Diagnosis
I ran mscore in the terminal and observed the output. It logged something along the lines of "Error: MS Basic soundfont not found" (cannot recall exact wording). Turns out that the /usr/share/mscore-4.1 folder was missing a sound/ directory which usually should contain the soundfont required to play back any notes.
Just wanted to post this solution here; it seems like something might have gone wrong on one of the MuseScore updates, since the playback did work previously. Maybe an update deleted the sound directory?
I don't think we really need to update the archwiki because the problem will be resolved pretty soon. Whenever the packager has time to re-compile it.
I posted the solution here and on the musescore forums thought, as a temporary workaround. Anybody who has the problem and googles it should be able to find the posts.
Tried to play the demo Muse orchestra score with Muse sound but somehow super laggy on my windows system (Surface Pro 4 i5 8g ram). Maybe the system requirement to smoothly playback with loads of Muse sounds is quite high?
Assuming that the engraving capabilities of MuseScore 4 do not exceed Dorico Elements (I have no clue), it still takes $100 plus a complete and total dependence on a 3rd party developer ($130 more for NotePerformer) to get to the comparable quality of playback. To a lot of ears, the current version of NotePerformer is not as good as Staffpad has been or MuseScore 4 is right now at this level.
I am always surprised that the music notation market manages to support as many players as it does: Besides Dorico, Sibelius, Finale, MuseScore and Lilypond, there are still loads of other products, all making money, apparently.
MuseScore will certainly squeeze the competition: and I would assume that the market will coalesce: on one side, those who are prepared to pay for products that give them professional results, fast; and on the other side, those for whom the free app is sufficient.
Any composers interested in tuning/microtonality may be interested to know that I've modified a MuseScore plugin originally made to retune your score to 31-tone equal temperament so that it can retune the score to any fifths-based tuning, including 19-TET, 31-TET, 17-TET, 22-TET, and many more. Just enter the size of the fifth, or click one of the buttons for preset values, and each note in your score will be retuned to that system.
I am using music21 with MuseScore in an ipython notebook. It works well, the only problem is that every time I create a Stream and then run my_stream.show(), it takes a forever because it waits to open the MuseScore application. This happens even if MuseScore is already open (it opens a second copy of the app, which then closes itself after the image is printed).
MuseScore is cross-platform, multi-lingual, open source music notation software. It features an easy to use WYSIWYG editor with audio score playback for results that look and sound beautiful. It supports unlimited staves with up to four voices each, dynamics, articulations, lyrics, chords, lead sheet notation, import/export of MIDI and MusicXML, export to PDF and WAV, plus online score sharing.
Most elements in MuseScore are laid out automatically but can also be positioned manually. The capabilities of MuseScore can be extended via plugins, and the growing repository on musescore.org contains many plugins submitted by users.
MuseScore includes a set of sounds that reproduce common instruments (as defined by General MIDI) without taking up a lot of disk space or memory, but you can also substitute any SoundFont you prefer for a wider variety of sounds or for more realism.
MuseScore can import and export MIDI and MusicXML files, and it can also import from Capella and several other programs. MuseScore can export to PDF, PNG, and other graphic formats, to WAV and other audio formats, or to Lilypond for an alternative layout and print option.
MuseScore ist ein Notensatzprogramm mit einem WYSIWYG-Editor, das die Wiedergabe der eingegebenen Noten sowie den Import und Export in zahlreiche Dateiformate gestattet. Das Programm läuft unter Linux, Windows und macOS; für Windows gibt es eine portable Version, die ohne Installation, etwa von einem USB-Massenspeicher, gestartet werden kann.[5]
Die Benutzeroberfläche sowie die Eingabemöglichkeiten der Noten ähneln bekannten kostenpflichtigen Notensatzprogrammen wie Finale oder Sibelius. MuseScore ist jedoch Open Source und unter einer GNU General Public License lizenziert.[6]
Mittels MuseScore können viele gängige Aufgaben westlicher Musiknotation bewerkstelligt werden. So sind auch Perkussions-Notation und das Ausdrucken der geschriebenen Noten möglich. MuseScore beherrscht den Im- und Export zahlreicher Musikdateiformate, darunter MIDI und MusicXML. Außerdem können Dateien kommerzieller Musikprogramme wie Band-in-a-Box und teilweise auch Capella importiert werden. MuseScore kann gesetzte Noten ohne externes Plug-in als PDF-, SVG- oder PNG-Datei ausgeben.
