                                                                                                                                                      4. To move the cursor forward to the next chord/rest/beat, press Space. For other ways of moving the cursor, see navigation commands (below);
                                                                                                                                                                                                      5. Exit chord symbol mode by pressing Esc.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord names, accidentals and formatting

                                                                                                                                                                                                      After you exit Edit Mode, any characters entered are automatically converted to the correct format. A root note typed in lower case turns into upper case (for alternative options, see Automatic Capitalization). And characters entered for accidentals are automatically converted into professional glyphs. For example, a "#" (hash character) automatically becomes a sharp sign (♯). Don't input, or copy and paste, unicode characters, such as U+266F (sharp sign, ♯), or U+266D (flat sign, ♭) etc, as MuseScore will not render them correctly in chord notation.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Navigation commands

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The following is a summary of keyboard shortcuts used to move the cursor in chord symbol entry mode:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Action Command (Windows) Command (macOS)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Move cursor to next note, rest, or beat Space Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Move cursor to next beat ; (semicolon) ;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Move cursor to previous note, rest, or beat Shift+Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Move cursor to previous beat : (colon) :
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Move cursor to next measure Ctrl+→ Cmd+→
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Move cursor to previous measure Ctrl+← Cmd+←
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Move cursor by duration number Ctrl+1-9 Cmd+1-9
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Exit chord symbol entry Esc Esc

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbol syntax

                                                                                                                                                                                                      MuseScore understands most of the abbreviations used in chord symbols:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Major: M, Ma, Maj, ma, maj, Δ (type t or ˆ for the triangle, the latter doesn't seem to work on Windows though)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Minor: m, mi, min, -
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Diminished: dim, ° (entered with lowercase letter o, shows as ° if using the Jazz style, as o, the Greek omicron, otherwise)
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Half-diminished: ø (entered with 0, number zero, shows as ø if using the Jazz style, as 0 (zero) otherwise). Alternatively, you can, of course, choose abbreviations such as mi7b5 etc. Note: to get Dø, type "D0", not "Dm70" or "Dm0"
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Augmented: aug, +
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • The following abbreviations are also valid: extensions and alterations like b9 or #5, sus, alt, and no3; inversions and slash chords, such as C7/E; commas; parentheses, which can enclose part, or even all, of a chord symbol.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Editing a chord symbol

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbols are Text. Double-click on a chord symbol to enter Edit Mode, see Text editing. Use methods described above to create special characters. After you exit Edit Mode, they are automatically converted to the correct formatting.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Entering Roman numeral analysis


                                                                                                                                                                                                      Not to be confused with Figured bass.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Select a start note;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. From the menu, select Add→Text→Roman Numeral Analysis. Alternatively, set up a keyboard shortcut to do the same thing in Preferences;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. Input the RNA symbols for the chord just like normal text, as follows;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Major chord: Upper case roman numerals
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Minor chord: Lower case roman numerals
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Diminished chord: o (lower case)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Half-diminished chord: 0 (zero)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Augmented chord: +
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Chord inversions: Enter up to 3 single-digit numbers, top note first
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Accidentals: enter # for a sharp, b for a flat or h for natural. These turn into a proper (and superscripted) ♯ , ♭ or ♮ right away, see entering accidentals above.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • To prevent any character from being interpreted or superscripted, prefix the character with a backslash, "\". This could be used, for example, to add a literal letter "b", "h", a hash symbol "#", or a non-superscripted number etc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Inversion notation using alphabet a,b,c,d can be created with the method described above.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Inversion notation using vertically aligned arabic numerals without accidentals such as 64 can be created with the method described below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Inversion notation using vertically aligned arabic numerals with accidentals such as 6#3, ie altered chord, is unsupported, workaround : create Figured bass text instead; or create separate text objects and manually nudge them into place.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • For other symbols, see the images below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      4. Move the cursor forward or backwards to continue entering or editing symbols for other chords;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      5. When RNA is completed, exit by pressing Esc, or by clicking on a blank section of the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      RNA input offers the same keyboard shortcuts for navigation as in chord symbols (see above ).

                                                                                                                                                                                                      RNA accidentals and formatting

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Upon each computer keyboard input, characters are automatically converted to the correct format. MuseScore uses a specialist font, Campania, to provide the correct formatting for RNA.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Examples of RNA

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Type this:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Type this

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To get:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To get

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Entering a Nashville number

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Nashville Number System (NNS), is a shorthand way of representing chords based on scale degrees rather than chord letters. This allows an accompaniment to be played in any key from the same chord chart.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To start entering Nashville notation:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Select a start note;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. From the menu, select Add→Text→Nashville Number.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Just as with standard chord symbols, you can type Nashville notation normally and MuseScore will do its best to recognize and format the symbols appropriately. The same shortcuts used for navigation when entering standard chord symbols (e.g. Space, see above) are available for Nashville notation as well.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Nashville Number example

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Appearance and function overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                      See also the main chapter Templates and styles.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The final visual and function of a chord symbol, Nashville Number, or Roman Numeral Analysis in a score file is determined by:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Properties of each individual symbol on a score, By default, objects do not have any specific properties. When properties are assigned in the Properties panel, they will always be used; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • The global profiles (per each Musescore Part and the "Full Score").
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Chord symbols, NNS, RNA use corresponding compatible values in "Style for Chord symbols" defined in Format → Style → Chord Symbols, this behavior cannot be changed. For example, Chord symbols and NNS (but not RNA) are affected by Jazz rendering style.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Chord symbols, NNS, RNA use their respective "Style for text inside certain type" by default.Format → Style → Text Styles → Chord Symbol, Roman numeral analysis, Nashville number. This behavior can be changed in each individual object's Properties panel: More... button → Text Style dropbox option. For example, Chord symbols use "Style for text inside Chord symbol", you can switch to use the profile "Style for text inside Chord symbol (Alternate)", or any other profile. This allows two separate sets of formatting for easier editing in a reharmonization scores.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Aligning chord symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                      See main chapter Formatting text, also "Appearance and function" section above.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Using the Style menu

                                                                                                                                                                                                      "Style for Chord Symbols"

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The default vertical alignment of all Chord Symbols, NNS and RNA are defined in "Style for Chord symbols" Format→ Style→Chord Symbol: Positioning.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Distance to fretboard diagram: Affects the distance between fretboard diagrams and any chord symbols above.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Minimum chord spacing: The minimum distance allowed between chords.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Maximum barline distance:
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Maximum shift above/below: This is used to line up chord symbols whose vertical alignment is irregular. Experiment until you get the apperance you want.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      "Style for text inside certain object"

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The default alignment of objects also depends on the profile used, see "Chord symbol style" section. Effect of values in style profiles are cumulative.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Using the Properties panel

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To align object(s):

                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Select object(s), see Selecting elements chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. In Properties panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. Under Text section, change Text style, see "Style for text inside certain object" section. Adjust Alignment, Position.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      4. Press Appearance button, adjust Offset. Effects are cumulative.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Transposition of chord symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Transposing instruments

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Upon switching "concert pitch" score viewing mode, chord symbols of transposing instrument adjust themselves automatically. When chord symbols are copied and pasted, they are transposed accordingly. See also Transposition chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chords associated with guitar fretboard diagrams are not transposed automatically, see Fretboard diagrams chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Transpose dialog

                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Transpose dialog transposes all selected objects except NNS and RNA, see Transposition: Using Transpose dialog chapter. To disable transposing selected chord symbols, uncheck Transpose chord symbols.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Enabling automatic creation of extra chord symbols (not NNS or RNA) with capo

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Musescore can be configured to create an extra bracketed chord symbol with capo next to each chord symbol (not NNS or RNA) on the score automatically. The bracketed symbol, when played using that capo, sounds identical to the unbracketed one. To enable this feature:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. In Format → Style → Chord Symbols: Capo fret position.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Assign the capo position for the appended extra chord symbol. Default value 0 does not create extra chord symbols.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Changing Spelling of Chord Symbols (not NNS or RNA)

                                                                                                                                                                                                      For chord symbols only (not NNS or RNA).

                                                                                                                                                                                                      MuseScore uses letter names (A-G) by default, but you can switch the spelling system. MuseScore also automatically capitalizes, regardless of whether you entered them in upper or lower case, you can change this behavior.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord Spelling Systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                      From the main menu, choose Format→ Style→Chord symbols. Then choose one of the following radio buttons in the spelling section:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Standard: A, B♭, B, C, C♯,…
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • German: A, B♭, H, C, C♯,…
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Full German: A, B, H, C, Cis,…
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Solfeggio: Do, Do♯, Re♭, Re,…
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • French: Do, Do♯, Ré♭, Ré,...

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Automatic Capitalization

                                                                                                                                                                                                      From the main menu, choose Format→ Style→Chord symbols. Then choose from of the following options:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Lower case minor chords: c, cm, cm7,...
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Lower case bass notes: C/e,...
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • All caps note names: DO, RE, MI,...

                                                                                                                                                                                                      You can also turn off the automatic capitalization completely, in which case note names are simply rendered the way you type them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Changing appearance

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Shown below are results of different Font face and Rendering style settings. In the third exmaple, individual objects' Font property are ignored because the Jazz rendering style is used.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbols, font: Edwin, style: Normal
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbols, font: MuseJazzText, style: Normal
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbols, font: MuseJazzText, style: Jazz

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Font

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Font (font face, typeface, or font family) is not to be confused with Rendering style. See also Fonts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To assign font and formatting to individual symbol on a score, use Properties panel. To assign default font, use global style profiles "style for text inside certain type". For chord symbols and NNS (but not RNA), individual object's Font property is ignored when the Jazz rendering style is used.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Rendering style of chord symbols and NNS (but not RNA)

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Rendering style is not to be confused with Font option.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Rendering style is the MuseScore feature that uses extra formatting to improve engraving. It is defined in the global style profile "Style for Chord Symbol" in Format → Style → Chord Symbols . All Chord symbols are affected by the chosen rendering style, there is no individual property option. An appropriate default setting is used automatically, based on the template selected to create the score. For Jazz templates the Jazz rendering style is used, for other templates the Standard rendering style is used. The three options available are:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Standard rendering style: chords are rendered simply with the font, no extra formatting is used.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Jazz rendering style: MuseJazz font is used for a handwritten look, with distinctive superscript and other formatting characteristics.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Custom rendering style: allows you to customize the look of chord symbols (and also ensures compatibility with older scores) with a Chord symbols style file (*.xml) . These files are found under installation's "styles" folder. In Windows 10, that would be C:\Program Files\MuseScore 4\styles\ . Documentation can be found in the same folder. This is for advanced users only, see external links below.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Musescore uses the following terminology:
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbol: Root, Extension, Modifier
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Extension part and modifier part can use extra formatting:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Extension scaling and Modifier scaling: This affects the size of the chord extension or of the modifier.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Extension vertical offset and Modified vertical offset: This affects the vertical position of the chord symbol extension or of the modifier.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Changing Playback of Chord Symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Enabling and disabling playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Only chord symbols and NNS create playback, RNA does not create playback.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To disable/enable playback of these objects of the Musescore program:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Click the cog icon to the right of the playback controls
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Deselect/select Play chord symbols.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To disable/enable playback of selected object(s) on score:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Uncheck/check Properties panel: General section : Play checkbox .

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Customizing playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbol playback settings (Style menu)

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To edit selected chord symbols edit settings under Properties panel: Chord symbol section. To edit the global settings for all chord symbols and NNS (but not RNA) in a score, edit settings under Format→ Style→Chord symbols : Playback section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Interpretation: Literal or Jazz.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Voicing: Automatic, Root Only, Close, Drop two, Six note, Four note, three note. See details on musescore 3 handbook Playback: Chord symbols / Nashville numbers chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Duration: Until next chord symbol, Until end of measure, Chord/rest duration

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Note: The triangle symbol Δ in Musescore creates a Major triad only.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Generating chord voicings onto a staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                      MuseScore allows you to generate notes from selected chord symbols and NNS (but not RNA) . The voicing depends on the playback settings explained.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To realize a selection of chord symbols:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Make a selection of chord symbols;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Right click on any chord in the selection;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. Click Realize chord symbols;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      4. Optional. Check "Override with custom options" and set the options as required;
                                                                                                                                                                                                      5. Click OK.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Note: The triangle symbol Δ in Musescore creates a Major triad only. To change chord quality afterwards, see "External links" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbol properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbol(s) on a score can be edited with Properties panel. Text related settings are covered in Text. Playback related settings are covered in Changing Playback of Chord Symbols section above.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbol style

                                                                                                                                                                                                      See main chapter Templates and styles, and Appearance and function section above.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Values of the "Style for chord symbols" can be edited in Format→Style→Chord symbols.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Values of the "Style for text inside Chord Symbol" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Chord Symbol
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Values of the "Style for text inside Chord Symbol (Alternate)" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Chord Symbol (Alternate).
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Values of the "Style for text inside Nashville Number" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Nashville Number
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Values of the "Style for text inside Roman Numeral Analysis" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Roman Numeral Analysis

                                                                                                                                                                                                      External links

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To change chord quality after Generating chord voicings onto a staff, use a plugin such as:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Chord Level Selector
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Next inversion: replaces all chord(s) in (keyboard) selection with their next inversion

                                                                                                                                                                                                      To identify harmony or chord, use a plugin such as:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Chord Identifier (Pop & Jazz) for music that features harmonic chromaticism heavily, as the RNA created has jazz influence.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Chord ID and Roman numeral analysis for music that features stable tonality, as conventional RNA are created.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Chord symbols style file (*.xml):

                                                                                                                                                                                                      • chords.xml with sub/superscript and stacked chord alterations shared by RunasSudo
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • github issue Support for chords with stacked extensions #16241 workaround by MarcSabatella

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Figured bass

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Figured bass is a shorthand notation for representing chords on a continuo instrument (such as a keyboard), using a series of numbers and other symbols written underneath the notes of the bass line.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Adding figured bass to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Entering a figure

                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Select the note to which the figured bass applies;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Press the Figured Bass shortcut. The default is Ctrl+G (Mac: Cmd+G); this can be changed in Preferences: Shortcuts if desired;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Enter the text in the "edit box" which appears.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Text format

                                                                                                                                                                                                        For the relevant substitutions and shape combinations to take effect and for proper alignment, the figured bass mechanism expects input texts to follow some rules (which are in any case, the rules for a syntactical figured bass indication):

                                                                                                                                                                                                        • There can be only one accidental (before or after), or only one combining suffix per figure;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • There cannot be both an accidental and a combining suffix;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • There can be an accidental without a digit (altered third), but not a combining suffix without a digit.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Any other character not listed above is not expected.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        If a text entered does not follow these rules, it will not be processed: it will be stored and displayed as it is, without any layout.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Digits

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Digits are entered directly. Groups of several digits stacked one above the other are also entered directly in a single text, stacking them with Enter:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Example 2

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Accidentals

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Accidentals can be entered using regular keys:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        To enter: type:
                                                                                                                                                                                                        double flat bb
                                                                                                                                                                                                        flat b
                                                                                                                                                                                                        natural h
                                                                                                                                                                                                        sharp #
                                                                                                                                                                                                        double sharp ##

                                                                                                                                                                                                        These characters will automatically turn into the proper signs when you leave the editor. Accidentals can be entered before, or after a digit (and of course, in place of a digit, for altered thirds), according to the required style; both styles are properly aligned, with the accidental 'hanging' at the left, or the right.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Combined shapes

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Slashed digits or digits with a cross can be entered by adding \, / or + after the digit (combining suffixes); the proper combined shape will be substituted when leaving the editor:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Example 3

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The built-in font can manage combination equivalence, favoring the more common substitution:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        1+, 2+, 3+, 4+ result in Modern digits 1 (or Historic digits 1)

                                                                                                                                                                                                        and 5\, 6\, 7\, 8\, 9\ result in Modern digits 2 (or Historic digits 2)

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Please remember that / can only by combined with 5; any other 'slashed' figure is rendered with a question mark.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        + can also be used before a digit; in this case it is not combined, but it is properly aligned ('+' hanging at the left side).

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Parentheses

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Open and closed parentheses, both round: '(', ')' and square: '[', ']', can be inserted before and after accidentals, before and after a digit, before and after a continuation line; added parentheses will not disturb the proper alignment of the main character.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Notes: (1) The editor does not check that parentheses, open and closed, round or square, are properly balanced. (2) Several parentheses in a row are non-syntactical and prevent proper recognition of the entered text. (3) A parenthesis between a digit and a combining suffix ('+', '\', '/') is accepted, but prevents shape combination.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Editing existing figured basses

                                                                                                                                                                                                        To edit a figured bass indication already entered use one of the following options:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Select it, or the note it belongs to and press the same Figured Bass shortcut used to create a new one.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Double-click it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The usual text editor box will open with the text converted back to plain characters ('b', '#' and 'h' for accidentals, separate combining suffixes, underscores, etc.) for simpler editing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Once done, press Space to move to a next note, or click outside the editor box to exit it, as for newly created figured basses.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Navigating by note, beat, or measure

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The duration of a Figured Bass indication often lasts until the next bass note or the end of a bar. Such Figured Bass can be entered consecutively using the keyboard. (To move to a point in between, or to extend a figured bass group for a longer duration, see Duration).

                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Press Space to move to the next note ready for another figured bass indication (or click outside the editor box to exit it). The editor advances to the next note, or to the rest of the staff to which figured bass is being added.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Example 1

                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Shift+Space moves the editing box to the previous staff note or rest.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Tab advances the editing box to the beginning of the next measure.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Shift+Tab moves the editing box to the beginning of the previous measure.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Duration

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Each figured bass group has a duration, which is indicated by a light gray line above it (of course, this line is for information only and it is not printed or exported to PDF).

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Initially, a group has the same duration of the note to which it is attached. A different duration may be required to fit several groups under a single note or to extend a group to span several notes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        To achieve this, each key combination in the table below can be used to (1) advance the editing box by the indicated duration, and (2) set the duration of the previous group up to the new editing box position.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Pressing several of them in sequence without entering any figured bass text repeatedly extends the previous group.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Type: to get:
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+1 1/64
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+2 1/32
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+3 1/16
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+4 1/8 (quaver)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+5 1/4 (crochet)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+6 half note (minim)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+7 whole note (semibreve)
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+8 2 whole notes (breve)

                                                                                                                                                                                                        (The digits are the same as are used to set the note durations)

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Setting the exact figured bass group duration is only mandatory in two cases:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. When several groups are fit under a single staff note (there is no other way).
                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. When continuation lines are used, as line length depends on the group duration.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        However, it is a good practice to always set the duration to the intended value for the purposes of plugins and MusicXML.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Entering continuation lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Continuation lines are input by adding an '_' (underscore) at the end of the line, then pressing the keyboard combination for the required duration of the continuation line to exit the editing box. Each digit of a group can have its own continuation line. To write the continuation lines in the following example:

                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Select the note to which the figured bass applies;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Press the Figured Bass shortcut Ctrl+G (Mac: Cmd+G) to enter the editing box;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Type 6_Enter;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        4. Type 4_Enter;
                                                                                                                                                                                                        5. Type Ctrl+6 to edit the editing box and advance the cursor.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Example 4

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Continuation lines are drawn for the whole duration of the figured bass group.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        'Extended' continuation lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Occasionally, a continuation line has to connect with the continuation line of a following group, when a chord degree has to be kept across two groups. Examples (both from J. Boismortier, Pièces de viole, op. 31, Paris 1730):

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Example 4b

                                                                                                                                                                                                        In the# first case, each group has its own continuation line; in the second, the continuation line of the first group is carried 'into' the second.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        This can be obtained by entering several (two or more) underscores "__" at the end of the text line of the first group.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Figured bass properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                        The text formatting of figured bass symbols is handled automatically by the program, based on style settings (see below). Only General and Appearance properties can be adjusted from the Properties panel..

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Figured bass style

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Properties of all figured bass symbols in the score can be set from Format→Style…→Figured Bass.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Style settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Font: This is the preset "MuseScore Figured Bass," which is specially designed to realize figured bass notation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Size: Select a font-size in points.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Vertical Position: The distance (in spaces) from the top of the staff to the top margin of the figured bass text. Negative values go up (figured bass above the staff) and positive values go down (figured bass below the staff: a value greater than 4 is needed to step over the staff itself).
                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Line Height: The distance between the base line of each figured bass line, as a percentage of font size.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The following picture visualizes each numeric parameter:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Parameters

                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Alignment: Select the vertical alignment: with Top, the top line of each group is aligned with the main vertical position and the group 'hangs' from it (this is normally used with figured bass notation and is the default); with Bottom, the bottom line is aligned with the main vertical position and the group 'sits' on it (this is sometimes used in some kinds of harmonic analysis notations):

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Vertical alignment

                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Style: Choose between "Modern" or "Historic." The difference between the two styles is shown below:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Figured bass keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Type: to get:
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+G Adds a new figured bass group to the selected note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Space Advances the editing box to the next note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Shift+Space Moves the editing box to the previous note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Tab Advances the editing box to the next measure.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Shift+Tab Moves the editing box to the previous measure.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+1 Advances the editing box by 1/64, setting the duration of the previous group.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+2 Advances the editing box by 1/32, setting the duration of the previous group.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+3 Advances the editing box by 1/16, setting the duration of the previous group.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+4 Advances the editing box by 1/8 (quaver), setting the duration of the previous group.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+5 Advances the editing box by 1/4 (crochet), setting the duration of the previous group.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+6 Advances the editing box by a half note (minim), setting the duration of the previous group.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+7 Advances the editing box by a whole note (semibreve), setting the duration of the previous group.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+8 Advances the editing box by two whole notes (breve), setting the duration of the previous group.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ctrl+Space Enters an actual space; useful when figure appears "on the second line" (e.g., 5 4 -> 3).
                                                                                                                                                                                                        BB Enters a double flat.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        B Enters a flat.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        H Enters a natural.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        # Enters a sharp.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        ## Enters a double sharp.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        _ Enters a continuation line.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        __ Enters an extended continuation line.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Note: For Mac commands, Ctrl is replaced with Cmd.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rehearsal marks (sometimes called Rehearsal Letters) can be used in a number of ways. e.g.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          • To identify specific points in a score to facilitate rehearsing.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • As bookmarks in the score to which you can instantly navigate—using the Find/Search command.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • To mark the various sections in the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rehearsal marks are a type of system text. In a full score they show only above the top staff of a system, but appear in all instrument parts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rehearsal marks can be added to the score in two ways: (1) manually, allowing you to name them as you wish, or (2) automatically, which ensures that they are named in sequence

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Adding a rehearsal mark to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Manual placement and naming

                                                                                                                                                                                                          To create a rehearsal mark manually and give it a name of your own choosing:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Click on a note (or rest) at the desired location;
                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Select one of the following options:
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Press Ctrl+M (Mac: Cmd+M);
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • From the menu, choose Add→Text →Rehearsal Mark;
                                                                                                                                                                                                          3. Enter the desired text.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Automatic placement and naming

                                                                                                                                                                                                          MuseScore can name the Rehearsal Marks automatically. Do either:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Click on a note (or rest) at the desired location, then click the [B1] rehearsal mark icon in the "Text" palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Drag and drop the rehearsal mark from the "Text" palette onto the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Notes: (1) By default, marks are added in the sequence, A, B, C etc. (2) To change the format of subsequently-added marks (to lower case letters, or numbers), edit the previous rehearsal mark accordingly. (3) Marks added between existing rehearsal marks append a number or letter to the previous mark: it is a good idea to apply the Resequence command afterwards (see below).

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Using measure numbers in rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                          If you want the rehearsal marks to be displayed as measure numbers:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Add the first rehearsal mark, then edit it to read the same as the number of the measure it is attached to;
                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Add subsequent marks as shown in Automatic placement and naming (above). They will automatically adopt the measure-number format.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Resequencing rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                          MuseScore allows the user to automatically re-order a series of rehearsal marks if they have got out of sequence for any reason. Use the following method:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Before making a selection, you can, if desired, establish a new format for the rehearsal marks (lower/upper case, number, or measure number) by manually altering the first mark in the range accordingly.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Select the range of measures you wish to apply the Resequence command to (if there is no selection then the program assumes you wish to resequence all measures).
                                                                                                                                                                                                          3. From the menu, select Tools→Resequence Rehearsal Marks.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          MuseScore automatically detects the sequence based on the first rehearsal mark in the selection—all rehearsal marks in the selection are then altered accordingly. The following sequences are possible:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          • A, B, C etc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • a, b, c etc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Numerical: 1, 2, 3 etc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Numerical: according to measure numbers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Finding rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                          See Find / Go to (Navigating your score).

