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Ctrl+Up/Down moves a note from one string to another. For more information on the various tablature commands, be sure to check out the Handbook chapter on guitar notation, and/or my online course (see video description).

There is a limited real-time mode (two of them actually - one based on metronome, the other based on foot pedal), but it’s pretty cumbersome. It’s unlikely you’ll find it less laborious than simply typing the note values. But feel free to check out the instruction on alternate methods in the Basics chapter of the Handbook for more info.

it says it doesnt support the file type

​@@gabriellakohler8474 Sounds like you're trying to *open* it instead of *download* it? But that shouldn't happen unless you've *already* downloaded it. If you are sure you haven't downloaded it yet and for some reason it is trying to open it directly from the web - that should be impossible, but maybe you've configured things in an unusual way - try right-clicking the file name on the web site where you are downloading from, and choose "save link as". Then be sure to choose the "Linux files" folder and follow the rest of instructions as per the video.

@@OutsideShoreMusicThis worked!! Thank you so much this was silly of me

Easiest is to not enter them in the first place of course! But if you have some you no longer want, just select them and press Delete.

The "hot cross buns" score is available for download. The other is someone else's copyrighted work I completed for hire; I'm not at liberty to share it beyond the "fair use" here. As for notating comping rhythms, typically that is done via "rhythmic slash notation". look up that term in the Handbook, and if you you find a video would help supplement that info, do a further search on that term. I definitely cover it in my Mastering MuseScore 4 course.

thank you!

@@anzatzi if your keyboard lacks a physical insert key, usually your system defines an equivalent. Check your OS settings if unsure what it is in your system.

@@Marjoline The best tutorials - for percussion as well as everything else - are in my online course Mastering MuseScore 4. See the description for a link. You can also check out the online Handbook (see Help menu within MuseScore), where there is a whole chapter on the special system, used to optimize percussion input.

MuseScore *does* play most articulations. Pretty much all of the common ones, anyhow - a few more obscure ones don't have playback effect.

First, make sure you have installed and are running MuseScore Studio on your computer - you can't create score using the mobile apps or using the website in your browser. Once you have installed MsueScore Studio, start it, and the first thing you see is the screen shown in my video. Click "New score" to get started.

See the Handbook section on adding temporary staves - musescore.org/en/handbook/4/showing-staves-only-where-needed

There are all sorts of settings to control the spacing of systems, found in Format / Style / Page. No need to resort to manually moving things one by one! For more info, see the Handbook chapter on page formatting & layout.

Try opening a terminal window and starting MuseScore from there. Now that you've installed it, you can run it as "mscore4portable".

Okay, what would the terminal command be for that (what would I type in)? Sorry, I’m very new to Linux and terminal.

@@kaede_2009 Exactly what I said: "mscore4portable" (without the quotes).

I tried that, and get this string of errors: findlib: libjack.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory /home/username/.local/bin/MuseScore-4.0.1.230161436-aarch64.AppImage: Using fallback for library 'libjack.so.0' findlib: libnss3.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory /home/username/.local/bin/MuseScore-4.0.1.230161436-aarch64.AppImage: Using fallback for library 'libnss3.so' QEventLoop: Cannot be used without QApplication QEventLoop: Cannot be used without QApplication qt.qpa.plugin: Could not find the Qt platform plugin "wayland" in "" 16:01:09.425 | INFO | main_thread | GlobalModule | onPreInit: log path: /home/username/.local/share/MuseScore/MuseScore4/logs/MuseScore_241025_160109.log 16:01:09.426 | INFO | main_thread | GlobalModule | onPreInit: === Started MuseScore 4.0.1, build number 230161436 === /tmp/.mount_musescjBdpJ6/AppRun: line 26: 2003 Segmentation fault (core dumped) "${APPDIR}/bin/mscore4portable" "$@"

@kaede_2009 most of those messages are normal and harmless. Unfortunately there isn’t anything that gives any real insight, except one thing - that is an extremely old version you are running. The current is 4.4.3, so try downloading that instead and try again.

I describe everything in that dialog as well as everything in the entire program in my online course, Mastering MuseScore 4. See masteringmusescore.com for details

That's the normal legal standard, so it's the default. If you wish to show a copyright message on all pages for some reason, go to Format / Style / Header & Footer, and change the content from $C to $c (copyright on first page only vs all pages).

Normally you wouldn't hide staves until you are done with note input. If you find yourself needing to unhide temporary for some reason, just do it, add the notes, and hide again. Or use the cursor keys (eg, Alt+Up/Down) to navigate to the staff and add notes. Even though you can't see the staff, you can still navigate to it, and as soon as you add a note, it appears, since it is no longer empty.

I put a space between ‘./ Musescore…’ and it came up with ‘-bash: ./: Is a directory’ if that’s helpful?

@@TheaSmith-ob8oi There shouldn't be a space. It's important to type the filename *exactly*, including the capitalization - MuseScore, not Musescore.

@@OutsideShoreMusic okay, still bringing up “cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory’ when i do it properly

@@TheaSmith-ob8oi Which file specifically is mentioned in the message? Whatever it is, that's what you'll need to install. As per previous comments, depending on your particular distribution, there are different libraries that could potentially be missing.

@@OutsideShoreMusicit mentions ‘libjack’ ‘libopengl’ and ‘libOpenGL’ so do i just need to install them?

In MU4, the layout palette is there at the bottom of the list of palettes unless you previously deleted it. In that case, add it back via the "Add palettes" button. The Instruments and Properties panel are there in the tab list at the top of the left sidebar unless you previously closed them. In that case, reopen them from the View menu.

@@ibdense as my video shows, no need to change time signatures just to split a measure.

Just add a tempo marking (from palette or Add menu) where you want the change to occur.

MuseScore doesn't differentiate between vocal and instrumental staves in this respect - the exact same techniques work. In fact, these commands were originally developed for instrumental music.

@@OutsideShoreMusic amazing thank you for your help

@@fourhymns-worship yes, that’s another way to access the same functionality.

@@nexuennex9151 if I understand correctly, you aren’t wrong :-). Mid-measure repeats are indeed mostly used in conjunction with pickups - either at the beginning of the whole piece like this, or pickups to individually repeated phrases.

@@OutsideShoreMusic Makes sense. Thanks for answering.