MuseScore ist über das als MuseScore Connect bezeichnete Widget-Modul an die Onlineplattform musescore.com angebunden, womit Noten im Web veröffentlicht, gesucht und heruntergeladen werden können.
MuseScore 2.0 wurde am 24. März 2015 veröffentlicht. Zu den Neuerungen zählten eine modernere Benutzeroberfläche, Verbesserungen der Barrierefreiheit, der Benutzerfreundlichkeit, der MIDI-Wiedergabe von Noten sowie neue Im- und Exportfunktionen. Zwei Jahre später, am 2. Mai 2017, wurde Version 2.1 veröffentlicht, das bereits einige Funktionen der Version 3 implementierte. Nachdem Version 2.2 und Version 2.3 veröffentlicht worden sind, erschien schließlich am 24. Dezember 2018 Version 3.0. Unter anderem eine Autoupdatefunktion und das automatische Ausrichten von Objekten wurden in dieser Version umgesetzt.
MuseScore is vrije muzieknotatiesoftware voor Linux, Windows en Mac. MuseScore is een wysiwyg-programma, met geluidsondersteuning alsook invoer en uitvoer van MusicXML en standaard MIDI-bestanden. Percussienotatie is ondersteund, evenals rechtstreekse printuitvoer.
MuseScore ondersteunt in- en uitvoer van veel verschillende muziekformaten zoals MIDI en MusicXML, maar ook het importeren van bestanden van commerciële software zoals Band-in-a-Box. Het is in staat om bladmuziek te maken in PDF-, SVG- of PNG-formaat. Tevens kan het de muziek exporteren naar audioformaten zoals WAV, FLAC en OGG.
MuseScore is een afgeleide van MusE, een MIDI-sequencer voor Linux. In 2002 besloot Werner Schweer de "notatiefuncties van MusE af te splitsen en te herschrijven als onafhankelijke muzieknotatiesoftware."[2] De software is geschreven op de platformonafhankelijke Qt-toolkit.
MuseScore fu in origine creato come una derivazione del codice di base di MusE. All'epoca MusE includeva la funzione di notazione e, nel 2002, Werner Schweer, uno degli sviluppatori del software, decise di rimuovere il supporto notazionale e svilupparlo in un programma autonomo. Da allora MuseScore è in continua fase di evoluzione.Il sito web di MuseScore.Org fu creato nel 2008, e raggiunse velocemente ottimi risultati nel numero di download effettuati. A dicembre del 2008 fino a 15.000 mensili.[4]
La versione 0.9.5 fu distribuita nell'agosto del 2009, sufficientemente stabile anche per l'uso in produzione, completa del supporto per Mac OS X. A ottobre MuseScore era stato scaricato più di mille volte al giorno. Nel quarto trimestre del 2010, il numero di download giornalieri era triplicato.[4]
MuseScore 3.1 è stata rilasciata il 28 maggio 2019 con nuove funzionalità, tra cui la riproduzione di crescendo e diminuendo su singole note e più opzioni di personalizzazione per i diagrammi della chitarra.
Nella versione di applicazione portatile è possibile installare MuseScore su un supporto rimovibile, ad esempio una pendrive o un Cd/Dvd. Sono già disponibili, come app, i visualizzatori per iPad, iPhone e Android.
OpenScore vuole digitalizzare e liberare tutte le partiture di pubblico dominio, come i grandi classici di Mozart, Beethoven e Bach. La comunità mira a trasferire le composizioni più significative della storia dalla carta a partiture interattive che si possano ascoltare, modificare e condividere. Lo scopo è rendere accessibili le partiture. Gratuitamente, per qualsiasi scopo, per sempre.
MuseScore peut importer un grand nombre de formats différents, en particulier le MIDI et MusicXML, ainsi que le format de capella (cap) et de Band-in-a-Box (en). Il peut générer la partition en PDF, SVG ou PNG, et peut même exporter la partition dans un fichier compatible avec Lilypond que l'on peut, par la suite, modifier pour un rendu encore meilleur.
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