In this post, we recap the first 20 videos of the MuseTube course, where we’ve learned the essential fundamentals of MuseScore. If you’ve followed all the videos so far, this article will serve as a self-assessment before moving on to the next, more advanced section.

🎼 Downloading and Installing MuseScore

In the first videos of the course, we focused on how to download and install MuseScore on different operating systems:

• Video 1: Downloading MuseScore on Windows, including versions 3 and 4.
• Video 2: Introduction to Muse Hub, a tool for managing the installation of MuseScore and other add-ons like Audacity and Muse Sounds.
• Video 3: Installing MuseScore on Linux, addressing the system’s unique characteristics.

📜 Creating and Managing Scores

Once MuseScore was installed, we learned how to create and manage our scores:

• Video 4: Creating our first score from scratch.
• Video 5: Exploring the interface of MuseScore 3 and 4.
• Video 6: Navigation techniques within a score.
• Video 7: Using the timeline to better organize the score.
• Video 8: Advanced options when creating scores, such as configuring time signatures and pickup measures.

🎵 Note Input and Editing

We learned various ways to input notes, chords, and rests in MuseScore:

• Video 9: Methods for entering notes: keyboard, mouse, MIDI, and MuseScore’s virtual keyboard.
• Video 10: Using voices to separate melodic lines within a score.
• Video 11: Different note entry modes.
• Video 12: Creating and deleting measures using different methods.
• Video 13: Advanced selection modes for working with specific elements of the score.
• Video 14: Modifying notes, transposing by semitones or octaves, changing durations, etc.

✂️ Copy, Paste, and Organization

To make working with scores easier, we learned about content management in MuseScore:

• Video 15: Different ways to copy, cut, and paste content.
• Video 16: Using and customizing the Palettes panel.
• Video 17: Exploring the Properties panel and its multiple functions.
• Video 18: Creating and managing parts, i.e., individual parts for each musician.

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts to Optimize Workflow

In the last video of the recap, we covered more than 50 essential keyboard shortcuts to speed up working in MuseScore.

• Video 19: A list of keyboard shortcuts to work more efficiently.

🎯 Conclusion and Next Steps

With these 20 videos, we’ve covered the fundamental basics of MuseScore. If you’ve followed all the videos and feel comfortable with the topics discussed, you’re ready to move forward to more advanced functionalities.

If there are any concepts you’re unsure about, you can rewatch the corresponding video. And, of course, if you think we missed something or have any questions, feel free to leave a comment. See you in the next videos, where we’ll dive even deeper into MuseScore!