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Repeating rehearsal marks on other staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                          In most full scores any Rehearsal marks are shown only above the topmost staff of a system, but appear in all the generated instrument parts. If duplicate marks are required on lower staves they should be added as staff text.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Some templates have an additional feature, e.g. Symphony Orchestra or Classical Orchestra, see the list of templates in Staff Text and System Text chapter. On a new score created using either of the two templates listed abve, when you create a rehearsal mark above the top staff, an identical one is automatically added just above the string section. If either instance of the mark is edited the content of both is updated. If either one is removed, both are removed.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Changing appearance of rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                          By default, rehearsal marks appear in a large bold font, enclosed in frames, and aligned to the center of the start barline of the measure. You can edit the default text properties from Format→Style→Text style.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rehearsal mark properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                          The properties of selected rehearsal marks can be changed in the Properties Panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rehearsal mark style

                                                                                                                                                                                                          See Templates and styles.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Values of the "Style for Rehearsal marks" can be edited in Format→Style→Rehearsal marks.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Values of the "Style for text inside Rehearsal mark" can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Rehearsal mark

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rehearsal marks style settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                          External links

                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Rehearsal letter (Wikipedia article)

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Header and footer

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Not to be confused with the top vertical frame and text added to the first page, when a new score is created from certain templates, see Create your first score and Using frames for additional content chapters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                            The header and footer are text automatically added to the top and the bottom area of each page respectively. To add text to certain page(s) only, use frame and Musescore Text objects instead, see Entering and editing text chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding a header or footer to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Style Window, Header & Footer

                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. From the main menu, select Format→Style→Header & Footer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Check the "Header Text" and "Footer Text" boxes as required.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Note: To create a header or footer for a Part, open and view that Part first.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Entering information

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Style Window, Header & Footer

                                                                                                                                                                                                            • From the main menu, select Format→Style→Header & Footer:
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • The area on the top is for headers, area below it is for footers.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Both of them are divided into two rows, labelled Odd, and Even, for content on odd and even pages respectively.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • They are also divided into three columns, labelled Left, Middle, and Right, representing the corresponding areas.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • There are three kinds of valid input:
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • plain text,
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • placeholder text, or special symbols, that converts into information automatically, they include
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • read-only information such as the current page number, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • editable metadata, see "Using metadata" section.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • To see a list of available placeholder text or special symbols, hover the mouse cursor over any text input area and wait for a popup box to appear. Shown below is the list for Musescore 4.2.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Placeholder text or special symbols are case-sensitive, they must be entered letter-for-letter with the correct case. For example
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • $d converts into current date
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • $D converts into creation date
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • $:movementNumber: converts into "Moverment number" metadata
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • $:movementnumber: is invalid because of the wrong lower case 'n'
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Part name placeholder text is only available in a Part, but not the "Full Score". Its placeholder text is $I, $i, or $:partName: . To rename a Part's name, see Parts: Renaming chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              A list of available placeholder text or special symbols for Musescore 4.2

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Using metadata

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Metadata are digital information, or tags, assigned in File→Project properties, use $:[metadata tag]: syntax to add them to header and footer. See the example in "Entering information" section, and the main chapter Project properties.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Changing the appearance of headers and footers

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Style Window, Header & Footer

                                                                                                                                                                                                            • From the main menu, select Format→Style→Header & Footer:
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Show on first page
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Different odd/even pages: Use different content on odd pages and even pages.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Header and footer respect page margins configured in Format→Page Settings (see the main chapter Score size and spacing). Page margins are always left blank, Musescore resizes the staffs area to show content of header and footer. Additional margin can be achieved by adjusting the Offset in style profiles, font options are also available there, see "Header and footer Style" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Header and footer Properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Header and footer are not Musescore Text objects, it is not possible to select and use Properties panel to change properties of a header or footer on a particular page separately. To settings for all headers and footers, change values in the style profiles, see "Header and footer Style" section below.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            To add text to certain page(s) only, use frame and Musescore Text objects instead, see Entering and editing text chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Header and footer Style

                                                                                                                                                                                                            See the main chapter Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Page numbers, only when referenced using the $p or $P symbols, will use the Page number text style, which can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Page numbers
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Copyright text, only when referenced using the $c or $C symbols, will use the Copyright text style, which can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Copyright
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • All other text in the header fields will use the Header style, which can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Header
                                                                                                                                                                                                            • All other text in the footer fields will use the Footer style, which can be edited in Format→Style→Text styles→Footer

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Editing values in Style for text inside Header, similarly for Footer

                                                                                                                                                                                                            See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Specify a custom starting page in Format→Page Settings : First page number. See also the main chapter Score size and spacing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                            Text blocks

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Not to be confused with header, see Header and footer chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                              A text block is a Text object in frame. Used together with a vertical frame that spans whole width of a page, they are designed to elegantly:

                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Display the title, subtitle composer, arranger, lyricist etc at the beginning of a score.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Display details of individual pieces within a suite.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Display lyrics at the end of a song/hymn.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Score created from certain template contains a top vertical frame with Text objects on the first page. They are automatically assigned with information provided by user in the New Score dialog, see Setting up score : Additional score information . They are not header, header is the functionality to add text to every pages, see Header and footer chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Adding text blocks to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Add an appropriate frame first if there is none, see Using frames for additional content.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              To add a text block to a frame, either:

                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Right-click on the frame and select Add , then select Text, Title, Subtitle, Composer, Lyricist, or Part name, or
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Select the frame, then from the menu bar select Add→Text → Title, Subtitle, Composer, Lyricist, or Part name . This method does not have Text option.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Every option explained above adds a blank object, regardless of information provided in New Score dialog or metadata tags (see Project properties chapter. Content entered into the said object also does not change the metadata tags. The main difference between these options is the default alignment positioning and font size, see "Text block text style" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Changing the appearance of text blocks

                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Select a Text object.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. In the Properties panel, edit the desired property. Some useful properties are:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Alignment under Text section.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Offset in the window appeared after clicking on Appearance button, see also Adjusting elements directly chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Match staff size checkbox under Text section. It is collapsed inside Show more button. See Score size and spacing : Page Settings window chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              To save settings into a style profile, click on the ellipsis (three dots) icon to the right of a property and select “”Save as default style for this score”, see Templates and styles chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Text block text Properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                              The text properties of a selected text block can be changed in the Text section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Alternatively you may wish to choose a different text style altogether from the dropdown list under “Text style” (in Properties: Text→More)

                                                                                                                                                                                                              Text block text Style

                                                                                                                                                                                                              See the main chapter Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Values of the "Style for text inside Part name" can be edited in Format→Style→Text Style→Instrument Name (Part).
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Values of the "Style for text inside Text (text object type)" can be edited in Format→Style→Text Style→Frame.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Values of the "Style for text inside Title" can be edited in Format→Style→Text Style→Title.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Values of the "Style for text inside Subtitle" can be edited in Format→Style→Text Style→Subtitle.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Values of the "Style for text inside Composer" can be edited in Format→Style→Text Style→Composer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Values of the "Style for text inside Lyricist" can be edited in Format→Style→Text Style→Lyricist.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Using frames for additional content

                                                                                                                                                                                                              排版

                                                                                                                                                                                                                页面布局概念

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  MuseScore 一般出色地安排页面上的音乐和文本,但是存在情形,您或许需要调整东西—来将音乐元素放大或者缩小、在线谱之间添加谱间、改变在某一页面上的小节号码、将文本移动得靠近或者远离谱表,等等。为了做出这些类型的改变,它帮助理解 MuseScore 如何在页面布局方面工作。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  定义

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  您需要熟悉的若干术语将会贯穿本章。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  谱间

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  One spatium
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  乐谱上的每一元素——例如谱表、符头、符干、临时记号、谱号等——的尺寸,使用一个称为“谱间“(staff space 或者 sp.)的基本测量单位来维持恰当的比例。
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  一个谱间被定义为两条线属于某一谱表中点之间的标准垂直距离(或者某一完整五线谱垂直尺寸的四分之一,假设某一假想谱线粗细为 0)。
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  当您创建一个新乐谱之时,MuseScore 试图自动调整谱表以便诸线谱全部适应初始页面。
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  这通常表现为 1 谱间 = 1.75 毫米, 其结果是一个谱表高度为 7 毫米;这是个良好的谱表高度,对于大多数独唱/独奏音乐、合唱音乐、小乐队乐谱,以及单独分谱都是这样。主旋律谱页和儿童音乐或许受益于某一加大的谱表尺寸。大型乐队乐谱或许经常需要某一缩小的谱表尺寸以便页面上的适应所有乐器。
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  随着音乐的添加,如果自动排布的结果是在线谱之间添加附加谱间,您或许需要深入调整此值以避免重叠。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  修改”页面设置“窗口中”谱间“本身的定义。见《乐谱尺寸和留白》章,那里也解释首要的选项。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  谱表

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  您也适宜知晓 Musescore 乐器的概念。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  某一谱表是在其上书写音符的谱线和谱间的集合。当在 MuseScore 中使用此术语之时,它指代贯穿某一整个乐谱的某一给定乐器的谱线和谱间的集合。在下列人声和钢琴的乐谱中,用黄色标记的每一东西组成某一单一谱表—人声谱表:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  大谱表

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  在钢琴和其他某些乐器的音乐中,使用两个线谱—其一起初用于右手,另一个是左手。这两个线谱的集合正常由花连谱号连接并且用大谱表来指代。在下列摘录中,用黄色标记的部分是个大谱表:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Grand staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  谱行组

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  像文本那样,音乐被从左到右,从顶到底读取。在页面上读取的每一行音乐被称为一个谱行组,它包含所有乐器的线谱和大谱表。在下列示例中,黄色高亮区域表示一个单一谱行组:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  System

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  即使某一乐谱只有某一单一乐器的单一谱表,我们仍然将页面上读取的某一行音乐指代为一个谱行组。下列主旋律谱页中只有一个单一谱表但是有三个谱行组:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Single staff, multiple systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  框体

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  记谱中大多数文本关联于特定音符或者小节。然而,您或许还需要放置不关联于某一特定音符后者小节的文本—乐谱开端的标题、乐谱结尾的唱词段落、谱行组之间甚至小节之间的解释性信息。MuseScore 为此使用称为框体的元素。有垂直、文本,以及水平框体—其每一个都为某一特定类型的用途而优化过。水平框体——关联文本或有或无——还能够用来分隔某一谱行组上的小节。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Frames

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  边距

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  边距是 MuseScore 正常不会在其中放置音乐或者其他元素的区域。页边距是环页四边所有不放置元素的区域。乐谱边距是在上边距和第一谱表、下边距和最后谱表之间的区域。线谱本身将不会被放置在in 那些边距内,但是在线谱上方或者下方的音符和其他记号可能会置于其中。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Margins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  元素的排布

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore Studio 根据规则和样式设置的集合自动放置您的乐谱中的元素。设计这些以生产卓越的默认结果。排布元素的根据是标准雕版实践而且避免碰撞。任何给定元素的默认位置都可以自定义。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    默认位置

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    样式设置决定 MuseScore 中大多数元素的默认位置,它可以在 属性 面板或者 格式 → 样式 对话框中自定义。放置在谱表上方的元素的位置由从谱表最高谱线处的偏移决定;放置在谱表下方的元素的位置由从谱表最低谱线处的偏移决定。这些偏移,像 MuseScore 中大多数被测量一样,用谱间——缩写为 sp. ——来表达。对于许多元素类型,您可以指定当放置在上方之时所用的偏移以及放置在下方之时所用的另一偏移,还有这些排布方式中应当默认适用哪个。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    譬如,默认将力度排布在谱表下方,并且默认从谱表最低谱线向下偏移 2.5 sp.。如果您将一力度记号翻到谱表上方,它默认为比谱表最高谱线高 1.5 sp(表达为负偏移:-1.5 sp)。这些设置全部见于 格式 → 样式 → 力度。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    力度样式设置

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    注意,放在谱表下方的力度的默认偏移比上方的更大仅仅是因为偏移从文本基线处测量。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    力度记号的偏移

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    自动排布

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore 用一系列算法来避免碰撞和自动对齐某些元素,其中一个术语是自动排布。当做出调整之时可能用到对于自动排布如何工作的基本理解。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    避免垂向碰撞

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    对于放置在谱表上方或者下方的大多数元素,避免碰撞在垂直方向工作。当正在排布一元素之时,MuseScore 首先试图根据那个元素类型的默认偏移放置它。如果那将会导致碰撞另一元素,那么两元素之一将会背离谱表以避免重叠。MuseScore 在决定哪些移动元素之时遵守标准雕版规则。譬如,将速度记号放在颤音线上方,而不是反之。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    避免垂向碰撞

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    当以此方式避免碰撞之时,最小间距样式设置确定 MuseScore 让元素彼此相距多远。 属性 面板中的对应设置允许您在必要之处为单独元素重载之。但是当手动排布元素之时, MuseScore 自动调整此值,如下文《手动调整》一节中所示。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    避免水平碰撞

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    对于某些元素例如唱词或者和弦符号,MuseScore 将会拓宽小节以避免碰撞而不是垂直置换这些元素。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    避免水平碰撞

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    垂直对齐

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore 还将会试图垂直对齐某些元素,以便如果那个类型的一个元素需要垂直调整以避免碰撞,同一谱行上那个相同类型的其他元素也将会自动调整。总是对齐垂直的元素包括歌词和踏板记号。力度和楔形力度将会对齐如果它们直接相邻。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    对齐力度和楔形力度

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    如果您在和弦符号样式设置中启用之,和弦符号还可以垂直对齐,方式是设置最大移动量值。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    禁用自动排布

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    自动排布正常情况下胜任避免碰撞和对齐元素的工作。在您想要手动放置元素的场合中,您通常可以直接为之而无需禁用自动排布。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    然而,在一些情形中您可能仍然想要禁用自动排布。譬如,排练号默认显示在跳跃号上方,但是在一些特定场合,其中跳跃号已经置于更高处并且下方有足够放排练号的地方您可能想要翻转之。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    禁用自动排布

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    在此场合中,禁用排练号的自动排布允许它显示在跳跃号下方,而仍然允许跳跃号自动避免撞到音符。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    欲禁用一元素的自动排布,选中之并且取消勾选 属性 →通用 中的自动排布。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    属性面板中的自动排布设置

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    该元素将会回到其默认位置(取决于其样式设置)并且它将会排除于其他元素的碰撞检测。禁用一元素的自动排布还导致它被排除于不然本已适用的任何垂直对齐。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    手动调整

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    无论自动排布是否已将一元素移出其默认位置,元素的位置可以手动调整,要么是拖动——使用光标键,要么是 属性 → 通用 → 外观 中的偏移字段。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore 甚至允许您执行将会导致碰撞的手动调整。上文的示例中,如果您将排练音序拖到跳跃号下方,MuseScore 将会允许之并且将会自动将那个元素的最小间距设为负值,于是有效地允许碰撞而不禁用自动排布。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    手动对齐

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    相同类型的元素默认将会简单地正常对齐因为它们具有相同的样式设置,从而有相同的偏移。然而,自动排布可能致使一些元素比其他元素移得离谱表更远。如上文《垂直对齐》下所述,MuseScore 将会自动对齐一些类型的元素。对于其他元素类型,您可以手动对齐之,方式是配之以相同的垂直偏移。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    欲为之,只需选中您想要对齐的元素(譬如,点击首个, 换档 + 点击最后的),然后逐渐增加或者缩减 属性 面板中的垂直偏移。譬如,欲对齐谱表上方的一系列速度记号,您将会需要将其垂直偏移设为同一值。欲确保它们对齐并且还避免导致自动排布显示以之开头的其中一个或者更多碰撞,您将会需要将偏移设为足够大的负值。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    手动对齐元素

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score size and spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MuseScore provides a number of score-wide settings to control the overall size and spacing of music.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Below we will cover these settings and Musescore's algorithm. These settings are in the "Page settings" window, and in the items around the top of "Style" window left pane: Format → Style → Score, Page, Size, System, Bars etc.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      There are also a variety of ways to override these defaults to change the horizontal or vertical spacing of individual systems pages, and these are covered in Systems and horizontal spacing and Pages and vertical spacing chapters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      See also Templates and styles if you are using Musescore Part feature.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Page settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The settings that control the overall size of your music are found in Format→Page Settings.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Page settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Note that units in this dialog default to millimeters, but you can change to inches using the control provided.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Page and margin sizes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Page Size: select from predefined pages sizes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Width: set a custom width
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Height: set a custom height
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Portrait / Landscape: set the page orientation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Two sided: determines whether margins as well as Header and footer can be set independently for odd and even pages

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The default page size is Letter in North and Central America, and A4 in most of the rest of the world.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Odd Page Margins: set the top, bottom, left, and right page margins for odd-numbered pages
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Even Page Margins: set the top, bottom, left, and right page margins for even-numbered pages

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The margins default to 15 mm regardless of the page size. If Two sided is not enabled, then only the Odd Page Margins settings are applicable.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Scaling


                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Staff space (sp) : changes the definition of staff space (sp) itself. See Page layout concepts chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      See overview above for info on other overall size and spacing options and the two chapters detailing individual systems pages specific options.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Overriding options for individual object on a score are available:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Each Text object on a score has a "Follow staff" size checkbox property set in Properties panel, see Formatting text chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Various profiles "style for text inside certain type of object" have "Follow staff size" checkboxes set in Format → Style → Text Styles → (middle pane items), see Templates and styles and Formatting text chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Each Image on a score has a Size in staff space units checkbox property set in Properties panel, see Working with images.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • [Please add missing options if you find them]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Other settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • First page number: Set the number on which page numbering starts (useful if your score has a title page, for example)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Unit: select between inches and millimeters for values in this dialog

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Actions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      In addition to the standard OK and Cancel buttons, this dialog also contains:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Reset All Page Settings to Default: reset all settings in this dialog to their default values
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Apply to all Parts: apply the current page settings to all individual parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Note that in large ensemble scores where MuseScore has automatically reduced the staff size in order to fit all instruments on a single page, resetting page settings will revert to the standard staff space default of 1.75 mm.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Style settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The horizontal spacing of notes and the vertical spacing of staves and systems are controlled by style settings.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Horizontal spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      This section contains overview, see Systems and horizontal spacing for details.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MuseScore determines an initial width for each measure based on the music it contains, then calculates how many measures can fit on each system, and then stretches those measures out so that all systems (except the last if desired) are filled to the right margin, similar to the "justified" option in word processor software. You cannot change this behavior, but see overriding options in Systems and horizontal spacing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The initial width for a measure is determined by the music within it as well as a group of style settings that control the spacing between notes and other symbols. Most of the settings affecting the horizontal spacing for a score are found in Format→Style→Bars. The most important are:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Minimum measure width: set the minimum width for a measure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Minimum note distance: set the minimum distance between two notes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Spacing ratio: set the ratio of space allocated for one note value compared to the next shorter value

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The default spacing ratio of 1.5 means that each note value takes 1.5 times as much space as the next shorter value. So, a half note takes 1.5 times as much space as a quarter note, etc. The minimum note distance specifies the smallest distance MuseScore will allow between two notes, and this sets the initial distance for the shortest note values. Longer note values will always receive more space as per the spacing ratio, and by the time measures are stretched to fill the page width, it is likely that even the shortest notes will not actually be as close as the minimum. The minimum note distance and spacing ratio settings together determine how tight or loose the spacing is.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MuseScore4_SpacingRatio_comparison.png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      At one extreme, the top staff above uses a Spacing ratio of 1.0, which results in all notes taking equal space regardless of note duration. At the other extreme, the bottom staff uses a ratio of 2.0, which results in notes spaced proportionally to their relative duration, such that a half note gets twice as much space as a quarter note. This is useful if measures of equal width are desired. Values closer to the default of 1.5 are best for most cases. A slightly smaller value allows for tighter spacing, while a slightly higher value allows for looser spacing. Decreasing or increasing the minimum note distance also results in tighter or looser spacing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      If the spacing calculation results in some measures (those containing relatively few notes) working out to less than the minimum measure width, extra space is added to enforce the minimum.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      There are also many individual settings in this same dialog to control specific details such as the padding from Clef to time signature or Barline to grace note. More such settings are added over time, and these are meant to be self-explanatory.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Additional relevant style settings can be found in :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Format→Style→Score
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Enable indentation on first system: set to indent the first system of the score
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • First system indentation: set the amount of indentation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Format→Style→Page
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Last system fill threshold: determines whether to fill the last system of the score to the right margin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Vertical spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      This section contains overview, see Pages and vertical spacing for details.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MuseScore provides a choice of two different vertical spacing algorithms.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      In both algorithms, MuseScore fills pages with systems in a similar manner to how it fills systems with measures. First, it determines an initial size for each system, then it determines how many systems can fit on each page, and then it spreads those systems out so that all pages are filled well. Depending on your style settings, MuseScore may literally fill each page to the bottom margin, or it may leave additional space on the bottom of some pages if trying to fill the page completely would spread things out too widely.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The difference between the two algorithms has to do with how the spreading to fill the page occurs.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      If you select Disable vertical justification of staves, the distance between the staves within a system is fixed, unless that would result in collisions. In this algorithm, if MuseScore needs to spread systems to fill a page, it will always do so by adding space between systems rather than within systems. This yields consistent spacing between staves from one system to the next, but it can result in spacing between systems being much larger than spacing within them, and it will usually result in ragged bottom margins on pages with only a single system (since the staves within the system won't be spread to fill the page).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The default, however, is to Enable vertical justification of staves. With this method selected, the distance between staves within systems is also subject to spreading. This results in more even spacing overall—the spacing between systems will still be larger than the spacing within them but not to the same extreme—and it mostly avoids ragged bottom margins on pages with only a single system (since the staves within the system can be spread to fill the page).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Most of the settings controlling the vertical spacing for a score are found in Format→Style→Page. There is, however, one relevant setting in Format→Style→Score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Minimum vertical distance: set the minimum amount of space that MuseScore will allow between symbols below one staff or system and symbols above the next staff or system below

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Music margins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Regardless of whether vertical justification is enabled or disabled, MuseScore will add space above the top staff and below the bottom staff of each page:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Music top margin: set the minimum amount of space between the page top margin and the top staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Music bottom margin: set the minimum amount of space between the page bottom margin and the bottom staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Distance between staves within systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      If you select DIsable vertical justification of staves, then there are two settings that control spacing within systems:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Staff distance: set the distance between the staves of adjacent instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Grand staff distance: set the distance between the staves of a grand staff (e.g., for piano, actually for all staves connected by a curly brace).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Note: even with DIsable vertical justification of staves selected, MuseScore will still add more space between staves as necessary to avoid collisions. To force a completely consistent distance between staves (and accept the resulting collisions), set the Minimum vertical distance to a large negative number.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      If you select Enable vertical justification within staves, then there is not a single setting for staff or grand staff distance. Instead, you select a range of acceptable distances and values that control how much of the available space MuseScore will fill by spreading systems versus spreading staves (and how much extra space to add between bracketed and braced groups of staves). The relevant settings include:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Minimum staff distance: set the minimum distance between adjacent staves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Maximum staff distance: set the maximum distance between adjacent staves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Maximum grand staff distance: set the maximum distance between adjacent staves of a grand staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Factor for distance above/below bracket: set the extra amount to spread between bracketed staff groups
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Factor for distance above/below brace: set the extra amount to spread between braced staff groups

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Distance between systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Whether vertical justifications of staves is enabled or disabled, you specify the distance between systems as a range:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Minimum system distance: set the minimum distance between adjacent systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Maximum system distance: set the maximum distance between adjacent systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      In addition, if you select Enable vertical justification of staves, there are two more settings:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Factor for distance between systems: set the extra amount to spread between systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Maximum page fill distance: the total maximum amount of spread

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Staff/part properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      See Staff/Part properties main chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      There are also a couple of staff-specific settings that affect size and spacing. To access these, right-click (Ctrl+click) a staff and then select Staff/Part properties. The relevant settings are:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Small staff: set staff size to percentage specified in Format→Style→Sizes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Scaling: set staff size to a custom percentage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Extra distance above staff: set an extra distance between this staff and the staff above

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Systems and horizontal spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The horizontal spacing algorithm in MuseScore determines the width of each measure, which in turn determines how many measures will fit on each system. While this will produce good results in many cases, there are also situations where you may wish to override this and have fewer or more measures on a system, or to have them spaced differently within the system.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Features

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The main tools used to control systems and horizontal spacing are described below.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        System breaks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A system break causes MuseScore to end a system after a specific measure or horizontal frame, even if more measures would fit. To add a system break, select a measure (or any element within it) or a frame, and then click the System break icon in the Layout palette:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        System break

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        You can also use the keyboard shortcut Enter. Both methods of adding breaks also work while in note input mode.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        After adding a break, the icon will appear above the measure you added it to:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        System break appearing in the score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        As with other formatting elements, system breaks appear in gray and will not print, and their on-screen display can be disabled via the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Layout stretch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        You can increase or decrease the width of measures, and their contents will stretch accordingly. The calculated width of a measure is multiplied by a layout stretch factor that you can set numerically for selected measures, but you can also use commands to increase or decrease the stretch of selected measures directly without needing to set a specific number.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To change the layout stretch directly, you can select one or more measures, then use one of the commands in Format→Stretch:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Increase layout stretch: increase the width of the measure (shortcut })
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Decrease layout stretch: decrease the width of the measure (shortcut {)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Reset layout stretch: reset the width of the measure

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To set the layout stretch value numerically, you can select one or more measures and then set the Measure width in the Appearance section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Measure width setting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        As you can see if you watch this setting, each press of } or { increments or decrements this value by 0.1.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        You can also set this value for a single measure by right-clicking it, selecting Measure properties, and setting Layout stretch in the resulting dialog.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Horizontal frames

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A horizontal frame is a container for empty space, text, or images, that can be placed between measures in a score. Although you can place text or images within horizontal frames (see Using frames for additional content), one of their main purposes is to create empty space within systems, as shown below.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To add a horizontal frame to your score, select a measure and then click the Insert horizontal frame icon in the Layout palette:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Insert horizontal frame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The frame will be inserted in front of the selected measure. If the measure is at the beginning of a system, the frame may actually appear at the end of the previous system, if there is room.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        You can also use the commands in the Add→Frames menu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        You can then change the width of the frame using the Width setting in the Properties panel, or by selecting the frame and dragging its handle or using the Left and Right cursor keys to change the width. Keyboard adjustment occurs in steps of 0.5 sp, or 1.0 sp if you hold Ctrl (Cmd on Mac).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Insert horizontal frame: insert a horizontal frame before the selected measure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Append horizontal frame: append a horizontal frame to the end of the score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Keep measures on the same system

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To keep measures together for the purpose of determining if they fit on a given system or not, you can select them and then click the Keep measures on the same system icon on the Layout palette:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Keep measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        When MuseScore is deciding how measures to place on a given system, and it encounters such a group and determines that they do not all fit, MuseScore will move the entire group to the next system.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Tasks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        These features can be used in a variety of ways, but there are a handful of tasks that are especially common.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Placing fewer measures on a system

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        It is always possible to get fewer measures on a system than what MuseScore places by default. To end a system on a particular measure or horizontal frame, select it and add a system break.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Placing more measures on a system

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        While it is not always physically possible to fit more measures onto a given system at the current page and staff size and spacing settings—there may simply be “too many notes” to fit without overlapping—you can reduce the widths of selected measures.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To place more measures on a system:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Select and delete any system break that might be present already
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Select the measures you wish to combine onto one system
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Reduce stretch for the selected measures until they fit (e.g., by pressing {)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Depending on how close it was to fitting before, it might take multiple Decrease layout stretch operations before the stretch is reduced enough for them all to fit. But it may also be the case that it just is not possible without reducing your overall page or staff size, or spacing settings. See Score size and spacing for more information.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Changing the relative spacing of measures within a system

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The default spacing is designed to make sure that all notes of a given duration on the same system take the same amount of space, unless more space is required to make room for markings between specific notes. But there can be cases where it might make sense to increase the spacing in one or more measures, thus correspondingly decreasing the spacing in the others (or vice versa).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To change the spacing in one or more measure, simply select them and increase or decrease the layout stretch as described above.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Creating space between measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To create space between two measures, select the second measure, then insert and adjust a horizontal frame as described above.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Creating space at the beginning or end of a system

