Musescore 3.2.1

New

• Official builds for macOS 10.10 and 10.11 are now available

Fixes

• Sticking was lost on reloading scores
• The position data of articulations (above, below) was lost after saving
• Empty score crashed when playing in some cases

Complete list of issues resolved is available here.
More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.2.1

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use
Musescore-3.2.1.zip instead.

Musescore 3.2

New

• Default to dark theme on macOS if Dark Mode (available as of 10.14 Mojave) is the system-wide preference
• Sticking (the process of assigning certain notes to either our left or right hand) as a new command

Improvements

• Make basic colors of the application including voice colors consistent
• 7/8 time signature was added to advanced workspace and master palette
• Avoid poor alignment of hairpins to dynamics bound to the segment before hairpin start
• Add style settings allowing MDL templates to follow basic drum line notation rules better
• Double/triple-clicking in a text editing mode now selects a word/paragraph respectively

Fixes

• Playback tempo was incorrect when working in continuous view
• Playback tempo set to defaults in some cases when editing score elements
• Tempo changes set fermata time stretch to defaults
• Tuplets and articulations were laid out incorrectly
• Layout shift in a measure at start of a system happened in some cases
• Multi-measure rests created unexpected key signatures in some cases
• Key signature appeared in multi measure rest after being deleted from underlying measure
• Side panels were not dockable after being undocked and closed once
• Mixer panel disappeared in some cases
• Mixer didn't remember changes in the channels
• Changing clef didn't have an effect in combination with multi measure rest
• Сopying/pasting a clef into an another clef crashed Musescore
• Right-click / Edit Element with a different element selected led to crash
• Exporting parts from a score didn't produce correct MIDI, MP3, WAV, OGG, and FLAC files

Complete list of issues resolved is available here.
More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.2

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use
MuseScore-3.2.0.zip instead.

MuseScore 3.1

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use
MuseScore-3.1.0.zip instead.

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

More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.1

MuseScore 3.1 Release Candidate

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use
MuseScore-3.1.0-RC.zip instead.

Summary will be ready soon. Complete list of changes is available in Release Notes.

New

• Elements can cross staves still participating in autoplacement

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

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

More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.1rc

MuseScore 3.1 Beta Update

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use
MuseScore-3.1.0-Beta.zip instead.

New

• Option to completely disable Auto Placement

Improvements

• "MuseScore File" string (under File -> Save As...) now indicates which version you are about to save (MuseScore 3)
• Move the whole segment on dragging a note in edit mode
• Allow changing duration of multiple notes
• Solo instruments related to selected measures if any when starting playback
• Multiple fixes and improvements for fretboard diagrams

Fixes

• 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

More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.1beta

MuseScore 3.1 Beta

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use
MuseScore-3.1.0-Beta.zip instead.

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
• 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

• 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

Fixes

• 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

More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.1beta

MuseScore 3.0.5

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use
MuseScore-3.0.5.zip instead.

Improvements

• The whole chord sounds when iterating over notes with left-right arrows
• Support more properties for fingering
• Add more properties for Plugin API
• Optimise New Score Wizard start time and layout calculations

Fixes

• MuseScore 3.0.4 crashed on startup on macOS
• Score margins and related staves positioning were calculated incorrectly
• Spacers worked incorrectly when interacting with page borders
• Measure counting was wrong when setting a custom offset value
• Keyboard navigation in Single Page view worked incorrectly
• MuseScore crashed on finishing work on Windows
• MuseScore crashed when changing Time Signature in parts
• MuseScore crashed when selecting a bracket in edit mode

More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.0.5

MuseScore 3.0.4

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use MuseScore-3.0.4.zip instead.

Fixes

• All instruments played as piano in some specific cases
• "Save online" login screen didn't work on Mac
• Removing section break crashed the editor in some cases
• Copying measure repeats didn't work
• Brass Quartet and Brass Quintet templates couldn't be opened

More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.0.4

MuseScore 3.0.3

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use MuseScore-3.0.3.zip instead.

New

• New crash report facility

Improvements

• Whole score playback can be turned on when in the Part tab using the mixer. Part playback works by default in in the Part tab
• Improved global performance
• Drag-and-drop user experience is improved

Fixes

• Caesuras and sections breaks didn't cause pauses in playback
• Some properties were not properly saved
• Fermatas over barlines could not be added
• Articulations could not be added to grace notes
• Redundant key/time signatures appeared in Page/Continuous view and Parts
• Visibility was not properly applied
• Ties failed to be copied-pasted in a score with parts
• Keyboard navigation in Continuous View was broken

More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.0.3

MuseScore 3.0.2

Important note!

Revision number (in mscore/revision.h) is incorrect in the assets automatically generated by GitHub. Use MuseScore-3.0.2.zip instead.

Improvements

• Reworked login screen when using Save Online allows signing in via Facebook and Google and creating an account from within the editor
• New easy fingering input mode and other fingering improvements

Fixes

• Plugins framework didn't work
• Grace notes displayed the wrong size in TAB staves
• Default window size was too large on a multi-monitor setup
• Color was not available as a text style setting, including issues with coloring lyrics for different voices
• Slurs were not exported properly to MusicXML
• Tempo text was not imported properly from MusicXML

More information is available on https://musescore.org/en/3.0.2