MuseScore 4.2: A milestone update for guitarists, plus much more

Download MuseScore 4.2 for free: www.musehub.com/
MuseScore 4.2 has arrived! This update brings a huge raft of updates for compositions with guitar parts - including engraving and playback support for bends, plus a new system for alternative tunings. 4.2 also features significant updates to how you sync between a main score and instrument parts, core engraving and playback improvements, bug fixes and much more.
HOW DO I GET MUSESCORE 4.2?
If you already use MuseScore 4 or 4.1, you will receive a notification to update to 4.2 next time you launch the app. Or it will download automatically if you have the Muse Hub. If you're new to MuseScore 4, you can download the latest version free from musescore.org or via the Muse Hub.
ESSENTIAL LINKS:
► Our notation software site: musescore.org
► Get Muse Sounds, our realistic playback library for free. Now includes the brand new Muse Sounds Guitar presets: www.musehub.com/
► Discover our online score sharing catalog: musescore.com
► Learn more about the new update in the MuseScore 4 handbook: musescore.org/en/handbook/4
(Please check back at this early in 2024 for guitar-specific tutorials)
MUSE SOUNDS GUITARS VOL. 1 DEMO:
► View the score: musescore.com/user/36495098/s...
► Listen to the audio: audio.com/bradley-kunda/audio...
▬▬▬▬▬▬ Contents ▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Introducing guitar bends
0:58 - Playback: Muse Sounds Guitars Vol. 1
1:48 - New guitar tunings system
2:16 - Syncing between parts and the main score
3:11 - Engraving updates
3:35 - Playback improvements
4:00 - Better MuseScore.com and Audio.com integration
4:20 - Writing notation in Braille
4:36 - Key fixes and refinements
5:23 - Downloading MuseScore 4.2
#musescore #composition #notation

[@PaulDavids]

Thank you on behalf of 97% of all guitarists.

[@FryGuy-]

32/33 guitarists recommend MuseScore

[@mlbreel]

If Paul endorses then I know it’s significant and extremely worthwhile.

[@simonriley6832]

Paul Davids I am a simple man so The moment i saw Paul's recommendation/endorsement, I click and download Musescore

[@ivanfaigenbom5300]

You are constantly raising the bar in the music notation software industry and I'm so proud of that. Love Musescore for what it is capable and also what it represents. Thank you so much for what you are doing.

[@Jwellsuhhuh]

The new no-sync feature is FINALLY added and is definitely a key step in turning MS into an industry standard, but there are still MAJOR missing native features that are pretty easy to add. Large time signatures, score condensing, piano roll editing (this used to exist, did it get deleted??), movie connecting for film scoring, custom measure numbers or sub measure (for musical theater usually), score labels showing 1st and 2nd instrument both on a single staff, aleatoric support or the ability to put custom shapes without the relative positioning screwing up when the score auto formats. Etc etc

[@CJS-Sahopyeongonja]

@@Jwellsuhhuh Among them, the "piano roll editing" function will be reflected in 4.3 as early as possible. 4.3 will be released in 2024, and I'm looking forward to it.

[@nekrugderzweite8298]

The quality of the playback is INSANE. Musescore has come a long way and it shows!

[@FakeYourDeath18]

This is just exaclty what I needed, since I love to write for metal bands. Such elligance and prodigious, thank you MuseScore.

[@musescore]

Awesome - rock on! 🤘

[@YoVariable]

The microtonal playback update is HUGE! Thank you for all you do, MuseScore!

[@depauleable]

Unfortunately it doesn't fucking work :(

[@YoVariable]

@@depauleable You still have to manually retune notes by cents but at least you don't have to restart MuseScore to hear the changes anymore. They should allow users to create their own tonality systems similar to what is offered in Dorico.

[@polyduckwanaland]

@@depauleableIt does though.

[@PeterJaquesMusic]

@@polyduckwanaland It's working for you? what soundbanks have you tested it with?

[@averyj3247]

@@YoVariable It works with the MS Basic soundfont. Are you using Muse Sounds?

