MuseScore

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MuseScore

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MuseScore 2.0 on Linux
MuseScore 2.0 on Linux
Basic data

Maintainer Werner Schweer, Nicolas Froment, Thomas Bonte and others
developer Werner Schweer
Publishing year September 2, 2002
Current  version 3.4.2
(February 7, 2020)
Current preliminary version 3.5 Alpha
(May 4, 2020)
operating system Microsoft Windows , Linux , macOS
programming language C ++ , Qt
category Music notation program
License GNU General Public License
German speaking Yes
musescore.org
Files MuseScore
Lettering up to version 2

MuseScore is a music notation program with a WYSIWYG editor that allows you to play back the entered notes and to import and export them in numerous file formats. The program runs on Linux , Windows and macOS ; There is a portable version for Windows that can be started without installation, for example from a USB mass storage device .

The user interface and the input options for the notes are similar to well-known paid music notation programs such as Finale or Sibelius . However, MuseScore is open source and licensed under a GNU General Public License .

Range of functions

With MuseScore many common tasks of Western music notation can be accomplished. So also are percussion notation and printing of written notes possible. Besides the notation program LilyPond and the Frescobaldi editor , MuseScore is currently the only free music software. The program can be run on all common operating systems. This is also possible because the program uses Qt , a library that allows cross-platform programming with native code.

MuseScore can import and export a wide variety of music file formats, including MIDI and MusicXML . In addition, files from commercial music programs such as Band-in-a-Box and sometimes Capella can also be imported. MuseScore can output set notes as PDF , SVG or PNG files without an external plug-in .

The program supports SoundFont files and can therefore play the notes you have written.

MuseScore is about as MuseScore Connect referred widget connected module to the online platform musescore.com, making notes published on the web, looking for and can be downloaded.

history

The official development of MuseScore began in 2002. MusE , a MIDI sequencer for Linux, was based on a code base created as a fork for displaying and editing notes. The author and programmer Werner Schweer decided at that time to separate MusE's music notation capabilities and publish it as an independent solution. Since then, MuseScore has undergone constant further development and could immediately be downloaded for free use, although the official release candidate was far from being reached. The MuseScore.org website was launched in 2008, and the program has been downloaded up to 15,000 times per month from the start. Version 0.9.5 was largely stable and was released in August 2009. MuseScore 1.0 was officially released in February 2012. By 2013 it had been downloaded more than three million times in total.

MuseScore 2.0 was released on March 24, 2015. The innovations included a more modern user interface, improvements in accessibility , user-friendliness , MIDI playback of notes and new import and export functions. Two years later, on May 2, 2017, version 2.1 was released, which already implemented some functions of version 3. After version 2.2 and version 2.3 were published, version 3.0 was finally released on December 24, 2018. Among other things, an auto update function and the automatic alignment of objects have been implemented in this version.

A manual, which is available in several language versions, including German, and is continuously updated, is available as a separate PDF file and can be downloaded from the MuseScore website.

Versions

version publication Remarks
1.0 February 2011 Official release candidate
1.1 July 2011 Improved lead sheet function
1.2 March 2012 Improved MusicXML support, use of special characters is now possible
1.3 February 2013 mainly bug fixes; optical improvements for Mac OS X; an msi installation package is available for Windows for the first time
2.0 March 2015 Revised user interface and notations, new import and export functions, improved usability, playback and accessibility
2.1 May 2017 Three new input methods for notes, regrouping of rhythms, swap with clipboard as a new copy / transfer method, upload function (Save online) as a private backup copy, new instruments
2.2 March 2018 MusicXML 3.1 import / export, three new languages, new MuseScore_General.sf3 sound font, which has been renamed to MuseScore_General. Musescore can now communicate directly with MIDI devices or virtual instruments; JACK MIDI is no longer required. Apart from rare exceptions, Musescore 2.2 is fully compatible with the 2.x series in both directions; Details can be found in the release notes.
2.3 June 2018 Major improvements for percussion instruments; improved playback (MIDI, SFZ); a first MuseScore extension is now available (MuseScore Drumline); 40+ bug fixes and minor improvements; Update of the language files; Details can be found in the release notes.
3.0 December 2018 Automatic placement, auto update
3.1 May 2019 Individual note dynamics , improvements for fretboard diagrams and on the program surface, various bug fixes
3.2 June 2019
3.3 October 2019 Improvement of note entry; Redesign of the pallets; Improving accessibility ; Improvement and expansion of the chord naming options
3.4 January 2020 Conversion of several parts to one-click operation; Telemetry with anonymous usage data

Collection of notes

Parallel to the free notation software, there is a huge list of scores on MuseScore.com. This collection contains the compositions and transcriptions of the MuseScore users, which can be saved online.

Up until 2019, all sheet music could be downloaded free of charge. Due to the increasing number of complaints about copyright violations, downloading is now only possible with a paid pro account.

Web links

Commons : MuseScore  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ web.archive.org .
  2. ↑ Download. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ MuseScore Portable. Retrieved April 25, 2015 .
  4. ↑ MuseScore / LICENSE.GPL at master musescore / MuseScore GitHub. Retrieved March 24, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Dave Phillips: At the Sounding Edge. Music Notation Software, the Final Installment. in: Linux Journal. Houston Tex, April 6, 2006. ISSN  1075-3583 .
  6. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 1.0. In: musescore.org. February 4, 2011, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 1.1. In: musescore.org. July 27, 2011, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 1.2. In: musescore.org. March 14, 2012, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 1.3. In: musescore.org. February 28, 2013, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 2.0. In: musescore.org. March 23, 2015, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 2.1. In: musescore.org. May 2, 2017, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 2.2. In: musescore.org. March 27, 2018, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 2.3. In: musescore.org. June 29, 2018, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 3 (December 24, 2018). In: musescore.org. December 24, 2018, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 3.1 (May 28, 2019). In: musescore.org. May 28, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 3.2 (June 25, 2019). In: musescore.org. June 25, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  17. ↑ MuseScore 3.3 release. In: musescore.org. Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Release notes for MuseScore 3.4 (January 24, 2020). In: musescore.org. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .
  19. ↑ MuseScore 3.4 release. In: musescore.org. Retrieved February 4, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Beat Köck: The 8 best pages for free piano sheet music. In: pianobeat.de. September 16, 2019, accessed June 9, 2020 .