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To create a score in MuseScore 4,

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you can select "File—new"

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or you can select this "Add" button 
in the score section.

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Doing this brings up a list of instruments 
that you can add to your score

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by double-clicking on them,
or pressing this button.

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To quickly search for instruments

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you can enter their name 
in this search section too.

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In some cases, there will be alternate 
versions of the same instrument.

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For example, you can add a guitar 
that uses tablature or standard notation.

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You can also select the 
"Create from template" tab

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to start your score from a 
range of prepared templates.

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So once you've chosen
your instrumentation,

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you can press "Done" to begin 
notating your music right away.

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However, you can also press "Next" 
if you want to specify more information,

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like the key signature, time signature, 
tempo and number of measures.

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Once your score is created,

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you can make additional changes 
using our new "Instruments" panel.

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For example, you could add 
a third stave to a piano.

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In the case of guitar, if you'd like to 
create a linked tablature stave,

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you can do this by expanding the 
instrument to see its properties,

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then clicking on this settings icon and 
then choosing "Create a linked staff".

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Once that is created, you can then 
choose "Tablature" from this drop-down.

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In this way, notation you enter 
on one staff will appear on the other.

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If you liked this tutorial and 
want to learn more about MuseScore,

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check out some of our later 
chapters on our YouTube channel

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or look through our online handbook, 
which is linked in the description below.