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=== Notes and Lyrics ===
 
=== Notes and Lyrics ===
  
* <b>Exercise 1: Note Entry and Lyrics</b>
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[[Image:ex1-mary.svg]]
::Basic note and lyric entry.  You may need to use {{keypress|Ctrl|Up}}/{{keypress|Down}} to transpose the notes by an octave at the start of the note entry.
 
  
  
* <b>Exercise 2: Octaves, Slurs, Fingerings and Text</b>
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=== Octaves, Slurs, Fingerings and Text ===
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::A demonstration of how to add fingerings, slurs as well as dealing more with octave transposition during data entry on the computer keyboard.
 
::A demonstration of how to add fingerings, slurs as well as dealing more with octave transposition during data entry on the computer keyboard.
* <b>Exercise 3: Chords</b>
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=== Chords ===
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::A demonstration of how to enter chords.  Chords can also be entered by interval: {{keypress|Shft}} plus a number will add a diatonic interval below the current note in a chord.  {{keypress|Alt}} plus a number will add a diatonic interval above the current note in a chord.
 
::A demonstration of how to enter chords.  Chords can also be entered by interval: {{keypress|Shft}} plus a number will add a diatonic interval below the current note in a chord.  {{keypress|Alt}} plus a number will add a diatonic interval above the current note in a chord.
* <b>Exercise 4: Upper and Lower Voices</b>
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=== Voices/Layers ===
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::A demonstration of how to place multiple voices onto a single staff.
 
::A demonstration of how to place multiple voices onto a single staff.
 
<center>
 
{| cellpadding="3" class="wikitable"
 
|- {{Style|table header}}
 
! Description
 
! Exercise 1
 
! Exercise 2
 
! Exercise 3
 
! Exercise 4
 
|-
 
| Instructions: || [[Media:Musescore1.pdf|musescore1.pdf]]          ||  [[Media:Musescore2.pdf|musescore2.pdf]]        || [[Media:Musescore3.pdf|musescore3.pdf]]              ||[[Media:Musescore4.pdf|musescore4.pdf]]
 
|-
 
|PDF file export: || [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.pdf|ex1.pdf]]        ||    [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.pdf|ex2.pdf]]      ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.pdf|ex3.pdf]]          ||[[Media:Musescore-exercise4.pdf|ex4.pdf]]
 
|-
 
| Native MuseScore data file,<br> uncompressed: ||[[Media:Musescore-exercise1.mscx|ex1.mscx]]      ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.mscx|ex2.mscx]]    || [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.mscx|ex3.mscx]]    ||[[Media:Musescore-exercise4.mscx|ex4.mscx]]
 
|-
 
| Native MuseScore data file,<br>  compressed: ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.mscz|ex1.mscz]]    ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.mscz|ex2.mscz]]      ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.mscz|ex3.mscz]]        ||[[Media:Musescore-exercise4.mscz|ex4.mscz]]
 
|-
 
| MusicXML file export,<br> uncompressed: ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.xml|ex1.xml]]          ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.xml|ex2.xml]]          ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.xml|ex3.xml]]        ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise4.xml|ex4.xml]] 
 
|-
 
| MusicXML file export,<br> compressed:    ||    [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.mxl|ex1.mxl]]          ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.mxl|ex2.mxl]]        ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.mxl|ex3.mxl]]      ||[[Media:Musescore-exercise4.mxl|ex4.mxl]]
 
|-
 
| Lilypond file export: || [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.ly|ex1.ly]]            ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.ly|ex2.ly]]            || [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.ly|ex3.ly]]              || [[Media:Musescore-exercise4.ly|ex4.ly]]
 
|-
 
| MIDI file export: ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.mid|ex1.mid]]        ||    [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.mid|ex2.mid]]          ||    [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.mid|ex3.mid]]        ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise4.mid|ex4.mid]]
 
|-
 
| PostScript file export: ||    [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.ps|ex1.ps]]          ||    [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.ps|ex2.ps]]          ||  [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.ps|ex3.ps]]          || [[Media:Musescore-exercise4.ps|ex4.ps]]
 
|-
 
| PNG image file export: || [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.png|ex1.png]]          ||    [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.png|ex2.png]]          ||[[Media:Musescore-exercise3.png|ex3.png]]              || [[Media:Musescore-exercise4.png|ex4.png]]
 
|-
 
| SVG image file export: || [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.svg|ex1.svg]]      || [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.svg|ex2.svg]]      || [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.svg|ex3.svg]]      || [[Media:Musescore-exercise4.svg|ex4.svg]]     
 
|-
 
| HE-AAC audio export || [[Media:Musescore-exercise1.m4a|ex1.m4a]] || [[Media:Musescore-exercise2.m4a|ex2.m4a]] || [[Media:Musescore-exercise3.m4a|ex3.m4a]] || [[Media:Musescore-exercise4.m4a|ex4.m4a]]
 
|}
 
</center>
 
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Revision as of 06:53, 14 January 2020

MuseScore is a free open-source graphical music-notation editor which is available for all three major operating systems: linux, Apple MacOS, and Microsoft Windows. This is possible due to the use of the cross-platform graphical window interface called Qt.

MuseScore' user interface is an intersection of those found in Sibelius and Finale. All three notation programs have significant overlap in their user interface conceptualization and organization. But there are differences in how each of these programs behave, which hinders users' facility in more than one of these programs at a time.

Finale has been around the longest of the three notation editors, and has been dominant in the U.S. where it was originally developed. Sibelius was originally created for the Acorn computer in the U.K. MuseScore development started around 2002.

Exercises

Notes and Lyrics

Ex1-mary.svg


Octaves, Slurs, Fingerings and Text

A demonstration of how to add fingerings, slurs as well as dealing more with octave transposition during data entry on the computer keyboard.

Chords

A demonstration of how to enter chords. Chords can also be entered by interval: Shft plus a number will add a diatonic interval below the current note in a chord. Alt plus a number will add a diatonic interval above the current note in a chord.

Voices/Layers

A demonstration of how to place multiple voices onto a single staff.

Links