musescore (1)

mscore [options]scorefile

This manual page documents briefly the mscore command.

MuseScore is a free WYSIWYG music score typesetter for Linux, licenced under GNU GPL. Features:

  * WYSIWYG, notes are entered on a "virtual note sheet"
  * unlimited number of staves
  * up to four voices/staff
  * easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or midi
  * integrated sequencer and FluidSynth software synthesizer
  * import and export of MusicXml and standard midifiles (SMF)
  * platform independent code for Linux, Windows and Mac

A summary of options is included below.

-v

Show version of program.

-d

Debug mode.

-s

Disable the synthesizer.

-m

Disable MIDI I/O support.

-i

Dump MIDI input.

-L

Layout debug mode.

-o file

Export to file, format dependent on extension.

mscore was written by Werner Schweer <[email protected]>.

This manual page was written by Toby Smithe <[email protected]>, for the Ubuntu project (but may be used by others).