Release notes for MuseScore 3 (December 24, 2018)

MuseScore 3.0 was released December 24, 2018.

MuseScore 3.0 is packed full of new features and improvements.

Musical notation

• Automatic placement - potential collisions between elements are detected and resolved automatically, allowing you to easily create great-looking scores with little need for manual adjustment
• Improved parts facility - link parts to specific voices within a staff
• System dividers - automatically generate dividers between systems
• Staff type changes - change staff size, number of lines, and other properties mid-score
• Temporary and cutaway staves - staves may appear and disappear as needed, including the ability to have empty measures be completely invisible
• MuseJazz font - give all elements in your scores a handwritten appearance
• Named noteheads - automatically display pitch names in noteheads using a variety of different naming schemes

Usability

• Tours - get online help automatically as you need it
• Timeline - navigate using a graphical overview of the music structure of your score that shows rehearsal marks, changes of tempo, key, and time signature, etc.
• Score comparison tool - easily view differences between versions of a score
• Single page mode - vertically scrolling view of your score
• Improved Inspector - control more element properties and set style defaults directly from the Inspector window, including new above/below placement settings
• Palette search - enter a search term to quickly find any symbol
• Timewise note input and editing - insert and deletes notes and rests within measures, automatically shifting subsequent music forwards or backwards
• Next/previous element - Alt+Right/Left shortcuts to navigate through each element of your score
• Auto-update - no longer necessary to download and install new versions from musescore.org

Playback

• Improved Mixer - mute individual voices, collapse channels into a single column, assign MIDI ports and channels
• Improved Piano Roll Editor - easier control of the playback parameters of each note in your score
• Redesigned Play Panel - docked within main window