Musescore and Surface Pro
Ho hai.
Im a non-professional bass player.
And im looking, maybe, on the next Surface pro 2019 for a musical use. I need a machine to read and especially to transcribe songs to music sheets. I wish I could put the tablet on a music stand, and work on it without the keyboard.
But I wonder if the use of Musescore via a touch screen and pen (more accurate) is viable.
Can we add notes "by clicking", move notes, as we would with a mouse?
I'm afraid that the interaction Musescore / touch screen is more of a brake compared to the classic keyboard / mouse.
So if you have any feedbacks about Surface+MS, do not hesitate to share.
Im also curious about how musescore and pdf scores use the display space. So if you have a SP, do not hesitate to share screen captures or photos.
Regards
Comments
Yes, you can "click" add notes (more difficult in my opinion). Just hover over the line and click. Also, you can click the duration of the note, etc. I don't know if you would be able to do tuplets with just clicking though.
In reply to Yes, you can "click" add… by @Sheetmusic
Sure, there are menus to add tuplets, not just Ctrl+3
Then again there are keyboards for the Surface too
In reply to Sure, there are menus to add… by Jojo-Schmitz
Hi Sir Jojo! Can musescore run on Surface Go?
processor type Intel Pentium 4415Y
graphics card Intel GMA HD 615
display type HD-IPS LED Multi-touch Display
operating system Windows 10s
processor speed 1.6 GHz
RAM 4 GB RAM
capacity 64 GB (eMMC)
In reply to Hi Sir Jojo! Can musescore… by sunjilacsi
Yes, I believe it does
In reply to Yes, I believe it does by Jojo-Schmitz
The Surface Go in W10s mode is basically a tablet that will pretty much only run software from the Windows Store. The version of MuseScore in the Store is 64 bit, which the Go is not. Hard to say if it will work.
OTOH, if you get rid of the S mode in favor of full Windows, you could install the 32bit version of MuseScore. Oh, and get a bigger SD card. You give up the security of the S mode, but get more flexibility.
In reply to The Surface Go in W10s mode… by bobjp
Sure about MuseScore from the store being 64bit?
In reply to Sure about MuserScore from… by Jojo-Schmitz
Minimum device requirements listed as 64 bit to be able to open MuseScore. If that's not correct, Someone might want to look in to it.
In reply to Minimum device requirements… by bobjp
I don't see that, I see "x64, x86", so 32bit and 64bit. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/musescore-3/9p0cnr9rwzsx?rtc=1&active…
In reply to I don't see that, I see "x64… by Jojo-Schmitz
Isn't that interesting. Just now I went to the store and this is what I see.
In reply to Minimum device requirements… by bobjp
The Microsoft Store has both, a 32-bit and and 64-bit version or the MuseScore program, and should offer you whatever is compatible with your device.
In reply to The Microsoft Store has both… by Jojo-Schmitz
I wonder why where I live in the US, that it is only 64 bit. Perhaps someone should look into this.
In reply to Yes, I believe it does by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you for your prompt response...