Mastering MuseScore:

Complete Online Course

The ultimate resource for learning MuseScore, created by the world's foremost MuseScore expert!

My name is Marc Sabatella, and I am one of the developers and chief ambassadors for MuseScore, the world's most popular music notation program.

Whether you are brand new to MuseScore and looking for someone to help you get started, or whether you have been using it a while and are wanting to learn the pro tips to move beyond the basics and take control of your music, this course is for you!

This self-paced course starts with a simple demonstration to jump start your experience, and continues with dozens of lessons covering each and every feature of the program. Along the way I show you everything step by step - how to enter your music and get it looking and sounding just the way you want. And I show you all the shortcuts to get things done most efficiently.

MuseScore is incredibly powerful yet surprisingly easy to use

Yes, it really can be easy, especially with the help of an expert who can show you the way.

So let me teach you all the ins and outs of MuseScore:

• Note input
• Editing
• Text
• Articulations and other markings
• Tablature
• Percussion notation
• Ensemble scores and parts
• Page layout
• Educational worksheets
• Playback
• Customizations
• Much more

Thousands of satisfied users have learned MuseScore from this course.

Here are comments from just a few of them:

"As I go through this wonderful course, I'm astonished to learn the incredible amount of things MuseScore is able to do! Wow. I am so grateful I found it. Marc, you are an extraordinary teacher and presenter! Your language is precise, clear, and descriptive. Thank you for this fantastic resource for musicians!!" - Christopher B.

"Such a great tutorial to a great software. I was struggling as to invest time in what music software. After the few lessons, I have confident that I am making the rigth choice. Many thanks for putting the tutorial together and the efforts of the team which developed this software." - Peter L.

"I use MuseScore daily and figured I’d give the course a try (the price was too low to pass up). It’s great – I’ve picked up a bunch of time-saving tricks and learned about some features I never knew existed. I’ve just been poking around at particular topics of interest but little by little I’m sure I’ll watch the whole thing. Thanks for this great resource!" - Jeff L.

"After muddling my way through a score on my own, what a relief to learn how easy it is when you know the right way! Your instruction is very clear and I am thrilled to be participating." - Ruth P.

"This is my first time scoring music, and I completed the song following your instructions. I feel excited and thank you from the bottom of my heart." - Christopher M.

"Just have to say these lessons are terrific! Great job!" - Alex N.

Course format

There are more than ten hours of video content in all, divided into over one hundred easily understood lessons, allowing you choose your own path. Spend as much time as you like on the basics, pick and choose the lessons that interest you most, or go through it all in order - the course is as flexible as the program itself. In addition, there are real-world demonstrations and exercises as well areas for discussion where you can engage with other students and with the instructor.

Scroll down to see the full curriculum, and check out some of the free previews!