Everything about MuseScore

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: MuseScoreA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: MuseScore 4.2 as a Composer-Arranger’s ToolInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Mastering MuseScoreThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: MuseScoreBonte, T, Froment, N & Schweer, W (Development Team) (2018). MuseScore version 2.2.1. MuseScore BVBA. Available at <https://MuseScore.org/en/download>. For Windows 7 and higher, macOS 10.7 or higher, and multiple Linux distributions. Legacy versions available. <https://MuseScore.com/> Free download and open source. Supplementary data for this article are available at https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2018.1534342Cited 10 times
5. Go sideways: Open Goldberg VariationsA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: MusicXMLA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• MuseScoreBonte, T, Froment, N & Schweer, W (Development Team) (2018). MuseScore version 2.2.1. MuseScore BVBA. Available at <https://MuseScore.org/en/download>. For Windows 7 and higher, macOS 10.7 or higher, and multiple Linux distributions. Legacy versions available. <https://MuseScore.com/> Free download and open source. Supplementary data for this article are available at https://doi.org/10.2989/18121004.2018.1534342

  Maike Watson · 2018 · Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa · 10 citations

• ms3: A parser for MuseScore files, serving as data factory for annotated music corpora

  Johannes Hentschel, Martin Rohrmeier · 2023 · Journal of Open Source Software · 4 citations

• Pengembangan Lagu Berbasis Aplikasi Musescore dalam Pengembangan Aspek Perkembangan Anak Usia Dini

  Mahyumi Rantina, Hasmalena Hasmalena, Yosef Yosef · 2019 · Jurnal Obsesi : Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini · 3 citations

• Musescore Software Training for the Development of TPACK-Based Music Learning in Elementary Schools

  Karsono, Joko Daryanto, Rukayah · 2023 · Dinamisia : Jurnal Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat · 1 citations

• The Influence of MuseScore Software on Students' Creative Thinking in Music

  Zhenhua Chang, Min Zhou · 2024 · The Journal of Creative Behavior · 0 citations

• Pembelajaran Musik Berbasis Aplikasi Musescore 3

  Alwan Alwan Hafiz, Hary Murcahyanto, M. Ridwan Markarma · 2022 · Kaganga:Jurnal Pendidikan Sejarah dan Riset Sosial Humaniora · 0 citations

• Implementasi Media Pembelajaran MuseScore untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Membaca Notasi Balok Siswa Kelas VII di SMP Strada Santa Anna [The Implementation of Musescore as Instructional Media to Improve Seventh-Grade Students’ Music Notation Reading Skills at SMP Strada Santa Anna]

  Esther Febiola, Jane Andreas Djie · 2022 · Jurnal SENI MUSIK · 0 citations

• &quot;الاستفادة من برنامج ميوزسكور (Musescore) في تدوين الموسيقى العربية&quot;

  Othman Abd-elmouty · 2024 · مجلة علوم وفنون الموسيقى · 0 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• MuseScore 4.2 as a Composer-Arranger’s Tool

  Valery Kozlin, Valentina Grishenko · 2025 · NATIONAL ACADEMY OF MANAGERIAL STAFF OF CULTURE AND ARTS HERALD · 0 citations

• "دور التطبيق التكنولوجي (MuseScore) في تنمية المهارات الموسيقية لمعلمات الروضة " The Role of the MuseScore app in Developing Musical Skills of Kindergarten Teachers

  ميار جمال سيد محمد · 2025 · مجلة آفاق بحثية للعلوم الاجتماعية والإنسانية · 0 citations

• Penggunaan Aplikasi Musescore 3 Dalam Melatih Kemampuan Sight Singing Pada Siswa Kelas VIII A SMP Negeri 12 Bandung

  Thessa Elisabeth Sinaga, Sandie Gunara, Iwan Gunawan · 2022 · SWARA - Jurnal Antologi Pendidikan Musik · 0 citations

• Making Musical Education with Digital Tools: MuseScore, Chrome Music Lab, Microsoft Copilot and PowerPoint / Educație muzicală cu unelte digitale: MuseScore, Chrome Music Lab, Microsoft Copilot and PowerPoint

  Diana Todea-Sahlean · 2025 · Tehnologii informatice și de comunicație în domeniul muzical / Information and communication Technologies in Musical Field · 0 citations

• A Quasi-Experimental Study on the Application of MuseScore Software to Improve Sight-Singing and Ear-Training Abilities in Music Education at Chuzhou University

  Baoli Chen, Changhan Li · 2025 · International Journal of Sociologies and Anthropologies Science Reviews · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Mastering MuseScoreMarc Sabatella · 2015

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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