MuseScore

MuseScore 1.2 includes nearly 100 bug fixes, mainly in MusicXML import and export, notation, user interface, playback, styling and parts. With the much improved MusicXML support, you can now reliably import your sheet music collection from Sibelius or Finale into MuseScore.

A lot of effort went again into localizing MuseScore 1.2. The MuseJazz font has been extended tremendously for international alphabets. There are new translations for Estonian and Belarusian, and updates for the other 43 translations.

We also said goodbye to Moussorgsky’s Picture of an Exhibition, which has served us well as the MuseScore demo score for many years now. We found a worthy replacement in Marc Sabatella’s Reunion, which was composed specifically for MuseScore.

Last but not least, MuseScore Connect – which was introduced in version 1.1 – has been completely rebuilt. You can now search for sheet music shared by the community on musescore.com as well as search through your own collection and open scores directly into MuseScore. But this is just the start. From now on, MuseScore Connect will improve independently from the MuseScore releases.

MuseScore 1.1 is a bug fix release. The focus of this release was stability by reducing bugs, only a very limited set of new features were added. Several new translations were added.

New Features

MuseScore Connect
add sol notehead, alternative brevist notehead group, new symbols for old notation
fix #4526: Adding ties to chords
MuseJazz font includes triangle, circle with a slash, and other symbols for chords
MuseJazz font includes complete ASCII character set for text
New "MuseJazz" style to use MuseJazz for all text elements
New "Jazz Lead Sheet" template and style
New chord description (XML) files to switch between popular styles of chord symbols
Space / Shift-Space in chordname entry allows chords to be placed on beats with no notes
Tab / Shift-Tab in chordname entry skips to the next / previous measure
"Acoustic Bass" (pizz. default) added to instrument list

Bug fixes

Import/export

fix printing of images (fix #10140: Save as PDF with several images causes crash)
fix #11245: MusicXML doesn't save Tempo Text if there's no name
fix crash on capella import with timesig 0
import part name from MusicXML
Add support for notehead color in MusicXML export and import
Add shape notehead support in MusicXML export and import
add MusicXML testfile for noteheads
import & export harmony even if not on chord/rest in MusicXML
fix #10849: musicxml exports lyrics only with notes in voice 1.
note: file attached to http://musescore.org/en/node/10168 not handled yet
fix crash on WAV export in fluid
fix #9919: error on open/read musicxml was not handled
fix #9842: Tempo value not exported in Lilypond
fix #9830: Percussion sounds not exported correctly in MusicXML

Playback

reduce default reverb gain from 0.5 to 0.2
fix #11164: Synth control status on startup and audio export
fix #5142: Notes do not release together in Swing or Shuffle mode
fix playback start position when repeat in the score
fallback to default soundfont if can't load the preferences one

Usability and interface

open MuseScore maximize on very first startup
fix entry of underline character in lyrics entry mode
(for german keyboard press Strg+Umsch+"-", for english Ctrl+"_")
better handling of Tab key in text element
fix #11246: change default number of measures and pickup measure timesig
Restore ability to delete instrument name in place
Right click on instrument name for staff properties
new chordstyle is apply now immediatly
remove "what's this" in toolbar and help menu
remove delete button in symboldialog, fix system flag
fix #10935: fix Soundfont path //
fix #10934: double error message on opening a 2.0 score
add shortcut for navigating between score tab

Plugins

add timesig object in plugin framework
add undo support for scnote pitch and tuning
add : chord.small, chord.noStem, rest.small, note.velocity, score.keysig
set notehead shape from plugin framework
more page format option accessible via plugins