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To create extra space at the beginning or end of an individual system, add horizontal frame. For the first system of a score, the First system indent style setting (in Format→Style→Score) automatically creates space. See Score size and spacing for more information. You may want to create separate sections with a "Section Break" instead, when you think of extra space at the end of an individual system, see Using sections for multiple movements or songs chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To add space at the beginning of a system, select the first measure of the system then insert and adjust a horizontal frame as described above. You may also need to place a system break on the last measure of the previous system to ensure that the horizontal frame does not appear there instead.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To add space at the end of a system, first make sure there is no system break on the last measure, then select the next measure and insert a horizontal frame. Then add a system break to the horizontal frame itself if needed.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Adjusting the width of the final system

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The last system of a score will normally be right-justified (stretched to fill the width of the page) if its default width exceeds the Last system fill threshold as set in Format→Style→Page. See Score size and spacing for more information. This normally produces good results, but there may be cases where the last system is filled but would look better if it were not, or vice versa.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        For cases where the system is filled but you would prefer it not to be, you can increase the threshold. A value of 100% will mean the last system is never filled (since its width will never exceed that threshold). Conversely, if the last system is not filled but you want it to be, then decrease the threshold. A value of 0% will mean the last system will always stretch (because its width will always exceed that threshold).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Normally, however, you should select a threshold value that will accommodate future changes to the score that might result in more or fewer measures ending up on the last system. For instance, if your last system currently has several measures and you force it to be filled by setting the threshold to 0%, this might look bad if the layout changes in the future and the last system has only one measure. Or if the last system has only one measure and you force it not to be filled by setting the threshold to 100%, this might look bad if the layout changes in the future and the last system ends up with several measures. This is why a more middle-of-the-road value usually makes sense.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        It is usually even better, however, to plan system breaks to avoid having the last system being less full than others.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Grouping measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        As discussed in Score size and spacing, MuseScore normally fits as many measures as it can on each system. This can sometimes result in two or more musically-related measures being split across a system break, when it might be easier to read if they were kept together on the next system. While you could add a system break to the measure before the group, this could easily turn out to be counterproductive if the layout changes later and all the measures could have fitted on that system. What you really want is to be able to specify that a group of measures should be kept together if possible, whether that means keeping them on the original system or moving them all together to the next.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In a word processor, a “non-breaking space” character can be used to keep two words together. If the words both fit on the current line, then the non-breaking space acts like a regular space. But if the two words cannot both fit on a line, word wrap will move them both together to the next line rather than split them apart at the non-breaking space.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In MuseScore, you can use the Keep measures on the same system icon in the Layout palette to group selected measures in the same way. These measures will be treated as a single block for the purpose of deciding whether to place them on one system or the next.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Note that this will not allow you to fit more measures on a system than your current settings would normally allow. It simply tells MuseScore that it should keep them all together if possible.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        页面与垂直间距

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          特性

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          如《垂直间距》中所述,MuseScore 以尽可能适合当前乐谱给定的设置而多多益善的谱行填满每一页,并且随后根据两种不同算法之一调整每一页上的间距。您还可以——手动——调整一页上的谱行数目或者特定线谱或者谱行的间距。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          分页符

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          分页符致使 MuseScore 在给定谱行之后结束一页,即使可以填入更多谱行。欲添加分页符,选中一小节或者框体然后要么按下 控制 + 进入 (Mac 上是 命令 + 进入 )或者从菜单栏中点击 版式 → 分页符 图标:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          分页符图标

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          行距符

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          行距符是个格式元素,您可以加诸一小节以控制那个特定谱表上方或者下方的间距数额。行距符可以发挥作用,要么添加要么移除间距,并且可以在行内或者行间操作。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          谱表行距符的情景

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲将行距符加诸您的乐谱,选中一小节然后点击从菜单栏中点击 版式 中恰当的图标:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          谱表行距符图标

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          您还可以将行距符从符号面板拖放到您的乐谱中一小节。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          一旦您已添加行距符,您可以调整其高度,方式是选中之并且拖动其手柄,或者使用 属性面板 → 高度 。有三种不同类型的行距符,并且高度设置根据行距符类型差异化地奏效于乐谱:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          类型 作用 作用于行间的条件
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          上方行距符 确保此谱表上方至少有特定给定数额的间距 加诸谱行顶部谱表
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          下方行距符 确保此谱表下方至少有特定给定数额的间距 加诸谱行底部谱表
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          下方固定行距符 确保此谱表下方精确到特定给定数额的间距 加诸谱行底部谱表

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          在所有案例中,当添加在一谱行的线谱之间时,行距符作用于行内。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          垂直框

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          垂直框是个容器,存放空白处、文本,或者图像,可以置于乐谱中的行间。虽然它可以留空从而以类似于行距符的方式发挥作用,其首要目的却是添加文本或者图像。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          文本框

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          谱行组分行号

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          在多谱行填入单一音乐页面上的合奏音乐中,常常使用一对短撇来帮助澄清行间的分隔。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          谱行组分行号

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MuseScore 可以自动添加这些,方式是在 格式 → 样式 → 谱行组 中设置。您可以独立启用左和右分行号。分别地,您可以定制若干设置:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • 符号 :选择 谱行组分行号 、 长谱行组分行号 ,抑或 超长谱行组分行号
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • 水平偏移 :到默认位置(对齐页边距)的距离
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • 垂直偏移 :到默认位置(在谱行中间)的距离

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          任务

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          上文所列特性可以用来实现若干常用任务。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          在一页上放置更少谱行

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲在一页上放置更少谱行,只需在谱行添加分页符或者您想要在该页最后出现的框体。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          在一页上放置更多谱行

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          对于水平间距,在某些案例中不可能在一页上填入比您当前设置所允许的数量更多的谱行,所以您可能还想要考虑更小的谱表尺寸,或者在全谱范围内减小最小谱行间距,或者其他样式变更。然而,在一些案例中您或许能够在一页上填入更多谱行,方式是手动减小特定谱行的间距。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲减小两个特定谱行的间距,将 下方固定行距符 加诸上一谱行的底部谱表,然后按需设置其高度。如果此减少的行距允许另一谱行填入该页面上,那么它将会自动发生。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          在稀疏页面上调整间距

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MuseScore 正常分散谱行和线谱以填满一页。然而,无论您启用还是禁用垂直两端对齐,特别稀疏的页面可能仍然看起来尴尬。这在乐谱的最后一页特别常见,那里可能本来能够填入更多谱行。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          在许多案例中,获得最佳结果的方式是计划贯穿乐谱的谱行组分行号和/或分页符以避免这些过于稀疏的页面;但是在无法避免这种情况的案例中,您需要确定您想要额外间距在哪——全部在该页底部、平分于顶底、分散在行间,还是分散在行间以及行内线谱之间。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲将所有额外间距赶到页面底部,解决方案,一个是将 下方行距符 加诸最末谱行下方,并且适当调整其高度以占据您想要在下方留下的空间。另一个是减少垂直间距: 最大谱行组间距 或者 最大填页间距 (注意:英语界面的实际字符串分别是 Max. system distance 和 Max. page fill distance,本页的英语版本过时,本语言版本不受影响)。这些设置可能也影响其他页面,但是在大多数案例中,它们将会仅仅与特别稀疏的页面有关。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲将一些间距赶到页面顶部,您可以将 上方行距符 加诸第一谱行。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲改变行间和行内线谱之间的间距分布,一定要在 格式 → 样式 → 页面 中开启 启用谱表垂直对齐 ,然后调整 谱行组间距系数 。值 1.0 意味着,间距在行内和行间均分。更大的值意味着,相对于行内,更多可用间距将会分配到行间。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          调整特定的行间间距

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲添加两个特定谱行的间距,将 下方行距符 加诸上一谱行的底部谱表,或者将 上方行距符 加诸下一谱行的顶部谱表。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          调整特定的线谱间距

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲添加单行内的特定线谱间距,将 下方行距符 加诸上一谱表,或者将 上方行距符 加诸下一谱表。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲添加跨全谱的特定线谱间距——例如欲在合唱乐谱中将钢琴伴奏与声乐线谱分开,较低谱表 → 右键菜单 → 点击 谱表/分谱属性 → 增加 谱表上方的额外距离 。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Using frames for additional content

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A frame is a rectangular space in the score into which one or more text objects or images may be inserted. In the score window the sides of the frame are marked by dotted lines (these do not show up in the printed score).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A frame may be one of three types:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Vertical frame: A full-width rectangle inserted before the first system, after the last system, or between systems. It may contain several text objects and/or images.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Text frame: A full-width rectangle inserted before the first system, after the last system, or between systems. It may contain one text object only.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Horizontal frame: A rectangle between two measures which may contain several text objects and/or images.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Note: Although you can use frames to create extra space between systems, it is best to use spacers for this purpose.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Uses of frames

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Frames may be used to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Display the title, subtitle, composer, arranger, lyricist etc., at the top of a score. This is done automatically for new scores if you have completed the relevant details on page 2 of the New Score dialog.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Display details of movements within a score.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Display lyrics at the end of a song.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Create a blank space before a coda

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            and so on.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding frames between or before/after systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Text frames

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A text frame is a full-width rectangle placed either before the first system or after the last one, or between systems. One text block (only) may be added to the frame. The height of the frame is automatically adjusted to the height of any text block contained within it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding a text frame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Select a measure, or a frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Apply one of the following methods:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • From the menu bar select Add→Frames→Insert text frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • In the Layout palette click on the “Insert text frame” icon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Use an “Insert text frame” custom keyboard shortcut (you can set this up in the Preferences: Shortcuts dialog).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            If the measure selected is the first one in the system, the frame will simply be inserted above the system. If the selected measure is any one but the first, it will start a new system and the frame will appear above it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To add a text block to the text frame:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Double-click the frame; or right-click on the frame and choose Edit element; or select the frame and use the shortcut F2, or Alt+Shift+E.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Type the desired text.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The text has the “Frame” style by default but you can change this using “Text style” in the Text tab of the Properties panel. You can also apply character formatting in the usual way.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Vertical frames

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A vertical frame is a full-width rectangle placed either before the first system or after the last one, or between systems. Several text blocks and/or images may be added to the frame.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding a vertical frame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Select a measure, or a frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Apply one of the following methods:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • From the menu bar select Add→Frames→Insert vertical frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • In the Layout palette click on the “Insert vertical frame” icon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Use an “Insert vertical frame” custom keyboard shortcut (you can set this up in the Preferences: Shortcuts dialog).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            If the measure selected is the first one in the system, the frame will simply be inserted above the system. If the selected measure is any one but the first, it will start a new system and the frame will appear above it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To add a text block to the vertical frame apply one of the following methods:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Right-click on the frame, select Add, then choose one of the options (Text, Title, Subtitle, Composer, Lyricist, Part name).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Select the frame, and from the menu bar choose Add→Text. Then choose one of the first five options (Title, Subtitle, Composer, Lyricist, Part name).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Select the frame and use keyboard shortcuts to add applicable text blocks (you can set these up in the Preferences: Shortcuts dialog).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding an image

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Right-click on the vertical frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Select Add→Image
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Search for and add the image from the “Insert image” window.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Size

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The height of the vertical frame is automatically adjusted to the height of any text block contained within it. But you can override this using “Height” in the Vertical frame tab of the Properties toolbar.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Position and alignment of content

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The position of a text object which abuts directly onto the border of a vertical/text frame can be altered by adjusting the relevant margin (Top/Bottom/Left/Right) in the Vertical frame tab of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            For example, a left- and top-aligned text object will be pushed away from the respective border by increasing the “Left margin” and/or “Top margin”, and so on.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            In the Vertical frame or Text frame tab of the Properties panel, adjust “Gap above” and “Gap below” to create extra space above/below the frame.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding frames between measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Horizontal frames

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A horizontal frame is used to create space between the measures of a particular system with optional text and/or image content.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding a horizontal frame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Select a measure.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Apply one of the following methods:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • From the menu bar select Add→Frames→Insert horizontal frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • In the Layout palette click on the “Insert horizontal frame” icon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Use an “Insert horizontal frame” keyboard shortcut (you can set this up in the Preferences: Shortcuts dialog).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The frame is inserted between the selected measure and the following one.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To add a text block to a horizontal frame, right-click on the frame and select Add→Text.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Adding an image

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Right-click on the horizontal frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Select Add→Image
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Search for and add the image from the “Insert image” window.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Size

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            You can adjust the width of the frame in the Horizontal frame tab of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            You can adjust the space on either side of the horizontal frame using “Left gap” and “Right gap” in the Horizontal frame tab of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Other horizontal frame properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Display brackets, clefs and key signatures in the next measure

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Add measures to a frame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Working with images

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Images may be inserted into scores by attaching them to score objects or to frames.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The supported image formats are SVG (*.svg), PNG (*.png), JPEG (*.jpg and *.jpeg).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • SVG is recommended for symbols and 2D graphics because it enables you to adjust the image size without pixelation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Transparency and gradients are supported.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Advanced SVG features such as shading, blurring, clipping and masking are not supported.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • PNG also supports transparency and is preferable to JPEG for symbols and 2D graphics.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Use PNG if you can't obtain an SVG version of the graphic.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Don't try to convert PNG to SVG because this won't provide the benefits of a true SVG image.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Consider using a free tool such as TinyPNG to reduce the PNG file size without reducing quality.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • JPEG is recommended for photographs and detailed 3D textures.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Use it for 2D graphics only if you have no other option.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Don't try to convert JPEG to SVG or PNG as this will increase file size without providing the benefits of those formats.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              In addition, images saved in the Bitmap (*.bmp), and TIFF (*.tif and *.tiff) formats work but are not fully supported. It's best to convert these images to PNG or JPEG before importing into MuseScore Studio.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Other formats such as GIF (*.gif), WebP (*.webp) and X PixMap (*.xpm) are not supported. These images must be converted to PNG or JPEG before importing in MuseScore Studio.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Importing images

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Add an image to a vertical or horizontal frame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              This method doesn't work with Bitmap (*.bmp) or TIFF (*.tif and *.tiff) images.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Right-click on the frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Select Add→Image
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3. Search for and add the image from the “Insert image” window.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Attach an image to a score object

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Use this method for small images associated with staves, such as musical symbols, or for image formats not supported by the above method (e.g. Bitmap, TIFF).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Locate the image file in your operating system's file manager (i.e. outside of MuseScore Studio).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Shrink the file manager's window so it fits on the same screen as MuseScore Studio.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3. Drag the image file from the file manager across to MuseScore Studio.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              4. Keep dragging until the cursor is positioned over a note, rest, measure, or a vertical or horizontal frame.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Saving images to palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              To save an imported image to a palette, see Adding elements from the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Copying imported images

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Once an image has been imported into the score it can be copied/cut and pasted to another location, such as a frame, note or rest, using the standard commands and procedure (see Copy and paste).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Adjusting images

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Change image height/width

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Select the image and use either of the following methods:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Drag either of the image adjustment handles.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Edit the “Image height/width” in the Image section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              As long as the padlock symbol is active (colored blue in Properties: Image) the aspect ratio (height/width) of the image will be maintained throughout. If you want to adjust a side independently of the other, click on the padlock to break it (colored grey).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Scale image

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              To scale an image to the height of the containing frame:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Adjust the frame to the desired height
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Check “Scale to frame size” in the Image section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              As long as “Scale to frame size” remains checked the image size will follow the frame height.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Adjust image position

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The image can be repositioned by dragging, or adjusting the horizontal/vertical offsets in the Appearance section of the Properties panel. Ctrl+R restores the image to its default position.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Image properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The image properties of a selected image can be adjusted in the Image section of the Properties panel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Image height / Padock / Image width: Adjust dimensions of image. The padlock, which is active by default, ensures that the desired aspect ratio (height/width) is maintained.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Scale to frame size: See Scale image (above).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Use staff space units: When checked (the default setting), the image automatically scales proportionally with the Scaling setting in Format→Page Settings, and uses the staff space unit, sp. If unchecked, the image uses mm and does not scale proportionally. See Page layout concepts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Example symbol using 4sp height setting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This symbol is 4sp in height so it fits perfectly into the space between the top and bottom line of a 5-line staff. Its "Use staff space units" option is checked so it scales proportionally.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Using the palettes for info on how apply palette items.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Using sections for multiple movements or songs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A section break is used to divide a score into separate sections, such as might be required in a musical suite, for example.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                In the following score example, there is a section break at the end of the first system, followed by a text frame providing the title of the next movement.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                section_break.png

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Features

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A section break has the following features:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • The measure after the point of application is forced to start a new system (like a system break)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • An adjustable playback pause between movements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • An option to restart measure numbering
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • An option to display long instrument names (as you might at the start of a piece).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                These options are detailed in Section break properties (below).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Time and key signatures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                If the beginning of a new section is accompanied by a change of time or key signatures, there will be no courtesy signature at the end of the previous section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Adding section breaks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To add a section break, select a measure, barline (or any element within the measure), then click the Section break icon in the Layout palette. You can substitute the latter action with a custom shortcut if desired (see Preferences: Shortcuts).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Section break properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The following properties of section breaks are adjustable from the Section break part of the Properties panel:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Pause

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To adjust the playback pause after a section break: select the break and edit “Pause before new section starts”.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Instrument names

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To display the long intrument names on the first system after a section break: select the break and make sure that “Start new section with long instrument names” is checked.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Bar numbers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To restart measure numbering after a section break: select the break and make sure that “Reset bar numbers for new section” is checked.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Additional settings for measure number display are available in the Measure properties dialog.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                声音和播放

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Playback controls

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Playback controls toolbar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Basic playback functions are accessed from the Play toolbar at the top right of the program window, the icons from left to right, the icons are:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Rewind to start position: Playback returns to the beginning of the score, or to the start of the loop (if one is set).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Start or stop playback: See Start/stop playback.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Toggle loop playback: See Loop playback.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Play metronome: Toggles metronome tick sound playback ON and OFF.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Playback settings: Opens the playback settings dialog (see below).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Time elapsed from the start of score to the cursor position.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Bar number and beat at the cursor position.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Monitoring tempo, see "Playback position and monitoring tempo" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Undock the toolbar to reveal the Playback Panel for additional controls. See "Playback position and monitoring tempo" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Playback commands

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Start/stop

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To play back all the instrument parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Click on a note or rest to establish the starting point.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Press the Play button, or press Space.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To play back selected instrument parts only

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Select a measure that you want to start from (by clicking on a blank space within that measure);
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. To play back more than one instrument part, extend the selection up or down as required.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Press the Play button, or press Space.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notes: (1) If no selection is made before activating Play, playback returns to the place it stopped at previously; or, if no previous playback, to the start of the score. (2) The Play button changes to a "stop" icon while music is playing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To stop playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Press the Play button; or press Space.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rewind

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To rewind playback click on the Rewind icon on the Play toolbar. Rewind returns the playback to the beginning of the score or, if a loop is set, to the beginning of the loop.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Loop

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To loop playback over a section of music:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Stop playback (if it is on);
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Ensure that the loop playback button is "off" (i.e. not colored blue);
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Select a range in the score, encompassing the instrument staves you want to play back;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    4. Click on the loop playback button in the Play toolbar. Flags will appear around the selection and the button change color.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    5. Click on the Play button.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In the example below, playback will cycle over the selected two bars of Violin 2 and Viola, the region marked by the blue flags. Use the "Loop playback" button to toggle the loop on or off.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Playback controls looping

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Metronome

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To automatically add metronome ticks sound to playback, use the metronome button.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The number of ticks added onto each measure is determined by

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • the beat. Number of beats per measure is dictated by the time signature only, it does not depend on the beaming style, or the note value (duration) used on metronome markings. Both crotchet ♩ = 60 and quaver ♪ = 120 markings create identical result; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • the written tempo on the score; and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • the current slider setting of Monitoring tempo, see "Playback position and monitoring tempo" section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The following logic is used,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • For simple meters, the top number of the time signature is the number of beats in each measure. 2 = duple, 3 = triple, 4 = quadruple. A tick is added to each beat.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • For compound meters (6/8, 9/8, etc), the top number of the time signature divided by three, is the number of beats in each measure. 6 = duple, 9 = triple, 12 = quadruple. A tick is added to each beat. Two additional ticks per beat are added to passages where the resultant Monitoring tempo of the measure is below 60 beats per minute. The 60 is not referring to Play Toolbar / Play Panel's top right corner metronome symbol.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Metronome Tick Sound Demo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Shown above is a demo of compound meters metronome handling, the demo score file is available under the External links section. To a measure using 9/8 where there is a written tempo marking dotted crotchet ♩ . = 59, and the monitoring tempo slider is at 100%, nine ticks are added. Using a quaver ♪ = 179 marking creates identical result. Whereas, to a measure using 9/8 where there is a written tempo marking dotted crotchet ♩ . = 60, and the monitoring tempo slider is at 100%, three ticks are added. Using a quaver ♪ = 180 marking creates identical result. Lowering the monitoring tempo slider to 90% creates nine ticks in that measure.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The default Metronome uses MS Basic. It has two tick sound clips, a high pitched ticks (T1) and a low pitched ticks (T2). T1 is used on the very first tick of each measure, T2 is used on all other places. Alternative sound source can be selected in the Mixer, T1 play note E5, and T2 play note F5.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    These ticks are added to any exported audio files. For more control of the ticks in the audio file, or during playback, try these:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add a percussion staff, fill the first measure with the desired rhythm and the rest with measure repeats, then hide that staff, source,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Metronome SoundFont (CC0) provided by mirabilos,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add metronome part plugin by sal.vador.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Playback position and monitoring tempo

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The current playback position is shown by two counters to the right of the playback controls. One shows the position in terms of time elapsed, the other in measures and beats (see image in overview). To jump to a timestamp or measure or beat manually, click a counter and enter a number.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The item at the very right end is monitoring tempo. It shows the tempo would have been in the unit of crotchet (quarter notes) within one minute at the current cursor position. It is not exact mirror appearance of any particular written tempo marking on the score. Its crotchet is not related to the musical beat of the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To reveal additional controls, undock the toolbar. Click and hold down the "6 dots", then drag away from the top right of the MuseScore screen and release, see Toolbars and windows:Docking and undocking panels chapter. Undocked toolbar automatically expands into a small Playback Panel that has two sliders. The slider on top shows the current playback position . the slider below shows monitoring tempo . Monitoring tempo overrides score tempo temporarily, the setting of each written tempo markings on the score remains unchanged. Returning the slider to default position, 100%, restores tempo to that as written on score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Undocked playback controls
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In the example screen capture shown above. The knob on the top current playback position slider is at one third from the left, suggesting it is currently about one third of the way through the score. The knob on the lower monitoring tempo slider is adjusted slightly to the right of the default position. It reads 130%, suggesting the tempo of playback is currently speeded up to 130% of written tempo. The written tempo is crotchet = 60, it is designated by a Tempo marking not shown in the picture. The top right corner metronome symbol shows crotchet = 78, meaning there would have been 78 crotchet (quarter notes) within one minute at the current cursor position.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To change the playback tempo temporarily, either:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Left click, hold and drag the monitoring tempo slider left or right. This will adjust the playback tempo in 5% increments; or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Left click on the Playback tempo percentage number. This will highlight the number
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Edit the Playback tempo. It can be adjusted in 1% increments. In the image below the tempo will playback at 96% of the current metronome speed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Edit playback tempo

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other commands

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Click the settings button (cogged gear) on the Play toolbar to show the following controls:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Playback settings dialog

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    You can uncheck or check these options as desired.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enable MIDI input

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enable MIDI input to write music to your score with a linked MIDI device (such as a keyboard or drum machine) during playback. See Working with Midi for details.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Play repeats

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Uncheck this option if you want playback to ignore any repeat indications in the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Play chord symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Uncheck this option if you want playback to ignore chord symbols in the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pan score automatically

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    When checked, this option pans the score during playback; uncheck if you want the view to remain stationary.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    External links

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Metronome tick demo score file https://musescore.org/en/node/357722#comment-1220561

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mixer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The mixer allows you to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • change instrument sounds (without affecting the staff notation).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • load virtual instruments and effects.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • adjust volume and panning, and make other adjustments to the playback for each stave.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        musescore-4-mixer.png

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The mixer is divided into a number of color-coded channel strips:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Instrument: Each staff instrument in the score has its own channel, with the name of the instrument, labelled blue, at the bottom. An instrument channel is also created for each mid-score instrument change applied to a staff.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Metronome: This channel, also labelled blue, allows control of metronome volume and panning.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Aux 1/Aux 2: These are the auxiliary channels, labelled green, and may be used to house VST effects units. Aux 1 by default contains Muse Reverb (see below).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Master: The master fader, labelled red.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Opening the mixer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      You can display/hide the mixer by:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Clicking on the Mixer button in the Note input toolbar.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Clicking View→Mixer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Using the shortcut F10.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Note: If the instrument channel strips are not in the same order as the instruments in the score, try closing and reopening the Mixer again.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Mixer controls

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A channel strip contains the following controls (from top to bottom):

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      musescore-4.1-mixer-channel-strip.png

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Sound: See below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Audio FX: See below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Aux sends: See below.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Pan: Click and drag on the Pan knob to move the audio track to the left or right in the stereo sound field. Double click on the knob to return Pan to the center position.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Volume: Click and drag the fader to increase or decrease playback volume. Double click on the fader to return it to the default level, 0 dB.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Mute and Solo: Click on the Mute button to silence the track; click again to unmute it—and so on. The Solo button silences all other tracks allowing you to hear only the soloed track. Multiple selection of Solo and Mute buttons is possible, allowing you to conveniently isolate any combination of instruments.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Name: Note that this name is not affected by any changes made to the instrument name in the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Click the three dot icon in the upper right corner of the Mixer panel to show / hide a control. For example, you can hide the Volume faders to save up vertical screen space for score viewing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Sound

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The row labelled Sound shows the virtual instrument set used in each track. This can be either a SoundFont (.sf2,.sf3) such as MS Basic, a VST instruments (VSTi), or a Muse Sound. If you have selected a particular sound from within that instrument set then the sound's name will be displayed instead of the set's name.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To change an instrument's sound

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Mouse over the name of the virtual instrument set (in the row marked “Sound”)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Click the dropdown button that appears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. Locate and click on an item from the dropdown menu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Note: This changes the instrument's sound, but has no effect on instrument's notation. If you want the staff to be updated as well, say, with correct transposition and clef changes, see Choose instruments.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Starting with MuseScore 4.2, it is now possible to use this method to choose individual sound from within a SoundFont. If you're using an older version of MuseScore 4, use the workaround detailed in SoundFonts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SFZ files are supported but only by using a VST sampler; see SoundFonts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Audio FX

