<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
is	O
a	O
scorewriter	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
supporting	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
file	O
formats	O
and	O
input	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
is	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
freemium	O
mobile	O
score	B-Application
viewer	O
and	O
playback	O
app	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
online	O
score-sharing	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
MusE	B-Language
sequencer	O
's	O
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
Werner	O
Schweer	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
MusE	B-Language
developers	O
,	O
decided	O
to	O
remove	O
notation	O
support	O
from	O
MusE	B-Language
and	O
create	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
notation	O
program	O
from	O
the	O
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MuseScore.org	B-Language
website	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
quickly	O
showed	O
a	O
rapidly	O
rising	O
number	O
of	O
MuseScore	B-Language
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
October	O
2009	O
,	O
MuseScore	B-Language
had	O
been	O
downloaded	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
thousand	O
times	O
per	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
fourth	O
quarter	O
of	O
2010	O
,	O
MuseScore	B-Language
was	O
being	O
downloaded	O
80,000	O
times	O
per	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
moved	O
from	O
SourceForge	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
and	O
continuous	O
download	O
statistics	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
publicly	O
available	O
since	O
then	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
a	O
press	O
release	O
stated	O
that	O
MuseScore	B-Language
had	O
been	O
downloaded	O
over	O
eight	O
million	O
times	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
the	O
project	O
stated	O
that	O
version	O
2.0.3	O
had	O
been	O
downloaded	O
1.9	O
million	O
times	O
in	O
the	O
nine	O
months	O
since	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MuseScore	B-Language
company	O
uses	O
income	O
from	O
their	O
commercial	O
sheet	O
music	O
sharing	O
service	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
free	O
notation	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
MuseScore	B-Language
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Ultimate	O
Guitar	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
full-time	O
paid	O
developers	O
to	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
a	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
Muse	B-Language
Group	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
formed	O
to	O
support	O
MuseScore	B-Language
,	O
Ultimate	O
Guitar	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
acquired	O
properties	O
(	O
including	O
Audacity	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2021	O
to	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
MuseScore	B-Language
company	O
relocated	O
its	O
headquarters	O
to	O
Cyprus	O
with	O
Muse	B-Language
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
's	O
main	O
purpose	O
is	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
high-quality	O
engraved	B-Application
musical	O
scores	O
in	O
a	O
"	B-Application
What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get	I-Application
"	I-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
can	O
also	O
play	O
back	O
scores	O
through	O
the	O
built-in	O
sequencer	O
and	O
SoundFont	B-Application
sample	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
SoundFonts	B-Application
can	O
be	O
loaded	O
into	O
MuseScore	B-Language
's	O
synthesizer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
can	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
to	O
many	O
formats	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
are	O
export	O
only	O
(	O
visual	O
representations	O
and	O
audio	O
)	O
and	O
some	O
are	O
import	O
only	O
(	O
native	O
files	O
from	O
some	O
other	O
music	B-Application
notation	I-Application
programs	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
's	O
native	O
file	O
formats	O
are	O
.mscx	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
containing	O
the	O
score	B-Application
,	O
and	O
.mscz	B-Language
,	O
a	O
zip	O
archive	O
containing	O
the	O
.mscx	O
and	O
other	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.mscz	B-Language
format	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
format	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
occupies	O
less	O
space	O
and	O
supports	O
additional	O
data	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
