musescore Command Examples

MuseScore 3 sheet music editor. See also: lilypond. More information: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/command-line-options.

• Use a specific audio driver:

musescore --audio-driver {{jack|alsa|portaudio|pulse}}

• Set the MP3 output bitrate in kbit/s:

musescore --bitrate {{bitrate}}

• Start MuseScore in debug mode:

musescore --debug

• Enable experimental features, such as layers:

musescore --experimental

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

musescore --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 --midi-operations {{path/to/file}}