Using Canon in D as a guide:

1. Start a new MuseScore project.

2. Insert two violins and one violoncello.

3. Choose a key (either C, F, or G major, or A, D, or E minor). You may choose 4/4, 3/4 or 6/8 as your time signature.

4. Compose a short one- or two-bar ground bass using crotchets, minims or a combination of both (dotted crotchets, crotchets and quavers if using 6/8). The first note of the ground bass should be the tonic and the last note should be the dominant.

5. Copy this ground bass several times over.

6. Compose a one- or two-bar melodic line in Violin 1 over the top of the ground bass. Be mindful to regularly use chord tones (notes that work well with the harmonic progression).

7. Copy this one- or two-bar melodic line to the Violin 2 part, staggered by one or two bars.

8. In Violin 1, compose a new melodic line over the top of Violin 2. Try to utilise 3rds, 5ths and 6ths between the two violin parts as much as possible.

9. Continue this for several iterations.

Following Adam Neely's video as a guide:

1. Start a new MuseScore project.

2. Insert a piano.

3. Choose a key (either C, F, or G major, or A, D, or E minor). Set your time signature to 4/4. 

4. Compose a short motif, either for one bar or half a bar in duration. Try to use a mix of note values.

5. Copy this motif to the bass clef, staggered by one or half a bar. Shift the motif down by one octave.

6. Over the top of this staggered motif, compose a new melodic line. Try to utilise 3rds, 5ths and 6ths between the two violin parts as much as possible and avoid parallel 5ths.

7. Continue this for several iterations.