Project 0: Let’s Get Ready…
While all of the required resources for this course are free, you do need to prepare your music composition environment ahead of time for maximum success. You will need…
- Laptop or Desktop (macOS, Windows)
- Access to Canvas (all materials can be accessed there)
- This textbook available as a PressBooks webBook (thus you must be online to read the book)
- MuseScore – open source music notation software
Optional
- MIDI controller or synthesizer (useful for music input)
- iPad (useful fo reading the textbook) – NOTE: MuseScore does NOT work on iOS devices
https://www.MuseScore.org is the location of the software itself. – This is the site you should use!
https://www.MuseScore.com is the commercial site where you can use a paid subscription to download music arranged and authored by others.
Resources
https://musescore.org/en/handbook – the online handbook
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/learning-musescore#video-tutorials – a set of video tutorials as part of the total MuseScore help system
Practice Assignment 0
Download and install MuseScore via https://www.musescore.org
- Open the app and create a new document via the Wizard – don’t worry of some of the questions are clear to you – when in doubt just accept the default.
- For the title use “My First Tune” and your first and last name for composer
- Save your document – note that the file extension will be “.mscz” – submit this to Canvas for Project 0
Sample Practice Assignment 0 – MuseScore 4
NOTE: be sure to provide your name for Composer!
