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In MuseScore 4,[br]many of the features and interfaces

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have been revamped[br]to make the overall experience

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easier to use and more powerful, too.

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So in this video,[br]I’m going to give a very quick overview

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of some of the major changes we’ve made[br]to help you get up and running right away.

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First, if you want to alter[br]the appearance of MuseScore,

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you can do this in the app preferences.

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Here, you can change the overall theme[br]as well as the accent colour.

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In addition, we’ve also introduced[br]a customisable high-contrast mode

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to cater to various different kinds[br]of visual impairment.

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One of the most important changes[br]to call out

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is how you can manage instruments[br]and part scores.

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So, after you’ve created a new score,[br]the list of instruments

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will be represented[br]in a new Instruments panel.

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This panel allows you to rearrange,

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hide or customise your instruments[br]at any point.

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Second, part scores can be accessed[br]at any time

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by clicking on this Parts button[br]in the top bar,

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and you’ll now be able to open[br]and close them whenever you like.

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If you wish to make changes[br]to a part score,

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for example, if you’d like the piano[br]to be displayed in this violin part,

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you can do this[br]using the Instruments panel.

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You can choose[br]whatever instrument ordering you like

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in a part score

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without needing to worry about it[br]affecting your main score.

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For those coming from MuseScore 3,

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the options to add or subtract staves[br]or create linked staves,

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which used to be found in the pop-up[br]for adding or removing instruments,

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have been moved[br]to the new Instruments panel instead,

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so you can see the effects[br]of the changes you make.

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Playback improvements[br]are the single largest change

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we’ve made to MuseScore 4.

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Apart from our new Orchestra library,

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we now have support[br]for VST instrument plug-ins,

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which can be applied to instruments[br]using our new Mixer panel.

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This panel also lets you[br]easily switch between VSTi,

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Soundfont or our new Orchestra library.

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And you can apply VST effects here, too.

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It’s worth mentioning

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that we’re only just getting started with[br]our support for VST instruments

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and will be greatly expanding[br]MuseScore’s capabilities

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over the next few releases.

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Due to issues with our old SFZ playback,

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we took the decision[br]to remove the Zerberus synthesiser.

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For anyone who previously used SFZ files[br]for playback in MuseScore 3,

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we now recommend[br]that you use a free VST sampler,

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like Sfizz or Sforzando instead.

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And please note[br]that we’ll be including the ability

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to create custom playback profiles[br]in an upcoming release.

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Some score interactions have also changed.

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In particular,

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you can now double-click on a measure[br]to enter Note Input mode.

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You can also now quickly[br]isolate instruments

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you’d like to hear during playback

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by selecting one of its measures[br]and pressing Play.

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And you can hear a range of instruments

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by selecting multiple relevant measures[br]and pressing Play.

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This will save you from needing to[br]constantly keep turning on and off

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the Solo and Mute buttons in the mixer.

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If you want to hear full playback[br]from any position,

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simply select an element on the score,[br]rather than a measure, and press Play.

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We’ve also completely redesigned[br]the Inspector panel,

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which is now called Properties.

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One of the first things[br]you’ll notice about it

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is that it’s docked on the left[br]by default.

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If you want to change this position,[br]you can drag on the tab to move it —

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next to the other panels[br]or over to the other side of the screen.

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The options in this panel[br]have been somewhat re-organised.

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When nothing is selected,[br]it displays multiple useful options,

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like the ability to show[br]or hide empty staves

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or various other types of score markings.

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And if you select a measure,[br]you’ll also see useful options

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to add more measures[br]or delete them quickly.

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Where, in MuseScore 3,

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you needed to select a single element type[br]before you could make changes to it,

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MuseScore 4 will always display[br]relevant settings,

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regardless of how many things[br]are selected.

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The Properties panel[br]has two general options:

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playback and appearance.

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The Appearance option can be opened[br]when you want to make precise changes

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to things like leading space,[br]minimum distance or offset.

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The Playback option[br]will display relevant playback settings

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for any selected element.

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Note that if an element[br]doesn’t contain playback settings,

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this option will be disabled.

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So if you now add[br]one of our new tempo lines to the score,

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you can change how it speeds up[br]or slows down here.

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The popups which contain both playback[br]and appearance settings

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will remain open[br]when you move from element to element

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to minimise the number of times[br]you need to reopen them.

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It’s worth mentioning[br]that we’re planning on

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creating a new panel in future releases.

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that will contain more sophisticated tools[br]for editing playback,

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so, to some extent this area[br]of the Properties panel

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is in a transitionary state[br]and will be further improved over time.

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For those entering and editing text,

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we now keep all text options in one place[br]in the Properties panel.

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This is also where you’ll find[br]the Insert special characters button, too.

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Apart from that,

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we’ve taken the two playback panels[br]from MuseScore 3

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and combined them into one,

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which is now placed[br]in the top-right corner.

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If you undock this panel,[br]it expands to include a scrubbing feature.

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There are a few other key options[br]that have switched to different positions.

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Workspaces and the all-important[br]Concert Pitch toggle

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are now in the bottom bar,

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alongside the viewing options[br]for Page View and Continuous View.

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It’s also important to point out[br]that there are one or two features

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which were technically incompatible[br]with MuseScore 4,

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which we’ll be rebuilding[br]and re-introducing in upcoming releases.

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In particular,[br]the Documents side-by-side feature

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and the Image Capture tool.

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Lastly,[br]due to the increased sophistication

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of our audio engine,

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it was necessary for us to alter MuseScore[br]so that each project has its own window

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to allow us to efficiently switch[br]between the playback of different scores.

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This has been a very quick overview[br]of the changes we’ve made.

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There’s lots more to go through,

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including how to download[br]and setup our new Orchestra library

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as well as a description[br]of our massive new engraving improvements,

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both of which are covered[br]in different videos.

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One of the reasons we built MuseScore 4

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was so that it had[br]the right technical underpinning

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to be able to make improvements[br]much more quickly in future.

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So you can expect to be seeing[br]a lot more updates coming very soon.

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And if you’re curious to learn about these[br]when they happen,

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please subscribe to this channel.

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Thanks a lot and take care.