also	O
can	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
both	O
compressed	O
(	O
.mxl	O
)	O
and	O
uncompressed	O
(	O
.xml	B-Protocol
)	O
MusicXML	O
files	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
a	O
score	B-Application
to	O
be	O
edited	O
in	O
other	O
music	B-Application
notation	I-Application
programs	I-Application
(	O
including	O
Sibelius	B-Device
and	O
Finale	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
edition	O
of	O
MuseScore	B-Language
uses	O
MusicXML	O
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
MIDI	O
(	O
.mid	O
,	O
.midi	O
,	O
and	O
.kar	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
many	O
other	O
programs	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Synthesia	B-Application
)	O
,	O
although	O
since	O
MIDI	O
is	O
not	O
designed	O
for	O
sheet	O
music	O
,	O
some	O
information	O
may	O
be	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
can	O
also	O
import	O
certain	O
other	O
music	B-Application
software	I-Application
's	O
native	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
Band-in-a-Box	B-Application
(	O
.mgu	O
and	O
.sgu	O
)	O
,	O
Bagpipe	O
Music	O
Writer	O
(	O
.bww	O
)	O
,	O
Guitar	B-Language
Pro	I-Language
(	O
.gtp	O
,	O
.gp3	B-Language
,	O
.gp4	O
,	O
.gp5	O
,	O
and	O
.gpx	O
)	O
,	O
Capella	B-Application
(	O
must	O
be	O
version	O
2000	O
(	O
3.0	O
)	O
or	O
later	O
;	O
.cap	O
and	O
.capx	O
)	O
and	O
Overture	B-Application
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
import	O
MuseData	B-Library
(	O
.md	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
superseded	O
by	O
MusicXML	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audio	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
WAV	O
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
MP3	B-Application
,	O
and	O
OGG	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
graphical	O
representations	O
of	O
scores	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
exported	O
to	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
and	O
PNG	O
formats	O
,	O
and/or	O
printed	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
includes	O
an	O
optical	B-Application
music	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
feature	O
which	O
can	O
convert	O
PDFs	B-Application
to	O
the	O
native	O
MuseScore	B-Language
file	O
format	O
,	O
.mscz	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
web-based	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
Audiveris	B-Language
project	O
as	O
a	O
back-end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
May	O
2014	O
MuseScore	B-Language
has	O
mobile	O
apps	O
available	O
for	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
which	O
tie	O
into	O
the	O
MuseScore	B-Language
score	B-Application
sharing	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
also	O
runs	O
as	O
a	O
portable	B-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
onto	O
a	O
regular	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
or	O
stored	O
on	O
a	O
removable	O
storage	O
device	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
CD	O
,	O
USB	O
flash	O
drive	O
or	O
flash	B-Device
card	I-Device
,	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
any	O
compatible	O
Windows	B-Application
computer	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
is	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
Leland	O
Smith	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
a	O
now	O
defunct	O
notation	B-Application
software	I-Application
SCORE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Musescore	B-Language
4.0	O
,	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
for	O
VST3	O
plugins	O
,	O
both	O
instruments	O
and	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
Muse	B-Language
Group	O
released	O
a	O
free	O
orchestral	O
plugin	O
called	O
MuseSounds	O
designed	O
to	O
provide	O
more	O
realistic	O
playback	O
of	O
notation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
NameDate	O
ReleasedNotable	O
featuresScreenshot	O
Pre-release	O
MuseScore	B-Language
0.90.9.5August	O
2009	O
First	O
stable	O
version	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
macOS.thumb	O
|MuseScore	O
0.9.5	O
running	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
11.	O
|	O
center0.9.6June	O
2010Introduced	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
out-of-the-box	B-General_Concept
support	O
for	O
playback	O
of	O
all	O
instruments	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
General	O
MIDI	O
standard	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
multimeasure	O
rests	O
,	O
initial	O
support	O
for	O
custom	O
key	B-General_Concept
signatures	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
Save	O
Online	O
