Upgrade from MuseScore 3.x

Overview

Keyboard Shortcuts

See All keyboard shortcuts for MuseScore 4. Here are the common ones that have changed or are entirely new:

Action	MuseScore 3	MuseScore 4
Add tied note	+	T
Chord symbol entry: go to next measure	Tab	Ctrl+Right (Mac: Cmd+Right)
Chord symbol entry: go to previous measure	Shift+Tab	Ctrl+Left (Mac: Cmd+Left)
Toggle accidental: flat	None	-
Toggle accidental: natural	None	=
Toggle accidental: sharp	None	+
Edit element	Alt+Shift+E	F2 or Alt+Shift+E
Insert special characters...	F2	Shift+F2
Jump to next UI pane	None	F6 or ` (backtick / grave accent)
Jump to previous UI pane	None	Shift+F6 or Shift+`
Show / hide selection filter	F6	None

Other changes

• What used to be the Inspector in MuseScore 3 is the Properties tab in MuseScore 4.

• The tool to switch between page view and continuous view is now at the bottom right of the MuseScore window.

• Same for the Zoom control.

• Same for the Concert pitch toggle.

• To (temporarily) change the playback speed you now need to undock the Play Panel.

• The "Toggle MIDI" button now is behind the Play Panel's cog wheel.

• Fermata is now in the Breaths & Pauses palette

• Hiding an instrument now mutes it by default. However, you can now hide the individual staves of the instrument, which is more flexible.

• The Text tool is now in the Text Properties, partly 'hidden' behind the More botton.

Missing Features

Due to the nature of the upgrade some features previously present in MuseScore 3 have not (yet) been included. See this page in the developers' handbook for a listing of those items.