3.0 Handbook: outline

Note: This is a temporary page (not part of the actual handbook) for editors to add notes, memos etc. (and now moved out of the outline)

See New Features - Summary for a detailed rundown of what's new in MS 3, and therefore what needs updating in the handbook. Marc Sabatella has produced a checklist of MS 3.0 Handbook priorities which you can also refer to.

Getting started

• Learning MuseScore UPDATED
• Get Support UPDATED
• Installation Initial preferences setup added UPDATED
  • Install on Windows UPDATED
  • Install on macOS
  • Install on Linux
  • Install on Chromebook

• Language, translations, and extensions UPDATED

• Checking for updates UPDATED (but needs review esp. from Mac, Linux and Windows Store and Windows Portable App version users).

Basics

• Create new score MacOs/Linux path names need checking. UPDATED TO 3.0.1.
• Note input UPDATED TO 3.0.
• Concert pitch UPDATED to 3.0.
• Copy and paste UPDATED to 3.0.
• Edit mode UPDATED to 3.0.
• Inspector UPDATED to 3.0.
• Measure operations FULLY UPDATED to 3.0.
• Palettes UPDATED
• Workspaces OK. UPDATED to 3.0.
• Open/Save/Export/Print UPDATED to 3.0
• Selection modes UPDATED to 3.0
• Share scores online UP-TO-DATE
• Undo and redo Already UP-TO-DATE
• Viewing and navigation All OK. UPDATED to 3.0
• Voices UPDATED to 3.0.

Notation

• Accidentals UPDATED to 3.0
• Arpeggios and glissandi UPDATED to 3.0
• Articulations and ornaments UPDATED to 3.0
• Barlines UPDATED to 3.0.
• Beams UPDATED to 3.0.
• Bends UPDATED to 3.0.
• Brackets UPDATED to 3.0.
• Breaths and pauses UPDATED to 3.0.
• Clefs UPDATED to 3.0.
• Drum notation UPDATED to 3.0.
• Grace notes UP-TO-DATE
• Hairpins UPDATED to 3.0.
• Key signatures UPDATED to 3.0.
• Lines UPDATED to 3.0.
• Measure rests UPDATED to 3.0.
• Octave lines UPDATED to 3.0.
• Repeats and jumps UPDATED to 3.0.
• Slurs UPDATED to 3.0.
• Tablature UPDATED to 3.0.
• Ties UPDATED to 3.0.
• Time signatures UPDATED to 3.0.
• Transposition UPDATED to 3.0.
• Tremolo UPDATED to 3.0.
• Tuplets UPDATED to 3.0.
• Voltas UPDATED to 3.0.

Sound and playback

• Mid-staff instrument changes UPDATED to 3.0.
• Mixer UPDATED to 3.0.
• Piano Roll Editor NEW UPDATED to 3.0.
• Play mode UPDATED to 3.0.
• Soundfonts and SFZ files UPDATED to 3.0.
• Swing UPDATED to 3.0.
• Synthesizer UPDATED to 3.0.
• Tempo UPDATED to 3.0.
• Dynamics UPDATED to 3.0.
• Capo playback NEW UP-TO-DATE.

Text

• Text basics UP-TO-DATE
• Text editing UP-TO-DATE
• Text styles and properties UPDATED to 3.0
• Staff and system text UPDATED to 3.0.
• Chord symbols UPDATED to 3.0
• Fingering UPDATED to 3.0
• Lyrics UPDATED to 3.0
• Rehearsal marks UPDATED to 3.0

Formatting

• Layout and formatting FULLY UPDATED TO 3.0.
  • Measure UPDATED. Some options still need a short explanation.
• Page settings UPDATED to 3.0.
• Breaks and spacers. UPDATED to 3.0.
• Frames UPDATED to 3.0.
• Images UPDATED to 3.0.
• Image capture UPDATED to 3.0.
• Align elements UP-TO-DATE

Advanced topics

• Accessibility Needs rewrite and condensing?
• Albums
• Automatic placement NEW UPDATED to 3.0.
• Cross-staff notation UPDATED
• Early music features UPDATED
• Figured bass UPDATED
• File formats UPDATED
• Fretboard diagrams FULLY UPDATED to 3.0.
• Master palette UPDATED
• MIDI import REVISED.
• Note input modes UPDATED.
• Noteheads FULLY UPDATED to 3.0.
• Parts UPDATED to 3.0
• Plugins UPDATED.
• Preferences UPDATED to 3.0.
• Recovered files UPDATED
• Score properties UPDATED
• Score comparison NEW UPDATED.
• Staff / Part Properties UPDATED to 3.0.
• Staff Type Change NEW UPDATED to 3.0
• Timeline NEW UPDATED to 3.0
• Tools UPDATED to 3.0.

Support

(How to ask for help. Contributing to development.)

Leave as "Support" for now. Customising elements should be kept, as before, on the relevant page; Preferences in Advanced topics; Custom toolbars in "Viewing and navigation." Best to complete the revision first, then post suggestions in "Documentation."

• Helping to improve translations
• Bug reports and Feature requests UPDATED.
• Revert to factory settings

Appendix

(User reference material)

• Keyboard shortcuts
• Command line options
• New features in MuseScore 3 Need to be updated with links to description of new/changed features
• Known limitations in MuseScore 3.x Ok?
• Known incompatibilities Ok?
• Glossary