MuseScore 4: Getting Started

[@mannaamin]

I plan to use this tutorial to learn western staff notation. I am only eighty. It Should help keep me awake and stave off dementia.

[@yewyewson1165]

Ive seen many old people on the internet, but of the few I've met must say, you sir, are what i call a 'decade dodger'. You sound like a millennial with the way you talk [minus the age and dementia] perhaps you age backwards even

[@yewyewson1165]

You dont need advice you could already pass but Pro tip for sounding young when you want to, the older you get, the more your texts and electronic messages sound like letters, as in ones written before the internet The younger you are the more you treat language as expendable. The other trick is to use varying ammounts of disregard for the rules of English, based on the situation and what it calls for. For example when someone wants to say something with passion, you may rush your typing, ignoring autocorect ("omg wgat tge FUCK NOOOO JOW DID THAT EVENHAPPEN) BUT IF you wanna say something so urgent you'd interrupt them you just do a keyspam. Perhaps upon hearing something surprising you take out a little grammar, eg. "oh my god THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING COURTNEY WHAT THE FUCK BLAH BLAH YO YOS AND GLOBAL WARMING" (or whatever the fuck us gen z kids talk about) "mekjfnekxmmww HQHQHSHHA Anyone have fun with that information, i just wanted to make somebodys day lol maybe you can use this mission to commit identity fraud

[@lllewelll]

@mannaamin you got the idea, young boy!! keep cruising along... life is beautiful n fun. One fun fact - the brain keeps building new neurons and new neural connections as you learn new stuff. Loving and living life!

[@lucbelanger4951]

71 here, played music all my life but never been able to learn to read. Talk about teaching an old monkey new grimaces! :)

[@bartlipofsky2577]

Hey, this is the kind of tutorial you want! Clear, easy to follow, and just the right amount of detail. Cheers!

[@blueb4ryz951]

Super easy tutorial. The fact that you added the inputs you are making in real time on screen is very helpful. The workflow is very straightforward and intuitive.

[@9knn]

I would say that this is the tutorial you want to have in every kind of tools or programs. So easy to follow, so comprehensive. Thanks a lot!

[@actica-a]

You are my hero! This was 22 amazing minutes. You are an amazing teacher and this tutorial is exactly what I wanted to learn and more. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

[@rickweldon9047]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I just spent the last ninety minutes carefully following your lesson on my iPhone while using the program on my Mac. Taking your advice and learning the keyboard shortcuts right from the get-go. I’m 67 years old and should have been using music software years ago but was too lazy. But it’s never too late to start. Saved your little piece and printed it out. Lesson #1 is in the books. As a lifelong musician hopefully I’m on to my next stage of development. Thanks again!

[@teacherlisa163]

Awesome! Your post is inspiring!

[@jsmonges]

Excellent job! Very clear and I especially like that you address the keyboard shortcuts right away! Thanks!

[@rcprod9631]

Nice job on this video. Very clear and concise. Thanks for making it. Looking forward to seeing others you have made on Musescore.

[@findingfreedom-definingtru4818]

Thank you! I transitioned from being a Mac-man with Finale, to Linux-Ubuntu. Learning MuseScore is challenging, but I figured out lots already. Still, I found some gems in your video, keyboard shortcuts I had not yet discovered. 🤩🙏 I'll make sure to check out your other tutorials.

[@jeannainkster5225]

This was SO good. I have been looking for the perfect beginner tutorial for Musescore for years after unsuccessfully dabbling with it by myself. So chuffed with what I have done tonight. Learnt so much in one lesson. Thank you!😀

[@DDX098]

You are an amazing tutor. The way explain things is so easy to understand. Ugh wish my school teachers could learn from you. Education is not for everyone.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@AlwaysHopeful87]

Just stopping by and wanted to thank you for all the work you do with MS.

[@karlahofer-t2h]

thank you ! you talked slow enough so us newbies could follow along. the black boxes on the bottom showing the shortcuts was really helpful!!

[@FunkyELF]

I did similar to notate some hand-written music however the system breaks did not preserve when exporting to PDF. Apparently system breaks in the "score" are different from having system breaks in the "part". So I had to add them to the piano part as well.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

This is exactly correct. Parts very rarely would share the same breaks as scores, so they are managed separately.

[@dedicatedspuddler7641]

A very useful and easy to follow tutorial. Thank you!

