Transposition in MuseScore 0.9.5 and earlier makes guesses on the pitch-spelling of the transposed notes and often guesses incorrectly. I created a reference table that can be used for transposing notes without losing the correct pitch spelling. A human transposing notes would use their existing knowledge of scales, plus various other mental tricks. However the method outline below uses a different approach that should be easier to code.

The following usability issues are selected based on frequency of use, difficulty of use, user feedback (via the forums and mailing list), and personal experience.

For many users the mouse is the primary means of interacting with MuseScore. This article focuses on the icons in the Note Input toolbar and the Palettes with the goal of optimizing mouse interaction in MuseScore.

The Windows nightly builds for MuseScore are now hosted by MuseScore.org. http://prereleases.musescore.org/windows/nightly/

present below my initial impressions and observations during my first few days with MuseScore 0.9.2 (Revision 888) for Windows XP. I wrote down any issues I encountered day-by-day.