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Each row (slot) under the Audio FX allows you to add an extra VST effect or Muse Reverb (a native effect). Audio is processed through the Audio FX from top to bottom.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Find VSTi inside Sound drop-downs, and find VST effects inside Audio FX drop-downs.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • To apply Audio FX(s) to one instrument, add Audio FX to the corresponding instrument strip.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • To easily apply the same Audio FX(s) to multiple instruments, use Aux sends.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To add an Audio FX plugin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Hover over an empty Audio FX slot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Click the dropdown button that appears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. Locate and click on a plugin from the dropdown menu .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      4. The plugin will load as a separate window on top of the Musescore window.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      5. When you add one effect, a new empty row (slot) is created automatically to allow adding further effect. Repeat these steps to add more effect.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Loading a VST into the mixer (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To disable an Audio FX plugin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Hover over an Audio FX slot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Click on the power icon that appears.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      This deactivates the plugin without removing it from the mixer.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Disabling a VST (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To remove an Audio FX plugin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Hover over an Audio FX slot
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Click the dropdown button that appears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. Click No effect.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Removing a VST (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Muse Reverb

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Muse Reverb is MuseScore’s native reverb unit. A fixed amount of reverb is added by default to each instrument—you can adjust the amount for each channel using the Aux send knobs next to the blue buttons labelled "Reverb". The effect can be toggled on/off for each channel by clicking on the same buttons. You can also adjust the Muse Reverb output volume using the Aux 1 fader.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Aux sends

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Each row (slot) under the Aux sends adjusts how much of a corresponding Aux channel effect(s) is added to the audio created for an instrument.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      There are two Aux sends, corresponding to the two aux channels:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • The first row adjusts how much of Aux channel 1 Aux 1 is added onto the current instrument, it is shown as Reverb by default, because Aux 1 contains Muse Reverb by default.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • The second row adjusts how much of Aux channel 2 Aux 2 is added onto the current instrument, Aux 2 does not contain any Audio FX by default.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Both of the two aux sends are enabled by default for each instrument, and can be disabled individually. Audio is processed with Aux 1 then Aux 2.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • You can also apply audio effect(s) to one instrument only by adding Audio FX.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Aux send levels (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To show/hide an Aux send row (slot)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Click the three dot icon in the upper right corner of the Mixer panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Hover over View
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. Click Aux send 1 and/or Aux send 2.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Showing aux sends (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To disable an Aux send row (slot)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Make sure the Aux send is visible
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Click Reverb to turn off Aux send 1 OR Click Aux 2 to turn off Aux send 2.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Disabling aux sends (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Aux channels

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Aux channels are special channels to simplify audio FX application. You can set up audio FX(s) in one Aux channel and then apply them to multiple instruments.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      There are up to two Aux channels in each score:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Aux 1: contains the Muse Reverb by default, but you can remove this and replace it with any Audio FX(s) you like.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Aux 2: is empty by default.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To show/hide Aux channels

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      By default, aux channels are hidden. To show/hide a aux channel:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1. Click the three dot icon in the upper right corner of the Mixer panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      2. Hover over View
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      3. Click Aux channel 1 and/or Aux channel 2.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Showing aux channels (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To add Audio FX to an Aux channel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The process is the same as adding Audio FX(s) to an instrument channel, see To add an Audio FX.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      If there is only one Audio FXin an Aux Channel, the channel strip and its corresponding aux send are labelled by the name of the Audio FX. If there is more than one, they are labelled Aux 1 and Aux 2. You may need to save and reopen the score to see the labels update.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To adjust an Aux channel's level

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Aux channel strips have volume faders. This changes the volume of the effect across all channel strips with the corresponding aux send turned on. Think of this as setting the maximum volume of the effect(s) that an instrument channel can receive.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To apply the effect(s) of an Aux channel to an instrument

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To adjust how much effect of an Aux channel come through on each instrument, use the knob in the corresponding Aux sends row (slot) on that instrument channel strip, see Aux Sends.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Installing Muse Sounds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SoundFonts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        MuseScore uses virtual instruments to create audio for playback. SoundFont files (.sf2, .sf3) are one of the supported formats . An sf2 or sf3 file contains all the audio data for one or more virtual instruments.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        MuseScore comes packaged with its own native SoundFont, MS Basic, which contains most of the instrument sounds you need for score playback.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        You can also add and use custom SoundFonts—many are available free online. See also the list in SoundFonts and SFZ files (MS3 handbook).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Install a SoundFont

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Once you’ve downloaded a SoundFont to your computer, there are two ways to install a SoundFont in MuseScore 4:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Drag and drop the SoundFont file into MuseScore 4.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Place the SoundFont file in the MS4 user directory named "SoundFonts".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Drag and drop installation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Open MuseScore
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Open your OS file manager (Windows: File Explorer, macOS: Finder)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Locate the SoundFont file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        4. Left-click and hold on the SoundFont file in the file manager window
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        5. Drag the file over to MuseScore's window
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • If MuseScore's window isn't visible, drag the file over MuseScore's icon in the system bar to reveal MuseScore's window
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        6. Release the mouse button to "drop" the file on MuseScore

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A dialog should appear offering to install the SoundFont file to the correct location.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        File directory installation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        It's also possible to manually install SoundFont files to the correct location. By default, this location is ~/Documents/MuseScore4/SoundFonts, where ~ (tilde) represents your home directory. The full path to this location is:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Windows: C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\MuseScore4\SoundFonts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • macOS: /Users/USERNAME/Documents/MuseScore4/SoundFonts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Linux: /home/USERNAME/Documents/MuseScore4/SoundFonts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        SoundFont files placed in this folder will automatically become available for use in MuseScore.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Add or change SoundFont directory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        It's also possible to specify alternate location(s) to store SoundFont files instead of—or in addition to—the default location mentioned above. SoundFont files placed at any specified location will be available in MuseScore.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To specify an alternate SoundFont location:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Open Preferences (Mac: MuseScore > Preferences or shortcut Cmd+;. Windows: Edit > Preferences)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Select Folders (prior to MuseScore 4.2 this was under the General category)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Click the SoundFonts folder icon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        4. Click Add directory in the dialog that appears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        5. Choose and Open the folder location where you want MuseScore to look for SoundFont files
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        6. Repeat steps 1-5 to add further directories (optional)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        7. Click OK to finish. The specified directory (or directories) will appear in the SoundFonts text field.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        8. Click OK in the Preferences dialog to confirm your selection.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Specify SoundFont directory (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Using sounds from a SoundFont

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Once a SoundFont is installed, here's how to use it in MuseScore:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Open the Mixer (shortcut: F10)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Locate the column for the instrument that you want to change the sound of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Mouse over this instrument's plugin slot in the row marked Sound (screen reader users: tab until you hear "sound menu")
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        4. Click the dropdown arrow that appears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        5. Hover over SoundFonts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        6. Select the SoundFont you wish to assign to that particular instrument

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        As of MuseScore 4.2, it possible to choose a specific sound within the SoundFont. The default setting Choose automatically instructs MuseScore to use sound(s) that matches the instrument in the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        On some instruments (such as Violin) using MS Basic, verbal articulation text items (such as legato, pizz. arco) create proper playback only if Choose automatically is selected, see musescore at github. Therefore it is preferable to change the Musescore Instrument, see Setting up your score : Changing instruments after score creation chapter. Choose automatically only works with SoundFonts that obey the General MIDI standard, see Musescore 3 handbook SoundFonts and SFZ files: soundfonts chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Shown below is soundfont selection in MuseScore 4.1.1.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Loading a SoundFont in the mixer (animated image)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Selecting individual sounds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        As mentioned above, MuseScore 4.2 reintroduced the ability to choose individual sounds within a SoundFont.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Prior to MuseScore 4.2, you had to make do with the automatic choice, or employ a workaround where each individual sound was packaged into a separate SoundFont file. A special version of MS Basic was created for this purpose. For other SoundFonts, you could split them into individual sound files using a free tool such as sf2-split or SF2 Splitter. For VSTs you could use a VST sampler such as Sforzando, FluidSynthVST, or juicysfplugin.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Editing Soundfonts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        This is possible using 3rd party software such as Polyphone. For more information, see also Soundfont, MIDI velocity and instruments.xml (Developer’s Handbook).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Uninstall a SoundFont

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To uninstall a SoundFont, simply open the folder where its file is installed and delete it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A note on the Zerberus player and SFZs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Users of MuseScore 3.6 and earlier may be accustomed to using the Zerberus player, which supports the .sfz file format. In building a new system that now supports VST instruments, changes were required that necessitated the removal of the Zerberus player, as well as the 合成器 found in previous versions of MuseScore. Consequently, some functionality has been lost in this process, including the ability to map specific instrument sounds like pizzicato and tremolo to specific MIDI channels. Our highest priority in future releases of MuseScore 4 is to again support this functionality for VST, SoundFont and the Muse Sounds libraries. Users who rely extensively on mapping .sfz sounds to specific performance directions are advised to continue using earlier versions of MuseScore until we re-enable this capability in MuseScore 4. It is worth mentioning that the new systems we are planning will be much more flexible, easy to use and powerful than those found in MuseScore 3.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        For those who wish to still use SFZ sounds in MuseScore 4, good alternatives for Windows and macOs would be the open source VST samplers Sfizz or Sforzando, both of which support SFZ playback. Currently, the use of SFZ is not possible in MuseScore4 for Linux.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • SoundFonts and SFZ files (MS3 handbook)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alternatives to soundfonts:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Muse Sounds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • VSTi

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Installing Muse Sounds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Muse Sounds is a library of sophisticated plugins that provide realistic playback for MuseScore Studio.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Installation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Muse Hub (Windows and macOS)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          On Windows and macOS, Muse Sounds are installed via the Muse Hub utility, which can also be used to install MuseScore Studio. If you don't have Muse Hub yet you can download it for free from musehub.com.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Once installed, Muse Hub is found in the Windows system tray (shortcut Win+B to focus), or the macOS menu bar (press VO+M twice to focus while VoiceOver is running).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          When Muse Hub is open, click Get under any sound you’d like to have in your library, and it will begin downloading and installing right away.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Muse Hub also contains a range of effects plugins. Download and install these from the Effects tab.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Once a plugin is fully downloaded, it will appear in the Mixer the next time you launch MuseScore Studio.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Muse Sounds Manager (Linux only)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          On Linux, Muse Sounds are installed via Muse Sounds Manager, which you can download from musescore.org as a DEB or RPM package for 64-bit Intel/AMD architectures (not ARM currently).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          When Muse Sounds Manager is open, click Get under any sound you’d like to have in your library, and it will begin downloading and installing right away.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Once a plugin is fully downloaded, it will appear in the Mixer the next time you launch MuseScore Studio.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Using Muse Sounds in MuseScore Studio

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Any Muse Sounds plugins you’ve downloaded will be automatically assigned to the appropriate instruments in your score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          You can tell MuseScore Studio to always use available Muse Sounds plugins via the Playback Setup dialog.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Go to view → Playback setup
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Select Muse Sounds in the Profiles section
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3. Leave Set as default for new scores checked if you want all future scores to also use Muse Sounds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          4. Click OK

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The Muse Sounds playback profile will ensure that all Muse Sounds plugins will be assigned to every available instrument in your score. You can also manually assign a Muse Sounds plugin to a single instrument via the Mixer. This can be helpful for scores with more than one instrument, where you may wish to combine Muse Sounds plugins with other VSTs or Soundfonts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. Go to View → Mixer to show the Mixer (Shortcut: F10)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Hover over a plugin slot next to Sound
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3. Click the dropdown button that appears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          4. Navigate to Muse Sounds and select a sound from the desired library

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Available sounds in Muse Sounds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Muse Sounds currently supports the following instruments:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Brass

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bass Trombone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Cimbasso
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Horn in F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Horns a6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Trombone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Trombones a3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Trumpet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Trumpets a4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Tuba

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Choir

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Altos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Basses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Full Choir
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Men
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Sopranos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Tenors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Women

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Drumline

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Marching Bass Drums
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Marching Cymbals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Marching Snares
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Marching Tenors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Show Style Tenors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Guitars Vol. 1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Acoustic Nylon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Acoustic Steel Picked
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Acoustic Steel Plucked
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Electric Bass
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Electric LP - Clean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Electric LP - Heavy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Electric LP - Lead
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Electric SC - Clean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Electric SC - Heavy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Electric SC - Lead

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Harp

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Harp

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Keys

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Celesta
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Dream Piano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Grand Piano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Hammond Organ
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Harpsichord
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Soft Piano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Suitcase Piano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Upright Piano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Wurly 200A

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Percussion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bass Drum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bell Tree
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bongos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Cabasa
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Castanets
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Claves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Cowbell
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Crotales
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Drum Kit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Field Drum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Glockenspiel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Gong
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Marimba
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Mark Tree
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Metronome
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Piatti
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Shaker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Sleigh Bells
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Snare Drum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Sus.Cymbal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Taikos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Tam-tam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Tambourine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Timbales
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Timpani
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Toms
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Triangle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Tubular Bells
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Vibraphone
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Wood Blocks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Xylophone

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Strings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Contrabasses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Viola (Solo)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Violas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Violin 1 (Solo)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Violin 2 (Solo)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Violins 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Violins 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Violoncello (Solo)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Violoncellos

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Woodwinds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Alto Flute
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Alto Sax
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Baritone Sax
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bass Clarinet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bass Flute
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Bassoon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Clarinet in Bb
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Clarinet in Eb
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Contrabass Flute
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Contrabassoon
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • English Horn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Flute 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Flute 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Oboe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Piccolo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Soprano Sax
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Tenor Sax

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Any instruments not supported by Muse Sounds will remain assigned to MS Basic by default.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sound flags

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sound flags are available starting in MuseScore Studio 4.3

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sound flags can be added to staff text to access additional sounds and playing techniques on Muse Sounds instruments. You can download all the free Muse Sounds instruments (and soon, more sounds from the world’s best audio developers) via the Muse Hub.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            When you add a sound flag (pictured below), it affects playback on the entire instrument from that point forward in the score until it reaches another sound flag.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sound flag button next to staff text element

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Using sound flags, you can:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Set string playing techniques like espressivo, sul ponticello, and bartok pizzicato
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Turn the snare on or off on the Muse Sounds Snare drum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Choose from different choral phonemes, like ooh, ahh, and mmm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sound flag buttons that appear in the score will never be visible when exporting, printing, or publishing your score to MuseScore.com.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To add a sound flag

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Make sure a Muse Sounds instrument is selected in the mixer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Add Staff text from the Text palette or using Ctrl+T (Mac: Cmd+T) to the Muse Sounds instrument's staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Click the sound flag button next to the text field
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4. Select any of the options to apply it to your score
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            5. Play the score to preview the new sound

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To use a sound flag without showing text in the score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sound flags must always be attached to a staff text element. If you wish to hide the text:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Select the staff text
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. In the Properties panel under General, uncheck Visible

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To remove a sound flag

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Selecting the sound flag button and pressing Del will remove it and leave the staff text in place.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Deleting the staff text will also remove the associated sound flag.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To hide sound flags in the score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. With nothing in the score selected, open the Properties panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Under General, click the eye icon next to Sound flags

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The sound flag buttons will be hidden. They can still be edited by clicking the associated staff text to reveal its sound flag button.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Additional options

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To reset a sound flag

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The first options in the Modify sound and/or Playing techniques sections of the sound flag popup are the default sounds. If you wish to quickly reset a sound flag to these sounds:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Select a sound flag button
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Click the three-dot button in the top right and select Reset to default sound

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To select multiple sounds on one sound flag

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            You may wish to combine more than one sound option to play at the same time. If a sound flag has the Modify sound section, you can do the following:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Select a sound flag button
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Click the three-dot button in the top right and select Allow multiple selection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Then, select more than one sound flag button to hear the sounds together in playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To change which staves a sound flag affects

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            By default, sound flags affect all staves on an instrument, but this can be changed.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Select a sound flag button
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Click the three-dot button in the top right and uncheck Apply selection to all staves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Repeat for sound flags on other staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Sounds without sound flags

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Not all Muse Sounds instruments have sound flag options. If we haven’t included any sound flag options yet, you’ll see this in the sound flag popup:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            No sound flag options

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Keyboard navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To add a sound flag using the keyboard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Select a note or rest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Press Ctrl+T (Mac: Cmd+T) to add Staff text
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Type anything in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4. Press Esc to select the text
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            5. Press Alt+Left (Mac: Opt+Left) to open the popup
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            6. Use Tab and arrow keys to navigate within the popup and Space to select

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Installing Muse Sounds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Capo playback (MS 4.0.2 and before)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              This page shows you how to apply Capo markings in MuseScore versions prior to MuseScore 4.1. See Applying capos for the new method of applying capos in MuseScore 4.1 and above.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Adding a capo marking to your score (before MuseScore 4.1)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              MuseScore allows you to transpose the playback of a staff without changing the music notation (written pitch). This simulates the effect of a capo on a guitar (or other stringed instrument).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Adding a capo to a single staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Add staff text to the note/rest from which you want capo playback to start;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Open the Staff text properties dialog.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3. Click on the Capo Settings tab;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              4. Check the “Capo Settings” checkbox, and set "Capo fret" to the fret number you wish to apply the capo at (each fret increases the pitch by a semitone);
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              5. Click OK to apply your changes;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              6. Edit the wording of the text as desired.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Adding a capo to a staff / tablature pair

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Use one of the following:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • If linked, add the capo to the standard staff—not the tablature.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • If unlinked, add the capo to both staves.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Note: Any capo playback settings apply until overridden by a subsequent Staff text with “Capo Settings” enabled.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Chord symbols: Capo fret position

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Swing playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Music in “straight” time is performed strictly as written in the score. By contrast, music in swing time interpets straight eigth and sixteenth notes as triplet pairs, with the first of the pair being roughly twice as long as the second. This gives the rhythm a characteristic bouncy feel—often asssociated with Jazz music. e.g.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Swung eighths:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                swing_eighths.jpg

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Swung sixteenths:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                swing_sixteenths.jpg

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Rather than notate swung music exactly as performed, it is accepted convention to write it in straight time and simply provide the written indications “Swing and “Straight” at appropriate points in the score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Swing markings have a playback effect on the score. The default swing ratio is 60% (3:2) but you can vary this to suit the feel of the piece if required.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Adding a swing or straight marking to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To add a swing marking

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Click on the destination note or rest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Click on the Swing text in the Tempo palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alternatively, you can drag and drop the Swing text from the palette onto the note or rest in question.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                You can, if desired, add a visual swing marking as well.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To add a straight marking

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Click on the destination note or rest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Click on the Straight text in the Tempo palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Note that the above markings are a form of System text and therefore the playback effect is applied to all staves in the system. If you want swing to apply to only one staff you can use Staff text instead: see below.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Changing swing playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Adjust the type and degree of swing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Right-click on the Swing text in the score and select System text properties.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. In the Swing settings tab edit the “Swing” and “Swing ratio” as required.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  swing_settings.png

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Note: Swing settings are found in both system and staff text.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Apply swing to one staff only

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                If you want swing to apply to only one staff in the system, use staff text instead:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Select the destination note or rest.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Click on the Staff text indication in the Text palette.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Edit the text to create the desired performance indication
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                4. Right-click on the text and select Staff text properties. Alternatively select the text object and in the Properties panel, click on the Staff text properties button.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5. In the Swing settings tab edit the “Swing” and “Swing ratio” as required.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Working with MIDI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  This section needs to be organized / written by someone with an understanding of how to use MIDI input/output in MuseScore 4. If JACK is still supported, it could be discussed here too, or in a new page.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Working with VST and VSTi

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Introduction to VST

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Virtual Studio Technology (VST) is an audio plug-in software interface licensed under Steinberg that integrates software synthesizers and effects units into digital audio workstations. Most VST plugins are either instruments (VSTi) or effects (VSTfx); VSTi includes software simulation emulations of well-known hardware synthesizers and samplers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Installing VSTs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In MuseScore 4, any compatible VST plugins installed on a Windows or MacOS computer will automatically be made available in the Mixer, where you can easily configure playback settings for all instruments in a score. Note that Linux is not yet supported (but see Linux VST3).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    After installing new VSTs on your computer, you may have to restart Musescore 4 to make them visible in the mixer. If this doesn't work, you can force a re-scan of VSTs by deleting previous cache settings before restarting. On Windows 10 the relevant file can be found at

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    C:\Users\ [your user] \AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore4\known_audio_plugins.json

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore 4 directly supports VST3 plugins only (not VST1 or VST2) because of licensing restrictions. If you are using VST1 or VST2, see How to use older, non-VST3 plugins in MuseScore 4.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note: Sound settings in the Mixer are saved with the score, but not to the program.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enabling, disabling, removing and replacing VST plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See Mixer: Sounds and Audio FX.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alternatives to VST instruments:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Muse Sounds
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • SoundFonts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    文件管理

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Opening and saving scores

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        You can store your files either locally on your computer, or online (“in the cloud”) to your musescore.com account. If you don’t have an account yet, you can create one for free here.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In the case of scores saved online, MuseScore also keeps local copies on your computer, so you can work on them even without an active internet connection. Every time you save a "Cloud Score", the online copy at musescore.com is also updated. This system protects both the integrity of your local cloud scores while offering all the advantages of online storage, including backup, viewing and playback across multiple devices, ease of sharing, commenting, and much more.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Please note that, if you download one of your cloud scores from musescore.com and open it in MuseScore, the file you download and open will be a new, locally-stored file, separate from the file in the cloud.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Opening a score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        There are a few ways to open a score in MuseScore 4.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        File → Open

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        This triggers your file browser, allowing you to select and open scores stored on your computer or storage device (dialog will vary according to operating system).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Windows/Linux: Ctrl+O. MacOS: Cmd+O

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        File → Open recent

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        This option allows you to choose from a list of recently-opened scores.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Home tab → Scores

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        This window displays your most recently modified scores. Double-click on any score thumbnail to open it. You can also click Open other… to access locally-stored scores from your file browser.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Scores that have been saved to the cloud are indicated with a cloud icon. Unlike local scores, it is not possible to rename or otherwise modify a cloud file from your computer’s file browser. You can, however, do this from the score manager on musescore.com. Go directly to your score manager by clicking the Score manager (online) button in the Scores window.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        It is possible to open multiple scores simultaneously. In this case, MuseScore opens each score in a separate window.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Import file formats

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Apart from its native format files (*.mscz and *.mscx), MuseScore can also open MusicXML, compressed MusicXML and MIDI files, as well as a variety of files in other formats. You can customize various import settings by going to Preferences → Import.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Saving a score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To save a score:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Go to File
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Choose any of the following options:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Option What it does Shortcut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Save Saves current score to new file, or saves changes to a previously saved file Windows/Linux: Ctrl+S, MacOS: Cmd+S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Save As... Saves current score to new file Windows/Linux: Shift+Ctrl+S, MacOS: Shift+Cmd+S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Save a copy... Saves current score to new file, but allows you to continue editing the original file None
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Save selection... Saves selected measures to new file None
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Save to cloud... Saves score as a new file on musescore.com None

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The first time you use any of the above save options, a dialog opens asking you “How would you like to save”, then offering you the options of “Save to the cloud” or “Save to computer”.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To disable this window, click Don't show again to ensure you only see your operating system's native save dialog for future saves.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Save to computer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Save to computer option triggers your operating system’s “Save” dialog, allowing you to save the score as a (compressed) MuseScore file, .mscx.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        There is also an option in your “Save” dialog to save files in an uncompressed format (“Uncompressed MuseScore folder”). This option creates a new folder on your computer that contains a MuseScore (.mscx) file, as well as a thumbnail image file (.png) and any relevant .json, .mss, and .xml files.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Save to the cloud

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Scores saved online (to the cloud) appear in the program’s Home: Scores tab with a cloud symbol at the corner of the file icon. A local copy is also automatically saved on your computer.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To save a score to the cloud, choose Save to the cloud. This triggers a dialog with the following options:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Name

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        This is the name under which your score will be identifiable on musescore.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Visibility

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Private allows you to save changes to your score without others seeing your work online.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Public makes your score visible to everyone on musescore.com.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        When you’re ready, click Save. The first time you do this, MuseScore will ask whether you also want to upload your audio to musescore.com. You can choose from the following options:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Never

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Each time you press Save, only the score itself will be uploaded to musescore.com. Online playback will use the MS Basic soundfont.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Always

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Each time you press Save, MuseScore will generate an .mp3 file to upload together with your score. Score playback on musescore.com will sound the same as it does in your desktop app (including audio from the Muse Sounds library, if installed, or any VST instruments and effects you’ve added)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Every x saves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        MuseScore will only generate and upload an .mp3 file at a save interval you specify.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        These settings only affect your private cloud scores. You will only be asked to specify this setting once, however you can change this setting at any time by going to Preferences → Cloud. Once you click OK, MuseScore will confirm your score has been saved. Your file will be accessible from both the Home tab as well as the score manager on musescore.com.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        文件导出

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          概览

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          本章涵盖了 MuseScore 保存乐谱的非原生(*.mscz 和 *.mscx)格式,例如音乐可扩展置标语言(MusicXML)、乐器数字接口(MIDI)、音乐编码倡议(MEI)、动态影像专家压缩标准音频层面 3(MP3)、便携文档格式(PDF)、便携网络图形(PNG),等等。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          导出您的乐谱

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          欲导出乐谱:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. 选中 文件 → 导出
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. 从下列列表中选择格式
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3. 选中 parts to export,方式是勾选/取消勾选对话框左侧适当的框
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          4. 如果您想要将所有分谱组合在一个文件中,点击题名为 All parts combined in one file 的 radio 按钮
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          5. 点击 导出…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          文件格式

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          图形格式

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          便携文档格式(PDF)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          便携文档格式(PDF)是文本、图片、音乐,和诸如此类的普适格式。当您想要生成音乐乐谱以飨其他音乐人之时,使用此格式。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          几乎每一计算机将会具有专门的便携文档格式阅读器;没有的话,便携文档格式还能够使用例如 Firefox 等互联网浏览器打开。如有需要,便携文档格式乐谱还能够被打印到硬拷贝。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          可缩放矢量图形(SVG)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          像 PDF 那样,可缩放矢量图形(SVG)为您赋能以深入图像并放大而不丢失其品质。当您想要音乐精确嵌入其他文档或者网页之时,使用此格式。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          所有现代互联网浏览器都支持可缩放矢量图形。然而,许多网站和应用不支持它,所以如果您试图在某处使用 SVG 而它不好使,试着代之以使用便携文档格式或者便携网络图形。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          便携网络图形(PNG)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          便携网络图形(PNG)是适合编辑或者嵌入各种文档的已压缩图形格式。然而。如果您拉近或者放大图像,便携网络图形就变得像素化,所以如果您的软件有所支持,考虑代之以使用便携文档格式或者可缩放矢量图形。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          音频格式