[@josemanuvictor2583]

Thanks, your tutorials convinced me to switch to Dorico.

[@BSnedeker]

This is great and it works as good marketing too! First I'm going to download MuseScore and then buy your $65 class! Thanks!

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Thanks so much for the kind words - I hope you enjoy using MuseScore as much as I do!

[@DIY-TJ]

Thank you very much for this amazing tutorial. I had 1 problem with Musescore 4. After I entered your score in and played it, I saved it. Later I reloaded it and when I went to play it-no sound. After I pursued the problem for possible solutions(with no luck), I tried a different approach. I created a template in Musescore 3, saved it, then copied it over to Musescore 4 and opened it. I re-entered your score, saved it,played it, closed it and reopened it. This time when I replayed it, the sound was there. Musescore 3 did not share the sound problem. But once again, thank you very much.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Maybe you accidentally muted the instrument in the Mixer? If not, sounds like something extremely unusual happened - I've never heard of anything like that. Best to ask for help on the official support forum at musescore.org and attach the score wouldn't play. Then someone should be able to diagnose the problem.

[@AndyMangele]

I'm currently using Cubase Artist but unfortunately its score editor leaves a lot to be desired. I switched to MuseScore - and therefore am super-grateful for this fine tutorial. 👍

[@Alex80261]

Thank you so much!! I am using muse score since 2017!!!

[@longbelao]

Amazing job! One of the most instructive tutorials!

[@jwph610]

Just joined, brilliant introduction to amazing software. Just started composing as an elderly retired musician of sorts! Thankyou

[@jwph610]

Could you give a link to where Ican download the hotkey short cuts

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

See the link in the video description, then click the "get started now" button to receive the free printable shortcut cheat sheet.

[@ontrada]

Great tutorial and... Wow! What a great application!

[@brian423]

Thanks! This is a much faster learning process for me than reading the manual.

[@monicacp2532]

Absolutely perfect! Exactly what I wanted! THANK YOU!!

[@elizabethwilcox8006]

Very useful video...with great shortcuts...I need to also add lyrics which can be challenging within SATB parts etc

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

For tutorials discussing things like that and really pretty much every feature of MuseScore, see my online course Mastering MuseScore 4 (check the link in the description).

[@VictorYami]

Awesome introduction to MuseScore 4!

[@PamelaContiGlass]

Thank you very much. I have had Musescore for years now,but I always gave up entering notes at the first unintuitive step. MS4 is a great improvement and the sounds are excellent, but a tutorial like yours is truly a joy to follow. I am going to try entering music with my MIDI keyboard (I already did, but I meant seriously). However, the typing keyboard inputs look equally, if not more, easy. The only thing I find counterintuitive is the number associated with note length. I would have put a whole note = 1, half note = 2, etc. I just find it easier to follow, but I have an old Bluetooth keyboard where I plan to erase the numbers (or stick a label over it) and draw the note lengths. I am, also going to cheat and write everything in either the key of C or G (I am a guitar player) and then transpose, as I am sure that capability is available. Somewhere. Another thing I found that I wish had better support, is the MIDI mapping. I know I can map notes and other features to piano keys. I was going to use my MIDI controller to input notes, and I was going to map the note lengths and other things to a mini-midi-keyboard I have and lower its octave to something otherwise unplayable, but I just realized that I can only assign one MIDI input at a time. Hopefully there is a workaround for that. In fact, it would be great to use MIDI channels like I do on my DAW to assign different controller to different channels, but it doesn't look like that's possible. Nevertheless, I thank you very much for taking the time to explain this in such a clear and concise way, without assuming familiarity with the software.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Trying to use more “mnemonic” shortcuts for note values is problematic as soon as you consider things like breves, also 16th, 32nd, and 64th notes etc. It’s also less efficient than having the most common note values adjacent on the keyboard. But if you wish to try, you can customize the shortcuts in Edit / Preferences / Shortcuts. Transposing is done from the Tools menu. For much more, see my online course (link in description) but also the online Handbook from the Help menu.

[@lauragilbert713]

Fabulous teacher. Thank you!

[@jvercouillie]

Thank you very much, Mr Sabatella !

[@BilliesCraftRoom]

Wonderful tutorial, so clearly explained. Thank you very much for all your time and help. ☕🙏⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@backinhumanform]

Thanks Marc, very helpful and informative.

[@adhoccerswings]

Thanks a lot! I used guitar pro 6 for the longest time but it's old and dead now and MuseScore is awesome, so I'm changing to this now.

