musescore

free music notation software

TLDR

Open MuseScore

$ musescore

Open score file

$ musescore [score.mscz]

Export to PDF

$ musescore [score.mscz] -o [output.pdf]

Export to audio

$ musescore [score.mscz] -o [output.mp3]

Batch convert files

$ musescore -j [job.json]

Run without GUI

$ musescore --no-gui [score.mscz] -o [output.pdf]

SYNOPSIS

musescore [options] [files]

DESCRIPTION

musescore is free music notation software. It creates, plays, and prints sheet music.The tool supports many formats. MIDI, MusicXML, PDF export. Professional features.

PARAMETERS

FILES

Score files to open.

-o FILE

Output file.

-j FILE

Batch job file (JSON).

--no-gui

Headless mode.

-S FILE

Style file to use.

--help

Display help information.

INSTALL

sudo apt install musescore

sudo dnf install musescore

sudo pacman -S musescore

sudo zypper install musescore

nix profile install nixpkgs#musescore

CAVEATS

GUI application. Soundfont required for playback. Resource intensive for large scores.

HISTORY

MuseScore was first released in 2002 as open-source alternative to commercial notation software.