Subsections of Resources
Musescore and Music Notation
MuseScore Manual
English Handbook for MuseScore 3 also available in fr and de.
MuseScore Youtube Channel
Official MuseScore youtube channel
Online Course
One of the main MuseScore contributors, Marc Marc Sabatella created this online course school.masteringmusescore.com (some content is free).
Musescore Forum
musescore.org/en/forum is an excellent forum where beginners and more advanced users cans ask questions and find information on all aspects of MuseScore and music engraving.
Music Notation
Behind Bars: The Definitive Guide To Music Notation1 by Elaine Gould is a (definite?) reference book on all aspects of music notation. On 704 pages it covers:
“everything from basic rules, conventions and themes to complex instrumental techniques, empowering the reader to prepare music with total clarity and precision. With the advent of computer technology, it has never been more important for musicians to have ready access to principles of best practice in this dynamic field, and this book will support the endeavours of software users and devotees of hand-copying alike. The author’s understanding of, and passion for, her subject has resulted in a book that is not only practical but also compellingly readable. This seminal and all-encompassing guide encourages new standards of excellence and accuracy and, at a weighty 704 pages, it is supported by 1,500 music examples of published scores from Bach to Xenakis. This is a hardback book, with dust jacket.”
scoringnotes.com
scoringnotes.com is specialized in music notation software and related products and technology. A podcast and regular news give an complete overview of notation software such as MuseScore, Dorico, Sibelius, Finale, etc. and …
… on the-who-is-the-winner question please also refer to scoringnotes.com
Gould, Elaine. Behind bars: the definitive guide to music notation. Faber Music Ltd, 2016. ↩︎
Musescore Keyboard Shortcuts
Note Input mode
musescore.org/en/handbook/note-input
Shortcut | Function |
---|---|
N | note input mode (escape) |
cmd + left/right | prev/next measure |
left/right | prev/next note |
alt + down/up | note below/above |
cmd +shift + i | repitch mode |
shift + alt + ↑ ↓ | move a note diatonically |
shift + note | enter chord tones |
alt + 1-7 | enter interval for next chord note |
cmd + shift + note name | insert notes |
hold shift before clicking | select whole chord |
↑ ↓ | increase/decrease the pitch |
J | enharmonic equivalent |
R | repeat the last entered note |
Q | halve the duration of the last entered note |
W | double the duration of the last entered note |
shift + Q | decrease duration by a dot |
backspace | undo last entered note |
shift + ← → | Exchange last entered note |
X | flip direction of note stem |
shift + X | Move note head to opposite side of stem |