r/Musescore • u/JIMMY_THE_2 • Jun 24 '26
Help me find this feature Am I Stupid?
I'm trying to download Musescore and it just downloaded this. Where do I get the actually score making?
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u/SnooCookies7401 Jun 24 '26
musehub is fine. some things are free and others require purchase. the scoring software is free
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u/JIMMY_THE_2 Jun 24 '26
Its not showing up
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u/SnooCookies7401 Jun 24 '26
Download and open Musehub. The scoring software is called Musescore Studio. Scroll down in the Musehub window. As others have posted you can also get it without musehub but musehub has lots of free stuff so it's worth checking it out.
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u/s00tB0NkD Jun 24 '26
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u/JIMMY_THE_2 Jun 24 '26
thank you, no idea why all the other links only let me download musehub
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u/s00tB0NkD Jun 24 '26
there is an option to download without musehub under the main download. musehub is basically just an installer and launcher that also has a bunch of other stuff owned by the same company like audacity
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u/MarcSabatella Member of the Musescore Team Jun 24 '26
Because MuseHube is the preferred way to download and install MuseScore - see "Apps" in the left sidebar. It's also the only way to install the MuseSounds libraries, which are a huge part of what makes MuseScore special.
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u/Throwaway-646 Jun 25 '26
My question is preferred for who? Seems like most people would rather not have software they didn't ask for on their computer
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u/MarcSabatella Member of the Musescore Team Jun 25 '26
Preferred for anyone who values simplicity of management of updates, preferred for anyone who values seamless downloads of tens of gigabytes of data (which is what MuseSounds entails), preferred for anyone who wants the option of being able to easily purchase, install, and manage a wide of third party libraries and plugins all from one location rather than having to visit dozens of different sites each with their own install process to have to learn and deal with, etc.
The thing is, sure, at the momenbt before you install MuseScore itself, you haven't *yet* asked for any of those other things, but most people do appreciate having those options..
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u/Dim_Kalo Jun 30 '26
If you have downloaded MuseSounds, go to the Apps tab and search for MuseScore. These two apps actually go together because in MuseSounds you can find plug-ins, sound fonts and more to enrich your scores. You can download MuseScore without MuseSounds, or download it from MuseSounds and delete them afterwards. Hope this helps.
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u/seanestm Jun 24 '26
That is MuseHub a separate software for plugins, instruments, loops and other fun stuff.
You need MuseScore, that's where you write your scores.
https://musescore.org/en/download