MuseScore is a free cross platform WYSIWYG music notation program, licensed under GNU GPL.
Highlights
- WYSIWYG, notes are entered on a "virtual note sheet"
- Unlimited number of staves
- Up to four voices per staff
- Easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or MIDI
- Audio playback of the score
- Import and export of MusicXML and standard MIDI files
- Available in 50 languages
Note: Now requires OS X 10.7 or later.
New Features
- Playback of trills and other ornaments as well as glissandi and bends, with controls to customize or disable the effect
- New templates: various classical chamber groups, vocal ensembles, orchestras, and concert band
- Palette improvements: clefs, key signatures, time signatures, lines, and other palette elements that formerly required drag and drop can be added to a selected range via double click
- Search box in Symbols palette
- Zoom to 100% shortcut (Ctrl+0)
- Tremolo rendering improvements
- New symbols: treble clef with parenthesized octave indicator, pedal line with release symbol
- Improvements to Bravura and other music fonts
- Improvements to the default FluidR3 soundfont
Bug Fixes