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          OGG

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          OGG 文件一般包含有损的 Vorbis 压缩音频,它在同样文件尺寸提供比 MP3 更高的品质。使用此格式以飨个人谛听,如果您的设备有所支持。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          大多数安卓设备支持 OGG 音频,但是视窗、macOS,和 iOS 设备需要第三方软件以读取这些文件。您或许体会到 动态影像专家压缩标准音频层面 3 更加好用。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          动态影像专家压缩标准音频层面 3(MP3)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          动态影像专家压缩标准音频层面 3 是个受到普遍支持的有损压缩格式。使用此格式以为了聆听目的(不供编辑)而与他人共享音频。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          无损音频压缩编码(FLAC)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          无损音频压缩编码(FLAC)是个完整保留音频品质,但是生产文件尺寸大于有损压缩格式的无损压缩格式。当发送音频供他人编辑,但是仅当您不能够发给它们实际的 MuseScore 文件(譬如,因为它们没有为之必要的乐器声音或者音频插件安卓以您期望的方式收音)之时使用 FLAC。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          波形(WAV)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          波形(WAV)是个未经压缩的格式。它提供完整音频品质但是其文件特别大。使用此格式以供您计划自己在例如 Audacity 的其他程序中编辑的音频。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          其他音频格式

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          如果您需要上文未提到格式的音频(例如,Opus 或者高级音频编码 AAC),这需要使用外部音频转换工具。Audacity 是个能够用于此目的的免费程序。它由 Muse 集团——同样制作 MuseScore 的公司——开发。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          简单地将您的乐谱以波形(WAV)文件从 MuseScore 导出,然后在 Audacity 中打开此文件,或者随便哪个您选来做转换的音频程序。将波形(WAV)用作过渡格式确保转换后的最高品质并且避免浪费时间在 MuseScore 中压缩文件只为立刻在另一程序中解压它。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          或者,您可以使用网站来做转换。在此案例中最好将无损音频压缩编码(FLAC)用作过渡格式,因为这将会减小上传尺寸而保留最高品质。确保您在使用之前谨慎研究任何第三方软件或者互联网服务。一些网站在您已上传它们之后保留文件,并且一些甚至会使得文件供其他用户使用。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          一旦文件已转换到所需格式,您适宜聆听之以确保品质可接受并且整个文件以转换。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          混合格式

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          乐器数字接口(MIDI)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          乐器数字接口(MIDI)是个编码乐谱中所有音符和乐器,但是无视觉排版的良好建立的音乐行业标准。乐器数字接口文件能够在一些媒体播放器中播放,但是仅当有正确的可用软件(或者硬件)乐器实现。文件能够被在音序器或者其他音乐记谱软件中编辑。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          您适宜意识到,由乐器数字接口文件生成的声音取决于用来回放的虚拟乐器,所以当播放于 MuseScore 外之时可能听起来不一样。还有,乐器数字接口不保留视觉排版,所以文件当在任何记谱程序——包括 MuseScore——中打开都会看起来与原始乐谱大相径庭。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          乐谱格式

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          音乐可扩展置标语言(MusicXML)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          音乐可扩展置标语言(MusicXML)是个旨在保留尽可能多的原始乐谱排版的普适标准。它能够在任何现代乐谱写作器中打开。MuseScore 4 使用音乐可扩展置标语言 4.0,尽管一些特性尚待实现。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          盲文(Braille)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          盲文格式(BRF)是个纯文本格式that 能够储存书面文本或者音乐文档以供失明的人们使用。这些文件能够在带有电子盲文显示或者作为凸点压制到纸上的第三方软件中打开以供阅读。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MuseScore 的盲文文件使用另节排版,这意味着为每一谱表另起一行盲文,并且小节垂直对齐于线谱之间就像在印刷音乐中那样。(替代将会是逐节或者逐章排版,其中一个或者更多书面小节为第一谱表,继之以下一谱表的同样小节,依此类推,全部在单行盲文上。MuseScore 目前不支持这些类型的排版。)MuseScore 的盲文文件使用美国标准信息交换代码而不是 Unicode 字符编码,所以在文本编辑程序中打开这些文件的目明用户将会仅见到随机字母和标点字符;您将会需要安装特殊盲文字体以见到盲文点。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MuseScore 的盲文符合北美的音乐盲文代码 2015 的盲文权威,但是其许多特性尚待实现。现在,您可能获得更好结果如果您以音乐可扩展置标语言导出乐谱,并且然后使用第三方的音乐可扩展置标语言到盲文的转换工具,例如免费的基于互联网的工具 SM 音乐盲文。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          音乐编码倡议(MEI)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          音乐编码倡议(MEI)是个表示音乐记谱文件的语义结构并且以社区驱动的努力开发的开放的可扩展置标语言格式。MuseScore 中对音乐编码倡议的支持聚焦于基本音乐编码倡议(MEI Basic),支撑音乐编码倡议用作数据交换并且改善互操作性的音乐编码倡议的子集。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          自定导出设置

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [待添加]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          MIDI import

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • MIDI import panel not currently implemented, making this section largely moot

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Working with MusicXML files

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            MusicXML is a universal file format that allows music scores to be shared between different music notation programs. For example, you can convert a MuseScore .mscz file to a MusicXML file and it will open in Sibelius, Finale, or any other compatible scorewriter; and vice versa.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            MusicXML faithfully reproduces the notes and instrumentation, but, nevertheless, it is usually necessary to do some clean-up work to make the transferred score look exactly the same as the original.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Opening a MusicXML file

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            When a MusicXML file is first opened in MuseScore, the positions and custom properties of text objects are preserved as far as possible. There may also be other customizations visible in the score which you may or may not wish to keep.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            MusicXML import options

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            These options can be found in Edit→Preferences→Import.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Import layout will import layout settings such as page size, margins and stave size, if they are in the MusicXML file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Otherwise, the defaults will apply. Turned on by default.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Import system and page breaks does exactly what it says, but note that it is still possible that the exact layout of systems and pages will not be the same at first, since due to differences in spacing settings and fonts (etc.) it might not be possible to fit the same number of bars in a system as in the software which produced the MusicXML. Turned on by default.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Apply default typeface (Edwin) to imported scores will set all text styles to Edwin (the MuseScore Studio default). This is turned off by default, meaning that the fonts specified in the MusicXML file will be used. (Though if they are not available on the system you are using, a fallback will be used instead.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Infer text type based on content where possible will do its best to intelligently determine the type of text based on its content. In many MusicXML files text of all sorts (tempos, fingerings, copyright lines, etc) is encoded as plain 'staff text'. With this option turned on, it will attempt to assign items to the correct text types. It also attempts to tidy up e.g. music symbols within text using legacy encodings. While not perfect, it often saves a huge amount of time required in manual cleanup. Turned off by default, because technically it means deviating from strict adherence to the MusicXML specification.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Cleaning up an imported score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Restoring stems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To reset the stems of all notes to their default positions and orientations:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Right-click on a note and choose Select→Similar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Press Ctrl+R.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Restoring default leading spaces

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To reset the leading space of all notes to the score default:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Right-click on a note and choose Select→Similar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Click on the Appearance button in the Properties panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. If the Leading space reset button (circular arrow) is active, click on it to reset to the score default; otherwise no further action is required.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Removing breaks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To remove all breaks—system, page and section:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Right-click on a break and choose Select→Similar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Press Delete.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To remove just system breaks (leaving section and page breaks in place):

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. From the main menu, select Format→Add/Remove system breaks.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Select Remove current system breaks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Click OK to close the dialog.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Restoring default text styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To reset all text objects in the score, and in frames, to their default styles:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. From the main menu, choose Format→Style
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Click on the button marked Reset all styles to default
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Click OK to close the dialog.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            See Format→Style→Text styles to view the list of styles, and property values.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Resetting default text positions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Frame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To reset the positions of all text objects in frames:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. Right-click on a text object in a frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. Choose Select→Similar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            3. Press Ctrl+R.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Score text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            You can apply the same method for text objects in the score, as for frames. However you will need to repeat this for each individual class of object—all tempo texts, all staff texts and so on.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Preparing a score for export

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            To export a score as a MusicXML file see File export.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Export settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            When exporting a score to MusicXML, you can choose from a compressed (the default option) or uncompressed format; and whether to export all breaks or not, or to allow only manually-added breaks to appear in the file.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [To be added:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • gotchas - manual adjustments, misuse of element types, images, ...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • export settings]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Backup and recovered files

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • TBD

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Project properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The Project Properties dialog contains metadata tags, editable descriptive digital data of the file. Every score created with Musescore 4 contains the following predefined metadata tags. Some of them are automatically assigned with information provided by user in the New Score dialog, see Setting up your score chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Property Details
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Work title Assigned with "Title" provided in New Score dialog.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Subtitle Assigned with "Subtitle" provided in New Score dialog.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Composer Assigned with "Composer" provided in New Score dialog.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Arranger
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Lyricist Assigned with "Lyricist" provided in New Score dialog.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Translator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Copyright Assigned with "Copyright" provided in New Score dialog. Feel free to copy and use this copyright symbol literally: ©
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Work number
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Movement title
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Movement number
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Creation Date Date of the score creation. This could be empty, if the score was saved in test mode (see Command line usage). Edit manually if you are Beethoven's ghost.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Platform The computing platform the score was created on. This might be empty if the score was saved in test mode.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Source May contain a URL if the score was downloaded from or Publish to MuseScore.com.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Audio.com URL
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Musescore Version Not editable. The version of MuseScore the score was last saved with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                File Path Not editable. The score file's location on the Computer.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Note:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Score created from certain template contains a top vertical frame and Musescore Text objects on the first page. These objects, such as Title, Subtitle etc, are also automatically assigned with information provided by user in the New Score dialog, but they are not related to metadata tags, see Entering and editing text chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • The originalFormat, and poet metadata tags are automatically created in score created with previous versions of Musescore, but no longer so in Musescore 4.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Project Properties is formerly Score properties.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Changing Project properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To change a Project property (metadata tag),

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. From the menu, choose File→Project Properties...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Edit the desired tag

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Adding and deleting new project properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Input tag nameInput tag name

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To add a new custom metadata tag, click on the New button. Fill in the "New tag name" field and press OK;

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To delete a tag click on the trashcan symbol. Predefined metadata tags cannot be deleted.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Accessing project properties in a score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The only place to add project properties (metadata tags) on to a score is by referring them in header or footer, see Header and footer chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Score comparison

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • not currently implemented

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Publish to musescore.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Scores can be saved online using a free or subscription account with Musescore.com. This allows you to access your scores from anywhere; you also have the option of whether to keep them private or allow them to be shared. You can choose to save scores only online, or publish any of your locally saved files online.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  When saving online Musescore creates an MP3 file of the audio of your score which may take a long time. To modify this behaviour see Managing publishing preferences.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Creating a MuseScore account

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Go to www.musescore.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Click "Log in" - it's at the top right of the window
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • On the dialog that pops up click "Create an account" - it's at the bottom right of the dialog that popped up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • If your browser is already logged in to a Google, Facebook or Apple account you can sign up with any of those services by clicking on the appropriate button
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • If you prefer to sign in with your email address, fill in the remaining fields, check "I'm not a robot"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Click "Create new account"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Saving only to Musescore.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The first time you save a score you will be asked if you want to publish the score to Musescore.com.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dialog for First Save

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  If you are not already logged in to Musescore.com, or you do not have an account, you will need to login.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dialog for Login

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  You will be asked if the score should be Public, Unlisted, or Private.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  * Public scores are visible to everyone on the internet.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  * Unlisted scores are visible to everyone on the internet, but do not show up in search results. Only people with the link will be able to find an unlisted score.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  * Private scores are visible only to you. You must be logged in to your musescore.com account to view.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  If you’re publishing a score that you’ve already published at least once, you can choose to replace the existing online score or to publish as a new online score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dialog for name and visibility

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  You will be asked whether you also want to upload your audio to musescore.com. See Managing publishing preferences

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dialog for Generate MP3

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Musescore will tell you when it is ready. Large scores may take some time to generate the MP3 file.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dialog for Success

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Publish locally saved scores

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Scores saved on your computer can also be published at Musescore.com but are not automatically updated.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  To publish a score at Musescore.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  * Click the Publish Tab (below the menu bar)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  * Click Publish to Musescore.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dialog for Publish anytime

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Visibility in score manager

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Scores published only at Musescore.com are marked with a "cloud" symbol in the Musescore score manager.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  MuseScore also keeps local copies on your computer (in a folder called Cloud Scores in your user “MuseScore 4” folder), so you can work on them even without an active internet connection.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dialog for Score Manager showing where things are saved

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Manage generation of mp3 during upload

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  When saving online Musescore creates an MP3 file of the audio of your score. Depending on the score length, and number of instruments in the score, this might take a long time. To control when this happens:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. From the menu, choose Edit→Preferences...→Cloud
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Under "Generate MP3 audio for private cloud scores" choose Never, Always, or Every (X saves)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Never

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Each time you press Save, only the score itself will be uploaded to musescore.com. Online playback will use the MS Basic soundfont.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Always

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Each time you press Save, MuseScore will generate an .mp3 file to upload together with your score. Score playback on musescore.com will sound the same as it does in your desktop app (including audio from the Muse Sounds library, if installed, or any VST instruments and effects you’ve added)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Every x saves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore will only generate and upload an .mp3 file at a save interval you specify.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. If you chose "Every X saves" choose the number of saves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Dialog for Score Manager showing where things are saved

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Share on Audio.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In addition to publishing your score on MuseScore.com, you can share the MP3 audio generated by MuseScore to Audio.com, a free service from Muse Group. On Audio.com, you can share your tracks publicly, make them available to download, and upload unlisted audio.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To share audio from your score on Audio.com:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore 4.1 and above

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Open the Publish tab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Click the Share on Audio.com… button in the toolbar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • If you’re not already signed in to an audio.com account, you will be prompted to do so or create an account
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Enter a title, choose whether the score should be Public or Unlisted, then click Share
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • If you've already shared audio from the score, you can replace the existing audio or upload it as a new audio file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Audio.com share dialog
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    4. Audio.com will open in your browser to upload the track
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    5. From here, you can set the title, URL, category, tags, description, sharing permissions, and downloading permissions of your track

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To share on Audio.com every time you publish a score:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore 4.2 and above

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The first time you publish a score, you will be prompted to share on Audio.com. You can choose to be prompted every time you publish, and this can be controlled in Preferences.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Open Preferences
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Go to the Save & publish tab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Check on Always prompt to share on Audio.com after publishing to MuseScore.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    个性化

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      语言

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        概览

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        MuseScore 按照您的“系统”语言(用于大多数程序,并且一般取决于您的个人计算机或者账号的国家和语言设置)工作。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        变更语言

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. 从菜单中选中编辑→偏好设置…(麦金塔:MuseScore→偏好设置…);
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. 在通用选项卡中,选中所需语言从该下拉列表在in语言部分:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Dialog: Edit / Preferences / General

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        更新译文

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        欲更新译文:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. 从菜单中选中编辑→偏好设置…(麦金塔:MuseScore→偏好设置…);
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. 在通用选项卡中,点击检查语言更新按钮;

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        如果您的语言版本已是最新,显示对应消息;否则,将会下载该更新。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        欲完成此步骤,需要重启该应用。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        另见

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Translation instructions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Toolbars and windows

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Windows, toolbars and panels within MuseScore can be repositioned, and you can choose which elements you want to see displayed in them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The default appearance of MuseScore is shown below:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The User Interface

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1. The Menu bar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. Toolbars
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          3. Palette, Property and Instrument Panels
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          4. The Score Window
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          5. The Status Bar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Toolbars

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Showing and hiding toolbars

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          To show or hide the playback controls, note input toolbar, or the status bar:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Select View→Toolbars... and check/uncheck the applicable element.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rearranging toolbars

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          To change the position of either the note input or playback toolbars, click on and hold the six dots at the left of the toolbar, then drag and drop it to the desired location. The toolbar can be left free floating, but in the case of the note input toolbar, you can also drag and drop it either to the left or the bottom edge of the program window—a blue rectange then appears to show you that you can drop the toolbar at that location to redock it. The playback toolbar can only be redocked in its default position.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Customizing contents of toolbars

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          To select the icons that you want on view in the note input or playback toolbars, click on the gear icon to the right of the toolbar:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          gear_icon.png

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In the case of the note input toolbar, this reveals a dropdown list from which you can hide or display the various icons by clicking on the eye symbol to the left of each one (closed=hidden, open=displayed).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In the case of the playback toolbar, uncheck or check the various options in the gear menu to hide or display the corresponding elements.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Windows and Panels

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Docking and undocking panels

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          To undock and move one of the side panels (Palette, Instruments, Properties, or Selection filter), click on the three dots on the tab, select the Undock option, then drag the undocked panel to the desired position.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          You can leave the panel free-standing but there are also dock positions at the top and right hand edges of the document window—a blue rectangle appears to show that you can drop the panel to redock it at that location.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          In a similar way, you can redock the free panel back to the sidebar:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • To display half-length at the top of the sidebar, drag and drop the free panel to the top left of the sidebar.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • To display half-length at the bottom of the sidebar, drag and drop the free panel to the bottom left of the sidebar.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • To display full-length in the sidebar, drag and drop the free panel to the center left of the side.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          You can also redock the free panel in its original position by clicking on the three dots on the tab, and selecting Dock.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Panels such as the Mixer or virtual Piano can be undocked if desired, by dragging them into position or clicking on the three dots icon and selecting Undock. To redock, click on the three dots icon and select Dock.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The undocked mixer can be resized by dragging the edges inwards or outwards.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Customizing contents of panels

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          To choose which elements to display within the mixer or the virtual Piano, click on the three dots, select View and uncheck or check the applicable options.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          To customize the palettes area, see Customization: Palettes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          外观

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            概览

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            欲变更 MuseScore Studio 的外观

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. 从菜单中,点击 编辑 → 偏好设置… (麦金塔: MuseScore → 偏好设置… );
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. 在 外观 选项卡中,选中下文描述的所需选项。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            对话框:编辑/偏好设置/外观

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            主题与颜色

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            下列选项可用于更换 MuseScore 的颜色。显示理解变更以便不关闭此对话框而测试选项。变更应用于所有打开的 MuseScore 实例。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 浅色还是深色主题
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 如果您想要 MuseScore 在系统主题改变之时从浅到深或者深到浅更换主题,就选中“跟随系统主题”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 启用高对比度
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 强调色选项
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 背景——乐谱底色(不是符号面板和其他程序列项的颜色)可以更换成固定颜色或者壁纸图片。
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 纸张——乐谱本色可以更换成固定颜色或者壁纸图片。
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • 黑底白谱——将乐谱元素的颜色与纸张颜色交换

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            字体

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            欲变更菜单和符号面板元素的字体和字号:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1. 从菜单中,点击 编辑 → 偏好设置… (麦金塔: MuseScore → 偏好设置… );
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2. 在 外观 选项卡中,选中字体选项。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            这不奏效于乐谱中的文本元素。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Templates

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A template is simply a standard MuseScore file (*.mscz) stored in a dedicated “Templates” folder.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              There are two kinds of templates:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • System templates. These are supplied with the installed version of MuseScore and cover a wide variety of solo instruments and ensembles of all genres. When you open the New Score dialog, these template files appear under various categories in the Create from Template tab.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • User templates. These are created by the user and stored in the folder marked Templates in the MuseScore4 folder of your Documents directory. When you open the New score dialog, user templates are displayed in the My Templates section of the Create from template tab.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Style files

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              A style file is a file containing customized style settings for all musical and text objects in a score. You can save an existing set of styles or import one using the Format menu (see below).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Templates

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Saving your score as a template

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Create a specimen score containing the style settings, workspace, and title text that you wish to use in the template.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Make sure that the Title text of the score describes the template accurately, as this is the wording that will appear in the My templates section of the New score dialog.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3. Save the score in the "Template" folder of your MuseScore 4 user directory.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Creating a score from your template

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Open the New Score dialog
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Choose a template file in the “My templates” section of the Create from template tab.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              3. Complete the rest of the New Score dialog and exit.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Style files

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Saving style settings for your score to a file

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Create a score with the style settings that you wish to save and reuse in future scores
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Select Format→Save style, and save the Style file in the “Styles” folder of your MuseScore 4 user directory.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Loading style settings into your score from a file

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1. Open the score to which you want to apply the saved style settings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2. Select Format→Load style, and select the applicable style file.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Setting a default style for your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [to be added]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This chapter shows you how to customize the palettes and their contents; the application of palette items is already covered in Using the palettes (Basics).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Adding palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To add a preset or a custom palette, see Using the palettes: Adding more palettes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Hiding and deleting palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To hide a preset palette, right click on it and select Hide palette. The palette is returned to the Add Palettes list (see above). Note that preset palettes cannot be deleted.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To hide or delete a custom palette you have created earlier, right click on it and select Hide/Delete palette. Then follow the instructions in the dialog.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Changing the order of palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To change the order of a palette simply drag it up or down and drop it onto the desired position in the palettes list.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Customizing palette contents

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Palettes can be populated with items from the Master Palette (Shift+F9 or View→Master palette), or from an opened score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Score items, when added to a palette, are saved with their custom properties.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To enable/disable editing for a particular palette:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Right-click on the palette name; or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Check/uncheck Enable editing.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Adding elements from the Master Palette window

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To add a symbol from the Master Palette to a palette in the Palettes panel:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Open the desired palette, make sure editing is enabled (see Customizing palette contents).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Open the Master Palette (Shift+F9 or View→Master palette)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Drag and drop symbols from the relevant section(s) of the Master palette to the ordinary palette as required.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                If you have created a custom palette, there is another way to access the Master Palette:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Open the custom palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Click on the More button
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Use the arrow buttons to navigate through the various sections of the Master Palette window
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                4. Select on a symbol
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5. Press Add to my custom to add it to the custom palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                6. To exit the dialog, click once more on the More button, or press Escape, or click outside the More section.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Adding elements from the score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To add score elements to a palette:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. Open the desired palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. Press Ctrl+Shift (Mac: Cmd+Shift), then drag and drop the score element to the open palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Moving elements between palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Symbols can be moved from one open palette to another simply by dragging and dropping them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Deleting elements from palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To delete an element in a palette, right-click on it and select Delete. In the case of preset palettes, the element will be moved to the More section. For custom palettes you are offered a choice of Hide (send element to the More section) or Delete permanently.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Resetting a palette

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To reset a palette to its default state, right-click on the palette name, or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name; then select Reset palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Note: A custom palette will be reset to an empty palette when this function is applied.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Saving and loading palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To save a palette, right-click on the palette name, or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name; then select Save palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To load a previously-saved palette, right-click on a palette name, or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name; then select Load palette and navigate to the desired palette, select it and click Open.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Palettes menu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To access display options for the palettes area, click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the Palettes title at the top of the palettes area.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Single-click to open a Palette: Uncheck this if you want to open a palette by double-clicking.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Open only one Palette at a time: if this option is checked, when you open a palette other palettes automatically close.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Collapse all Palettes: Closes all open palettes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Expand all Palettes: Opens all palettes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Close: Palettes panel closes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Undock: Undocks the palettes panel. See also Windows and panels.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Palette properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                To access Palette properties for individual palettes, right-click on the palette name, or click on the ellipsis symbol (three dots) to the right of the palette name; then select Palette properties.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This allows you to rename the palette, create a visible grid to separate elements, adjust width and height of cells, and change the scale and offset of the symbols.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Using the palettes for info about how to apply palette items.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Other symbols for more info about the Symbols palette.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Workspaces

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Workspace is the visual settings, also known as graphical user interface (GUI), of the Musescore program itself. An analogy to the position of the pen, ruler etc on a composer's desk. It includes the content, docked/undocked status and positions of palettes, toolbars and assorted open panels. Changes made to the current workspace are automatically saved, no further action is required. You can create custom workspaces to quickly change all these settings with a mouse click.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Note that the following settings do not count as workspace. View→Show→ Show visible, Show Invisible, Show formatting, Show Frames, Show Page Margins, Mark irregular measures, and status bar's Concert Pitch, Zoom level, and Page View/Continuous View option. These settings, covered in The user interface chapter, are score data. They are saved to and loaded from each score file. Templates contain these settings and will be used when you create a new score from a template, see Setting up your score.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Creating a new workspace

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  To create a new workspace:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Click on the current workspace name in the status bar below the document window. Alternatively, select View→Workspaces→Configure workspace
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Click on Create new workspace
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. Fill in the name of the workspace, choose the options it contains so that only these options are loaded and saved when the workspace is used.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  4. Click Select to close the dialog.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  To customize the palettes display and contents, see palettes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  To customize the display of toolbars and panels, see Toolbars and panels.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Deleting a workspace

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Click on the current workspace name in the status bar below the document window. Alternatively, select View→Workspaces→Configure workspace
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Select the workspace to be deleted
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. Click on the trash icon at the top of the dialog.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Switching between workspaces

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Click on the current workspace name in the status bar below the document window.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. In the resulting dialog box, click on the desired workspace
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. Press Select.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alternatively

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. Select View→Workspaces→Configure workspace
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. Click on the desired workspace in the menu.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore commands can be accessed via the main menus, toolbars, Properties panel or context menus, or by using keyboard shortcuts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pre-existing keyboard shortcut are shown alongside the commands in the main menus or context (right-click) menus, or by hovering the mouse pointer over an icon in a toolbar.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alternatively, you can view a list of commands and their shortcuts in Edit→Preferences→Shortcuts. This is also the place where you can create a shortcut or change an existing one. To locate a command in the list either scroll down the alphabetical order, or enter an appropriate keyword in the “Search shortcut” box.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Defining a shortcut

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To define a new shortcut, or change an existing one:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. From the menu bar, select Edit→Preferences→Shortcuts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Find the relevant command in the alphabetical list; use the Search box if needed.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Either double-click the relevant entry, or select the entry and click Define…
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    4. With the Enter shortcut sequence dialog open, press and hold the sequence of keys on your keyboard to use as the new shortcut.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    5. Press Save (or Cancel to exit the dialog without changing anything).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Resetting and clearing shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To reset a shortcut to its default:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. From the menu bar, select Edit→Preferences→Shortcuts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Find the relevant command in the alphabetical list; use the Search box if needed.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Select the entry and press Reset to default.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To clear (i.e. delete) a shortcut:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. From the menu bar, select Edit→Preferences→Shortcuts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Find the relevant command in the alphabetical list; use the Search box if needed.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Select the entry and press Clear.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note: You can select more than one shortcut if needed. Press the Shift key to establish a continuous range, or the Ctrl key for a list.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Importing and exporting shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To save the existing shortcuts or import a list of your own:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. From the menu bar, select Edit→Preferences→Shortcuts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Press Export to save the list; or Import to load a new shortcut list.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Preferences