[@DandelionLakewood]

Great little tutorial, very effective!

[@CJSkip]

Thank you! You are an excellent teacher!!!

[@teacherlisa163]

It's nice if you already have the score completely written in your mind so you can tap it all out one key a time, while simultaneously clicking the on/off button to add said notes *exactly* as desired. But if one thing doesn't fit the scheme exactly, your entire piece (or section) is off. For example, you can't just add even one note; MuseScore will change the duration of every note around it and even delete some of your transcribed notes. (Grr.) Musescore adds rests to the rest of the measure, then it won't allow you to add another note to the measure. It will add the note to the *next* measure, and then the MuseScore script is thrown off again. You have to manually add a measure, add the desired note, then manually join the measures, then delete the rests added by MuseScore, then basically transcribe the notes again. Once you get all the fixes done it's nice to hear the playback, but it took me literally ten hours to transcribe a simple, 20-measure, one-part song. That can't be right.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Sorry to hear you are having trouble! Actually, moving notes is quite easy, just cut and paste. But it’s true that if you are still at the experimenting stage, notation software usually isn’t the right tool. Instead consider working out the ideas at your instrument and/or with pencil and paper to get a clearer idea of what you want to notate. Shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to transcribe a simple 20-measure song, and no more than a couple more minutes to enter it into MuseScore from there. Trying to do it backwards - first entering notes into notation software, then figuring what the notes really should be - is always going to be much much less efficient.

[@Sven.Bornemark]

Oh, so you have a KZbin channel! Great! I now subscribe to this channel. Again, thank you for helping me with my chord name issue on Facebook! 😊❤

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Be sure to check out my website also (link in the description) - that's where all my best stuff is!

[@Sven.Bornemark]

@@OutsideShoreMusic Did that! 🙂 I've just started playing with some brilliant musicians who read music well, and our best way of communication is via sheet music. Being raised in a house full of sheet music (my father and brother being orchestra arrangers), I'm familiar with the art of notation. But I've got to learn MuseScore, and that's where your services are extremely welcome. Thank for all your good work! 😍

[@alohamark3025]

This is a big improvement over version 3 of the program. Easier to move notes around the score, with cut and past, as well as adjusting the pitch or duration of chords.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Thanks for the comments! But I'm curious, what do you mean about moving notes or cut and paste? Nothing has actually changed at all about any of those features.

[@larrytolson4135]

You just sold me on getting this program.

[@epukiro15]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@jennychyeo3016]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you

[@Bob13Blues]

Thank You Thank You. That was so helpful.

[@stringjello1056]

This was great! Thank you!

[@AneliaGroenewald]

Thank you for the videos. Do you maybe have a separate cheat sheet with all your short cuts for symbols and notes?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Thanks for the comments! For a cheat sheet and a *ton* more information, see my web site linked in the description.

[@Marjoline]

Fantastic tutorial, at a pace newcomers can follow! Thanks! Actually, I am 72 and learning percussion. I have noticed that the "notes" and input behave quite differently for percussion, no idea why. Will you be doing any percussion tutorials in the near future? Or can you recommend me a good one that would be easy for me to follow at a leisurely pace?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

@@Marjoline The best tutorials - for percussion as well as everything else - are in my online course Mastering MuseScore 4. See the description for a link. You can also check out the online Handbook (see Help menu within MuseScore), where there is a whole chapter on the special system, used to optimize percussion input.

[@townheadbluesboy]

Really helpful - Is there a printable cheatsheet for the shortcuts?

[@townheadbluesboy]

OK just found one!

[@kat-pk2no]

would you mind giving me the link for that? :-)!

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

You can get that and much more from my site - masteringmusescore.com

[@kat-pk2no]

@@OutsideShoreMusicwonderful, thanks for the content♥️

[@davesax11]

If you're using an electronic keyboard, can you enter notes by pressing keys?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Yes, assuming you can connect it to your computer using a standard MIDI interface. It will work best to still use the traditional method of first selecting a duration, then pressing the desired key. There is also a (very) limited real-time MIDI input feature, but in general it goes much quicker and much more accurately to enter the normal way.

[@Amos_Adams]

Thank you for this excellent detailed tutorial.