"	O
feature	O
connecting	O
to	O
sheet	O
music	O
sharing	O
site	O
MuseScore.com	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
1	O
MuseScore	B-Language
1.0February	O
2011	O
The	O
milestone	O
release	O
focused	O
on	O
delivering	O
a	O
stable	O
package	O
rather	O
than	O
adding	O
new	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
prerelease	O
versions.thumb	O
|MuseScore	O
1.0	O
running	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
11.	O
|centerMuseScore	O
1.1July	O
2011Fixed	O
around	O
60	O
bugs	O
and	O
featuring	O
improved	O
jazz	O
sheet	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
Connect	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
allowing	O
on-line	O
community	O
interaction	O
and	O
publishing	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
this	O
release.MuseScore	O
1.2March	O
2012This	O
version	O
included	O
over	O
100	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
improved	O
MusicXML	O
import/export	O
support	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
support	O
for	O
special	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
introduced	O
Marc	O
Sabatella	O
's	O
original	O
composition	O
"	O
Reunion	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
new	O
demo	O
score	B-Application
loaded	O
when	O
launching	O
MuseScore.MuseScore	O
1.3February	O
2013Small	O
update	O
containing	O
mostly	O
bug	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
2	O
MuseScore	B-Language
2.02.0.0March	O
2015A	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
introduced	O
,	O
including	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
tablature	O
and	O
guitar	O
chord	O
diagrams	O
,	O
linked	O
part/score	O
editing	O
,	O
an	O
image	O
capture	O
capability	O
,	O
two	O
new	O
SMuFL-compliant	O
music	O
fonts	O
,	O
and	O
MusicXML	O
3.0	O
support.thumb	O
|MuseScore	O
2.0	O
running	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
11.	O
|	O
center2.0.1May	O
2015Many	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
introducing	O
Isaac	O
Weiss	O
 '	O
"	O
Getting	O
Started	O
"	O
tutorial	O
score	B-Application
along	O
with	O
several	O
additional	O
templates.2.0.2July	O
2015Many	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
playback	O
of	O
trills	O
and	O
other	O
ornaments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
professional	O
guide	O
"	O
Mastering	O
MuseScore	B-Language
"	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
tandem	O
with	O
this	O
release.2.0.3April	O
2016Many	O
bug	O
fixes	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
reorder	O
linked	O
parts	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
copy	O
all	O
lyrics	O
to	O
the	O
clipboard	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
AppImage	B-Application
build	O
for	O
all	O
Linux	B-Application
flavors.MuseScore	O
2.1May	O
2017Numerous	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
real-time	O
MIDI	O
input	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
Swap	O
"	O
function	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
tool	O
to	O
rewrite	O
rhythms	O
for	O
clearer	O
notation.MuseScore	O
2.2March	O
2018Over	O
200	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
MIDI	O
output	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
SoundFont	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
regressions	O
affecting	O
playback	O
were	O
fixed	O
one	O
week	O
later	O
in	O
MuseScore	B-Language
2.2.1.MuseScore	O
2.3June	O
2018New	O
extension	O
facility	O
(	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
existing	O
system	O
of	O
plugins	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
first	O
extension	O
that	O
customizes	O
MuseScore	B-Language
for	O
drumline	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
3	I-Language
MuseScore	O
3.0December	O
2018	O
Many	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
an	O
automatic	O
smart	O
layout	O
system	O
to	O
avoid	O
collisions	O
between	O
score	B-Application
elements	O
,	O
a	O
jazz	O
notation	O
font	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
more	O
advanced	O
notations	O
,	O
more	O
style	O
controls	O
,	O
tours	O
to	O
help	O
new	O
users	O
,	O
a	O
timeline	O
reduction	O
view	O
for	O
faster	O
navigation	O
,	O
redesigned	O
mixer	O
and	O
piano	O
roll	O
editor	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
built-in	O
auto-update	O
facility.thumb	O
|MuseScore	O
3.6	O
running	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
11	O
in	O
dark	O
mode.	O
|centerMuseScore	O
3.1May	O
2019Many	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
playback	O
of	O
crescendos	O
and	O
diminuendos	O
on	O
single	O
notes	O
and	O
more	O
customization	O
options	O
for	O
fretboard	O