[@willcorff]

I am so glad making great sounding music and scores isnt limited to extremely overpriced and hard to use software

[@markturanfoxy]

I swear I screamed when I saw that "A tempo" text is now in MuseScore. Other than this, this update is AMAZING, and the new guitars sound so good! Thank you so much!

[@Aerodos12]

This update is DEFINITELY a Christmas present to us all. Thank you!

[@ottergauze]

The amount of improvement MS has seen in the past year ever since MS4 is jawdropping.

[@musescore]

And even more to come in 2024 😉

[@TAP7a]

@@musescore👀

[@boredPianoAdv]

The last year of MS3 walked so that MS4 could run!

[@ottergauze]

@@musescore I’m waiting with baited breath. Good job, the lot of you.

[@gavinhammond3137]

I'm exited!@@musescore

[@asharpnotbflat]

Once again, musescore proves to be the embodiment of "new all". Thank you for the care put into this app!

[@thatoneofficialpianist]

This is an amazing update! I don't play guitar myself, but the arpeggios and the ties are sure an extremely good update! Bravo to the MuseScore team! EDIT: The parts thing is EXTREMELY useful for people such as me who write pieces for orchestra, not only that, the "Edit on desktop", I've been waiting for that for so long, you wouldn't even imagine. Same with the "a tempo" and the "primo tempo" tempo marks. Thanks a ton!!

[@musescore]

We're really glad to hear you'll find the parts syncing feature useful! We hope it will make engraving complex scores with many instruments much more manageable

[@TiredLowBrass8048]

As a jazz musician: THANK YOU SO SO MUCH OMG

[@mileswilkie]

Musescore is one of the last truly iconic programs that’s just consistently good

[@averyj3247]

Best comment

[@progun1corn]

This feels so good. I was using Nightly build 4.2 just for guitar, and now the stable 4.2 is release. Massive respect!

[@diar3222]

I began violently clapping when I saw the arpeggio changes! Bravo!

[@T3hMarz]

Absolutely incredible! I'm so happy I can tell my students to use Musescore instead of other paid programs.

[@gastonpiget1034]

I'm still new to Musecore. I can hardly do the simplest things, but seeing what is possible is, well, mind-blowing. Thanks.

[@jasonfanclub4267]

Just keep on if you enjoy ❤

[@damienro0]

Can-t thank you enough for you hard work, and making it accesible to everyone is just beautiful. Wondering if Tantracul is still working with you guys

[@Tantacrul]

Of course!

[@damienro0]

@@Tantacrul Omg I wasnt expecting this comment! haha Love you Tantacrul, you are the best my man!

[@dedede5586]

@@Tantacrul THE GOAT RESPONDS

[@ManrikiKusari]

I just noticed last week that the guitars were missing bends when I tried to create a guitar piece. This is perfect timing!

[@just1stone689]

Thank you for such a wonderful program!

[@RobyMBeki]

Finally, I dreamed of this feature since 2012. ❤ Thank you to everyone who was involved in making this into reality! 😊 Words can't describe how proud I feel to live in a world with people like you ❤❤❤

[@theragtimevirtuoso8534]

This update is amazing! Last week, I was working on a piece for piano in MuseScore that had an arpeggio covering chords from both clefs. I had a lot of difficulties getting this done in a good-looking way. This update comes just at the right time! Thank you so much for bringing this awesome, ever-improving music notation software to the public!

[@melissaflettner]

Massive thank you to all tbe people who are developing musescore! I very appreciate that all of this is available to everyone for free 🙏

[@raphaelcardoso7927]

Best music notation software EVER! Thanks for everything, Musescore.

[@thomasherzog86]

massive update. you guys are an unbelievable gift to musicans of our time. much respect.

[@karlmichelson]

This is super exciting news! You guys have done such tremendous work with Musescore and to believe that it is all for free is just incredible. Thank you so much!

[@thepingouinfou]

The microtonal playback is a dream come true ! Thank you so much !

[@depauleable]

It doesn't work unfortunately :(

[@thepingouinfou]

@@depauleableDo you use Musesound ? I tested it a bit with quartertones, it does work for me, however the microtonal accidental do not continue until the end of a measure, and I have to write them every note for the playback to be correctly adjusted :/

[@depauleable]

Yes, I use Musesounds. For me, the quarter tones play back when I add the accidental, but when I press play I don't get quartertone playback! Tried with the clarinet, bass clarinet, trombone, flute and violin sound.@@thepingouinfou

[@AntonLFG]

This is absolutely game changing for a guitar player and transcriber.