[@cyriledwardzoerner6501]

Thank you, sir! This is a great help!👍

[@shentonpeters1191]

very kind of you to help us. appreciate very much sir

[@andrewzaplatynsky4556]

Great tutorial. How do I notate double stops... for string instruments?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Assuming you mean notated as simple chords, Shift+letter adds the corresponding note above. Or can click to add a note. For more information, see the handbook section on note input in the Basics chapter.

[@zer_1610]

That is so complete thank you so much

[@donaldswan1587]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@xbase09]

Fantastic introduction!

[@craigdixon2062]

It’s interesting to watch how everything works so nicely on this tutorial. When I actually try to do anything real, it’s so frustrating that I want to hurl a brick through the screen. Nothing works the way it is supposed to. I can’t get in a single measure without reaching a total impasse. I’m going to look for something a little more straightforward, even if it’s expensive.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Sorry to hear you’re having trouble! It really does work as simply as this demonstration shows, so if you find yourself having trouble, please be sure to read more of the Handbook and/or check out my online course, and ask questions in the Support forum on MuseScore.org if you have trouble. Music notation is complex, so all notation software takes time to learn well. spending more money isn’t the answer - being patient and taking the time needed to learn it is!

[@alan-muscat]

Brilliant. So clear.

[@LaVikinga108]

Brilliant tutorial! I'm an old Sibelius user, much of this is similar, but easier!

[@Digmen1]

I have some measures on a second line and I need to move one of them back to the first line.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

If you added a system break (e.g. by pressing Enter) then simply delete it. If there is no break, MuseScore fits as many measures as it can given your current settings. So to fit. It’s, some setting needs to change. This is all similar to how word processors work. My online course Mastering MuseScore 4 covers all of these more advanced topics in detailz.

[@muskateer10]

I am a beginner, just picked up a cheap(r) keyboard. I have entered several songs into MuseScore 4. What I would like to know is: "Is there a way to turn off (or mute) either the Bass clef or treble clef during playback?" Sometimes, it would be nice to isolate the Bass from the Treble. Example: Sometime songs I start with the right hand only on the actual keyboard. It would be nice to be able to hear the sound for the right hand (hearing both can confuse me.)

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

There is not currently a simple way to do this. although one will likely appear in a future update. But it's not that hard currently, either. Select the notes you want to mute, then disable the Play setting in the Properties panel. Turn it back on when you want to hear those notes again.

[@muskateer10]

@@OutsideShoreMusic Thank You very much, that worked perfectly. Although not exactly intuitive. Hopefully, I will remember it. It is some neat software.

[@bogotaz1973]

This is my first time with MS. I used to play with Midisoft Session (20 years ago) and I wonder how can I select several measures to copy, and paste in another place of the score...

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

That is covered at 14:30 of this very video :-). Also see the Handbook page on selections in the Basics chapter (see Help menu).

[@younipox]

Thank you so much. Trying to learn how to notate because my 8 yo boy is composing and wants to remember what he wrote…

[@kim-ie7lp]

Yesterday, when I was using the program, the color of the notes changed, so I called another file and the other file did not change. I do not know why.

[@gigipiano9865]

Thanks you for this much appreciated, just what I needed

[@marthamajor]

I am super grateful for this tutorial. I had thought it was way beyond my ability but you have made it so clear. Now I have a question. It may have already been addressed in previous videos but I am a newbie. How do I edit a word in the lyrics or a chord without having the delete the entire measure and put in the notes and lyrics and chords all over again?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

To edit a lyric or any other text element, just double click it. For much more about how to use MsueScore, see my full online course (link in description). You can also learn a lot just reading the Handbook (see Help menu)

[@marthamajor]

Thank you so much! It worked! @@OutsideShoreMusic

[@danroth7260]

Thank you, very helpful!

[@chrissupport]

Very interesting, but I don't know anything about music except improvising on my piano. Is there a program that can create a score from 'listening' to a music piece? I have no idea what key, timing, etc I'm using.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Realistically, AI has not come that far yet. If your piano is digital, you can use it to record a MIDI file, and then import that MIDi file into MuseScore, but unless your music is basically just playing a simple “Mary Had A Little Lamb” type melody with one hand only, there is very little chance that the resulting sheet music will be even close readable. Editing it to make it usable would require not only good familiarity with music notation, but also expert-level knowledge of how to use MuseScore. Entering the music more normally as I show here does require knowing how to read music, but only a very knowledge of how to use MuseScore. So it’s definitely going to be for most beginners than messing with MIDI import.

