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MuseScore 3.1.0

  -  133 MB  -  Open Source

Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of MuseScore 3.1.0.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of MuseScore for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


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What's new in this version:

New:
- Single-note dynamics playback - long notes can play dynamic changes
- Updated soundfont that supports single-note dynamics out of the box
- High quality soundfont with better strings and synth instruments available as an extension in the Resource Manager
- Option to completely disable Auto Placement
- Elements can cross staves still participating in Auto Placement
- Half-time/Double-time feature that shortens and lengthens rhythms on copy-pasting
- Linearization feature that unrolls all repeats
- Internal computational approach that allows creating 256th, 512th, 1024th notes and any kind of compound tuplets
- Online documentation for Plugin API is available

Improvements:
- Playback starts immediately on large scores
- Continuous view performance was significantly improved
- The layout of the scores imported from MuseScore 2 is now preserved
- Size and usability of Play Panel is now improved
- Add chord symbol support for fret diagrams
- Move the whole segment on dragging a note in edit mode
- Allow changing duration of multiple notes
- Select notes after deleting various elements
- Make copy-pasting hairpins possible
- Fix significant lag on iterating over notes with left-right arrows
- UI refinements including more streamlined Inspector
- "MuseScore File" string (under File -> Save As...) now indicates which version you are about to save (MuseScore 3)

Fixes:
- System positions calculations allocated too much space
- Courtesy clefs and key signatures were positioned incorrectly around repeat barlines
- Cross-staff notation was incorrect in some cases
- Barlines spanning was wrong in some cases
- Barlines were incorrect when small and standard staves were mixed
- Piano keyboard display didn't update when adding accidental using toolbar or palette
- Side panels became undockable after being undocked and closed once
- Could not add proper slur to grace notes when there were more than one
- Layout of small staves was incorrect in some cases
- Key signatures displayed incorrectly after clef change
- Grace notes (after) collided with accidentals on main note
- Key signature disappeared in all but first stave
- Note's dot's visibility was incorrect when toggling visibility with note and dot selected
- Couldn't pan score while playing when a note was selected
- Instrument Change didn't transpose
- Couldn't delete clef change at the start of a system
- Accent-staccato didn't work in default template
- Some properties were not kept on saving score
- Incorrect key/time signatures and clefs appeared in the score in specific cases
- User-modified barlines were not linking correctly between staves of a score, parts, and multimeasure rests
- Ties were laid out incorrectly in some cases
- Problems with layout of with beams, slurs, tuplets, and tremolo in cross-staff notation
- Sizes and positions of some elements were not scaling correctly for small staves
- Brackets didn't appear after section break
- Users were automatically logged out after 5 hours when using Save Online
- Phrasing in target measure was not cleared on copy-pasting
- ChordIdentifier Plugin didn't work with MuseScore 3