r/Musescore • • 18h ago

My Composition My First Original Piece

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I’ve been arranging soundtracks on MuseScore for a few years, and this is the first piece I’ve composed myself.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on it, both from a technical standpoint and, more importantly, on an emotional level.

Thank you so much for listening!


r/Musescore • • 21h ago

Discussion What do you do when you need to transpose an old scan instead of a MuseScore file? Schubert G → F example

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I was looking at this from the perspective of a singer and accompanist: if the only score you have is a scan, how do you get it into a different key without re-entering the voice and piano parts?

This is the opening system of Schubert's Heidenröslein from a public-domain Peters edition. The top image is the original G-major scan; the bottom is the actual output in F major. Both the voice and piano staves were moved down a whole step while the printed lyrics and spacing stayed in place. The first vocal note is B4 → A4, and the key signature goes from one sharp to one flat. I spot-checked the excerpt shown here, not the whole song. There are no manual note fixes in the comparison image.

I'm building the tool used here, Solfa: https://solfa-music.com/

The scanned source is the public-domain Edition Peters score, IMSLP #44445: https://imslp.org/wiki/Heidenr%C3%B6slein%2C_D.257_%28Schubert%2C_Franz%29

This example is the optical output, not an editable MuseScore file.

For MuseScore users: when you start with a scan and need a singer-friendly key, do you usually import/re-enter and edit the score, or would a layout-preserving transposed image be useful in your workflow?


r/Musescore • • 21h ago

Complaint MuseScore Fraud. one sheet of music= 3 month subscription

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Musescore billed me for a 3 month subscription a week after I purchased a single sheet of music. I demanded a refund, and they provided a 75% refund claiming they prorated it. The refund was demanded immediately after I received the 'reciept', and I have purchased nothing aside from the one song.

This company is garbage.


r/Musescore • • 22h ago

My Arrangement 【Hikaru Nara GooseHouse】

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r/Musescore • • 23h ago

Help me find this feature Help, I accidentally saved over one of my scores is there a way to revert it back to its previous version?

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r/Musescore • • 1d ago

Unexpected charge Help

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Basically i bought a score last sunday cuz i needed it for an exam, and today like 20 minutes ago i found out that they charged me premium, i mever bought it neither had the intention, now im trying to communicate with support but there is no answer, what should i do? Please i need help


r/Musescore • • 1d ago

Help me find this feature How can I make stems the same height?

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I'm notating drums and have played around with the menu from Format > Notes and the Properties panel, and I can't seem to find a way to make all the various stems be the same height. I tried the "shorten stems" checkbox from Format > Notes and tried the Properties tab height adjustment, but then the beamed notes have a stem poking out at the top (not pictured).

Using Musecore 4 on Macbook Pro


r/Musescore • • 1d ago

Unexpected charge How to refund subscription?

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My girlfriend is very very upset- she thought her yearly subscription renewed in November but its actually October and shes lost about £55 that she cant afford to spend. Is there any way to refund this or has anyone had any success doing so? It doesnt look good all i can find is cancelling it for next year


r/Musescore • • 1d ago

Plugin Notation Copilot: edit your MuseScore 4 score in plain English (free plugin by AiHud)

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Copying a cello line into the bassoon, moving violin 1 up an octave for a few bars, slurring a passage in five parts... the small chores in MuseScore 4 add up. So we built a plugin where you just type what you want.

It opens as a chat panel next to your score. You write something like "double the flute in violin 1 an octave lower, bars 5-8" and it makes that one change in your open score, nothing else.

A couple of things I cared about:

  • if what you asked is vague it asks you a question (with buttons to answer) instead of guessing
  • each request is a single undo, so one Ctrl+Z takes the whole thing back
  • it re-reads the score every time, so it works with whatever you changed by hand in between

Right now it handles doubling, transposing, articulations and slurs. It does NOT do dynamics, lyrics, chord symbols or layout yet. It needs internet: your score gets sent as MusicXML to our server when you hit send, and an AI model works out the edit, so check the result. Free key gives you 100 edits a month.

Update: fair point from the comments that doubling/transposing is already quick with shortcuts. It now does the bigger stuff: "voice the alto 1 melody in bars 9-16 for the saxes" (close or drop 2, from your chord symbols, each note in range), "write a sustained string pad under bars 17-24", "brass hits on 2 and 4", "make an easier trumpet 1 part for beginners", "add a walking bass line". If those bars already have music it asks whether to replace it or add a second voice. Free tier is now 100 edits a month.

Demo video: https://copilot.aihud.net/demo.mp4

It's made by AiHud (https://aihud.net). Would really like to hear what edits you'd want it to do next, or where it messes up.


r/Musescore • • 1d ago

My Arrangement Merry Christmas, Darling

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One last Christmas arrangement of a 70's standard. It's hard to miss the Carpenter's sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhc4WCLSG1Q&list=PLO1XErYfx_Njn_qmKwLM_Bey8D3vlBbSN


r/Musescore • • 2d ago

News Aria is now on Android! (A Mobile editor for MuseScore files)

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Android / Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hdi200.ariascore
iPhone / iPad: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aria-music-notation-editor/id6779437781

Hey all, Android support was easily the most common request on my earlier posts, so I'm really happy to say Aria now runs on Android phones and tablets. Thanks to everyone who tried the iOS version and sent feedback. It helped more than you'd think.

