Why is EVERYONE using Musescore for music notation?

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Thanks for this precious information.

I finally got a good recording in MP3 of a song I wrote on Piano almost 30 years ago. I have no Idea how to transcribe it, So I tried this... First, Musescore is not free. In order to import a PDF which I had to create elsewhere on Klangio which I also had to pay for, but then it also corrupted the PDF when importing and mangled the living hell out of the transcription which was probably also not accurate. But there's no way to tell since the score that showed up in Musecore doesnt even resemble the PDF I imported.😡

I think musescore would be perfect if it had better playback, mainly talking about mellophone, tromebone, and percussion midis

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Ok... sometimes it is WAY easier to write out notation compared to using recording software (it's so much easier to look at an actual score if I'm composing for an Orchestra). The problem is it sounds like hot garbage. How can I change the sounds? It seems pointless to have to write something out then completely redo it in recording software. What am I missing? At that point, it would be easier to just sit down at a keyboard with a physical piece of paper if I have to do it over again... I need an end result that sounds good enough to put into a game.

I have to constantly switch between different genres and types of music; one project I might have to record and mix what is essentially a whole deathcore album, on the next project maybe I have to emulate a score like what you would hear in an old animated Disney movie, etc. I don't have the budget to hire a fucking orchestra... we're talking shoestring budgets here. Overall, I need a solution that is FAST. When you have to do ALL of the art and ALL of the animation and ALL of the sound effects and ALL of the music you're talking about spending YEARS. If I'm not efficient I'm dead in the water.

Good information. Thanks. I use MuseScore 3.6 and tried Dorico 5 for the first time recently. I find it's the MuseScore playback that is superior, and I have heard that same assessment on other videos. Dorico sounded like a video game when I tried it. :^/ MuseScore has some instruments that sound cheesy, but many are just fine for the demos I create. I'm stuck on MS 3.6 until the Parts can be properly created using the musescore -P command-line option. That option is not working in MuseScore 4.1.1, otherwise I'd use it. :^(

Hola friend;
It's already two years that you published your video. How has the panorama changed with regard to the downsides of this app?

just get guitar pro for $60 great play back and easy to use

As an amateur singer song writer I bought Dorico Elements and was very satisfied with it. However, after Musescore released the version 4, they totally won me over. Many years ago I bought a full version of Sibelius, but for my use it's too expensive to keep updated, and the program is so heavy and in many ways "clumsy".

can we get an update on this now that musescore 4 is out?

I think Musescore is the best software for music notation, and now with version 4.1 they improved a lot. The MS Sounds are far better than the soundfonts of version 3, but still not perfect. I use it in combination with Logic and works good.
The prices of all AVID products are extremely expensive and I'll never pay that much for a software. And also don't like the subscription system.
You can do a version of the video now that MS4 is out.

Musescore is mind-numbingly difficult to use.

Can it have different key signatures and different time signatures in different staves in a score?

I don’t get it! How is it free?

i used to use flowkey but they JACKED the price since my last year (its also impossible to buy outright now)

MuseScore 4 is a massive rewrite and upgrade. The usability, engraving and playback have all been radically improved. So the case for using it is even more compelling.

Interesting.

Yamaha/Steinberg is in no danger of going out of business. The future of Dorico is bright. Finale and Sibelius are questionable, though.

HA!!! THEY'RE NOT!!!!!

Musescore is nice, but Dorico is the new standard for music notation. Finale has been dead for years and years...RIP.

Great information, thanks, Ryan!

Does Musescore support Microtonality, notably microtonal accidentals with correct transposition?

I must have downloaded the wrong app called MuseScore. I found none of the functionality described here. Was this sponsored video? Infomercial?

Thank you for you useful review!
What do you think about Crescendo?
And is Musescore available for iPad? I can only find the app to download the partitions.

Ryan,

Do you know what VSTs it can accomodate? The playback is pretty good in Musecore 4.

Everyone is not using this software for notation. Title a complete lie.

Sorry, but not EVERYONE. As for me - I couldn't succeed trying installing Musescore.
Three days go to the dogs.
And I'm not the only one.

How does MuseScore rate vs. GarageBand?

it would maybe make sense to update the video (if that is possible) as musescore 4 really changed the game notes are played in real time and that´s not a drawback anymore at all, it´s even better that what was expected.

Interesting. You talk a lot of smack about Sibelius.
Yet when I search "best notation software," Sibelius comes up Several times, and Musescore is Nowhere to be seen. Maybe you can explain that in your next video. 🤔

But can it handel contemporary compositions?? Chamber ensemble large orchestral works, polyrhythms, multiple time signatures??

Sorry, Finale for ever!!! The best Software

Can I drag and drop the music and it write it out for me?

I mean its good to be fair

Hello, Ryan. Thank you for this video! It was very helpful to me. I am a retired music teacher who has also worked as a church musician for 50 years. I have been writing pieces by hand for decades for SATB choir, Pass the Peace songs, responses, songs for school, piano pieces for piano students, etc. Tedious, to say the least, as you know. I would appreciate some advice as I can't write down what I hear in my head fast enough and I'm getting close to 70. Time is clicking by! My daughter (who studied at Juilliard for 8 years) thinks I should get Sibelius, but it just seems to be too much to learn for what I need, which is fairly basic notation with and without lyrics, SATB with piano accompaniment and lyrics. I know my way around a computer quite well, but I don't know all the jargon for music programs. Your description of MuseScore sounds like I could learn it and it produces a good product for people to read from. This may be a dumb question, but I just don't know. I majored in piano in college and grad school, so I have good piano chops. Do you know if there is a program available that I can download on a MacBook Pro, hook it up to a digital piano, play on the digital piano and the program prints out what I'm playing? That is what I'm hoping for; or do you ultimately have to notate one note at a time in any given program. I just don't know. I have much music going around in my grey head, and I want to write it down. Your help would be most appreciated! Thank you! -- Diane in Buffalo, NY (old dog trying to learn new tricks 🙂)

Well thank you. I was having thus debate for 2 months, Dirico or Musecore. back and forth. You answered it clearly. Musecore. Thanks

And now MuseScore 4 is out and it is amazing!

It's no longer free.

MuseSore 4 has a 15gb dedicated library for playback and it sounds pretty good.

its even better now. literally everything has improved since this video. there is no reason to not use musescore other than already owning an industry standard software

Please Try the new MuseScore 4 with its free Muse Sounds... Amazing ! Don't need note performer anymore !

Yep, Musescore 4 is amazing. Came out a few days ago. Playback is a lot better. Everything is much better.

I like it, but when you get into selling sheet music. I would use something like Dorico, Finale, or Sibelius.

The musescore repository is not free, though.

this soft is so trash omg

You look like a peodophile

MuseScore 4 sounds amazing

Can musescore write guitar tabs in custom tunings?