[@baruchben-david4196]

I've never been able to get MuseScore 4 to make sound on my computer. I've tried everything, couldn't find anything online to help me out. MuseScore 3 works just fine, right out of the box. No clue what's wrong...

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

That''s weird, more normally it's the other way around - lots of people have no sound from MU3 but find MU4 works fine. Anyhow, presumably it's something unique to your configuration that is solvable once we identify the problem. First try Help / Revert to factory settings, to make sure the issue isn't as simply as having changed some setting within MuseScore that breaks playback. Also do standard things like updating your OS and all relevant device drivers. Then assuming that doesn't magically fix it, best to ask for help on the official support forum at musescore.org and say what OS you are on, what audio devices, and what other audio programs you have running. Try a test immediately after rebooting to see if that makes a difference and helps identify what other programs might be causing conflicts.

[@ashankasen]

I am using Musescore 4.4 and very frequently there is an issue in saving the file locally. Sometimes it works, sometimes no. Gives an "unknown error" and the file will just not save. Use File-Save, File Save As, crtl-S. The problem has been highlighted on the forum and hope the development team will solve it soon. This takes up a lot of time unproductively. Thank you.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Sounds like you have a permissions problem in the folder you are trying to save to. Make sure you have write permission, and that they are no leftover read-only “lock” files left over from a previous failed operation. If you continue to have trouble le saving files to that folder, try another. And if you continue to have problems, please ask for help on the official support forum and include compete system details - version of MuseScore, OS, full pathname of the folder you are saving to, its permissions, full file listing with permissions of the folder (including hidden files). Then we can better help you fix the permissions problem on your system and that will allow MuseScore to succeed in saving.

[@ashankasen]

@@OutsideShoreMusic There is no write permission in the local folder of my own computer. The issue is when I start on a new score, it saves, then after time it gives me the message of "unknown error" and then nothing works. crtl-S, or crtl-F S .... Save As .... Sometimes something works, otherwise it does not. The response is very erratic and wastes a lot of time.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

@@ashankasen If there is note write permission in the folder, that's the problem right there. You need to fix that, using whatever facilities your OS provides for that.

[@ashankasen]

@@OutsideShoreMusic I work in my local computer and all folders have the write permission. The issue is sometimes save works, and sometimes it does not. Can you help in identifying the issue ? I feel there is some bug in recognising the mscz_saving files which causes the "Unknown Error" message. I am not able to pinpoint the exact situation since the behaviour is random. Sometimes saves, sometimes gives an error.

[@ashankasen]

I am using Windows 10

[@thunderstorm838]

i can't seem to figure out how to add lines, add dynamic changes, and tempo changes.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

These are all found in the appropriate palettes. So check out the portion of this tutorial where I discuss using the palettes. Also see the official Handbook you can access from the Help menu, in the Basics chapter.

[@tilleyroadaffairproduction6752]

Fabulous tutorial! Merci!

[@MarcBosserman]

How do I delete a score? if I want to start again. And don't want the score to show up in my opening screen?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Scores are just ordinary files on your computer. You delere them the same as any other files, using whatever tools your computer provides (eg, Explorer on Windows, Finder on macOS).

[@MarcBosserman]

@@OutsideShoreMusic so you can't delete them through the MuseScore app? : ) ok! Thanks! : ) Simple!

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

@MarcBosserman if your OS supports it, you can probably delete a file from with MuseScore Studio by going to File / Open and navigating to the folder that dialog. Some OS’s allow you to delete and rename files etc from ordinary file dialogs as well.

[@ThinFreddysFlop]

Thanks! I have a quick question. How do I delete a note/beat so all the following notes shift left ?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

No need to delete anything. To move any set of notes earlier or later or to another staff, select them, cut, then select the destination and paste. The previous contents will be overwritten.

[@kim-ie7lp]

What changes and doesn't?

[@giampaolomanfrida7788]

Perfect!😁 I'm really a novice but this will help!

[@franciscodelacruz4073]

Muy,pero muy bien explicado👍 gracias

[@Gusrikh1]

I was wondering if I could get help. I've transcribed Steely Dan's 'Kid Charlemagne' and the very, very odd thing is that it doesn't play a particular bend. YET- if I copy that measure to the next measure, it plays! What I have noticed is that this anomaly occurs at the start of the second page of the score! If anyone could give me a clue as to what the heck is going on, please do let me know. Thank you. I could upload an MP4 if needed.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Hello! The best place to get free help using MuseScore Studio is the support forum at musescore.org. If you attach your score there and give precise steps to reproduce the problem, someone should be able to assist. I also provide premium support services to people enrolled in my Mastering MuseScore 4 course (see the description above for more info)

[@geraldburford4362]

Is there a way to remove the "courtesy" accidental?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Easiest is to not enter them in the first place of course! But if you have some you no longer want, just select them and press Delete.

