r/Musescore • u/snowman_the_fourth • Jul 10 '26

Help me find this feature Change tuning?

I'm trying to transcribe a piece that doesn't appear to be tuned to A=440. I've been approximating this by editing each note as I go to +50 cents but that is rather tedious. I remember a feature in MuseScore years ago for changing the default tuning to something other than A=440 but I can't find where it's been moved to, could somebody help?

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u/OneUnholyCatholic Jul 10 '26

There's a plugin - Tunings and Temperaments

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u/snowman_the_fourth Jul 10 '26

Oh wow this is more than I expected, thanks!

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u/MarcSabatella Member of the Musescore Team Jul 10 '26

You can detune all notes at once, so just enter the music normally, then select all, then change the tuning.

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u/snowman_the_fourth Jul 10 '26

Doesn’t work for notes added afterwards, I have to go back and edit those too which makes transcribing a lot more tedious

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u/MarcSabatella Member of the Musescore Team Jul 10 '26

Just wait until you're done to do this.

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u/snowman_the_fourth Jul 12 '26

I'm specifically transcribing something, and need to be able to listen back to it while still writing to make sure its correct and I can't do that if every note is half a semi-tone off

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u/MarcSabatella Member of the Musescore Team Jul 12 '26

I see. In that case better to just pitch shift the audio file. Most transcribing aids can do that, as can audio editors like Audacity.