[@Ermude10]

I'm so impressed by what you're doing! Fantastic work!

[@FabianoRodriguesOfficial]

Great Update!! I wait for these features for a long time. Thank you Musescore staff, you're the best. I loved this update for guitarists. Thank you very much!!!!

[@cornboy7424]

incredible!! Thank you for all of your hard work. I appreciate you all endlessly

[@renandstimpyfreak672]

Thank you so much to the whole team. I'm a total noob when it comes to notation, and I'm mostly a bass/guitar player. I'm VERY happy this release is coming out, as it was a pain for me to find out how to change tunings and amount of strings (I write in 7-string B-Standard tuning), and this makes it look so seamless. Keep up the great work!

[@DOGroove]

Thank you! This is huge for me. I write sheet music for guitar, bass, and ukulele in MuseScore pretty much every single day for my students. Love these improvements.

[@TobiasHSchneider]

A gift before christmas! Thank you. And merry christmas!

[@musescore]

Hope this update has you feeling festive! 🎁Merry Christmas to you too

[@JulesCalella]

I’m really excited about these updates, great work everyone! I need to go back and update some of my projects now

[@FelixDegenaar]

Musescore: getting more awesome with each update. Thank you, thank you!!

[@J_Echoes]

I'm writing things down for an upcoming guitar & bass gig (and do some composing from time to time), and I can't overstate for happy to hear about the guitar and engraving improvements!

[@dodososese3340]

Thank you so much! I mainly write for guitar and multiple voices to a staff, so all these improvements are directly valuable to me! And the Muse Sounds guitar sounds amazing!

[@dari_dee_maestro]

This is awesome! I've been using Musescore since I was in high school and have become a composer because of its open accessibility. Thanks for everything you do!

[@gavinhammond3137]

I am blown away. Not only have you raised the bar but you're giving access to the whole community. You are giving us all so much opportunity that just wasn't there before. Everyone on this team is absolutely incredible. Thank you so much for all your hard work!

[@josephstanley1396]

Omg, it just keeps getting better

[@JamesMusicCo]

This is amazing! I’m looking forward to using these features for my school’s guitar class! Thank you for the hard work!!

[@augustjschroeder]

Oh man, it's like you guys read my mind! It seems like every update addresses something I didn't like about the previous version. I was recently writing out some guitar and bass tabs and though the soundfont sounded pretty bad, and now its fixed. I also thought it was kinda sad there wasn't any microtonal playback, but now I can try that out as well! Seriously fantastic work to all of you!

[@timmah4476]

Wow wow wow... Such an INCREDIBLE gift and contribution to the composing community and music generally! Thank you SO much for this and the rest of the Muse Sounds and the software and your continued contribution to and recognition of the community - from a Bristol Secondary School Head of Music - this is a GAME CHANGER for students and teachers and the quality of students' compositions - so also THANK YOU on behalf of the music education community!!!

[@johnsausage]

Simply amazing what you're putting out there!

[@joancm]

that arpeggio change is a god send. thank you!!!

[@popmushee]

Dorico 5.1 comes out and you guys release a new update as well...I love seeing this competition between music software

[@Suavissimo]

Thanks for your relentless hard work on this great app!

[@moctawolf]

I can't stress how helpful of a tool you are making available to us MuseScore as it was before was already a magnificient software that helped me compose, transcribe and share music But now it's even better Thank you

[@UrThysis]

Musescore just keeps getting better and better , nothing to envy from Finale or Sibelius (and much better UI/UX as well). So happy with switching full time

[@jazztrombone]

Finally updated guitar sounds!

[@musescore]

We can't wait to hear them in some community scores - enjoy! 🎸

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

@@musescore Oh they are coming, have no worries. You have built it they will come.

