MuseScore

What's new in this version:

- Rhythmic input: enter rhythm first, pitches later. Saves having to swap back and forth between computer and MIDI keyboard.
- Semi-real-time MIDI input - a limited form of real-time input (play the piece on a MIDI keyboard and notation is generated automatically). In semi-real-time, you can't enter triplets or notes shorter than your chosen duration, but it is more reliable than fully real-time entry.
- Real-time (automatic)—play along with metronome
- Real-time (manual)—play while tapping a key/pedal to set tempo
- Much better support for SFZ sample libraries in Zerberus synthesizer (see below)
- Added new "Swap" command in addition to "Copy, Cut, Paste"
- New "Regroup Rhythms" command under Layout menu to split and tie notes and rests according to time signature rules
- Mid-staff instrument changes now also change transposition
- Add a way to select/deselect all in Selection Filter
- More options to select similar notes in Select > More...
- Make instrument names editable by double-click
- Make "Instrument Change" available from Add/Text main menu and allow keyboard shortcut
- Make "Fingering" text available from Add/Text main menu and allow keyboard shortcut
- Allow keyboard shortcut to toggle "Hide Empty Staves"
- Allow keyboard shortcuts for up bow and down bow symbols
- Find a numerical rehearsal marks using Ctrl-F with "R#"
- Add previous and next buttons to the Staff Properties dialog
- Show pause property for caesura in Inspector
- Add bracket property for accidentals in Inspector
- Add "Also change shorter notes" option when adjusting beaming rules for time signature
- Load multiple SFZ at once in Zerberus
- Option to add page/section breaks when creating album
- Pre-populate Album Manager with default "Untitled" album on first use
- Add "Revision log" field to Save Online dialog when updating already uploaded score
- Add setting and option for MP3 bitrate
- New instruments: percussion, Bb sousaphone, guitar (treble clef), Irish tenor banjo, nyckelharpa, sackbuts, and different types of marimbas (see below)
- New templates: brass band, small concert band, marching bands, battery and pit percussion, bluegrass band (see below)
- Allow fingerings in tablature staves
- Improved support for historical tablature notation (see below)
- Add Shift-Q and Shift-W commands to decrease/increase duration to next nearest dotted or undotted note
- Upload MuseScore audio rendition on MuseScore.com together with score