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To edit Preferences (the appearance and general behavior of MuseScore), go to Edit→Preferences.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      These are divided logically into sections (see below); notice also the three buttons at the bottom of the window:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Reset preferences: Click on this to reset all preferences to their default values.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Cancel: Exit preferences without changing anything.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • OK: Exit preferences and apply any user changes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      General

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      You can specify your language, and autosave interval in “General”. See also Language.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      “Program start” allow you to choose what, if any, score you want displayed in the edit window after launching.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      “Folders” allows you to customize locations for any user folders (though it’s a good idea to leave them at default to start with if you are a new user).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Appearance

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Choose between light and dark options, and specify the accent color; there is also a high contrast option for visually impaired users.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      The system font is also the default for the MuseScore UI, but you can alter this if desired—and the font-size.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      You can set the score paper/color option and the background. For visually impaired there is an “Invert score” option which inverts the score colors (white to black and vice versa)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Canvas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Specify the default zoom level of the score, and the mouse zoom precision. Also how you want your score pages to scroll, and the degree of precision of mouse selection.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Save & publish

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Specify the autosave duration and options relating to generating and publishing audio on musescore.com and audio.com.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Note input

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Here you can specify whether to advance to the next note on key release (in MIDI input), whether to color notes outside of an instrument's usable range, whether to play notes when editing (and for how long), and customise how voice assignment for dynamics works.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Customize the default order of instruments for new scores, and default styles for scores and parts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Audio & MIDI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Specify audio device, buffer size and sample rate, MIDI input and output devices, and customize mixer behaviour.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MIDI mappings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Here you can map certain keys of your external MIDI keyboard to certain actions, for example to start or stop score playback, set note-entry duration, and so on.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Import

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Here you can specify a custom style file to use for imported files (MIDI and MusicXML), set the character set for imported binary files, customise MusicXML import, set the shortest note value to use in imported MIDI files, and choose whether to import the layout in MEI files.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      For details of the MusicXML options, see Working with MusicXML files.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      See Keyboard shortcuts for more information.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Update

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      By default MuseScore automatically checks for updates when online. You can turn this off by unchecking the box.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Folders

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Specify the default folders for scores, style files, templates, plugins and soundfonts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Advanced

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      A number of specialized options can be accessed here, such as voice color, and palette behavior.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Braille

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Enable or disable the braille panel, and customize its behavior.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Not to be confused with VST and VSTi.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A MuseScore plugin is a small piece of software that adds extra functionality to the program. A plugin need to be enabled first, and then executed by using the Plugins menu. Some plugins come pre-installed, they are disabled by default. There are also plugins created and shared by other musicians, anyone can download and use them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Managing plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Installing a new plugin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Search for available plugins at, for example:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • https://musescore.org/plugins [musescore.org→Download→Plugins]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Warning: Plugins can potentially contain bad or malicious code, which compromise the machine and damage the scores. All plugins shared on musescore.org's plugin repository are unvetted. No warranty of any kind is provided. Users should download from a trusted author or double-check the code themselves. Seek advice on the Plugins forum.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • https://github.com/topics/musescore-plugin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • https://github.com/topics/musescore-plugins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Make sure it is compatible with Musescore version.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3. Download the file:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • for musescore.org hosted .qml files, sometimes a web browser open it as plain text and refuses to download it as file. In that case, right click on a link and select Save link as...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • for github.com unpackaged code, download the project as a zip file by clicking Code: Download ZIP
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • for github.com packaged release, click on an appropriate item under Assets
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        4. (If it is a zip file) Extract it using an archive extraction software.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        5. Move the files to MuseScore's plugins folder, configurable at Preferences:General:Folders. The default directories are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Windows: C:\Users\[Your User Name]\Documents\MuseScore4\Plugins\
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • macOS: ~/Documents/MuseScore4/Plugins/
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Linux: ~/Documents/MuseScore4/Plugins
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Updating an existing plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Updating works the same way as installing, but remember to remove the files from the previous version to avoid duplicate plugins!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Enabling and disabling plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Click Home: Plugins or Plugins: Manage plugins...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Select a plugin and click Enable or Disable

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Running a plugin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1. Make sure the Score tab is currently opened.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        2. Select Plugins → [The plugin name]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        To assign a keyboard shortcut a plugin, use Home: Plugins or Plugins: Manage plugins....

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Pre-installed plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [work in progress, please provide missing info, write brief info on each]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        See https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/tree/master/share/plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Add Courtesy Accidentals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Color Notes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Lilypond Lyrics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Mirror Intervals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Modal Temperaments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Modal Tuning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • New Retrograde
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Note Names
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Remove Courtesy Accidentals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • Tuning

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Create a plugin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The plugin system of Musescore 4 is currently being redesigned and reimplemented.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        As of October 2023, Musescore 4.1.1 plugin system is mostly a somewhat restricted version of the Musescore 3 plugin system. Visit Developers' Handbook Plugins for 3.x Chapter for fundamentals, and Plugins for 4.x Chapter for info on the new parameters and porting a Musescore 3 plugin to MuseScore 4.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        • MuseScore 3 features not implemented in MuseScore 4

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            还有其他质量非常好的第三方教程材料、视频流和社区,适用于不同级别的 Musescore 在线用户,最引人注目的是 Marc Sabatella 先生创建的精通 MuseScore。虽然 Marc Sabatella 为 MuseScore 代码库和官方教程材料做出大量贡献已有累时,并孜孜不倦地帮助社区,但其网站与 Muse 集团或者其任何子公司没有关联。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Troubleshooting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Browse the How-to's first

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Installation issues

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • "This file came from another computer ..." message see microsoft.com support
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Muse Hub on Fedora (Nobara) and/or other Linux distros

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Score issues

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The most useful pages from How to:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • How to fix MuseScore 4 corrupted files
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • How to fix a score that contains corruptions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • How to recover a backup copy of a score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Display issues

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sound issues

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Printing issues

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              恢复出厂设置

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                概览

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                若您的应用程序偏好设置错乱, 则可能需要重置Musescore 应用程序偏好设置。这将删除自定符号面板和自定快捷键,并清除文件菜单与主标签页:乐谱下的的最近打开乐谱, 但不会删除任何乐谱文件。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                在重置前, 请尽管在MuseScore中文论坛咨询志愿者。请自己决定是否继续重置,Muse集团和在线社区不对任何数据丢失负责。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                从菜单恢复出厂设置

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. 选择 帮助→恢复出厂设置.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. 选择 恢复 以重置。
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. 选择 重启 以重启应用程序。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                从命令行恢复出厂设置

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                如果MuseScore没有启动, 您须通过命令行来运行本进程.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Windows

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                来源: https://musescore.org/en/node/342982

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. 如果您打开了 MuseScore,则需要先关闭它 (File → Quit)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. 按下⊞ Win +R 以打开运行对话框。或用鼠标选择 “开始” 并输入“运行”, 然后单击“运行”程序。
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. 点击 浏览…
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                4. 在您的计算机上查找 MuseScore4.exe。其位置可能因您的安装而异,但它很可能在 我的电脑→ 本地磁盘 → Program Files → MuseScore 4 → bin → MuseScore4.exe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                5. 点击 打开 可退出浏览对话框并返回到运行对话框。 在运行对话框中应显示以下文本(或类似的内容):

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                C:\Program Files\MuseScore 4\bin\MuseScore4.exe
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                或
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                %ProgramFiles%\MuseScore 4\bin\MuseScore4.exe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                对于 Windows 应用商店版本 (Windows 10),它隐藏得很好,请通过 Windows 资源管理器搜索它

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. 在引号之后单击并添加一个空格,后跟一个连字符和一个大写的F: -F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. 点击 确定

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                几秒钟后, MuseScore应该会启动,所有设置都会恢复为“出厂设置”。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                对于高级用户,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                主偏好设置文件位于:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                C:\用户\[用户名]\AppData\Roaming\MuseScore\MuseScore4.ini
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                或
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                %APPDATA%\MuseScore\MuseScore4.ini

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                最近打开文件的列表位于:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                C:\用户\[用户名]\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore4\recent_files.json
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                或
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                %LOCALAPPDATA%\MuseScore\MuseScore4\recent_files.json

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                其他偏好设置(符号面板、会话、快捷方式、工作区、日志等)位于:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                C:\用户\[用户名]\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore4\
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                或
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                %LOCALAPPDATA%\MuseScore\MuseScore4\

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                对于 Windows 应用商店版本 (Windows 10),这些都隐藏得很好,请通过 Windows 资源管理器搜索它们。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                macOS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                本节 (macOS) 所编写的说明 **未经测试,且尚未在线上找到 Musescore 4 特定的 macOS 测试结果 (截至 2023 年 10 月)。 以下内容改编自 Musescore 3 https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/revert-factory-settings。请测试它,纠正错误,并删除本段落.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. 如果您打开了 MuseScore,则需要先关闭它 (MuseScore → Quit)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. 打开 “终端” (在 “应用程序” / “实用工具” 中, 或通过 Spotlight 搜索),应该会出现一个会话窗口
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. 在终端行中输入(或复制/粘贴)以下命令(包括前面的“/”):

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                /Applications/MuseScore\ 4.app/Contents/MacOS/mscore -F

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                这会将所有 MuseScore 偏好设置重置为出厂设置,并立即启动 MuseScore。请注意,如果不退出 MuseScore,则无法退出终端。您可以安全地退出 MuseScore,退出终端,然后以正常方式重新打开MuseScore,继续使用。

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                For advanced users, the main MuseScore preference file is located at ~/Library/Preferences/org.musescore.MuseScore4.plist. Often, deleting this file has no effect: macOS stores a cached copy of the settings in some unknown location. The correct way to delete this file, is by running the following command in the Terminal app:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                defaults delete org.musescore.MuseScore4

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The other preferences (palettes, session, shortcuts, workspaces, logs,...) (Those are not cached by macOS.) are in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ~/Library/Application\ Support/MuseScore/MuseScore4/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Linux

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                source : https://musescore.org/en/node/345932

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The following is true for Ubuntu, and most likely all other Linux distributions and UNIX-style operating systems.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. If you have MuseScore open, you need to quit the application first (File→Quit)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. From the Ubuntu main menu, choose Applications→Accessories→Terminal. A Terminal session window should appear
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. Type, (or copy/paste) the following command into your terminal line (Ctrl+Shift+V to paste in Terminal):

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                mscore -F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                musescore -F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                mscore4portable -F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Or, if you are using the AppImage version, use the cd command to change directory to wherever you saved the AppImage. For example, if you saved it to your Desktop (and there is only one):
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                cd ~/Desktop
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ./MuseScore*.AppImage -F

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This resets all MuseScore preferences to factory settings and immediately launches the MuseScore application. You can now quit Terminal, and continue using MuseScore.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                For advanced users,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                the main MuseScore preference file is located at
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-~/.config}/MuseScore/MuseScore4.ini

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The other preferences (palettes, session, shortcuts, workspaces,logs, …) are in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/MuseScore/MuseScore4/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Known incompatibilities

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  附录

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Command line usage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    PLEASE NOTE: This page was copied from the equivalent page in the MuseScore 3 Handbook. If you find an option that no longer works in MuseScore 4, please report it on GitHub and add a note next to that option on this page. If the option was intentionally removed from MuseScore 4 then please delete it from this page.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MSCORE(1) — General Commands Manual Page

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    NAME

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    mscore, MuseScore4 — MuseScore 4 sheet music editor

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SYNOPSIS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    You can launch MuseScore from the command line by typing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • mscore [options] [filename …] (Mac and Linux/BSD/Unix)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • musescore [options] [filename …] (Linux/BSD/Unix)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • mscore4portable [options] [filename …] (Linux AppImage)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • MuseScore4.exe [options] [filename …] (Windows)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [options] and [filename] are optional. For this to work the MuseScore executable must be in %PATH% (Windows) resp. $PATH (Mac and Linux). If it is not, see Revert to factory settings for detailed instructions on how and where to find and execute the MuseScore executable from the command line on the various supported platforms.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A more detailed synopsis follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    mscore [-deFfhIiLmnOPRstvw]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-b | --bitrate bitrate]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-c | --config-folder pathname]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-D | --monitor-resolution DPI]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-d | --debug]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-E | --install-extension extension file]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-e | --experimental]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-F | --factory-settings]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-f | --force]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-h | -? | --help]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-I | --dump-midi-in]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-i | --load-icons]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-j | --job file.json]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-L | --layout-debug]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-M | --midi-operations file]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-m | --no-midi]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-n | --new-score]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-O | --dump-midi-out]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-o | --export-to file]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-P | --export-score-parts]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-p | --plugin name]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-R | --revert-settings]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-r | --image-resolution DPI]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-S | --style style]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-s | --no-synthesizer]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-T | --trim-image margin]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-t | --test-mode]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-v | --version]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-w | --no-webview]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [-x | --gui-scaling factor]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--diff]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--long-version]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--no-fallback-font]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--raw-diff]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--run-test-script]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--score-media]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--score-meta]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--highlight-config]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--score-parts]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--score-parts-pdf]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--score-transpose]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--sound-profile]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--source-update]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [--template-mode]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [file ...]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    DESCRIPTION

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore is a Free and Open Source WYSIWYG cross-platform multi-lingual music composition and notation software, released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPLv3).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Running mscore without any extra options launches the full graphical MuseScore program and opens any files specified on the command line.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The options are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -b | --bitrate bitrate

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set MP3 output bitrate in kbit/s

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -c | --config-folder pathname

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Override configuration and settings directory

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -D | --monitor-resolution DPI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Specify monitor resolution (override autodetection)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -d | --debug

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Start MuseScore in debug mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -E | --install-extension extension file

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Install an extension file; soundfonts are loaded by default unless -e is also specified

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -e | --experimental

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enable experimental features, such as layers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -F | --factory-settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use only the standard built-in presets (“factory settings”) and delete user preferences; compare with the -R option (see also Revert to factory settings)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -f | --force

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ignore score corruption and version mismatch warnings in “converter mode”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -h | -? | --help

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Display an overview of invocation instructions (doesn’t work on Windows)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -I | --dump-midi-in

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Display all MIDI input on the console

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -i | --load-icons

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Load icons from the filesystem; useful if you want to edit the MuseScore icons and preview the changes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -j | --job file.json

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Process a conversion job (see EXAMPLES below)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -L | --layout-debug

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Start MuseScore in layout debug mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -M | --midi-operations file

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Specify MIDI import operations file (see EXAMPLES below)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -m | --no-midi

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Disable MIDI input

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -n | --new-score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Start with the New Score wizard regardless whether it’s enabled or disabled in the user preferences

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -O | --dump-midi-out

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Display all MIDI output on the console

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -o | --export-to file

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Export the given (or currently opened) file to the specified output file. The file type depends on the extension of the filename given. This option switches to “converter mode” and avoids the graphical user interface.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -P | --export-score-parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    When converting to PDF with the -o option, append each part’s pages to the created PDF file. If the score has no parts, all default parts will temporarily be generated automatically.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -p | --plugin name

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Execute the named plugin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -R | --revert-settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use only the standard built-in presets (“factory settings”) but do not delete user preferences; compare with the -F option

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -r | --image-resolution DPI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set image resolution for conversion to PNG files. Default: 300 DPI (actually, the value of “Resolution” of the PNG option group in the Export tab of the preferences)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -S | --style style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Load a style file first; useful for use with the -o option

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -s | --no-synthesizer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Disable the integrated software synthesizer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -T | --trim-image margin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Trim exported PNG and SVG images to remove whitespace surrounding the score. The specified margin, in pixels, will be retained (use 0 for a tightly cropped image). When exporting to SVG, this option only works with single-page scores.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -t | --test-mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set test mode flag for all files, includes --template-mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -v | --version

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Display the name and version of the application without starting the graphical user interface (doesn’t work on Windows)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -w | --no-webview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Disable the web view component in the Start Center

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    -x | --gui-scaling factor

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Scale the score display and other GUI elements by the specified factor; intended for use with high-resolution displays

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --diff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Print a conditioned diff between the given scores

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --long-version

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Display the full name, version and git revision of the application without starting the graphical user interface (doesn’t work on Windows)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --no-fallback-font

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Don’t use Bravura as fallback musical font

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --raw-diff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Print a raw diff between the given scores

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --run-test-script

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Run script tests listed in the command line arguments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --score-media

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Export all media (except MP3) for a given score as a single JSON document to stdout

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --highlight-config

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set highlight to svg, generated from a given score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --score-meta

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Export score metadata to JSON document and print it to stdout

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --score-parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Generate parts data for the given score and save them to separate mscz files

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --score-parts-pdf

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Generate parts data for the given score and export it as a single JSON document to stdout

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --score-transpose

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Transpose the given score and export the data to a single JSON file, print it to stdout

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --sound-profile sound-profile

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use with '-o .mp3' or with '-j ', override the sound profile in the given score(s).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Possible values: "MuseScore Basic", "Muse Sounds"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --source-update

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Update the source in the given score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    --template-mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Save files in template mode (e.g. without page sizes)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore also supports the automatic Qt command line options.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Batch conversion job JSON format

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The argument to the -j option must be the pathname of a file comprised of a valid JSON document honoring the following specification:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The top-level element must be a JSONArray, which may be empty.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Each array element must be a JSONObject with the following keys:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • in: Value is the name of the input file (score to convert), as JSONString.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • plugin: Value is the filename of a plugin (with the .qml extension), which will be read from either the global or per-user plugin path and executed before the conversion output happens, as JSONString. Optional, but at least one of plugin and out must be given.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • out: Value is the conversion output target, as defined below. Optional, but at least one of plugin and out must be given.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The conversion output target may be a filename (with extension, which decided the format to convert to), as JSONString.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The conversion output target may be a JSONArray of filenames as JSONString, as above, which will cause the score to be written to multiple output files (in multiple output formats) sequentially, without being closed, re-opened and re-processed in between.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • If the conversion output target is a JSONArray, one or more of its elements may also be, each, a JSONArray of two JSONStrings (called first and second half in the following description). This will cause part extraction: for each such two-tuple, all extant parts of the score will be saved individually, with filenames being composed by concatenating the first half, the name (title) of the part, and the second half. The resulting string must be a valid filename (with extension, determining the output format). If a score has no parts (excerpts) defined, this will be silently ignored without error.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Valid file extensions for output are:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      flac
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Free Lossless Audio Codec (compressed audio)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      metajson
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      various score metadata (JSON)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      mid
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      standard MIDI file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      midi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      standard MIDI file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      mlog
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      internal file sanity check log (JSON)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      mp3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      MPEG Layer III (lossy compressed audio)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      mpos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      measure positions (XML)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      mscx
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      uncompressed MuseScore file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      mscz
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      compressed MuseScore file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      musicxml
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      uncompressed MusicXML file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      mxl
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      compressed MusicXML file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      ogg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      OGG Vorbis (lossy compressed audio)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      pdf
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      portable document file (print)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      portable network graphics (image) — Individual files, one per score page, with a hyphen-minus followed by the page number placed before the file extension, will be generated.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      spos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      segment positions (XML)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      svg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      scalable vector graphics (image)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      wav
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      RIFF Waveform (uncompressed audio)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      xml
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      uncompressed MusicXML file

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See below for an example.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ENVIRONMENT

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SKIP_LIBJACK
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set this (the value does not matter) to skip initialization of the JACK Audio Connection Kit library, in case it causes trouble.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    XDG_CONFIG_HOME
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    User configuration location; defaults to ~/.config if unset.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    XDG_DATA_HOME
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    User data location; defaults to ~/.local/share if unset.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note that MuseScore also supports the normal Qt environment variables such as QT_QPA_GENERIC_PLUGINS, QT_QPA_PLATFORM, QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME, QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH, QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE, DISPLAY, etc.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    FILES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    /usr/share/mscore-4.0/ contains the application support data (demos, instruments, localization, system-wide plugins, soundfonts, styles, chords, templates and wallpapers). In the Debian packages, system-wide soundfonts are installed into /usr/share/sounds/sf2/, /usr/share/sounds/sf3/ or /usr/share/sounds/sfz/, respectively, instead.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The per-user data (extensions, plugins, soundfonts, styles, templates) and files (images, scores) are normally installed into subdirectories under ~/MuseScore4/ but may be changed in the configuration. Note that snapshot, alpha and beta versions use MuseScore4Development instead of MuseScore4 in all of these paths.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/MuseScore/MuseScore4.ini contains the user preferences, list of recently used files and their locations, window sizes and positions, etc. See above for development version paths.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    $XDG_DATA_HOME/data/MuseScore/MuseScore4/ contains updated localization files downloaded from within the program, plugin information, cached scores, credentials for the musescore.com community site, session information, synthesizer settings, custom key and time signatures and shortcuts. See above for development version paths.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    EXAMPLES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Convert a score to PDF from the command line

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    mscore -o 'My Score.pdf' 'My Score.mscz'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Run a batch job converting multiple documents

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    mscore -j job.json
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    This requires assumes a file job.json exists in the current working directory with content similar to the following:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            "in": "MyScore1.mscz",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            "out": "MyScore1.pdf"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        },
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            "in": "MyScore2.mscz",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            "plugin": "colornotes.qml",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            "out": [
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                "MyScore2-notecolors.pdf",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                "MyScore2-notecolors.svg"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        },
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        {
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            "in": "MyScore3.mscz",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            "out": [
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                "MyScore3.pdf",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                "MyScore3.musicxml",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                "MyScore3.mid",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    "MyScore3 (",
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    " part).pdf"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    If MyScore3.mscz contains excerpts (instrumental parts) then the syntax above would cause files like “MyScore3 (Violin part).pdf” to be generated alongside the conductor’s PDF and MusicXML files, as well as a MIDI file with the full orchestral sound. If MyScore3.mscz has no excerpts defined then only the conductor’s PDF, MusicXML, and orchestral MIDI files will be generated, while the request for part PDFs is silently ignored.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MIDI import operations

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The attached midi_import_options.xml is a sample MIDI import operations file for the -M option.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    DIAGNOSTICS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The mscore utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SEE ALSO

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    fluidsynth(1), midicsv(1), timidity(1), qtoptions(7)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://musescore.org/handbook

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Online Handbook, full user manual

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://musescore.org/forum

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Support Forum

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://musescore.org/en/node/278582

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Reverting to factory settings (troubleshooting)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Project Issue Tracker — Please check first to if the bug you’re encountering has already been reported. If you just need help with something, then please use the support forum instead.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qguiapplication.html#supported-command-line-optio…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Documentation of automatic Qt command line options

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    STANDARDS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore attempts to implement the following standards:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • MusicXML 3.1 (score interchange format)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • SF2 (SoundFont 2.01)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • SF3 (SoundFont with OGG Vorbis-compressed samples)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • SFZ (Sforzato soundfont)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • SMuFL (Standard Music Font Layout 1.20)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    HISTORY

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore was split off the MusE sequencer in 2002 and has since become the foremost Open Source notation software.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    AUTHORS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore is developed by MuseScore BVBA and others.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    This manual page was written by mirabilos <tg@debian.org>.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    CAVEATS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The automatic Qt command line options are removed from the argument vector before the application has a chance at option processing; this means that an invocation like mscore -S -reverse has no chance at working because the -reverse is removed by Qt first.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    BUGS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • MuseScore Studio does not honor /etc/papersize.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Probably some more; check the project’s bug tracker (cf. SEE ALSO).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    All keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    On macOS, make the following substitutions:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Replace Ctrl with Cmd (or ⌘)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Replace Alt with Option (or ⌥)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Replace Home with Fn+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Replace End with Fn+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Replace PgUp with Fn+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Replace PgDn with Fn+Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add Fn with function keys

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Keyboard Map

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Click on image for full resolution. Or use this Print Friendly PDF version
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    QWERTY keyboard shortcut map image

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Page navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Zoom in Ctrl+= Cmd+=
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Zoom out Ctrl+- Cmd+-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Zoom to 100% Ctrl+0 Cmd+0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to first element in score Ctrl+Home Cmd+Fn+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to last element in score Ctrl+End Cmd+Fn+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump to next screen PgUp Fn+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump to previous screen PgDn Fn+Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump to top of first page Home Fn+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump to bottom of last page End Fn+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump to next page Ctrl+PgUp Cmd+Fn+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump to previous page Ctrl+PgDn Cmd+Fn+Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Find / Go to Ctrl+F Cmd+F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accessibility: get location Shift+L Shift+L
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Show/hide timeline F12 Fn+F12

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select next chord Right Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select previous chord Left Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to next measure Ctrl+Right Cmd+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to previous measure Ctrl+Left Cmd+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select next element in score Alt+Right Option+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select previous element in score Alt+Left Option+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select next in-staff element Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Cmd+Option+Shift+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select previous in-staff element Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Cmd+Option+Shift+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select note/rest above Alt+Up Option+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select note/rest below Alt+Down Option+Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select top note in chord Ctrl+Alt+Up Cmd+Option+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select bottom note in chord Ctrl+Alt+Down Cmd+Option+Down

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note input

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    General

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note input: toggle note input mode N N
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note input: toggle 're-pitch existing notes' mode Ctrl+Shift+I Cmd+Shift+I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note input: toggle 'insert' mode Ctrl+I Cmd+I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Show/hide piano keyboard P P
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use voice 1 Ctrl+Alt+1 Cmd+Option+1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use voice 2 Ctrl+Alt+2 Cmd+Option+2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use voice 3 Ctrl+Alt+3 Cmd+Option+3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use voice 4 Ctrl+Alt+4 Cmd+Option+4

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Duration

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration 1 – 9 1 – 9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: 64th note 1 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: 32nd note 2 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: 16th note 3 3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: 8th note 4 4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: quarter note 5 5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: half note 6 6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: whole note 7 7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: double whole note 8 8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: longa 9 9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle duration dot . .
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet Ctrl+2 – Ctrl+9 Cmd+2 – Cmd+9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet: duplet Ctrl+2 Cmd+2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet: triplet Ctrl+3 Cmd+3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet: quadruplet Ctrl+4 Cmd+4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet: quintuplet Ctrl+5 Cmd+5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet: sextuplet Ctrl+6 Cmd+6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet: septuplet Ctrl+7 Cmd+7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet: octuplet Ctrl+8 Cmd+8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet: nonuplet Ctrl+9 Cmd+9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add tied note T T
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Halve selected duration Q Q
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Double selected duration W W
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Halve selected duration (includes dotted values) Shift+Q Shift+Q
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Double select duration (includes dotted values) Shift+W Shift+W
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert full measure rest Ctrl+Shift+Del Cmd+Shift+Del

