# Basics

- [Setting up your score](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/setting-up-your-score.md)
- [Entering notes and rests](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/entering-notes-and-rests.md)
- [Working with multiple voices](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/working-with-multiple-voices.md)
- [Input by duration mode](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/input-by-duration-mode.md)
- [Alternative note input methods](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/alternative-note-input-methods.md)
- [Adding and removing measures](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/adding-and-removing-measures.md)
- [Selecting elements](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/selecting-elements.md)
- [Editing notes and rests](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/editing-notes-and-rests.md)
- [Copy and paste](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/copy-and-paste.md)
- [Using the palettes](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/using-the-palettes.md)
- [Properties panel](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/properties-panel.md)
- [Adjusting elements directly](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/adjusting-elements-directly.md)
- [Parts](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/parts.md)
- [Default keyboard shortcuts](https://handbook.musescore.org/basics/default-keyboard-shortcuts.md)


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