[@Khanh1200]

So satisfying. Thank you for the updates and the extensions. Musescore suprises me by many of reasons. Not only brilliant but it’s also use in education system

[@lxtus_xoxo]

THIS IS AWESOME! i had a feeling we would get muse sounds guitars, and here we are! already excited for volume 2 of muse guitars

[@janniswildermuth1499]

Absolutely amazing work you are doing!

[@CieMaKat]

Guys, you're doing AMAZING work! Now what's next? A MuseSound Choir which generates choir voices based on lyrics?

[@StefHaynes]

maybe a functional mute button on the master fader

[@proxima_centauri457]

damn thats hard work considering there are many languages with different pronounciations, even english with their weird pronounciations

[@george9065]

that might be a cool job for a.i. integration, but that seems pretty crazy setting as I don't even think any other paid software can do that

[@TravisClarkThePianoMan]

Take a look at Harmony Assistant and their Virtual Singer add-on. It's not free nor is it perfect and still sounds robotic, but it's fun to play around with.

[@MQWalkman]

Thank you Bradley and team!

[@carlitos5336]

amazing! great job!

[@FBroetchen]

Duuuuuude, the timing couldnt have been better! Just last week I was looking for guitar samples on MuseSounds and there was nothing. And with so much love to detail, wooooah thanks guys!

[@ManuelGennaroMusic]

finally the sounfont sound selection got added! i really needed that feature, so now i can finally switch to musescore 4

[@sandwich2473]

Arpeggio going between the staves? :O I remember wanting that feature years ago it's really cool to see it added now

[@jakebaker1051]

Thank you so much, these are huge improvements! I know a couple people have put it down, but lots of us are hoping that MS drumline can hopefully be ported over soon, while using sforzando as a workaround is alright, it would be nice to not have to do that in the future! Thank you again for all that your team does!

[@musescore]

Percussion scoring is certainly a priority for us - watch this space

[@JustOdie]

You can now import AND export MEI files? That's huge for musicologists like me, thank you!

[@nicholaswise5818]

Can't wait to go back and improve some of my big band scores with the parts features now

[@nicholaswise5818]

Nevermind you guys ruined them. This update is a regression.

[@ivansrg05]

Thanks!!! I've wanted the arpeggio between scores since years, thanks a lot! Now the only thing you need to add is something to sing lyrics.

[@RafaelOliveiraBR]

Thank you very much for this amazing free tool. I was able to recover a file where I recorded a composition more than 20 years ago, with invaluable sentimental value.

[@ProfRonanMC]

What a leap forward! When the collective stupidity and brutality of humanity dominates the news, how wonderful to have this shining example of human intelligence and cooperation!

[@whitesheep_lee]

4:59 I'm crying. Thank you so much😇😇😇

[@Pax30001]

Awesome!! Keep up the great work!

[@claes-bertilnilsson4563]

Great job! Well done!

[@jarodvmusic]

AWESOME!! Detaché bowing for strings really needs to be added! It is so important to music of many genres. A tempo is very convenient I always had to just add back the same tempo marking I was working with originally, make it invisible and add "a tempo" as expression text (Ctrl + E)

[@navidhendrix]

Thank you. Updating now

[@Right_Sune]

MuseScore is the cleanest, best, most popular and easiest notation app in the world. Also: Yes! Finally! I have wanted "a tempo" for so long!!

[@TheMusicalNotesOfficial]

Glad MuseScore has continued to get amazing updates! It is a great tool for any musician, especially since it is free. Looking forward to more updates in the future.

[@connorlowe5043]

It's astounding to me that this is all free, such high quality yet in-depth and well thought out programs and sounds, made exactly for what the composer needs.

[@ElijahColeMusic]

Thanks for continuing to improve this product! I use it all the time - two small things that would make a big difference for me are: 1. Being able to put a tie on the last note of a measure before a repeat sign, which is then tied to the first note of the measure you’re repeating to. In practice this looks like a tie to nowhere, but it’s something I often want to do in a jazz context. I currently work around this with a slur, but it’s not ideal. 2. When inputting chord symbols, Sibelius had a nice feature where you could hit the tab key to skip to the start of the next measure. I really miss this feature as it allowed me to transcribe chords in real time as the recording of a song was playing.

[@emrekt22]

This is wonderful!

