Blog

News, updates, and the story behind QuickStave.

Bring on the Band

This month we release full tab notation and drum kit notation into QuickStave. Read all about how we integrate these new features to make editing seamless.

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Optical Music Recognition (OMR)

Optical Music Recognition is tough. Read how QuickStave is tackling the challenges of OMR to provide free, fast and always available music scanning software.

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1,400 Scores and Counting: QuickStave's Free Library Is Open

QuickStave now ships with over 1,400 professionally engraved scores you can browse, play back, and learn from — all free, all Creative Commons, all rendered in the browser.

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Switching from Sibelius to QuickStave

A practical guide for Sibelius users — what feels the same, what's different, and how to bring your scores with you.

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The Score Is the Hero: How QuickStave Renders Sheet Music in the Browser

Canvas vs SVG, staff-space coordinates, floating beams, and the virtual viewport that made a 300-bar Mozart sonata scroll smoothly on a six-year-old phone.

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Every Shortcut on Screen: How QuickStave Turns You Into a Power User

Inspired by Sibelius's legendary numeric keypad, QuickStave takes always-visible keyboard shortcuts to their logical conclusion — so you never need a cheat sheet.

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Introducing QuickStave

Professional music notation that runs entirely in your browser — no install, no subscription wall, no compromise on quality.

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