MuseScore 4.3.2 Release

MuseScore 4.3.2 is now available!

This update includes crash fixes and performance improvements.

See the 4.3.2 project on GitHub for details.

MuseScore 4.3.1 Release

MuseScore 4.3.1 is now available!

This update fixes a critical usability issue affecting AZERTY keyboard users. The shift modifier key can now be used to trigger number keys, enabling note durations to be changed using the default shortcuts. 

This release also improves CPU performance when using Muse Sounds, and resolves a number of playback bugs associated with repeats.

Additional fixes:

• Playback now falls back to MS Basic if SoundFonts are missing.
• Volume levels of MS Basic are now better balanced between note input and playback modes.
• An issue preventing instrument names from being deleted from beginning of staves has been resolved. 
• Fixed a bug where synthesizers incorrectly defaulted to the piano sound.
• Fixed a crash preventing certain scores with hidden clefs from opening.

See the full list of improvements in the 4.3.1 project on GitHub.

MuseScore 4.3 Release

New features in MuseScore 4.3

• New "sound flags" can now be accessed via stave text when using Muse Sounds instruments, offering a choice of various instrument modifications and playing techniques that can be heard in playback.
• The drumset panel now updates to show available sounds depending on instrument selection in the mixer.
• Various percussion mapping improvements.
• New options for controlling visibility of clefs and key signatures, as well as ties and parentheses on tablature staves.
• New option in Format menu to "reset entire score to default layout".
• Improved quality of MusicXML import.
• Improved placement of slurs that cross system breaks.
• Tempo change lines can now be extended across systems using keyboard shortcut.
• Improved selection box behaviour, resolving an issue with continuous view.
• Resolved playback issue with repeats after section breaks.
• Resolved issues where notation elements were disappearing from parts.
• Resolved Muse Sounds playback issue affecting overlapping unison notes.
• Resolved issue affecting unintended deletion of melisma lines.
• Updated product name to "MuseScore Studio" throughout the app.
• Fixed numerous crashes.

See the full list of changes in our project on GitHub.

MuseScore 4.2.1 Release

MuseScore 4.2.1 is now available!

This release fixes a number of crashes and improves the stability of the app.

For details, please see completed tasks in the 4.2.1 project.

MuseScore 4.2 Release

MuseScore 4.2 is now available!

MuseScore 4.2 introduces support for Muse Sounds Guitars, Vol. 1 -- a free library of highly realistic guitar sounds.

Watch the release video.

In addition, this release contains myriad engraving, playback, and interaction improvements, including:

• A new system for notating guitar bends, including playback support
• A new system for easily displaying alternate string tunings for plucked string instruments
• Much improved control over synchronicity of notation elements between main score and parts
• The ability to select individual sounds within SoundFonts, and a bespoke system for categorising sounds in our default SoundFont, MS Basic
• An enhanced upload flow to audio.com, including the ability to replace existing audio files online
• A convenient list view for seeing all your scores in the Home tab
• The ability to open scores in the desktop app directly from musescore.com
• Playback support for harp glissandi via the harp pedal widget
• Microtonal playback support
• A new note input mode for Braille music notation (Thanks to @daisy and @SMCenter)
• "A tempo" and "primo tempo" elements in Palettes (Thanks to community contributor @rtbo)
• The option to import/export scores in the MEI file format (Thanks to community contributors @lpugin and @rettinghaus).

In addition, please see this document for a complete list of engraving improvements, including:

• Improved handling of arpeggios spanning multiple staves and voices,
• More placement options for ties
• Significant layout and interaction improvements
• MusicXML improvements
• A multitude of refinements to key signatures, time signatures and parts (Thanks to community contributor @sammik).

MuseScore 4.2 Beta 2

See dedicated project with changelog.

Added experimental builds for ARM Linux and portable Windows. These haven't been tested as thoroughly as the other builds. Please let us know if you encounter any issues.

MuseScore 4.2 Beta

See dedicated project with changelog.

Edit: Added experimental builds for ARM Linux and portable Windows. These haven't been tested as thoroughly as the other builds. Please let us know if you encounter any issues.

MuseScore 4.1.1 Release

This release fixes a number of crashes and introduces some stability improvements.

MuseScore 4.1 Release

New features in MuseScore 4.1

• New engraving and playback support for ornaments, including the ability to set custom alterations for trills, turns and mordents
• A major improvement to the app's performance, allowing larger scores to play back up to 60% more efficiently
• A dedicated new default reverb, which can be adjusted for each instrument track as well as globally across the entire mix
• New auxiliary sends in the mixer, allowing instrument tracks to be routed to dedicated auxiliary channel strips for applying audio effects
• New engraving and playback support for capos on guitar staves
• New feature for displaying harp pedal diagrams
• Dynamics and expression text now automatically combine, plus new controls for scaling and positioning dynamics
• New live Braille module, including a panel that displays selected measures as Braille music notation (enabling more efficient score reading on Braille displays)
• Upload audio directly to audio.com, allowing you to build a portfolio of your audio content to share with the world 
• View and open your online scores from musescore.com directly from the desktop app 

Other updates

• Save to cloud: option to make a score "unlisted"
• Publish to musescore.com: option to either replace the existing published score, or publish the score as a new file
• New loading screen when opening multiple instances of the app on macOS 
• Fixed syllable-based pasting of lyrics
• A more reliable VST scanning process
• Around 100 engraving fixes and improvements (Read this article on musescore.org for a complete list)
• Numerous bug fixes

MuseScore 4.1 Release Candidate

See dedicated project with changelog