confusing for beginners first using the program
As it is today, I download 2.2.1, install it, tell it to bring me up a sheet of music and then I click on half note, then I click on the cleff. Imagining it will add a half note for me. Like...most other sheet music software I've used.
It doesn't. it appears the default mode is for "Note input" to be off.
Leading to some puzzled head scratches for beginners.
Suggestion/feature request: default to "note input on"
Either that or have one of those cool highlighting tutorial things for a fresh installation to teach beginners how to do it. Or something like it.
Cheers!
Comments
Why should clicking on a clef enter a note?
There are tutorials available for MuseScore, check https://musescore.org/en/tutorials
Also there's the handbook, check https://musescore.org/en/handbook
In reply to Why should clicking on a… by Jojo-Schmitz
He means the staff ;)
In reply to He means the staff ;) by [DELETED] 5
Well, I sort of guessed that ;-)
@rogerdpack...
Your profile shows you active 7 years 10 months.
If you are still having problems, here's some good news -- a Beginner Mode and Tutorial Creation Project is in the works.
Comments are solicited here:
https://musescore.org/en/user/1190941/blog/2018/04/26/gsoc-2018-beginne…
Regards.
In reply to @rogerdpack… by Jm6stringer
Nice, maybe a popup at the beginning can say "view the tutorial" or some odd :)
I still propose that the default should be "note entry" (as it is with most other annotation software out there...)
In reply to Nice, maybe a popup at the… by rogerdpack
https://musescore.org/en/user/1190941/blog/2018/04/26/gsoc-2018-beginne…
Scroll to the bottom and add your comments there.
Regards.
This way of notation actually proves to be more direct, clean and useful in comparison to other notation programs. (my comment says 'new' because I normally don't comment, but I have used Musescore for years)
There is a thing called "Getting Started: The one-page interactive tutorial." It can be found in the Start Center. I found it to be very helpful.
In reply to There is a thing called … by mattmcclinch
Yeah but it's not obvious to beginners where to look or anything like that :|
In reply to Yeah but it's not obvious to… by rogerdpack
Well, that is subjective. O well. For me, it was easier to just press the note selector, then click where I want notes to go. Seems easier personally. I got used to rapidly using keyboard shortcuts. So I would speed click n, 1,2,3,4,5,6, and it would be perfect input. But in your preference, I guess that doesn't apply.
In reply to Yeah but it's not obvious to… by rogerdpack
I would beg to differ. On a clean install, the "Getting Started" window opens like this:
![Start_Center.PNG]( "Start_Center.PNG")
If the beginner chooses to ignore it, it is on him. It is not hidden in some obscure location, it is right under your nose the first time you run the program.
In reply to I would beg to differ. On a… by Louis Cloete
True if you're online. Otherwise no getting started tutorial.
In reply to True if you're online… by Bart.S
Maybe then it should come packaged with MuseScore and open by default the first time the program is run?
In reply to Maybe then it should come… by Louis Cloete
Well, it'd be not just one, but one for every language we support.
And under the assumption that a new user just downloaded it (prior to install and first start), there is network access and so the startcenter can show that score in the correct translation.
FWIW, one of the Google Summer of Code projects being developed this year has to do with a "beginner mode", and on-screen help is definitely something being considered. Be sure to follow the discussion and contribute your ideas here:
https://musescore.org/en/user/1190941/blog/2018/04/26/gsoc-2018-beginne…