MuseScore
MuseScore is a free music notation and composition software available for Linux, Windows and Mac.
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What is MuseScore?
MuseScore is a free music notation and composition software available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
It allows for fast and easy note entry on a virtual note sheet. It has an integrated sequencer to allow for immediate playback of the score. MuseScore can import and export MusicXML and standard Midi files.
MuseScore is available in more than 40 languages and is rapidly becoming the leading free music notation software and often praised as a cost effective alternative for expensive software.
MuseScore features a direct connection with the sheet music sharing site MuseScore.com via the MuseScore Connect panel. This gives users direct access to thousands pieces of sheet music shared by the community.
MuseScore.com also invites users who share sheet music frequently to upgrade to MuseScore.com PRO, which features more onlinemixing tools and no ads. It also allows users to upload and share more sheet music, since the free version offers space for at most five scores stored online. It must be noted that while MuseScore.com has a paid subscription model, the actual software, MuseScore, remains completely free and open source software.
It allows for fast and easy note entry on a virtual note sheet. It has an integrated sequencer to allow for immediate playback of the score. MuseScore can import and export MusicXML and standard Midi files.
MuseScore is available in more than 40 languages and is rapidly becoming the leading free music notation software and often praised as a cost effective alternative for expensive software.
MuseScore features a direct connection with the sheet music sharing site MuseScore.com via the MuseScore Connect panel. This gives users direct access to thousands pieces of sheet music shared by the community.
MuseScore.com also invites users who share sheet music frequently to upgrade to MuseScore.com PRO, which features more onlinemixing tools and no ads. It also allows users to upload and share more sheet music, since the free version offers space for at most five scores stored online. It must be noted that while MuseScore.com has a paid subscription model, the actual software, MuseScore, remains completely free and open source software.
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Platform details
BSD: BSD port not officially supported: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/audio/musescore/
Tags
- score
- sheet-music
- score-to-music
- full-score
- share-music
- musicxml
- score-playing
- composition
- MIDI Composer
- arranging
- scorewriting
- score-editor
- notation
- print-music
- lead-sheet
- composing
- leadsheet
- music-share
- music-sharing
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Summary
Our users have written 10 comments and reviews about MuseScore, and it has gotten 191 likes
- Developed by Werner Schweer
- Open Source and Free product.
- Average rating of 4.4
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Recent user activities on MuseScore
- msori added MuseScore as alternative(s) to DaCapo Editor7 days ago
- StagnantPentagon liked MuseScore23 days ago
- RowenRiverstone liked MuseScoreRo28 days ago
All I need as nonprofessional musician. Thanx!
It's an amazing program. But I would like for a better text formatting.
MuseScore is capable of everything, you just need to understand how it works at the beginning.
The UI is very good.
If you want to write drum partitions, I suggest you to use the drumline extention.
Coming from Sibelius to MuseScore 3.6.1, initially it seemed a bit obscure to me. But after realizing how simple is to make complex and traditional notations with it, I can't commit anymore to Sibelius. Plus, it's open source, and its 4th version will be coming perhaps in 2021.
Does everything it should, and completely free.
Just a shame the android app is such a complete half assed subscription based abortion!
Best music composer and arranging software there is!
The note input system has a bit of a learning curve. Even after a year of using it regularly, I feel like it could be optimized. There are also many inconsistencies in editing and much information seems to be withheld from the user.
HOWEVER, overall it's my favorite way to write music nowadays. I still finish off the sound in FL Studio, but the notation in MuseScore is invaluable to me.