I made a video tutorial showing how I use an older Windows version of the free open-source music-score app MuseScore to write music, including chords, lyrics, transposing to new keys, etc. I wish I'd had something like this when I was first learning the app, would have made it a lot easier for me to learn (I'm a slow learner nowadays). Anyone out there still struggling to figure out MuseScore 1.x might find this video helpful, although I guess they have a new version 2 now which I haven't tried yet, don't know how much different it is.
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I like to use MuseScore for writing down fiddle tunes, mandolin tunes, simple songs, and piano arrangements with lyrics and chords.
When I find sheetmusic in some weird key such as Ab, I just write it all out note-for-note into MuseScore and then let MuseScore transpose the whole thing (including the chords) into a more mandolin-friendly key. The cool thing there is that you can easily and quickly try different keys to see which one seems easier to play on mandolin.
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