diagrams.MuseScore	O
3.2June	O
2019Many	O
new	O
features.MuseScore	O
3.3October	O
2019New	O
palette	O
and	O
note	O
input	O
workflow	O
designs	O
and	O
accessibility	O
improvements.MuseScore	O
3.4January	O
2020	O
New	O
telemetry	O
feature	O
and	O
UX	O
improvements.MuseScore	O
3.5August	O
2020New	O
chord	O
symbol	O
playback	O
feature	O
,	O
workflow	O
improvements	O
,	O
layout	O
improvements	O
and	O
many	O
more.MuseScore	O
3.6January	O
2021New	O
notation	O
and	O
text	O
fonts	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
engraving	B-Application
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
4	O
MuseScore	B-Language
4.0December	O
2022An	O
almost	O
complete	O
overhaul	O
with	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
is	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
and	O
is	O
written	O
mainly	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
with	O
the	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
making	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
cross-platform	O
Qt	B-Language
toolkit	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Summer	I-Application
of	I-Application
Code	I-Application
has	O
sponsored	O
students	O
to	O
help	O
develop	O
MuseScore	B-Language
in	O
2013	O
,	O
2014	O
and	O
2016	O
to	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
MuseScore	B-Language
takes	O
place	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contributing	O
code	O
to	O
MuseScore	B-Language
requires	O
that	O
contributors	O
sign	O
an	O
online	O
Contributor	O
License	O
Agreement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
accumulated	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
years	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
launched	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
relative	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
being	O
a	O
versatile	O
free	O
competitor	O
to	O
other	O
scorewriters	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
MuseScore	B-Language
4.0	O
,	O
British	O
magazine	O
Music	O
Teacher	O
welcomed	O
this	O
version	O
's	O
improved	O
engraving	B-Application
,	O
new	O
cloud	O
storage	O
,	O
and	O
focus	O
on	O
accessibility	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
export	O
their	O
compositions	O
in	O
braille	O
,	O
an	O
expanded	O
color	O
scheme	O
,	O
and	O
keyboard	O
navigation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
noted	O
the	O
playback	O
feature	O
's	O
support	O
for	O
VSTs	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
application	O
's	O
own	O
Muse	B-Language
Sounds	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
magazine	O
considered	O
a	O
boon	O
to	O
teachers	O
who	O
have	O
spent	O
years	O
dealing	O
with	O
the	O
inconveniences	O
of	O
exporting	O
their	O
compositions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore	B-Language
reported	O
over	O
7,000	O
downloads	O
per	O
day	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
also	O
include	O
MuseScore	B-Language
in	O
their	O
software	O
libraries	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Center	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
educational	O
institutions	O
also	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
MuseScore	B-Language
,	O
including	O
Drew	O
University	O
and	O
the	O
Ionian	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Board	O
of	O
Education	O
of	O
La	O
Seigneurie	O
des	O
Milles-îles	O
in	O
Canada	O
has	O
also	O
made	O
MuseScore	B-Language
available	O
on	O
10,000	O
computers	O
across	O
schools	O
in	O
the	O
Milles-îles	O
region	O
in	O
Québec	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
MuseScore	B-Language
launched	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
to	O
create	O
high-quality	O
,	O
freely	O
available	O
digital	O
score	B-Application
and	O
audio	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Goldberg	O
Variations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
process	O
influenced	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
MuseScore2	O
,	O
with	O
notation	O
improvements	O
needed	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
high-quality	O
engraving	B-Application
of	O
the	O
variations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
fundraising	O
goal	O
met	O
,	O
MuseScore	B-Language
developers	O
,	O
pianist	O
Kimiko	O
Ishizaka	O
,	O
and	O
crowd-sourced	O
reviewers	O
collaborated	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
engraved	B-Application
score	B-Application
and	O
also	O
record	O
a	O
new	O
album	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
Zero	O
license	O
(	O
without	O
copyright	O
)	O
,	O
meaning	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
and	O
shared	O
