The idea here is that many instructional texts can be more quickly understood if a person can see someone else go through each step of a process. We'd like to adopt more of a 'show, don't tell' approach for the new handbook (although written explanations will obviously remain essential – see more below). We'd be keen to hear your thoughts about these changes, and will be inviting community members to begin contributing articles following the alpha release of MuseScore. Together with Marc Sabatella (Founder and Director, Mastering MuseScore), Peter Jonas (MuseScore Community Ambassador) and myself (Senior Designer, MuseScore), we’re planning to make the following improvements to guide people in making the most effective contributions while maintaining a cohesive and easily digestible handbook for everyone.

This is where a user manual can really come into its own, but it needs to be as thoughtfully designed as the product it describes. There will nevertheless remain situations where a guide to various features will be both useful and necessary, particularly when trying to achieve more sophisticated tasks. Ideally, the more this ambition is achieved, the less reliant we'll all need to be on consulting an instruction manual.

The aim for MuseScore 4 has been to create the most user-friendly experience while producing high quality scores. Given the number of changes in MuseScore 4, it seems the right time to modernise the format of the current handbook while finding ways to improve the experience of looking for information. All of this will require a significantly updated handbook, which means plenty of opportunities for contributors to help build the documentation for the new version. MuseScore 4 will have an entirely new user interface, a new audio engine, and numerous usability improvements for everything from adding measures to setting the app's language.

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