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musescore — MuseScore sheet music editor. See also: `lilypond`. More information: <https://handbook.musescore.or

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Problem

How to use the musescore command: MuseScore sheet music editor. See also: lilypond. More information: <https://handbook.musescore.org/appendix/command-line-usage>.

Solution

musescore — MuseScore sheet music editor. See also: lilypond. More information: <https://handbook.musescore.org/appendix/command-line-usage>.

Set the MP3 output bitrate in kbit/s:

musescore {{[-b|--bitrate]}} {{bitrate}}

Start MuseScore in debug mode:

musescore {{[-d|--debug]}}

Enable experimental features, such as layers:

musescore {{[-e|--experimental]}}

Export the given file to the specified output file. The file type depends on the given extension:

musescore {{[-o|--export-to]}} {{output_file}} {{input_file}}

Print a diff between the given scores:

musescore --diff {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

Specify a MIDI import operations file:

musescore {{[-M|--midi-operations]}} {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Set the MP3 output bitrate in kbit/s

musescore {{[-b|--bitrate]}} {{bitrate}}

Start MuseScore in debug mode

musescore {{[-d|--debug]}}

Enable experimental features, such as layers

musescore {{[-e|--experimental]}}

Export the given file to the specified output file. The file type depends on the given extension

musescore {{[-o|--export-to]}} {{output_file}} {{input_file}}

Print a diff between the given scores

musescore --diff {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/musescore

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