Build

fix #10915: Rename WRC to WRC.BAT in CMakeList.txt

Miscellaneous

fix #11267: Shift + drag tuplet, delete, undo cause crash
fix #10585: Accidental offset in small staves corrupted by saving and reloading (patch by Miwarre)
fix #10313: Align settings in Edit Text Style dlg box not stored (patch by Miwarre)
fix rest position for 1 and 3 staff lines
don't play midi note according to preferences (#10024)
measure number no more selectable to avoid crash on undo
barline at start of system not selectable to avoid crash on undo
can't create empty part anymore
fix #10564: Selecting voice before enabling Note Entry and entering notes causes crash
fix #9107: Pasting multiple multi-voice notes causes crash
fix #9805: Second Voice can end up broken
fix #9307: Nested tuplets causes crash
fix crash reported in http://musescore.org/node/10674 comment 2
fix #1722: Continue last session tries to open discarded score
fix #9338: chordname scrolls offscreen
fix #10660: Continue last session & play panel enabled
fix #5900: Courtesy accidentals lost in transposition
fix #9332: Unable to create slash-headed notes on drum staff
fix #10165: Measure num. every n shows number (every n) + 1
fix #9342: repeat entry doesn't scroll display
fix #10048: Opening Page Settings causes crash
fix #10370: Shortcuts cannot be cleared, implement "reset to defaults" in preferences-shortcuts dialog
fix #10335: importCharsetList does not appear
fix #10264: Select a flag and enter a note causes crash
fix #7814: error with single-line-staff percussion notation
don't print blue frame around selected image
fix #7944: Instrument limit (again)
fix #9996: Chord navigation does not work on multistaff
fix #9883: Insert vertical frame between two parts of the same line (volta, cresc) causes crash
fix #9852: Measure number hidden by horizontal frame
fix #9792: Clef not displayed after changing clefs in previous measures
fix #9790: Pasting notes featuring key signature change and lyrics corrupts following bar
fix crash when inserting vertical frame (#9765)

Translation

New languages: Faeroese, Slovak, Lithuanian, Croatian, Belarusian, Vietnamese, Esperanto, Persian
All existing languages are updated from http://translate.musescore.org

* fix #6775: Seg. fault by double clicking any element twice
* fix #7233: Transpose by diminished second doesn't work (0.9.6 branch regression)
* fix #7232: D.S. after coda sign freezes playback
* fix #7167: Time signature change causes triplets to corrupt score
* fix #7211: Copy/Paste notes over rest of diff. durations in staves
* fix #7142: Crescendo & delete measures problems
* fix #7197: MuseScore fails to open MSCZ files with capitals
* fix #6932: Changing notehead of a breve crash
* fix #7077: Applying double-note tremolo to dotted notes fails and alter measure duration
* fix #6937: Measure Properties should be modal dialog
* fix #6888: When exchanging voice, voice 1 is removed
* fix get keysig from plugin when concert pitch mode is set
* fix #6735: C# for AltoSax in default soundfont is silent
* add access to DPI and notehead, note boundingbox and note position from plugin framework
* fix #7150: Changing soundfont does not work for audio export

Critical
* fix #6597: Close/reload crash on XP
* fix #6658: Natural in every keysig on mac PPC
* fix #6508: Crash removing instrument with volta
* fix #6706: Crash when inserting slurs from palette while editing text
* fix #6740: Autosave works only the first time
* fix #6479: Crash when closing score during playback
* fix #6624: Crash when deleting a tuplet from a MusicXML import
* fix #5667: Font problem (quarternote looks too big in text on Linux)
* fix #6620 : Crash on changing dynamics font size

Plugin framework
+ fix cursor move on repeatmeasure in plugin framework
+ fix instrument name containing flats for plugin framework

UI
+ fix #6505: Mixer is not refreshed when scores are switched
+ fix mouse wheel handling for mixer elements
+ fix repeat command (ctrl+r) for staves > 1

Translation
+ New language: Asturian
+ All other languages are updated from http://translate.musescore.org

* The focus for the past weeks was to improve stability and fix as many bugs and crashes as possible. Besides that, improvements were made to the MuseScore code, the plugin framework, import & export and more.
* This RC1 contains the translations coming from the translation server and one new language has been added: Simplified Chinese. Also the pdf handbooks have been updated, including two new ones Japanese and Simplified Chinese handbook. A big thumbs up to all translators.
* The 0.9.6 Release Candidate looks different with the new wordmark being integrated. This includes a new splash screen, a new default background image and various tweaks.

* Many bug fixes
* New F keys for Mac OS
* The installation path has changed from "C:\Program Files\MuseScore 0.9" to "C:\Program Files\MuseScore".
* The Windows installation file is 25% smaller in size due to a changed compression setting
* The available handbooks in pdf have been updated. There are a couple of new handbooks in the pipeline which still need a final check: Hungarian, Romanian, Russian. These will be included in the 0.9.6 Release Candidate.