If you haven't seen it before, Aria lets you open, edit, play back, and export MuseScore and MusicXML scores on your phone or tablet. The engraving engine is based on MuseScore Studio's, and it reads .mscz files directly. That means you can start a score on your desktop and keep working on it on the bus without converting anything.

Here's a sample of Aria's current feature-set:

  • Open and edit .mscz and MusicXML files
  • Start new scores from scratch or from a template
  • Play scores back with per-instrument mixing, plus mute and solo
  • Build setlists and loop sections for practice
  • Export to MuseScore, PDF, MusicXML, or audio
  • Make scrolling-score or falling-notes piano videos inside the app

Since this is the first Android release, there are bound to be rough edges on some devices. If something breaks or looks off, please tell me what device on and what happened, and I'll look into it.

Any feedback is welcome! A lot of what I work on next comes straight from these comments.


r/Musescore • • 2d ago

My Arrangement 【春日影 CryChic】

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r/Musescore • • 2d ago

My Composition can i get your thoughts on my violin concerto

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Here's the links:

thanks

parts i like:

  • mendelssohn inspired first theme, and lyrical 2nd theme
  • the beautiful section starting measure 92, which slowly transforms the motif from theme 1 to basic arpeggios playing harmonies inspired by rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto
  • how energetic the coda is. (it starts on measure 205, and I accidentally labeled it the cadenza)

parts I don't like or am unsure about

  • I'm not sure whether the virtuosic parts like the string crossings starting measure 63 are comfortable to play or not (i'm not a violinist). Additionally, that section feels repetitive.
  • Even though I like the cadenza, I feel like it's too short and not satisfying enough to resolve the tension that's been built up throughout the piece.
  • the transition to the recapitulation starting measure 185 feels abit weird to me, particularly measure 190 where the key changes. I went from B major to C major which should work because it goes up a semitone, and I think beethoven did something similar in his 7th symphony, but I just feel it's a bit weird.

Also, I'm looking for a friend to talk about composing stuff with, and have fun. If you're interested in composing, text me on reddit or comment please. thanks.


r/Musescore • • 2d ago

Discussion Grande Polonaise Brillante Op 22.

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Chopin Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op 22

Link the score : https://musescore.com/user/89706355/scores/39444164?share=copy_link ( i make both Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Brilliant)this video is my favorite part this piece. I'm trying to post full piece last night but it's not work,so sorry about that.Thank for hearing


r/Musescore • • 2d ago

Bug Bug? The pickup bar in bar 1 and 20 does not display correctly in Clarinet piece, and I'm not able to change it.

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r/Musescore • • 2d ago

Humour Snare drum, why is the difference between your mp and mf so loud???

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I swear when I put in a snare drum at mp and play it back it's like 10 dB and then as soon as I change to mf it's blasting my speakers out


r/Musescore • • 2d ago

My Composition My First String Quartet Attempt

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I've always wanted to write a string quartet, so I decided to give it a try. I wanted to start with something simple, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.

What could I improve? Any feedback is welcome!


r/Musescore • • 2d ago

My Composition Performing an original piece I wrote, notated on Musescore 4 then reprinted onto textured paper. Hoping to publish in book format one day, what do you think?

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Bit different, but hope we can we share ourselves live playing original pieces we notated on musescore 4?


r/Musescore • • 2d ago

My Arrangement 【TheDay Porno Graffitti】

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r/Musescore • • 3d ago

My Arrangement Christmas Time Is Here

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r/Musescore • • 3d ago

Discussion smartapp doesnt allow me to open musescore 4

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i used to open it with no issues but recently it just totally blocks musescore from opening, saying they 'cant verify publishers'. i dont wanna turn off smartapp but i cant change its properties and the checkbox for unblocked does not appear. how do i fix this?


r/Musescore • • 3d ago

My Composition Second Awakening - Electronic piano with breakbeats...

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r/Musescore • • 3d ago

Bug Reverb Destroyed by Grace Notes in Playback

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As the title says. I wrote a movement for a woodwind quintet a few weeks ago and I need to submit the scores and audio by tomorrow.

There is a section in 7/8 in the middle, and the entire time leading up to this the playback works totally fine, but the moment a grace note appears in my horn line, it sounds like the entire ensemble is instantly teleported from a concert hall to an acoustically dead studio.

When I first wrote it, this was not an issue, but since making some edits to the score, probably after one or two updates to Musescore 4, it has started doing this. It wouldn't be such a big deal if it rendered the audio correctly too, but it does not, it does the same thing when processing it into MP3.

Has anyone experienced something similar, and were you able to fix it? Did I accidentally fat-finger some obscure hotkey that changes the reverb under specific conditions? I am almost certain it's a glitch because once that section is played in playback, if I pause and go back to the beginning again, the reverb is still gone and I have to completely close the score and reopen it for it to come back. It also has a little phasing and slight, for lack of a better word, "popping" sound every time it happens.

I can provide a video demonstration if necessary, I would just kind of prefer to keep it to myself if I can though. Thank you anyone who may have insight!


r/Musescore • • 3d ago

My Arrangement I Believe In Santa Claus

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r/Musescore • • 3d ago

Complaint Spam app?

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Why is Musehub resorting to spam techniques to get installs by keyword stuffing people trying to download Audacity?