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pitch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter note A – G A – G
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter note A A A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter note B B B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter note C C C
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter note D D D
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter note E E E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter note F F F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter note G G G
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add note to chord Shift+A – Shift+G Shift+A – Shift+G
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add note A to chord Shift+A Shift+A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add note B to chord Shift+B Shift+B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add note C to chord Shift+C Shift+C
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add note D to chord Shift+D Shift+D
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add note E to chord Shift+E Shift+E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add note F to chord Shift+F Shift+F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add note G to chord Shift+G Shift+G
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval Alt+1 – Alt+9 Option+1 – Option+9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval: unison Alt+1 Option+1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval: second above Alt+2 Option+2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval: third above Alt+3 Option+3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval: fourth above Alt+4 Option+4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval: fifth above Alt+5 Option+5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval: sixth above Alt+6 Option+6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval: seventh above Alt+7 Option+7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval: octave above Alt+8 Option+8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter interval: ninth above Alt+9 Option+9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle accidental: flat - -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle accidental: natural = =
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle accidental: sharp + +
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter rest 0 0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add grace note: acciaccatura / /

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tablature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration (TAB) Shift+0 – Shift+9 Shift+0 – Shift+9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: 128th note (TAB) Shift+0 Shift+0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: 64th note (TAB) Shift+1 Shift+1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: 32nd note (TAB) Shift+2 Shift+2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: 16th note (TAB) Shift+3 Shift+3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: 8th note (TAB) Shift+4 Shift+4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: quarter note (TAB) Shift+5 Shift+5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: half note (TAB) Shift+6 Shift+6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration: whole note (TAB) Shift+7 Shift+7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 0 – 9 0 – 9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret A – K A – K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 0 0 0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 1 1 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 2 2 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 3 3 3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 4 4 4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 5 5 5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 6 6 6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 7 7 7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 8 8 8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 9 9 9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 0 A A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 1 B B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 2 C C
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 3 D D
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 4 E E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 5 F F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 6 G G
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 7 H H
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 8 J J
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter TAB: fret 9 K K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to string above (TAB) Up Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to string below (TAB) Down Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle ghost note Shift+X Shift+X

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select all Ctrl+A Cmd+A
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add to selection: previous note/rest Shift+Left Shift+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add to selection: next note/rest Shift+Right Shift+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add to selection: staff above Shift+Up Shift+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add to selection: staff below Shift+Down Shift+Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select to beginning of measure Ctrl+Shift+Left Cmd+Shift+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select to end of measure Ctrl+Shift+Right Cmd+Shift+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select to beginning of line Shift+Home Shift+Fn+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select to end of line Shift+End Shift+Fn+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select to beginning of score Ctrl+Shift+Home Cmd+Shift+Fn+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Select to end of score Ctrl+Shift+End Cmd+Shift+Fn+Right

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    General

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Escape Esc Esc
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Undo Ctrl+Z Cmd+Z
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Redo Ctrl+Shift+Z Cmd+Shift+Z
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Copy Ctrl+C Cmd+C
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cut Ctrl+X Cmd+X
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Paste Ctrl+V Cmd+V
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Copy/paste: swap with clipboard Ctrl+Shift+X Cmd+Shift+X
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Repeat selection R R
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert one measure before selection Ins Ins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert measures before selection Ctrl+Ins Cmd+Ins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert one measure at end of score Ctrl+B Cmd+B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert measures at end of score Alt+Shift+B Option+Shift+B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Delete Del Del
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Delete selected measures Ctrl+Del Cmd+Del
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Show/hide properties F8 Fn+F8
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Edit element F2 Fn+F2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move chord/rest left Shift+Left Shift+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move chord/rest right Shift+Right Shift+Right

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Duration

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set duration 1 – 9 1 – 9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enter tuplet Ctrl+2 – Ctrl+9 Cmd+2 – Cmd+9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add tied note T T
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Halve selected duration Q Q
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Double select duration W W
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Halve selected duration (includes dotted values) Shift+Q Shift+Q
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Double selected duration (includes dotted values) Shift+W Shift+W
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Paste half duration Ctrl+Shift+Q Cmd+Shift+Q (prior to 4.2)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ctrl+Shift+Q (as of 4.2)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Paste double duration Ctrl+Shift+W Crrl+Shift+W (prior to 4.2)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Crrl+Shift+W (as of 4.2)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert full measure rest Ctrl+Shift+Del Cmd+Shift+Del

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pitch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle accidental: flat - -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle accidental: natural = =
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle accidental: sharp + +
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move pitch/selection up Up Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move pitch/selection down Down Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move pitch up an octave Ctrl+Up Cmd+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move pitch down an octave Ctrl+Down Cmd+Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move pitch up diatonically Alt+Shift+Up Option+Shift+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move pitch down diatonically Alt+Shift+Down Option+Shift+Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Change enharmonic spelling (concert and written pitch) J J
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Change enharmonic spelling (current pitch only) Ctrl+J Cmd+J
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move note to higher string (TAB) Ctrl+Up Cmd+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move note to lower string (TAB) Ctrl+Down Cmd+Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle ghost note (TAB) Shift+X Shift+X

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Flip direction X X
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mirror notehead Shift+X Shift+X
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use voice 1 Ctrl+Alt+1 Cmd+Option+1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use voice 2 Ctrl+Alt+2 Cmd+Option+2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use voice 3 Ctrl+Alt+3 Cmd+Option+3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Use voice 4 Ctrl+Alt+4 Cmd+Option+4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move selected note/rest to staff above Ctrl+Shift+Up Cmd+Shift+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move selected note/rest to staff below Ctrl+Shift+Down Cmd+Shift+Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle multimeasure rest (prior to 4.4) M M
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle multimeasure rest (as of 4.4) Ctrl+Shift+M Cmd+Shift+M

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Manual adjustment

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move text left Left Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move text right Right Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move text left quickly Ctrl+Left Cmd+Left
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move text right quickly Ctrl+Right Cmd+Right
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move selection up Up Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move selection down Down Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move selection up quickly Ctrl+Up Cmd+Up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Move selection down quickly Ctrl+Down Cmd+Down

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    General

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add text: staff text Ctrl+T Cmd+T
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add text: expression text Ctrl+E Cmd+E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add text: system text Ctrl+Shift+T Cmd+Shift+T
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add text: tempo marking Alt+Shift+T Option+Shift+T
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add text: rehearsal mark Ctrl+M Cmd+M
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert special characters Shift+F2 Shift+Fn+F2

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Formatting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Format text: bold face Ctrl+B Cmd+B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Format text: italic Ctrl+I Cmd+I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Format text: underline Ctrl+U Cmd+U
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert flat Ctrl+Shift+B Cmd+Shift+B
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert natural Ctrl+Shift+H Cmd+Shift+H
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert sharp Ctrl+Shift+# Cmd+Shift+#
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert dynamics p Ctrl+Shift+P Cmd+Shift+P
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert dynamics m Ctrl+Shift+M Cmd+Shift+M
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert dynamics f Ctrl+Shift+F Cmd+Shift+F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert dynamics n Ctrl+Shift+N Cmd+Shift+N
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert dynamics r Ctrl+Shift+R Cmd+Shift+R
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert dynamics s Ctrl+Shift+S Cmd+Shift+S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert dynamics z Ctrl+Shift+Z Cmd+Shift+Z

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add text: lyrics Ctrl+L Cmd+L
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to next syllable Space Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to previous syllable Shift+Space Shift+Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lyrics: enter hyphen - -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lyrics: enter melisma _ _
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add lyric verse Return Return
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to next lyric verse Down Down
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Go to previous lyric verse Up Up

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chord symbols, Roman numeral analysis, Nashville numbers, figured bass

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add text: chord symbol Ctrl+K Cmd+K
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add text: figured bass Ctrl+G Cmd+G
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Next text element Space Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Previous text element Shift+Space Shift+Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Advance cursor: next beat ; ;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Advance cursor: previous beat Shift+; Shift+;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Advance cursor: duration Ctrl+1 – Ctrl+9 Cmd+1 – Cmd+9

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other score elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Show/hide palettes F9 Fn+F9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Search palettes Ctrl+F9 Cmd+Fn+F9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Open master palette Shift+F9 Shift+Fn+F9
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add slur S S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add articulation: accent Shift+V Shift+V
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add articulation: marcato Shift+O Shift+O
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add articulation: staccato Shift+S Shift+S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add articulation: tenuto Shift+N Shift+N
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add hairpin: crescendo < <
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add hairpin: decrescendo > >
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add parentheses to element ( (

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score setup and formatting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add/remove instruments I I
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Open instruments dialog F7 Fn+F7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle visibility of elements V V
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Decrease layout stretch { {
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Increase layout stretch } }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add/remove system break Return Return
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add/remove page break Ctrl+Return Cmd+Return
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Reset shapes and positions Ctrl+R Cmd+R

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    File Operations

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    New Ctrl+N Cmd+N
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Open Ctrl+O Cmd+O
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Close Ctrl+W Cmd+W
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Save Ctrl+S Cmd+S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Save as Ctrl+Shift+S Cmd+Shift+S
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Print Ctrl+P Cmd+P
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Quit Ctrl+Q Cmd+Q

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    User interface

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Play Space Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Show/hide mixer F10 Fn+F10

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accessibility

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Next UI group Tab Tab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Previous UI group Shift+Tab Shift+Tab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Next UI pane/window F6 Fn+F6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Previous UI pane/window Shift+F6 Shift+Fn+F6

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action Windows/Linux macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Multiinstances Ctrl+F3 Cmd+Fn+F3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Full screen F11 Fn+F11

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Known incompatibilities

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changes for MDL percussion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Muse Drumline (MDL2) is a free Muse Sounds library available for MuseScore Studio. It’s the successor to MuseScore Drumline (MDL1), an optional extension for MuseScore 3.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    If you open a MuseScore 3 score in MuseScore Studio, a dialog appears informing you about changes to the appearance of your score. Starting in MuseScore Studio 4.4, this dialog now includes a checkbox to enable our new notation and sound mapping for MDL percussion.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    migration_dialogs.png

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    This checkbox must be checked in order for marching percussion instruments from MDL1 to sound correct during playback with MS Basic and Muse Sounds. The checkbox has no effect on other instruments besides the ones from MDL1.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sound mapping

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MDL2 and MS Basic use a particular set of MIDI pitches to represent percussion sounds. This means scores created with MDL2 are compatible with MS Basic, and vice versa.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    However, MDL1 used a different set of MIDI pitches to represent percussion sounds, so when opening a score that contains notes for MDL1 instruments, it’s necessary to convert these to the MDL2 pitches, otherwise playback would sound wrong (you might hear a rimshot instead of a roll, for example).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Some sounds from MDL1 don’t have an exact match in MDL2. In a few cases, multiple MDL1 pitches are mapped to a single pitch in MDL2. This means some percussion notes that looked and sounded different in MuseScore 3 might now look and sound the same as each other in MuseScore Studio.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Conversion to the new pitch mapping is a one-way process, and it must be done when you first open the score in MuseScore 4. As always, if you’re not ready to fully commit to the new version, we recommend that you save the score as a new file, leaving the original file from MuseScore 3 unmodified.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In addition to some previously distinct notes now looking the same as each other, the conversion process also applies a new drumset definition to MDL1 percussion instruments. This further alters the notation of these instruments, changing the shapes of some noteheads and making them appear lower or higher on the staff.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Unlike the pitch mapping, which is fixed, the drumset notation changes can be freely altered via the Edit Drumset dialog after the score is loaded.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Upgrade from MuseScore 3.x

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Keyboard Shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See All keyboard shortcuts for MuseScore 4. Here are the common ones that have changed or are entirely new:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Action MuseScore 3 MuseScore 4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Add tied note + T
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Next Measure (Chord Symbol Entry) Tab Ctrl/Cmd+→
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Previous Measure (Chord Symbol Entry) Shift+Tab Ctrl/Cmd+←
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle accidental: flat None -
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle accidental: natural None =
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toggle accidental: sharp None +
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Edit element Alt+Shift+E F2 or Alt+Shift+E
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert special characters... F2 Shift+F2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump to next UI pane None F6 or ` (backtick / grave accent)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump to previous UI pane None Shift+F6 or Shift+`
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Show / hide selection filter F6 None

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other changes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • What used to be the Inspector in MuseScore 3 is the Properties tab in MuseScore 4.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The tool to switch between page view and continuous view is now at the bottom right of the MuseScore window.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Same for the Zoom control.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Same for the Concert pitch toggle.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • To (temporarily) change the playback speed you now need to undock the Play Panel.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The "Toggle MIDI" button now is behind the Play Panel's cog wheel.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fermata is now in the Breaths & Pauses palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Hiding an instrument now mutes it by default. However, you can now hide the individual staves of the instrument, which is more flexible.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The Text tool is now in the Text Properties, partly 'hidden' behind the More botton.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Missing Features

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Due to the nature of the upgrade some features previously present in MuseScore 3 have not (yet) been included. See this page in the developers' handbook for a listing of those items.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Upgrade from MuseScore 2.x or 1.x

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Handbook for MuseScore 3.x

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Handbook for MuseScore 2.x

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Handbook for MuseScore 1.x

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Glossary

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Listed below are technicial terms and musical terms, which are frequently used in MuseScore or in the Handbook. Links to relevant handbook chapter are provided. To help musicians who are capable of reading a notation but do not know its proper name, image is provided. This chapter does not aim to be a dictionary of all musical notations, see External links.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The differences between American English and British English are marked with "(AE)" and "(BE)", respectively. Editors and translators of this chapter should add the individual entry for each term.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Acciaccatura
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Acciaccatura A short grace note which appears as a small note with a stroke through the stem. Musescore creates a quick playback, the playback duration is not affected by duration of the parent note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accidental
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    An accidental is a sign appearing in front of a note that raises or lowers its pitch. See Entering notes and rests:Accidentals. chapter. Musescore creates playback for common accidentals only, they includes sharps, flats, naturals, double sharps, double flats, and triple flats. To create microtonal accidentals such as quarter tone, see Tuning systems, microtonal notation system, and playback Chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ambitus
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note (or vocal) range used in a staff. Used particularly in early music. See Ambitus chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Anacrusis (mostly BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See Pickup measure.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Anchor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The point of attachment to the score of objects such as Text and Lines: When the object is dragged, the anchor appears as small brown circle connected to the object by a dotted line. Depending on the object selected, its anchor may be attached to either (a) a note (e.g. fingering), (b) a staff line (e.g. staff text), or (c) a barline (e.g. repeats).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Appoggiatura
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A long grace note which takes value from its associated note. Musescore creates playback as such. It is acceptable to execute written appoggiatura as acciaccatura nowadays but Musescore does not create such playback. Appoggiatura's functions include: passing tone, anticipation, struck suspension, and escape tone.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Arpeggio
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    An arpeggio tells the performer to break up the chord into the constituent notes, playing them separately and one after the other. The arrow arpeggio symbol indicates the direction in which the player should play the notes of the chord. See Arpeggios and glissandi chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Arpeggio
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Articulation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A marking or symbol indicating how a note should be played, usually by altering the length of a note or shaping its attack and decay. See Articulation chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    B

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Bar (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See measure.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Barline
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Vertical line through a staff, staves, or a full system that separates measures. See Barline chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Beam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notes with a duration of an eighth or shorter either carry a flag or a beam. Beams are used for grouping notes. See also French Beam. See Beam chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    BPM
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A tempo displaying unit only used inside Musescore's Play toolbar. BPM is the amount of quarter notes would have been within one minute. It is not the number used in metronome tempo markings on a score. See Playback controls chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Breve, or Brevis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A double whole note or breve is a note that has the duration of two whole notes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    C

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Caesura
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A caesura (//) is a brief, silent pause. Time is not counted for this period, and music resumes when the director signals. See Breaths and pauses chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Caesura
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Capo (text)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A text to indicate the setting of the transposing device used on an instrument. See Applying capos. Not to be confused with Da capo (D.C.).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    An interval equal to one hundredth of a semitone, used by Tuning property of a note. See Properties panel chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chord
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. A group of two or more notes sounding together.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. In Musescore, only notes sounding together that have same duration inside one Musescore Voice constitute a chord. To select a chord in MuseScore, press Shift and click on a note. See Working with multiple voices chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. In Musescore, a chord symbol. See Chord symbols chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Clef
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A musical symbol used to indicate which notes are represented by the lines and spaces on a →staff. See Clefs chapter. See also courtesy clef.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Coda
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. A passage that brings a piece (or a movement) to an end.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. The navigation marker which resembles a set of crosshairs. It is used where the exit from a repeated section is within that section rather than at the end. See also segno sign. See Jumps and markers chapter.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Concert pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. The sounding, or real pitch of a note—as opposed to the written pitch. See Working with transposing instruments chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. A score viewing mode in Musescore, see Concert pitch box in the status bar chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. The frequency of A4.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Courtesy clef
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A reduced-size clef applied to the end of a system indicating a clef change at the start of the next system. See Clefs chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cross-staff notation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A musical phrase extending across two neighboring staffs: e.g. bass staff and treble staff.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To create notation where the two stems are at opposite sides of the beam, as shown above, see Cross-staff notation chapter.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    To create notation where the stems are on the same side of the beam, as shown above, see How to span a chord or stem over two staves chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Crotchet (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See Quarter note.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    D

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Da capo (D.C.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A directive to repeat the previous part of music. See Jumps and markers chapter. Not to be confused with capo (text).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Dead note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See ghost note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Demisemiquaver (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A thirty-second note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Double Flat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A double flat (♭♭ or 𝄫) is a sign that indicates that the pitch of a note has to be lowered two semitones.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Double Sharp
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A double sharp (♯♯ or 𝄪) is a sign that indicates that the pitch of a note has to be raised two semitones.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Duplet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See tuplet.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Dynamic, dynamics, dynamic symbol, dynamics symbol
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A symbol indicating the relative loudness of a note or phrase of music—such as mf (mezzoforte), p (piano), f (forte) etc., starting at that note. See Dynamic chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    E

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Edit mode, text edit mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Used to edit adjust literal layout position and content of Text, contrast with normal mode and note input mode. See Adjusting elements directly and Entering and editing text : Editing text object content chapters.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Eighth note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A note whose duration is an eighth of a whole note (semibreve). Same as a quaver (BE).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Endecalineo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    endecalineo.png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Endecalineo or endecagram, the stave for Solfège. See Solmisation (tutorial for MuseScore 3, pending update)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Endings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See volta.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enharmonic notes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notes that sound the same pitch but are written differently. Example: G♯ and A♭ are enharmonic notes. To quickly switch between enharmonic spellings, press J. See Entering notes and rests chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Explode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    explode.png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A feature that allows the user to split (or explode) the chords in a passage of music in a single staff into their constituent notes or voices. See Implode and explode chapter. See also implode.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    F

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Flag
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See beam.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Flat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sign (♭) that indicates that the pitch of a note has to be lowered one semitone, see accidentals and key signature.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    French Beam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    frenchbeam3.png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Beams where the stems only extend to the first beam, but don't intersect all the way through. To create use the French Beams plugin.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    G

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ghost note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In music, notably in jazz, a ghost note (or a dead, muted, silenced or false note) is a musical note with a rhythmic value, but no discernible pitch when played. Musescore supports crosshead (cross notehead), diamond notehead(the small diamond same as musescore 3), slash/diamond notehead (new in musescore 4), and adding brackets (parentheses) to a note, see Noteheads chapter.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Grace note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Grace notes appear as small notes in front of a normal-sized main note. See acciaccatura and appoggiatura. See Grace note chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Grand Staff (AE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Great Stave (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    An instrument with two or more staves, featuring treble and bass clefs, used to notate music for keyboard instruments and the harp, in MuseScore: Any number of Staves connected by a curly brace.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    H

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Half Note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A note whose duration is half of a whole note (semibreve). Same as a minim (BE).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hemidemisemiquaver (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A sixty-fourth note.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Implode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    implode.png implode2.png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A feature allowing the user to combine voices from separate staves onto one staff. See Implode and explode chapter. This is similar to, but not exactly, score reduction (wikipedia). See also explode.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Interval
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The difference in pitch between two notes, expressed in terms of the scale degree (e.g. major second, minor third, perfect fifth etc.). See Degree (Music) (Wikipedia).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Interleaved
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    interleaved.png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A term used to describe two interlocking, oppositely-beamed sets of notes. To create, use the voice function and the beam palette. See Interleaved beam directions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Instrument
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Musescore Instrument, see Setting up your score chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Real world instrument
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Irregular measure marker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ms3_irregular.png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A plus sign or minus sign at the top right of a measure indicates that its duration differs from that set by the time signature. See The user interface and Measure properties chapters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    J

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump objects are notations such as "D.S. al Coda", found in the "Repeats & Jumps" palette. See Jumps and markers chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    K

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Key Signature
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set of sharps or flats at the beginning of the staves. It gives an idea about the tonality and avoids repeating those signs all along the staff. A key signature with B flat means F major or D minor tonality. See Key Signature chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    L

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Legato
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Legato is a play style which involves playing the notes in a slurred manner. Legato may be written as text or shown through the use of slurs.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Local time signature
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    localts.png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The time signature on a single staff when different from the overall score time signature. See Adding a local time signature for a single staff.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Longa
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A longa is a quadruple whole note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ledger Line (AE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Leger Line (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Line(s) that are added with and for notes above or below the staff.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Line
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Musescore Lines, a type of objects capable of attaching (anchoring) to a horizontal continuous range of more than two notes or rests, or vertical collection of notes (chord). See Other lines chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    M

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure (AE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A segment of time defined by a given number of beats. Dividing music into measures provides regular reference points to pinpoint locations within a piece of music. Same as bar (BE).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure repeat sign
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A measure repeat sign looks like a "percentage" symbol having the two circles filled, or a slash with a dot at each side. See Measure and multi-measure repeats chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    repeat.PNG
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Metronome mark
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A kind of tempo marking. See Tempo markings.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Minim (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See Half note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Multimeasure rest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See Measure rests and multimeasure rests chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    multimeasure-rests_4.png

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    N

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Natural
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A natural (♮) is a sign that cancels a previous alteration on notes of the same pitch, see →accidentals and →key signature.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Normal mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The operating mode of MuseScore outside note input mode or edit mode: press Esc to enter it. In Normal mode you can navigate through the score, select and move elements, adjust Inspector properties, and alter the pitches of existing notes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note input mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The program mode used for entering music notation, contrast with normal mode and edit mode. Enter it by pressing N or clicking on the pen icon in the note input toolbar. See Entering notes and rests chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    O

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Operating System (OS)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Underlying software that controls and manages the hardware and other software on a computer. Popular OSes are Microsoft Windows, macOS, and GNU/Linux.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ossia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ossia.png
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    An alternative passage which may be played instead of the original passage (from the Italian for "alternatively", meaning "or be it"). See Ossia chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    P

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Part
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Musescore's automatic staff extraction function, see Parts.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. A single melody line in a polyphonic musical composition. MuseScore 4 never uses this definition, but there is a similar feature Voice.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. Instrument(s) or their staves. MuseScore 4.1.1 uses this definition only on the window title and one subheading in "Staff/Part Properties".
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pickup Measure (mostly AE, also known as an Anacrusis (mostly BE) or Upbeat)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Incomplete first measure of a piece or a section of a piece of music. See Measure duration, Create new score: Pickup measure, and Measure properties:Exclude from measure count chapters. May or may not be compensated for at the end of the score or section.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Properties
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. Settings of an individual object on a score in Musescore, contrast with style (profile).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. Musescore's panel, see Properties panel chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Q

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Quadruplet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See tuplet.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Quarter note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A note whose duration is a quarter of a whole note (semibreve). Same as a crotchet (BE).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Quaver (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See eighth note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Quintuplet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See tuplet.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    R

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Respell Pitches
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Change accidental used on a note but keep note's pitch. See Entering notes and rests:Accidentals chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A musical symbol that indicates silence. See Entering notes and rests chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Re-pitch mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    One of the note input modes. Alternative note input methods: Re-pitch mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    S

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. In MuseScore support forums and the MuseScore Handbook, score generally refers to a computer file with the suffix .mscz - and to its visual representation on a computer screen as well as its audio playback.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. In some chapters of the MuseScore Handbook, score means the layout and formatting of "Full score" or one particular Musescore part. See Musescore Part.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. In other contexts (for example the IMSLP score-sharing website at https://imslp.org), a score generally refers either to a PDF file of the sheet music for a specific work or to an actual paper copy of the sheet music.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Section
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In MuseScore, a region of the score between section breaks; also from the start of a score to the first section break, and from the last section break to the end of the score.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Segno
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    segno.PNG A navigation marker. See Jumps and markers chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Semibreve (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A whole note (AE). It lasts a whole measure in 4/4 time.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Semiquaver (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A sixteenth note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Semihemidemisemiquaver (Quasihemidemisemiquaver) (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A hundred and twenty eighth note.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sextuplet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See tuplet.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SF2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A virtual instrument format developed by E-mu Systems and Creative Labs. See SoundFonts.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SF3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    An invention of Werner Schweer, the Musescore developer (source). This format supports sound sample compression. See SoundFonts.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Shared note head
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    sharednotehead2.png A single notehead with two beams—one up, one down. Especially common in guitar music, for example. See Noteheads
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sharp
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sign (♯) that indicates that the pitch of a note has to be raised one semitone , see accidentals and key signature.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Slash (slash chord, slash notehead)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Indicates strum. See Slash chord (Wikipedia).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Slash notation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A form of music notation using slash marks placed on or above/below the staff to indicate the rhythm of an accompaniment: often found in association with chord symbols. There are two types: (1) Slash notation consists of a rhythm slash on each beat: the exact interpretation is left to the player (see Fill with slashes); (2) Rhythmic slash notation indicates the precise rhythm for the accompaniment (see Toggle rhythmic slash notation).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Slur
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A curved line over or under two or more notes, meaning that the notes will be played smooth and connected (legato). See Slur chapter. A slur is not a tie.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Solmisation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    see Endecalineo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SoundFont
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A virtual instrument format supported by MuseScore. A SoundFont is a special type of file (extension .sf2, or .sf3 if compressed) containing sound samples of one or more musical instruments. In effect, a virtual synthesizer which acts as a sound source for MIDI files. MuseScore 4 comes with its own native soundfont, MS Basic. See SoundFont chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Spatium (plural: Spatia) / Space / Staff Space / sp. (abbr./unit)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A unit of measurement, see Page layout concepts.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff / Staffs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A set of lines and spaces, each representing a pitch, on which music is written. In period music notation (before 11th century) the staff may have any number of lines.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff Space
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See Spatium (above).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Stave / Staves (BE)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See Staff (above).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Step-time input
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MuseScore's default note input mode. See Entering notes and rests chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Style
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The profile that contains settings in MuseScore, contrast with Properties. See Templates and styles chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    System
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Set of staves to be read simultaneously in a score. See Page layout concepts chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also Operating System (OS).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    System divider
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Separates systems on the same page. Can be switched on for the score in Format→Style→System, see Formatting chapter. Also available in master palette, see Other symbols chapter.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    T

