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MuseScore is a free cross platform WYSIWYG music notation
-program, licenced under GNU GPL. Features:
- * WYSIWYG, notes are entered on a "virtual note sheet"
- * unlimited number of staves
- * up to four voices/staff
- * easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or midi
- * integrated sequencer and FluidSynth software synthesizer
- * import and export of MusicXml and standard midifiles (SMF)
- * platform independent code for Linux, Windows and Mac
+program, licenced under GNU GPL.
+MuseScore has been rebranded to "MuseScore Studio" to avoid
+confusion with the site musescore.com that holds the music scores.
-Optional dependency: portaudio
+MuseScore features:
+
+ - WYSIWYG design, notes are entered on a "virtual notepaper"
+ - TrueType font(s) for printing & display allows for high quality
+ scaling to all sizes
+ - Easy & fast note entry
+ - Many editing functions
+ - MusicXML import/export
+ - MIDI (SMF) import/export
+ - MuseData import
+ - MIDI input for note entry
+ - Integrated sequencer and software synthesizer to play the score
+ - Print or create pdf files
+
+In Slackware this package partially installs to /opt/MuseScore