Thanks a mil Damien. Great to hear from you, hope all is well! :)

@@DavidKennedyMusic All going good. Busy trying to juggle everything, you know yourself. :-)

Hi, thanks for the comment. I don’t have that specific video. But a few places for you to start would be: 1. MuseScore.com you can download editable versions of scores here and tweak them as you like. 2. If your keyboard can load audio like WAV/mp3 files then you can export to these file types from MuseScore. Go to Files Tab > Export > Export to WAV/mp3

Hi Carlos, thanks for the kind words. In a large score like that it’s probably best to use the “find” tool. I think it’s ctrl+F activates it. A little search box pops up and you can insert a bar number. It then brings you straight to that point in the score.

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I’m not actually sure if it’s possible to do that. Do you mean writing a piece on guitar with Capo on fret 3 and then having playback in the actually sounding pitch?

@J's Favorite Music Hey, I think there is a way to do this. If you want the tab to be read as though capo 3 is on; go into the properties, there is a settings cog ⚙️ that will allow you to reset the pitches of the open notes. So for capo 3, from low to high, you’ll have G C F Bb D G. Now when you put in open on first string with the tab, the playback will sound a G, not an E

Hey, this is the page you’ll want to read. I think you’re talking about “real-time” input mode. musescore.org/en/handbook/2/note-input-modes#:~:text=note%20input%20toolbar.-,Step%2Dtime,MIDI%20keyboard%20or%20virtual%20piano

@@DavidKennedyMusic Thanks. I really appreciate that. Unfortunately, I am really strugglig with the Note Input. i am actually using my other software to record what I play, saving it as a MIDI then inporting it into MS4.1 to tidy it up but that is time consuming. There doesn't seem to be an obvious real-time entry mode and, as I said previously, the notes just stack up as chords. I know it's something I am doing (or rather not doing) but I just wondered if oters can simply play and record notes in real time?

Hey Antônio, as far as I know they’re recreating Image Capture from scratch to make it better and it couldn’t be done in time for MS4 but will return in a further release.

Look in the View menu to get them back.

Sorry for the delay, yes the view tab will bring them back for you. Hand written notation (like a jazz lead sheet style) can be set from the format tab in the “style” area. You can actually save styles to so that the default font is the handwritten style every time you open up MS

I’m not sure, but to get around that I change the sound of the metronome to a software instrument I have (you can do that now in MS4 with the VST support)

Hi Jim, thanks for commenting. I suppose this video is very specific to my own uses of MS4 so it’s inevitable it wouldn’t suit all and as you say in some cases MS3 might actually be more beneficial for some users. I do like the new workflow and having things more immediately accessible. While cleaning up audio in a DAW might be a pain, the fact that MS4 now supports Vst instruments means you can bring your DAW to MS4. This has specifically been a game changer for me in bringing my scores to life. I do my basic and initial sound design in MS4 and then when I get to my DAW I can do more heavy lifting things with regard to mixing etc. The last thing I’d say is that the MuseScore 4 overhaul on the “under the hood” stuff means that there will be improvements going forward at a much greater rate and I am excited for those. I know there is probably this sentiment from MS users “if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it” but some of the things I have been wishing for have either been delivered in MS4 or are in the pipeline.