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It is much easier not to accidently “overfill” a measure, as it is in Finale.

Sometimes Finale makes your score look cluttered and messy if you have a lot of items entered. MuseScore automatically adjusts the measures so the notes aren’t cramped-looking.

After entering all your notes, the score still looks fairly neat and clean.

In addition, the website has an online forum where you can ask questions and get answers.

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There is the pdf Help Manual (included in the download, easily located in the “Help” dropdown), an Online Help Manual where you can learn how to enter the items you need in your score.

I was unable to figure out how to do this in MuseScore, so I assume it’s not a feature (yet).

I normally like to hide the measure numbers for most projects.Did I miss it somehow? So I just entered “rit.” as text, which means the playback unfortunately will not recognize the ritardando. I was unable to find a way to insert a ritardando.13 to see what I’m talking about.) Again, I was supposed to right-click and click “Set Invisible”, but MuseScore is not recognizing my right-click on my MacBook. Hiding a rest in Voice 2 (Finale calls them layers) so that it’s not covering the notes in Voice 1.But pressing “shift +” is apparently a different shortcut.

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Inserting a tie (supposedly, you are supposed to push the “+” button, but if you take a look at the + key, it’s actually a =/+ key, which means getting the plus sign requires using the shift key.

Was unable to delete extra measures I didn’t need, due to the same issue as above: was unable to get into the “Measure Properties” menu.

If you have a PC, you are likely to have no issues with this.) (On MacBooks, you normally hold “Ctl” and then click in order to right-click, but MuseScore doesn’t seem to be recognizing this. The Help Manual says to right-click on the measure and select “Measure Properties”, but when I right-click on the measure, nothing happens.

Editing the pickup measure (after already going through the setup wizard).

For the most part, I was able to figure out how to do the things I wanted to do. M y test drive of MuseScore 0.9.5 for Mac:Īs with any notation software, it takes time to learn the shortcuts and find where everything is located. Click to enlarge.And so, what follows are the results. Now that Finale Notepad is no longer free, MuseScore is looking even more appealing - especially when you take a look at this chart that compares the two side-by-side. And the basics were all there, but you couldn’t do certain things, such as changing the key signature or time signature in the middle of the piece. Was anybody else as “bummed” as I was when Finale began charging $9.95 to download their demo version of Finale, “ Finale Notepad“? Finale Notepad was perfect to recommend for students who just wanted to enter simple compositions and be able to print them off. Is it worth spending all that money on Finale when you can get MuseScore for free?Īnd there’s another reason why I was curious about MuseScore.

Buying Finale 2009 last September cost me an arm and a leg, so I was quite curious to see how MuseScore would compare.

I use Finale to make worksheets for my students and to notate my original compositions and arrangements.

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I’ve been a faithful Finale user since 2005, mainly because Finale is the software of choice at the colleges I’ve attended.

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After doing a brief test drive last spring ( mentioned here), I decided to take a closer look now that it’s available for Mac users. MuseScore is a music notation software available FREE online for anyone to download. Move over, Finale and Sibelius! There’s somebody new in town.