[@maximewikenfors6305]

Love the microtonal playback! was working on a 24TET piece and was disappointed I couldn't check by ear but it sounds like that's a thing of the past!

[@depauleable]

The microtonal feedback feature doesn't work :(

[@GeodesicBruh]

Just, thank you, thank you all so much.

[@mater5930]

Big thanks to the Musescore team! Musecore and Blender are the most important projects for digital media creators and both are raising the bar very high.

[@pisnickarmoderator]

Thank you! you delivered the best program for normal every day musicians

[@tuklplubl]

Thank You. Free MuseScore 4 was a dream come true for me...

[@donseitan]

Finally the muted strings will sound!

[@LunaticCraft]

Finally good guitar sounds😃 i've been waiting for them since the release of MS 4. Guitar notation was a struggle until now, which lead me to abandon any guitar compositions. Now I will revisit them. Musescore 4 in general has been such a massive improvement and has inspired me a lot. Best music notation Software out there imo

[@andrewstevens9134]

Absolutely brilliant!

[@fortissimoX]

Wow, thank you guys! It makes me happy that open source projects are getting better and better each day. That's the future! I only need to get rid of my childhood addiction to Windows, switch to Linux and that's it 🙂 Thanks again and I wish you all the best in the future!

[@sierravanriel6906]

Linux Mint comes with the cinammon desktop by default. For someone getting into Linux I would suggest trying it on a VM and seeing if you like it

[@markcameron-smith]

Wow! I'm blown away by each update recently. This is the best notation software around. You've gone beyond any expectations again and again. Now that you own Noteflight, will you be incorporating some of their Noteflight Learn 'education' features into MuseScore? Specifically the sharing of templates made by teachers and sharing within groups? I'm keen to transition our 300 students and staff across to MuseScore once those kind of features appear.

[@jamesdoanecompositions]

I started using MuseScore WAY back!! I remember composing classical guitar pieces on the software around 20 years ago. I play classical guitar, so that is all I composed for at the time. Now I use it to compose all sorts of music all the way up to orchestral music. However, I am very excited to see the new features for guitar!!! I like doing hybrid compositions using guitars with orchestra, and this will be fantastic!! I look forward to working with the new features.

[@L_S_Barros]

I am almost crying of happiness, Microtonal accidentals and cross-stave arpeggios was my dream... I hope on musescore 4.3 they add even more sound to musesounds, so i can finally use my dear Oboe da caccia and Theorbo. Thank you musescore!

[@matpidrums7006]

i'm loving all of the work you're putting into this ever-improving app! i was wondering if musesounds will ever include a euphonium sound as well?

[@musescore]

Can't say when, but we definitely are committed to continuing to expand Muse Sounds into the future.

[@burtonrodman]

awesome work as always!

[@aGameScout]

This is awesome, although the video itself feels like someone trying to imitate Tantacrul's editing style without actually being Tantacrul :P - it looks great, but it'd be good to keep the aspect ratio of shots and strength of vignettes consistent to be less distracting. Aside from that, fantastic job on the update

[@jt_jeetee]

Who says the editing wasn't done by Tantacrul ;-)

[@stephenmorton8017]

fantastic work. KUDOS.

[@MrSuperpatoo]

Thank you so much for this !

[@kennyagoplease3621]

The "A Tempo" function is something i missed recently, thanks for your work!

[@lubormrazek5545]

the guitar playbacks are a much needed and amazing improvement

[@brunops_music]

Thank you!

[@Hinipe]

I'm in awe with Musescore's implementation of microtones.

[@travelthebest2676]

Excellent work

[@JAEVideogroup]

Musescore Users are feasting. Incredibly well-timed for me personally too. Thank you for your hard work!

[@dedede5586]

i am SO happy that bends are finally in ms4!!! yall are awesome, keep the updates coming! will marching percussion be available in muse sounds soon?

[@musescore]

We can't give a timeline just yet, but we are working on percussion in all forms 🥁

[@jbondrums_2034]

As an open letter from the marching percussion community, we would LOVE this. MDL made drumline composing accessible to so many students and teachers and having that be compatible with the improved version of musescore would blow the roof off the marching game!