MuseScore in Minutes: Setting up your Score

To create a score in MuseScore 4,

you can select "File—new"

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

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

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

To quickly search for instruments

you can enter their name
in this search section too.

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

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

You can also select the
"Create from template" tab

to start your score from a 
range of prepared templates.

So once you've chosen
your instrumentation,

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

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

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

Once your score is created,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

check out some of our later
chapters on our YouTube channel

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