[@johng9393]

Can I ( a professional ) enter music on the midi keyboard but Musescore (with metronome on) will play the rhythms I PLAY. Not laboriously choosing rhythms. But PLAYING them ?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

There is a limited real-time mode (two of them actually - one based on metronome, the other based on foot pedal), but it’s pretty cumbersome. It’s unlikely you’ll find it less laborious than simply typing the note values. But feel free to check out the instruction on alternate methods in the Basics chapter of the Handbook for more info.

[@ecollen]

My home page doesn't look anything like thqt. I can't get anything stated

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Are you sure you have downloaded and installed MuseScore 4? If you';re just looking at a website in your web broser, it indeed won't look like MuseScore 4 - it will look like a website :-). To get MuseScore 4, you do go to a website - musescore.org, not musescore.com - and click the Download button. Then follow the instructions from there. From then on you don't use the web site, you open the program on your computer.

[@danmart2585]

So, I guess you can’t use a set metronome setting and play in notes and rhythm via midi keyboard?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

There is a very limited real-time MIDI input facility but it’s much slower and less accurate than traditional steptime entry, and requires much more sophisticated editing expertise to fix the inevitable errors. But you can certainly give it a shot - see the Handbook section on alternate note input methods.

[@Maveria2024]

I got a score with tempo of 126, but I want a portion such as chorus to be faster, how to do so?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Just add a tempo marking (from palette or Add menu) where you want the change to occur.

[@ayanalowe6886]

I can’t find the a score to add my music.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

First, make sure you have installed and are running MuseScore Studio on your computer - you can't create score using the mobile apps or using the website in your browser. Once you have installed MsueScore Studio, start it, and the first thing you see is the screen shown in my video. Click "New score" to get started.

[@ginogg3477]

does someone else struggle with playback? I hear no sounds when I put in notes and I can't get the notation as a whole to play neither. Any tips?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Seems like either something went wrong with your installation, or an issue with your system configuration. Best to ask for help on the official support forum on musescore.org and give you system details - what version of MuseScore, what OS, what audio device, etc.

[@kwangkim9683]

In entering notes, the number+alaphabet doesn't work with my musescore 4 program. How do I activate the number+alpahbet short cut?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

I’m not sure what yoh mean by “number+alphabet” shortcut - MuseScore doesn’t combine those. As shown in the video, numbers do durations, letters do pitches, but you don’t combine them, you do them one at a time like I demonstrate.

[@Mr_Aazish]

How can we use slash, bend , hammer on, pull off etc on guitar notes on musescore? I hardly figure out bend but what about bend and release? Overall can you make a video for guitar tablature ?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

There is a customizable bend symbol for guitar tab on the Guitar palette (click "Add palettes" to reach it). Hammer on and pull off are notated using slurs, and you can also add a bit of staff text to them if you like. Guitar tab in general is a whole separate topic. I cover all of these in my full Mastering MsueScore 4 course (see link in description). But there is also documentation available in the online Handbook - an entire chapter on guitar notation.

[@roquefour1]

How can I change the tempo/speed of the song afterwards?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Tempo markings are added from the Tempo palette, or Add / Tempo, or the shortcut Alt+Shit+T. For more information, see the tempo section of the online Handbook (in the Text chapter), or the corresponding lessons in my online course.

[@roquefour1]

@@OutsideShoreMusic Thanx. That was very helpfull!!

[@rtholman83]

Are you able to insert lyrics/ words?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Yes! Shortcut is Ctrl/Cmd+L. For more info see the section on Lyrics in the Text chapter of the Handbook or my online course.

[@rtholman83]

@ thanks

[@paulconnelly4222]

Hi Marc, When I save a Logic Pro session as a musicalXML file, it's saving as an "uncompressed" file which means it crashes when I open Muscore 4. I note when the file is "compressed", the file opens perfectly. I don't know why it is saving as uncompressed. Can you advise how to save it as "compressed" please

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

The only difference between the formats is one is enclosed in a ZIP. There should be no other difference. if you have a MusicXMl file that crashes MuseScore, please open an issue on the MuseScore GitHub page and attach the file with the issue (you may need to ZIP it in order for GitHub to accept the attachment, but presumably it will still crash when unzipped).