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Text
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A Musescore Text object is an object that contains individual characters that can be entered and removed by using (typing on) a computer keyboard. See Entering and editing text chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tie

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A curved line between two adjacent notes of the same pitch to indicate a single note of combined duration. See Tie chapter. A tie is not a slur.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Quarter note + Tie + Quarter note = Half note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Quarter note + Tie + Eighth note = Dotted Quarter note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Quarter note + Tie + Eighth note + Tie + 16th note = Double Dotted Quarter note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Transposition

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The act of moving the pitches of one or more notes up or down by a constant interval. See Transposition chapter. There may be several reasons for transposing a piece, for example:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. The tune is too low or too high for a singer. In this case the whole orchestra will have to be transposed as well—easily done using MuseScore.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. The part is written for a particular instrument but needs to be played by a different one.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    3. The score is written for an orchestra and you want to hear what the individual instruments sound like. This requires changing the transposing instrument parts to concert pitch.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    4. A darker or a more brilliant sound is desired.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Triplet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See tuplet.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tuplet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A tuplet divides its next higher note value by a number of notes other than given by the time signature. See Tuplet chapter. For example a triplet divides the next higher note value into three parts, rather than two. Tuplets may be: triplets, duplets, quintuplets, and other.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    U

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Upbeat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See pickup measure.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    V

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Velocity
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A property of objects inside Musescore that controls how loudly note(s) are played, see musescore 3 handbook Loudness of a note chapter. Velocity property of notes are edited using Properties panel: Playback tab, see Properties panel chapter.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Voice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    1. In Musescore, voice is a software feature, you can use up to 4 voices per staff, see Working with multiple voices, also see staff.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    2. The musical term "voice" refers to a musical line or part which can have its own rhythm. MuseScore does not have a feature to implement the exact same idea, if the voice feature does not suit your need, try adding separate instruments instead.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Volta
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    In a repeated section of music, it is common for the last few measures of the section to differ. Markings called voltas are used to indicate how the section is to be ended each time. These markings are often referred to simply as endings. See Volta chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    W

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Written pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Transposing instruments (such as the clarinet, French horn, trumpet etc.) are notated at a different pitch (and key signature) to how they sound. The notated pitch is called the written pitch. Contrast with concert pitch. See Staff / Part properties chapter.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    External links

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • http://www.robertcarney.net/musical-terms-definitions.htm
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    目录

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing the Handbook

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Introduction to MuseScore

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Download and installation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Windows

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    macOS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Linux

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • AppImage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    New features in MuseScore 4

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    New user interface

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Instruments and parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Inspector

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    New playback and VSTi support

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Engraving improvements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cloud storage

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other changes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Create your first score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering score information

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding items from the palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Making adjustments in Properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Inserting and deleting measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Exporting your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Saving your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Viewing and navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accessibility

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Setup

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Windows
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • NVDA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • JAWS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Narrator
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • macOS
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Linux

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with the user interface

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The user interface

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Menu bar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Home tab

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • My account
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Scores
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Plugins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Learn

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score tab

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Publish tab

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Navigating your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Scrolling

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Mouse wheel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Scrollbars
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Keyboard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Element navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Navigator

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Timeline

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Views

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Page view
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Continuous view (horizontal)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Continuous view (vertical)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Zoom

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Zoom in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Zoom out
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Status bar zoom controls
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Restoring 100% zoom

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Find/Go to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Navigating to a numbered measure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Navigating to a numbered page
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Navigating to a numerical rehearsal mark
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Navigating to an alphabetic rehearsal mark

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Timeline

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Meta labels
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Instrument labels
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Meta rows
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Main grid

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Meta elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Basic interactions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting a measure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting multiple measures
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Drag selection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • [Shift] selection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • [Ctrl] selection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Clearing a selection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Meta values selection

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Scrolling

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Standard scrolling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • [Shift] scrolling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • [Alt] scrolling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Dragging

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Labels interaction

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Rearranging meta labels
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Collapsing the meta labels
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Hiding instruments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Zooming

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Context menus

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Meta labels context menu
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Meta rows context menu
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Instrument context menu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Basics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Setting up your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Instruments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Choose instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Adding instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Changing order of instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Removing instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Create from template

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Additional score information

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Key signature
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Time signature
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tempo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Measures
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Title and other text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing instruments after score creation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering notes and rests

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting a start point
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering note input mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting duration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Selecting pitch using the computer keyboard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Selecting pitch using the mouse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Selecting pitch using a MIDI keyboard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Selecting pitch using the virtual piano keyboard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering chords

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering rests

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accidentals

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting an accidental before entering a pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding an accidental after entering a pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding courtesy/cautionary accidentals

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with multiple voices

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering notes and rests in multiple voices

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing notes and rests in multiple voices

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adjusting rests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Hiding or deleting rests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Positioning rests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing voice of existing notes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Combining voices into chords

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alternative note input methods

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accessing alternative note input methods

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rhythm only

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Re-pitch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Real-time

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Real-time (metronome)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Real-time (foot pedal)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Real-time Advance shortcut

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Insert

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding and removing measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Inserting measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The Properties panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Note input toolbar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Menu bar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Inserting measures with keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Deleting measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Remove empty trailing measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting a single element

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Notes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Chords
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Overlapping elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting a list of individual elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting multiple elements manually
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting similar elements automatically

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting a range of measures and staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting a range by dragging
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting a range by clicking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting a range using the keyboard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Special range selections

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Excluding elements from a range selection

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing notes and rests

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Making changes in note input mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing duration in note input mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing pitch in note input mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Replacing notes and rests in note input mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Deleting notes in note input mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Moving notes in note input mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Making changes in normal mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing duration in normal mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Changing selected notes to a specific note value
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Increasing or decreasing the duration of a selected note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Doubling or halving all note values in a range selection
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing pitch in normal mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Deleting notes and rests in normal mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Removing notes and rests and their associated time
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding ties in normal mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing voice in normal mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Moving selected notes into another voice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Exchanging the contents of two voices

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Copy and paste

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accessing the commands

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Copying a range

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Copying a single element or list of elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Moving elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Swapping a selection with the clipboard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Repeating a selection

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Copying a selection to multiple staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Paste half/double duration

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Duplicating individual elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Using the palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accessing the palettes panel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding palette items to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Items applied to individual score elements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Items applied to ranges
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Items applied to full measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Expanding and collapsing palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Searching and navigating the palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Search
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accessing more palette items

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding more palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Properties panel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accessing the Properties panel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Global settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Show
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Score appearance

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    General settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Visible
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Auto-place
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Cue size

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Playback settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Appearance settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Leading space
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Measure width
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Minimum distance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Offset
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Snap to grid
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Arrange
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Color

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Saving and restoring default settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adjusting elements directly

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the position of elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the shape of elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing the range of a line
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Creating diagonal lines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Editing line text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Opening a part

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Closing a part

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating custom parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Reveal instruments in default parts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Create a new part
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Choose which voices appear in each part

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Applying styles to parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Renaming, duplicating and deleting parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Exporting and printing parts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Default keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Page navigation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Score navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note input

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Duration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tablature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Duration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Notation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Manual adjustment

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Formatting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Lyrics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Chord symbols, Roman numeral analysis, Nashville numbers, figured bass

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other score elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score setup and formatting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    File Operations

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    User interface

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notation: Instruments, staves, and systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with instruments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Accessing the panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Deleting instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing the order of instruments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Instrument settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Hiding/showing instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Renaming instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Replacing instruments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding and configuring staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • To add a staff to an existing instrument
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • To add a linked staff to an existing instrument
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Configuring a staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Showing staves only where needed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hiding empty staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Hiding all empty staves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Excluding specific staves from being hidden

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Temporary staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cutaway staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ossia

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other invisible measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Implode and explode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Implode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Combine notes from multiple voices in a single staff into one voice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Combine notes from multiple staves into multiple voices on a single staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Explode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Copy passage of single notes to multiple staves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Separate passage of chords into constituent notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mid-score instrument changes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding an instrument change

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with instrument changes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Removing an instrument change
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Re-labelling an instrument change
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Instrument changes in the mixer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing staff type

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff type change

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a staff type change

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Setting staff properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff/Part properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Advanced style properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Template (all staves)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Standard and Percussion staff options only
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tablature options only
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Fret Marks tab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Note Values tab

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Part properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Instrument
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Names
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Usable pitch range
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Transposition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Strings and frets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Brackets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding brackets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing brackets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing bracket type
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing bracket span

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Deleting brackets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Customizing bracket appearance

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notation: Rhythm, meter, and measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Time signatures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Setting the initial time signature for your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a time signature change to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Deleting a time signature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Controlling the visibility of time signatures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating a custom time signature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a local time signature for a single staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Time signature properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Appearance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Beam Groups

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Time signature style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Stems and flags

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Stem direction

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Default stem direction
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Flipping stem direction

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing stem length

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating stemless notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Stem and flag properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Stem and flag style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Beams

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Controlling which notes are beamed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Setting the default beaming for a time signature
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing the beaming for selected notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Controlling the appearance of beams

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing the angle of a selected beam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Creating a feathered beam

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Beam properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Beam style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Regroup rhythms

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Regrouping rhythms

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tuplets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating tuplets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Simple tuplets
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • In note input mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • In normal mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Consecutive tuplets
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Custom tuplets
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Nested tuplets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the display of tuplets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tuplet properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tuplet style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Barlines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding double and other special barlines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing barline type for all staves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing barline type for a single staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding mid-measure barlines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing barline length

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Extending all barlines in a staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Extending selected barlines in a staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Creating partial barlines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Creating barlines between staves only (Mensurstrich)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Barline properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Barline style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure numbering

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Showing and hiding measure numbers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Showing measure numbers automatically
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Showing measure numbers manually
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Hiding measure numbers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the measure number sequence

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Excluding a measure from the count
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Altering the numbering of a measure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Resetting measure numbering for a new section

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the position of measure numbers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure number properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure number style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure rests and multimeasure rests

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure rest

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Multimeasure rest

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Enabling and disabling multimeasure rests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Breaking multimeasure rests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Multimeasure rest properties
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Multimeasure rest style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pickup and non-metered measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating a pickup measure

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Specifying the pickup duration during score creation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Converting a measure into a pickup

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating non-metered measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Inserting notes and rests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Using a keyboard shortcut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Using Insert mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Joining measures
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Splitting a measure

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Opening and using the dialog

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure duration

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notation: Pitch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Clefs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Setting the initial clef for a staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding or changing a clef

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add/Change a start clef
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add/Change a mid-measure clef

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Delete

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Controlling the visibility of clefs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Standard clefs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Courtesy clefs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Clefs and transposition

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Using octave clefs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Using different clefs for transposed and concert pitch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Clef properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Clef style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Key signatures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Setting the initial key signature for your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a key signature change to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a local key signature for a single staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting a key signature for a single staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Replacing an existing key signature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Deleting a key signature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Controlling the visibility of key signatures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Key signatures and transposing instruments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Open/Atonal key signature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating a custom key signature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Key signature properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Key signature style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Format→Style→Page
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Format→Style→Accidentals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Format→Style→Measure

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Transposition

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Transposing with keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Transpose chromatically
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Transpose diatonically
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Transpose by an octave

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Using the transpose dialog

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Transpose Chromatically
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • To transpose chromatically to a specific key:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • To transpose chromatically by interval
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Transpose Diatonically

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with transposing instruments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Transposed and concert pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Setting the interval of transposition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Controlling enharmonic spelling

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Octave lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding an octave line to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Octave line properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Style tab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Text tab

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Octave line style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Noteheads

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing notehead direction

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing notehead shape

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sharing noteheads between voices

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Notehead sharing rules
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Change offset noteheads to a shared notehead
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Shared noteheads in tablature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alternative notehead systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding pitch and velocity information to notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notehead properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ambitus

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding an ambitus to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the range of an ambitus

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ambitus properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Respell pitches

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Manually changing the enharmonic spelling of notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Automatically respelling all notes in a selection

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Respell pitches

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notation: Expressive markings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Articulations

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding articulations to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Toolbar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Articulations palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Articulations playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Articulation properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Articulation style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Dynamics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding dynamics to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Dynamics palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Custom dynamics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing playback of dynamics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Dynamics properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Dynamics style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hairpins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of hairpin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a hairpin to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Lines palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of hairpins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Range
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Height
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Set at angle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Other adjustments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing playback of hairpins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hairpin properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Style tab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Text tab

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hairpin style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Slurs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a slur to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding slurs in normal mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Method 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Method 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding slurs in note input mode

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Multi-voice and cross-staff slurs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of slurs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Slur properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Slur style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Breaths and pauses

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of pauses

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Fermata
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Breath mark
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Caesura

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a pause to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing pause playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pause properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pause style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ornaments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding an ornament to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add an ordinary ornament
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add an ornament line

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding accidentals to ornaments

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ornament properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ornament style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Arpeggios and glissandi

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Arpeggios

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding an arpeggio/strum to your score
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adjusting the height of an arpeggio/strum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Creating multi-voice or cross-staff arpeggios
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Multi-voice arpeggios
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Cross-staff arpeggios
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing playback of arpeggios
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Arpeggio style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Glissandi

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding a glissando to your score
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Editing range of a glissando
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing appearance of glissandi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing playback of glissandi
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Glissando properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Bends

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Types of bends
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding a bend to your score
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing appearance of bends

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Grace notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of grace notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a grace note to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add grace note with keyboard shortcut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add grace note from palette

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Multiple grace notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Sequential grace notes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Grace note chords

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing grace notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Change duration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Change pitch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing playback of grace notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Grace note style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tremolo and rolls

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of tremolo and rolls

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Single note tremolo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tremolo between notes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Buzz roll

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a tremolo to a single note

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a tremolo between notes/chords

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of tremolos

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a line to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adjusting a line

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Guitar-related lines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tempo lines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Staff and System Text lines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Trill lines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Standard lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Line properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Style tab
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Text tab

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Line style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The Symbols palette

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • View
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Search

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding symbols to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add a symbol
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add to other symbols
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Reposition symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notation: Repeats

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Repeat signs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding repeat signs to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Simple repeats
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Multiple ending repeats

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing playback of repeat signs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of repeat signs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Repeat properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Repeat style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Voltas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding voltas to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of voltas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing playback of voltas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Volta properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Voltas style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jumps and markers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of jumps and markers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a jump or marker to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of jumps and markers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing playback of jumps and markers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump and marker properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Jump and marker style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure and multi-measure repeats

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a measure or multi-measure repeat to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure repeat properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Measure repeat style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Repeat playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Turning repeat playback on and off

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Unrolling repeats

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Idiomatic notation: Keyboard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pedal

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of pedal markings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding pedal markings to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating pedal changes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pedal properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pedal style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cross-staff notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating cross-staff notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of cross-staff notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accordion notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding accordion symbols to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Idiomatic notation: Guitar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fretboard diagrams

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a fretboard diagram to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Chord symbols linked to fretboard diagrams

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating a custom fretboard diagram

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Finger markers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Alternative notation styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fretboard diagram appearance

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fretboard diagram properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • General (tab)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Settings (tab)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fretboard diagram style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Guitar techniques

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a bend symbol to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Apply a bend
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Edit bend
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adjust bend height
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Reposition bend

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a tremolo bar symbol to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a slide to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add a slide
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Edit properties
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adjust start and end points of a slide

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a barre line to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding hammer-on and pull-off symbols to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notating harmonics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Standard staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tablature
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Staff/Tablature pairs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Notating guitar fingering

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating a tablature staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of tablature staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a tablature staff to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add tablature using the New Score dialog
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add tablature using the "Add or remove Instruments" dialog
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Change an existing staff from standard to tablature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating paired standard and tablature staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Create paired standard/tab staves using the New Score Wizard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Create paired standard/tab staves using the Instruments dialog

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering and editing tablature notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Computer keyboard entry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mouse entry

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting note duration

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Period tablature notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing tablature notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing the pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Moving the fretmark to a different string
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing the duration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Crosshead/Ghost notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Customizing a tablature staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing tuning

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding or removing strings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add a string
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Delete a string

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mark unfretted string “open”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Change number of instrument frets

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing tablature staff type

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Change staff type from Instruments panel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Change staff type from Staff/Part properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Customizing appearance of tablature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Idiomatic notation: Percussion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering and editing percussion notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Types of percussion staves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding a percussion staff to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering notes and rests in percussion staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Mouse entry using the Drum input palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Using keyboard shortcuts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Using a MIDI controller
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Using the on-screen piano keyboard

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Drumset customization

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Introduction

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Customizing a drumset definition

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Selecting a sound
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Defining the note
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Name
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Noteheads
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Other properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Saving and loading drumset definitions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other percussion notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Diddles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pedal lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rolls

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sticking

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Alternative notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mensural notation and Mensurstrich

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a mensural time signature to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Using mensural note symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with non-metered music

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with Mensurstrich

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding barlines between staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Displaying note values across measure boundaries

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Slash notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Filling a range with beat slashes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating rhythmic slash notation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Accompaniment rhythms on the staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Accent rhythms above or below the staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Custom staff types

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Customizing appearance of staff lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Customizing appearance of generated elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Customizing appearance of notes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing staff type mid-score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering and editing text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding text to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add text from a palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add text from a menu
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Add text using a shortcut

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Keyboard shortcuts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Special characters

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Formatting text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview—levels of formatting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Text style
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Text object properties
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Character formatting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Formatting hierarchy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Applying text properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Apply to a text object
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Apply to characters

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Setting style defaults

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting different text styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Position

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff and system text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding staff text to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding expression text to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding system text to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Repeating system text on other staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff and system text properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff and system text style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tempo markings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a tempo mark to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Using metronome markings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Using text markings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of tempo markings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing playback of tempo markings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Metronome marks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tempo text
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tempo change lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Repeating tempo markings on other staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tempo properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tempo style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding lyrics to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering syllables
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering a melisma
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering multiple verses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering lyrics onto rests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Special characters within lyrics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Elision slur
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Escaping characters (that cannot be normally typed while entering Lyrics)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing existing lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Delete lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Entering lyrics above the staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing verse number of lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Copying lyrics

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Copying lyrics within MuseScore
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Copy to the same verse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Copy to a different verse
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Copying lyrics to other programs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lyrics properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lyrics style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fingering

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Types of fingering

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding fingering to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding fingering from a palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding fingering using a keyboard shortcut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding fingering using the menu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adjusting position

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the appearance of fingering

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fingering properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fingering style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chord symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding chord symbols to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering a chord symbol
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Navigation commands
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Chord symbol syntax
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Editing a chord symbol
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering Roman numeral analysis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Enter RNA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Examples of RNA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering a Nashville number

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Aligning chord symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Using the Style menu
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Using the Properties panel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Transposition of chord symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Transposing instruments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Transpose dialog
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Capo fret position

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing Spelling of Chord Symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Chord Spelling Systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Automatic Capitalization

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of chord symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing Playback of Chord Symbols

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Enabling and disabling playback
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Customizing playback
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Generating chord voicings onto a staff

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chord symbol properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Chord symbol style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Appearance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Spelling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Positioning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Figured bass

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding figured bass to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering a figure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Text format
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Digits
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Accidentals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Combined shapes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Parentheses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Editing existing figured basses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Navigating by note, beat, or measure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Duration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Entering continuation lines

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Figured bass properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Figured bass style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Figured bass keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a rehearsal mark to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Manual placement and naming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Automatic placement and naming

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Using measure numbers in rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Resequencing rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Finding rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Repeating rehearsal marks on other staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing appearance of rehearsal marks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rehearsal mark properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Rehearsal mark style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    External links

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Header and footer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a header or footer to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Using metadata

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing how headers and footers are displayed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Header and footer properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Header and footer style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Text blocks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding text blocks to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the appearance of text blocks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Text block text properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Text block text style

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Formatting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Page layout concepts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Definitions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Grand staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • System
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Frame
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Margin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Positioning of elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Default position

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Auto-place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Vertical collision avoidance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Horizontal collision avoidance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Vertical alignment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Disabling auto-place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Manual adjustment

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Manual alignment

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score size and spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Page settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Page and margin sizes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Staff size
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Other settings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Actions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Style settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Horizontal spacing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Vertical spacing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Music margins
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Distance between staves within systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Distance between systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Staff/part properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Systems and horizontal spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Features

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • System breaks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Layout stretch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Horizontal frames
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Keep measures on the same system

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tasks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Placing fewer measures on a system
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Placing more measures on a system
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Changing the relative spacing of measures within a system
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Creating space between measures
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Creating space at the beginning or end of a system
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adjusting the width of the final system
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Group measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pages and vertical spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Features

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Page breaks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Spacers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Vertical frames
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • System dividers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tasks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Placing fewer systems on a page
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Placing more systems on a page
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adjusting the spacing on sparse pages
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adjusting space between specific systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adjusting space between specific staves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Using frames for additional content

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding frames between or after systems

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Text frames
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Adding text
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Vertical frames
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Adding text
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Adding images
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Size
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Position and alignment of content
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Spacing

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding frames between measures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding text
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding images
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Size
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Spacing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Other frame properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with images

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding images

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Frames
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Other elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Image properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Using sections for multiple movements or songs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Features
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Time and key signatures

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding section breaks

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Section break properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Pause
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Instrument names
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Bar numbers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sound and playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Playback controls

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Playback commands

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Start/stop
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • To play back all the instrument parts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • To play back selected instrument parts only
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • To stop playback
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Rewind
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Loop
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Metronome
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Play position and tempo

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other commands

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Enable MIDI input
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Play repeats
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Pan score automatically
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Enable count-in

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mixer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Opening the mixer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mixer controls

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Audio FX and sounds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • To load a VST plugin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • To disable a VST plugin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • To remove a VST Audio FX plugin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • To replace a sound plugin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    SoundFonts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Install a SoundFont

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Drag and drop installation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • File directory installation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Uninstall a SoundFont

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    A note on the Zerberus player and SFZs

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Installing Muse Sounds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Installation via Muse Hub

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Using Muse Sounds in MuseScore

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Available sounds in Muse Sounds

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Choir
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Strings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Brass
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Percussion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Keys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Harp

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Piano roll editor

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Capo playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a capo marking to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • To a single staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • To a staff / tablature pair

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Swing playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding a swing or straight marking to your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing swing playback

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with MIDI

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with VSTi

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Introduction to VSTi Plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Enabling, disabling, removing and replacing VST plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    File management

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Opening and saving scores

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Opening a score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • File → Open
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • File → Open recent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Home tab → Scores

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Import file formats

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Saving a score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Save to your computer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Save to the cloud
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Name
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Visibility
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Never
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Always
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Every x saves

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    File export

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Exporting your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    File formats

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Graphical formats
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Audio formats
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • MIDI format
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Score formats
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Customizing export settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MIDI import

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Working with MusicXML files

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Cleaning up an imported score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Preparing a score for export

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Backup and recovered files

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Project properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing score properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding new properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Accessing project properties in your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score comparison

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Publish to musescore.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating a MuseScore account

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Saving only to Musescore.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Publish locally saved scores

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Visibility in score manager

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Customization

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Language

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Change language
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Update translations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • See also

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Appearance

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Theme and Colors

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fonts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toolbars and windows

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Toolbars

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Showing and hiding toolbars
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Rearranging toolbars
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The Play toolbar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The Note input toolbar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The Status Bar

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Windows and Panels

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • The Score Window
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Docking and undocking Property, Instrument and Palette panels
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Customizing contents of panels

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Templates and styles

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Templates

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Saving your score as a template
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Creating a score from your template

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Style files

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Saving style settings for your score to a file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Loading style settings into your score from a file
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Setting a default style for your score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Adding palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hiding and deleting palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing the order of palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Customizing palette contents

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding elements from the master palette
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Adding elements from your score
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Moving elements between palettes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Deleting elements from palettes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Resetting palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Saving and loading palettes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Palettes menu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Palette properties

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Workspaces

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Creating a new workspace

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Deleting a workspace

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Switching between workspaces

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Changing workspace settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Sharing workspaces

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Keyboard shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Defining a shortcut

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Resetting and clearing shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Importing and exporting shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Preferences

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    General

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Appearance

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Canvas

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note input

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    MIDI device mapping

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I/O

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Import

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Shortcuts

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Update

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Advanced

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Managing plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Installing a new plugin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Enabling and disabling plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Running a plugin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Pre-installed plugins

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Support

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Getting help

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Learn

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    GitHub

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mastering MuseScore

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Revert to factory settings

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Overview

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Reverting to factory settings from the menu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Reverting to factory settings from the command line

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Score navigation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Note input

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Duration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Tablature

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Selecting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Editing

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Duration
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Pitch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Notation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Manual adjustment

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Text

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • General
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Formatting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Lyrics
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Chord symbols, Roman numeral analysis, Nashville numbers, figured bass

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other score elements

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Score setup and formatting

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    File Operations

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    User interface

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Playback
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Accessibility
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Other

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Known incompatibilities

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