MuseScore 4 has been released. This is exciting news, particularly for many of my students who need more composing power than a web app but are limited by the expensive costs of the professional options.
You can download MuseScore 4 for free here. I also recommend you read David MacDonald's Scoring Notes review by clicking the link below.
Long-awaited MuseScore 4 release brings major improvements to engraving and audio - Scoring Notes:
Today’s release of MuseScore 4 is a major update and quite possibly the most significant one in the open-source application’s history since the release of MuseScore 1.0 in 2011. It includes major improvements to the user interface, layout, engraving, and playback features.
MuseScore 4 is delivered via a hub which installs both the MuseScore scoring application and the orchestral plug-in Muse Sounds, The MuseScore application can be downloaded separately, as well.
Not coincidentally, this is also the first major version of of MuseScore to be released under the product leadership of Martin Keary (Tantacrul). Coming nearly two years after the last MuseScore update (3.6) and nearly four years after the release of MuseScore 3, Martin told Scoring Notes today that, “I’ve worked on a lot of complex creation software and this is the largest release I’ve ever put out,” including the launch of Paint 3D and a variety of PS3 games.