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1 handbook Downloaded from on Jan 14 2019. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike GETTING STARTED 17. INSTALLATION 17. INSTALL ON WINDOWS 17. Install 17. Start MuseScore 21. Uninstall 21. Troubleshooting 21. External links 21. INSTALL ON MACOS 21. Install 21. Uninstall 22. Install with Apple Remote Desktop 22. External links 22. INSTALL ON LINUX 22. AppImage 23. Step 1 - Download 23. Step 2 - Give execute permission 23. Step 3 - Run it! 23. Installing the AppImage (optional) 23. Using command line options 24. Distribution Packages 24.

2 Fedora 24. External links 24. INSTALL ON CHROMEBOOK 24. Desktop program 24. Android app (playback only) 25. External links 25. CREATE A NEW SCORE 25. Start Center 25. Create new score 26. Enter score information 26. Choose template file 26. Choose instruments (or voice parts) 27. Add instruments 28. Add Staff / Add Linked Staff 28. Change order of instruments 29. Delete an instrument 29. Choose key signature and tempo 30. Choose time signature, pickup measure, and number of measures 30. Adjustments to score after creation 31. Add/delete measures 31.

3 Add/edit text 31. Change instrument set-up 31. Hide a staff 31. Adjust layout and formatting 31. Templates 31. System templates folder 31. User templates folder 31. See also 32. External links 32. LANGUAGE SETTINGS AND TRANSLATION UPDATES 32. Change language 32. Update translation 32. See also 33. External links 33. CHECKING FOR UPDATES 33. Automated update check 33. Check for update 34. See also 34. BASICS 34. NOTE INPUT 34. Basic note entry 35. Step 1. Select a starting position 35. Step 2. Enter Note Input mode 35. Step 3. Select a duration 35.

4 2. Step 4. Enter the note or rest 35. Select a note/rest duration 35. Input devices 35. Computer keyboard 36. Enter notes/rests 36. Move notes up/down 36. Add accidentals 36. Chords 36. Keyboard shortcuts 37. Mouse 37. MIDI keyboard 37. Virtual Piano Keyboard 38. Input modes 38. Coloring of notes outside an instrument's range 38. Small notes/small noteheads 39. Change notes or rests already entered 39. Change duration 39. Change pitch 39. Change rest to note and vice versa 39. Note properties 40. See also 40. External links 40. EDIT MODE 40. Enter/exit edit mode 40.

5 Text 40. Lines 41. Notes 41. Offset notes 41. Adjust note stem length 41. Keyboard shortcuts 41. See also 42. PALETTES AND WORKSPACES 42. Workspaces 42. Single Palette Mode 42. Docking/undocking 42. Custom workspace 43. Palettes 43. Open/close palette 43. Apply symbols from a palette 43. Preset palettes (Advanced workspace) 43. Custom palettes 44. Palette menu 44. Behavior of applied text and lines 44. See also 45. INSPECTOR AND OBJECT PROPERTIES 45. Inspector 45. Inspector categories 45. Element 46. Element Group 46. Segment 46. Chord 46. Note 46.

6 Select 46. Beam 47. Clef 47. Properties dialogs 47. Articulation properties 47. Fretboard diagram properties 47. Line properties 47. Measure properties 47. Staff properties 47. Text properties 47. Time signature properties 47. See also 48. MEASURE OPERATIONS 48. Select 48. Single measure 48. Range of measures 48. Insert 48. Insert an empty measure into the score 48. Insert multiple measures 48. Append 49. Append an empty measure to the end of a score 49. Append multiple measures to the end of a score 49. Delete 49. Delete a single measure 49. Delete a range of measures 49.

7 Properties 49. Staves 49. 3. Measure duration 50. Other 50. Exclude from measure count 50. Add to measure number 50. Layout stretch 50. Play Count (as of version ) / Repeat count (prior to version ) 50. Break multi-measure rests 50. Numbering 50. Split and join 51. Join measures 51. Split a measure 51. External links 51. VOICES 51. When to use voices 52. How to enter notes in different voices 52. Deleting and hiding rests 52. Restoring deleted rests 52. Exchange voices of notes 52. Move notes to another voice (without swapping) 52. See also 53.

8 External links 53. COPY AND PASTE 53. Summary of commands 53. Notes 53. Copy or cut 53. Paste 54. Swap with Clipboard 54. Copy pitch of a single note only 54. Other elements 54. Copy or cut 54. Paste 54. Quick repeat 54. Duplicate 54. Selection filter 55. See also 55. External links 55. SELECTION MODES 55. Select a single object 55. Select a single note 55. Select a chord 55. Select a single measure 56. Select a continuous range of objects 56. 1. Shift selection 56. 2. Shift + click selection 56. Select a range of measures 56. 3. Drag selection 56.

9 4. Select All 56. 5. Select section 56. Select a list of objects 57. Select all similar 57. What selections are useful for 58. See also 58. VIEWING AND NAVIGATION 58. View menu 58. Show sidebars/panels 58. Zoom in/out 58. Toolbars (display) 59. Show Status bar 59. Split display 59. Visibility options 59. Full screen 59. Page/Continuous View 59. Page View 60. Continuous View 60. Toolbars 60. Side panels 60. Navigation 61. Navigator 61. Find 61. See also 61. OPEN/SAVE/EXPORT/PRINT 62. Open 62. Save 62. Export 63. Print 63. 4. See also 63. UNDO AND REDO 63.

10 SHARE SCORES ONLINE 63. Create an account 63. Share a score directly from MuseScore 64. Upload a score on 66. Edit a score on 66. Switch to the direct method of updating an online score 66. External links 66. CONCERT PITCH 66. See also 67. External links 67. NOTATION 67. BARLINES 67. Change barline type 67. Insert barline 67. Custom barlines 68. Connect barlines 68. See also 68. CLEFS 68. Add a clef 69. Add clef to beginning of measure 69. Add mid-measure clef 69. Courtesy clefs 69. Remove a clef 69. Hide clefs 69. Display clef only in the first measure (for all staves) 69.