Beginner question: can I make it quieter when I click on the note?

No, you cannot change the volume of the note that sounds as you enter the note other than turning your speaker volume up and down. This only affects the volume that you hear when you input the note and not the final playback, though.

@byeltonlain

I appreciate you comments!

If I correctly understand current behavior, MuseScore always plays clicked notes at a fixed velocity—64 or 80 or somesuch. (But note, since MuseScore still "no hablo velocity" with MuseSounds, dynamics are the only sheriff in town. However, if your score uses MSBasic then velocities do apply.)

The rub you've described is that

• your dynamic is "piano," and MuseScore appropriately plays the section softly
• MuseScore's fixed default note-click velocity is quite loud in comparison.

I too find this quite annoying. Jarring at time ... to say the least.

In my view it's a fundamental flaw: that MuseScore doesn't allow users to elect to have clicked notes sound at their playback volume. I've voiced this in the past with strong push back from development. The reasoning was that NOBODY would want that. I find that to be an extremely shortsighted view, and perhaps a cover for the challenge of implementing the request.

Of course people want the functionality. You and I do.

There's an official GitHub request here:

https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/issues/22498#issuecomment-261145…