[@marijanestomberg2026]

With MuseScore can you print out the music you play on the piano simultaneously or in real-time?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

IUf you mean, is there AI that can take the music you play and turn it into readable sheet music, no. You can certainly use your digital piano to enter notes, but it's a one at a time process of selectiong duration & pitch as described in this video. You could record your playing to a MIDI file and import that, but ahgain,. heavy duty AI is needed to turn that into anything remotely readable. MuseScore will produce something, but most often, a useless unreadable mess as it tries to sort out the rhythms.

[@manuelvalencia7766]

Muchas gracias!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brjplummer9415]

I am sorry to have to tell you BUT you page display is not tracking with mine. I have opened this video and I have aklso opened my copt of museScore with the intention of going from one to the other. First watching yours for a bit and the cpoying the process on my musescore. However right at the beging your s brought up a page to type in the Song name and composer and mine does not show that page. So I have trouble following you, yes ! But I will persist !! Brian

[@MenyatsoMathole]

Hi Marc, How do I set first time bar to repeat five times or more??

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

See the Handbook chapter on Repeats to learn how to set properties on the repeat bar and on the voltas. And if you need further assistance, please ask in the discussion & supprot space of my online course Mastering MsueScore 4, or try to supprot forum on msuescore.org

[@BenEverett1]

How do you create just a part for 1 instrument without having to create a whole score? I want to create just a clarinet part only with only 1 staff.

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

So, just add the clarinet as the only instrument when creating your score.

[@XavierIsaacs-jd6gh]

thanks so much outside shore music for this very incredibly helpful input on how i can further my skills oon muscore i thouroly enjoyed this vedio and prospered from it heavily and because of you i have achaived an 1 + + a + + thenk you heavbily mar, i am going to assume your name is mark. so thank you, your parents, and your children. andd all of your cousins, uncles aunties and distant family members, hopefully we can be family members one day paul,,... i mean mark :) :) :)

[@kim-ie7lp]

뮤즈스코어4 에서는 음표 머리가 색을 바꾸면 안바뀌는건 애 그런가요???????

[@orchestralhymns]

Hello, Why Noteperformer don´t work in Musescore?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

The short answer - because that would require a ton of design and development effort from both the MuseScore and NotePerformer teams, and the MuseScore team decided it would be better for everyone to instead focus on creating a free alternative (Muse Sounds) just as MuseScore itself is the free alternative to the programs that currently rely on NotePerformer for good playback.

[@orchestralhymns]

@@OutsideShoreMusic I understood. Really Musescore it is a amazing software for musical notation. I'm so grateful for your answer... God bless you. (Ephesians 2:8)

[@dogwalker321]

How do you put in a count down ?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

If you mean, something to play back some clicks before playback starts, there is no feature for that currently, but you can insert an empty measure at the beginning and turn the metronome on.

[@CarrotStopper_382]

my musiscore does not make noise and when i play it it doesnt do anything, what can i do?

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Sorry to hear you're having trouble! Please ask for help in the official support forum on msuescore.org. Be sure to say what OS, what version of MuseScore (see help / about) and attach the score you are having trouble with. Also say if you downloading Muse Sounds or have installed any third party VST instruments or soundfonts. Once we know more about your system, we can understand and assist better, and the forum is the place to get that kind of support.

[@ian.monteiro]

the instrument bar doesnt appear to me

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

It's not clear what you mean here - are you referring to the Instrument panel in the left side bar that is normally tabbed along with Palettes and Properties? If you've accieentally closed that, open it again from the View menu.

[@brianbergeron164]

I cant even get musescore to open the notation software😅 all i get is a bunch of ads for downloading scores and tutorials..help!

[@OutsideShoreMusic]

Sounds like you are talking about the score-sharing website musescore.com, not MuseScore itself. You need to actually download and install MuseScore onto your computer, from musescore.org (not .com). See kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIaWip-QadWde8U (Windows/macOS) or kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpXHn5xmqpujqpY (Linux/Chromebook) for info on how to download and install MuseScore onto your computer.

[@brianbergeron164]

@@OutsideShoreMusic thank you so much..honestly that's a little confusing though. Thanks again!