freely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
online	O
public	O
review	O
process	O
,	O
the	O
final	O
engraved	B-Application
score	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
free	O
on	O
MuseScore.com,	O
and	O
printed	O
and	O
bound	O
by	O
GRIN	O
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
again	O
,	O
the	O
score	B-Application
underwent	O
public	O
review	O
on	O
MuseScore.com,	O
and	O
was	O
recorded	O
by	O
Kimiko	O
Ishizaka	O
,	O
with	O
both	O
score	B-Application
and	O
recordings	O
released	O
into	O
the	O
public	O
domain	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
hearing	O
from	O
a	O
blind	O
musician	O
who	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
Open	O
WTC	O
Kickstarter	O
,	O
MuseScore	B-Language
set	O
up	O
new	O
stretch	O
funding	O
goals	O
to	O
support	O
making	O
music	O
notation	O
more	O
accessible	O
to	O
blind	O
and	O
visually	O
impaired	O
musicians	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
top	O
goal	O
of	O
automatically	O
converting	O
all	O
scores	O
in	O
the	O
MuseScore.com	B-Language
library	O
to	O
braille	O
was	O
not	O
funded	O
,	O
they	O
did	O
get	O
funding	O
to	O
create	O
braille	O
sheet	O
music	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Goldberg	O
Variations	O
and	O
the	O
Well-Tempered	O
Clavier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
MuseScore	B-Language
and	O
the	O
International	O
Music	O
Score	B-Application
Library	O
Project	O
(	O
IMSLP	O
)	O
launched	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
for	O
OpenScore	O
,	O
an	O
initiative	O
to	O
create	O
MuseScore	B-Language
and	O
MusicXML	O
versions	O
of	O
public	O
domain	O
music	O
from	O
IMSLP	O
's	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
scores	O
have	O
been	O
completed	O
,	O
including	O
Mozart	O
's	O
Jupiter	O
Symphony	O
,	O
Gluck	O
's	O
Iphigénie	O
en	O
Aulide	O
,	O
Tchaikovsky	O
's	O
1812	O
Overture	B-Application
,	O
Holst	O
's	O
The	B-Application
Planets	I-Application
and	O
around	O
900	O
songs	O
in	O
the	O
OpenScore	O
Lieder	O
Corpus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Save	O
Online	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
MuseScore	B-Language
application	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
publish	O
and	O
share	O
their	O
music	O
online	O
through	O
MuseScore.com	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
,	O
MuseScore.com	B-Language
allowed	O
free	O
downloads	O
of	O
scores	O
,	O
free	O
uploads	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
5	O
scores	O
,	O
and	O
unlimited	O
uploads	O
for	O
paid	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2015	O
with	O
MuseScore	B-Language
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
Start	O
Center	O
displays	O
featured	O
scores	O
from	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
present	O
in	O
MuseScore	B-Language
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore.com	B-Language
has	O
since	O
obtained	O
permission	O
to	O
publicly	O
display	O
Disney	O
music	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
unblocking	O
previously	O
uploaded	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
following	O
complaints	O
from	O
some	O
copyright	O
holders	O
,	O
MuseScore.com	B-Language
changed	O
its	O
policies	O
so	O
only	O
paying	O
subscribers	O
were	O
allowed	O
to	O
download	O
any	O
music	O
sheets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
MuseScore.com	B-Language
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
"	O
trustworthy	O
tool	O
to	O
distinguish	O
songs	O
under	O
copyright	O
from	O
songs	O
available	O
for	O
distribution	O
"	O
,	O
this	O
applied	O
to	O
all	O
scores	O
,	O
even	O
those	O
intended	O
for	O
liberal	O
sharing	O
via	O
a	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
19	O
February	O
2020	O
,	O
MuseScore.com	B-Language
announced	O
that	O
everyone	O
could	O
now	O
upload	O
an	O
unlimited	O
number	O
of	O
scores	O
,	O
even	O
without	O
being	O
a	O
paying	O
subscriber	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MuseScore.com	B-Language
allows	O
playback	O
of	O
a	O
score	B-Application
in	O
any	O
browser	O
supporting	O
the	O
HTML5	B-Application
audio	O
tag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
score	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
linked	O
to	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
so	O
that	O
one	O
may	O
follow	O
the	O
sheet	O
music	O
while	O
watching	O
a	O
video	O
featuring	O
that	O
score	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2021	O
,	O
MuseScore.com	B-Language
launched	O
"	O
Official	O
Scores	O
"	O
,	O
scores	O
licensed	O
from	O
sheet	O
music	O
publishers	O
,	O
available	O
with	O
an	O
additional	O
subscription	O
.	O
</s>
