Tag Archives: scoring
Sheet Music Formats Explained: Part 1 – Lead Sheets
Posted on 07. Oct, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
Have you ever wondered which type of score was the “right” type to use with your band or music ensemble? When should you provide an outline of your composition, and when should you write out all the notes and other musical instructions in great detail? There are multiple types of musical scores – from simple [...]
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How To Transpose Your Score [Video]
Posted on 26. Jul, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
There are times when you need to transpose your score to make it higher or lower than currently written. This video tutorial shows you how. If you’d prefer to read through the instructions, there’s a video transcript below. Video Transcript Hello and welcome to another Quicktips video. Musescore allows you to transpose your score – [...]
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How To Set The Playback Tempo Of Your Score [Video]
Posted on 17. Jun, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
The latest Quicktips video shows you the best way to set the playback tempo of your score: by using a tempo text marking. A full transcript appears below the video. Video Transcript Hello and welcome to another Quicktips video. In MuseScore, there are two things that affect the tempo (or speed) of your score: The [...]
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User Spotlight: Kristel Behrend (North Carolina, USA)
Posted on 15. Jun, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
Kristel Behrend (pictured dressed as her favourite book character, Rita Skeeter, for Read Across America Week) is a Elementary general music teacher at Lake Myra Elementary School in Wendel, North Carolina who is also studying to get her masters at ECU. She stumbled across MuseScore during an internet search and has been using it for just over 8 [...]
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Give Your (Muse)Scores A Social Life
Posted on 05. Jan, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
In keeping with current web2.0 trends for sharing and collaboration, the hard-working people behind free, open-source notation program MuseScore have been working on a new website which allows you to upload and share your MuseScore creations with the world.
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What You Should Know About MIDI
Posted on 04. Jan, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
What is MIDI? MIDI is an acronym that stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface and it is not an object, but rather a universal standard – or common language – which allows lots of different music software programs and devices to talk to one another. Are you familiar with a pianola? That’s the old-fashioned player [...]
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MuseScore Tutorial: Drum Set Parts [Video]
Posted on 02. Jan, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
This is the ninth video in the 10-part MuseScore tutorial series titled MuseScore in 10 Easy Steps. This MuseScore tutorial covers drum notation by showing you how to create a basic rock beat for the drum set. The skills covered in this tutorial will also help those wanting to create parts for other percussion instruments. [...]
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MuseScore Tutorial: Codas [Video]
Posted on 02. Jan, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
This is the eighth video in a 10-part MuseScore tutorial series which takes you through the steps of setting up a new score. Each video focuses on one part of the score-creation process: navigation around the MuseScore screen, note entry methods, inserting repeat bars and creating codas and more. These videos are a great place [...]
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MuseScore Tutorial: Repeats, 1st and 2nd Time Endings [Video]
Posted on 02. Jan, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
This is the seventh video in a 10-part MuseScore tutorial series which takes you through the steps of setting up a new score. Each video focuses on one part of the score-creation process: navigation around the MuseScore screen, note entry methods, inserting repeat bars and creating codas and more. These videos are a great place [...]
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MuseScore Tutorial: Adding Instruments, Articulation and Bars [Video]
Posted on 02. Jan, 2011 by MuseScoreTips.
This is the sixth video in a 10-part MuseScore tutorial series which takes you through the steps of setting up a new score. Each video focuses on one part of the score-creation process: navigation around the MuseScore screen, note entry methods, inserting repeat bars and creating codas and more. These videos are a great place [...]
