Musescore 3.7.0
"Musescore 3 Evolution"
This unofficial page has been superceded by an official wiki and will not be updated.
Please use the official wiki for up to date information on MS3 Evolution including installation instructions as well as details of how to report issues.
Developers can join in with the evolution of MS3 by submitting pull requests on GitHub.
yonah_ag, May 2024
About Musescore 3.7.0 (a.k.a. Musescore 3 Evolution)
The last official release of Musescore 3 was 3.6.2 and this is still available for download from Musescore's website. Musescore 4 was released in December 2022 and is being continually developed. Some users still do not feel ready to migrate to Musescore 4, mainly because of missing features which are important for their work.
Enter Musescore 3.7.0. This is an on-going, unofficial development of 3.6.2 containing bug fixes and enhancements, including some features back-ported from Musescore 4. The development of MS3.7.0 is hosted on GitHub and is largely the work of Jojo Schmitz, a well known contributor to many aspects of the Musescore project, and it remains fully open source so that other developers can make contributions.
Musescore 3.7.0 can be run alongside MS3.6.2 and MS4 without any problems. They do not interfere with one another.
Pre-requisites for Installation
A computer meeting the specification for running 3.6.2. (See Musescore 3 Installation Guide)
An OS which can extract .zip archives and .7z archives.
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7-Zip File Manager (free, open-source software available from 7-Zip)A GitHub account for downloading Musescore 3.7.0 artifacts. (A free account is sufficient).
Up to date antivirus since this is always a sensible precaution when installing software.
Installing Musescore 3.7.0
The procedure is shown for Windows 10 and takes only a few minutes. Other O/S installations are similar.
Navigate to the GitHub Musescore repository Jojo-Schmitz/MuseScore and login to GitHub.
Click on Actions to list All worksflows
Choose a 3.x workflow that has a green tick showing successful completion and that matches your OS.
Click on the workflow title to link to the workflow details page.
Workflow Details
In the Artifacts area of the workflow details click on the 64-bit package (x64) to download it.
Note 1: This download requires that you are logged in to GitHub.
Note 2: For some configurations of Windows the 64-bit version can be problematic, (e.g. missing plugins).
Note 1: If this happens then use the 32-bit package (x86) instead.
Note 3: The package names will be different for MacOS and Linux.
Download the package to the Downloads folder on your computer.
Extract the zip file to produce a .7z file
Extract the .7z file to produce a folder with the same name as the .7z file
Move this new folder to a more suitable location since the downloads folder is typically only used as a staging area.
Any folder can be used, (e.g. Program Files), but not a cloud sync'd folder, (OneDrive, DropBox etc). You may be asked for confirmation.
The folder contents will look similar to this:
Open the bin folder and locate the MuseScore3.exe file.
Double-click the file to run MuseScore 3 Evolution
Optional: Rename MuseScore3.exe to distinguish it from MuseScore 3.6.2, for example to MuseScore 3 Evolution.
You can make a shortcut on the Windows Start Menu by right-clicking the .exe file and then choosing Pin to Start
