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How do you play MuseScore?

To start playback: Click on a note, rest or the blank part of a measure to establish the starting point. Note: If no selection is made, playback returns to the place it left off; or, if no previous playback, to the start of the score. Press the Play button; or press Space .

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Playback toolbar

Basic playback functions are accessed from the Play toolbar located above the document window:

From left to right, the icons are:

Toggle 'Midi input' :

: Rewind to start position : Playback returns to the beginning of the score, or to the start of the loop (if one is set). : Playback returns to the beginning of the score, or to the start of the loop (if one is set). Start or stop playback : See Start/stop playback.

: See Start/stop playback. Toggle loop playback : See Loop playback.

: See Loop playback. Play repeats : Turn off if you want playback to ignore repeats. : Turn off if you want playback to ignore repeats. Pan score during playback : Turn off if you want the score to remain stationary. : Turn off if you want the score to remain stationary. Play metronome: Toggles metronome ON and OFF.

Playback commands

Start/stop playback

To start playback:

Click on a note, rest or the blank part of a measure to establish the starting point. Note: If no selection is made, playback returns to the place it left off; or, if no previous playback, to the start of the score. Press the Play button; or press Space . During playback you can jump to a specific note or rest in the score by simply clicking on it.

To stop playback:

Press the Play button; or press Space .

During playback

Once playback has started, the following commands are available:

Go back to previous chord: ←

Go back to start of previous measure: Ctrl + ← (Mac: Cmd + ← ) (Mac: ) Rewind to start of score: Home (Mac: Cmd + Home ); or press the Rewind button (playback toolbar). During playback you can still use keyboard shortcuts to open and close panels, such as Play, Synthesizer, Mixer etc.

Loop playback

Playback should be off , and the "Loop playback button" on .

, and the "Loop playback button" . Select the desired region of the score for loop playback.

Press the playback button.

Playback will now cycle within the region marked by the blue flags.

Use the "Loop playback" button to toggle the loop on or off.

See also: Play Panel (below).

Play panel

To open the Play Panel use one of the following options:

Press F11 (Mac: Fn + F11 ).

(Mac: ). From the menu bar, select View → Play Panel .

The Play Panel allows you to make temporary changes to tempo and volume, to loop playback between specified points etc.

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Are MuseScore courses free?

Description. MuseScore is the best FREE music notation software available. This course is for anyone that wants to write professional sheet music, lead sheets or chord sheets with MuseScore.

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MuseScore is the best FREE music notation software available.

This course is for anyone that wants to write professional sheet music, lead sheets or chord sheets with MuseScore. Every musician and music teacher needs to write sheet music and should know about this fantastic music notation software. Learn how to easily and efficiently write scores for one or more instruments (up to a whole orchestra).

You can even enter notes using a MIDI piano keyboard.

It's possible to print (or export as a PDF file) the individual parts for the instruments in the orchestra or band. MuseScore is also a great tool for music composers and also for people that want to write accompaniment music to rehearse their instrument. MuseScore features an extensive sound library used to playback (and loop) your score. In this course, you will learn in detail how to do all of this, explained by a teacher with more than 25 years of teaching experience.

Some of the topics covered in this course:

MuseScore installation on Windows, Mac and Linux

Entering notes, chords, accidentals and rests

Computer keyboard shortcuts for quicker note entry

How to enter notes with a MIDI piano keyboard

Navigating through MuseScore

Customizations

Multiple voices

Guitar tablature

Cut, copy & paste selections

Page layout

Key/time signature changes

Creating individual parts for each instrument

Export MIDI / audio files

Playback

Printing & exporting

Plugins

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