MagicScore Maestro is a music notation software application with extended editing capabilities and internal spell-checker. It features a variety of input methods - virtual keyboard, external MIDI devices, or an extended set of musical note symbols. The program comes with a virtual piano and virtual fingerboard for six and seven-string guitars. The built-in notes play-back feature allows users to listen to the newly created piece of music as if performed by a single instrument or by an entire orchestra.

Importantly, MagicScore Maestro makes editing notes easy with tools that let musicians copy, paste, delete, and transpose both single notes and selected note blocks. Drag'n'drop feature is available as well. Conveniently, the program permits creating custom symbols, terms and chords for complex compositions with peculiar or non-standard grammatical solutions. There is an entire set of functions that simplify musicians work packed inside the program, like the adjustment of volume, balance, and effects for each track, and the capability to bind comments, links, and otherappearance elements to all score elements.

Moreover, the program can read/write data to/from MIDI and save data in various formats, including graphic files (BMP, JPEG, GIF, WMF) that are easy to print out. Other helpful features include customized texts orientation options, notes volume and effect play-back calculations, and a capability to stop executing any operation any time. The program has been used extensively by amateur and professional musician and education institutions, and got excellent reviews for its simplicity and rich set of time-saving features. The program also supports Music XML format.

New in MagicScore Maestro 5

• It is now possible to insert empty pages in the beginning or in the middle of the score for printing text.
• Flagoletto, Barre bracket, Right hand fingers, Mediator up/down symbols added.
• It is now possible to change font of Barre, Flagoletto, Right hand fingers symbols.
• Flagoletto style added for notes.
• It is now possible to change size of Staff group bracket, hairpins, Arpeggiato and Barre symbols by mouse.
• Measure options are now available through context and main menu.
• Measure duration property added which could be different than displayed time signature.
• Repeats, endings and other playback control symbols are rearranged.
• Testing playback of chords on Guitar panel added.
• Justifying of measures separately for each line added.
• Justifying of measures separately for each page added.
• Palm Muting, Muting, Hammer-On, Pull-Off, Pop-On, Slide, Bow-Up, Bow-Down symbols added.
• Font of Time Signature, Number, Barre, Flajolet, Fingers symbols is now editable.
• Automatic low volume playback of parenthesized notes added.
• Duration display settings added for Tablature.
• Set of predefined score templates extended.
• Set of predefined guitar templates extended.
• Measure properties extended (beaming options).
• GDI+ library taken into use for improved display of notation elements.
• Music inserts feature added. (Staves, which are not a part of the main score and having their own instruments set. Could be placed on page in any position).
• Printing changed. Now if score doesn't fit to printer page it's printed in parts.
• Notation elements now can be dragged from page to page.
• Caesura symbol added.
• Automatic slur break on repeats and endings added.
• Adding symbols by mouse cursor changed, now it requires staff selection.
• Hide empty staves feature added.
• System divider added.
• Playback selection added.
• Set of arpeggiato and vibrato extended.
• Ending numbers now could be specified as a list of playback passes.
• Expressions now could have a playback effects attached.
• Page numbering options added.
• The score is now being enumerated and empty staves are being hidden while MIDI import.
• Playback options are now moved to program options.
• "Format" menu added