About

About

Our mission: Inspire the artist. Unleash their sound

Every day over 400m people use our products. To create, to learn, and to share. Through our expansive catalogs, expertise, and innovative tools we make it easier for creatives, from beginners to experienced pros, to express themselves.

Aniwa

Singer and musician

Ultimate Guitar – literally that’s all I needed for me to get where I am today. It was what helped me, honestly to this day I’m still learning new chords from it.

Harrison Lee

Pianist, violinist
and composer
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I recently have switched over to MuseScore 4 to notate some pieces as opposed to Finale or Sibelius because it feels more intuitive to me.

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Josh Mancell

Composer
Composer Josh Mancell sitting in a music studio with guitars, a synthesizer, and a vibraphone in the background

If only MuseScore had existed back then, I most certainly would have used it instead of transcribing all the parts by hand!

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Mike Thompson

Composer
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Now, a young writer can download MuseScore 4 and access a strong engraving and composing suite and super high-quality sounds, all free and lightweight enough to run on the average computer.

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Harrison Lee

Pianist, violinist
and composer

I recently have switched over to MuseScore 4 to notate some pieces as opposed to Finale or Sibelius because it feels more intuitive to me.

History of Muse

1998

Muse Group started with Ultimate Guitar in 1998, created by Eugeny Naidenov. Over time the site grew from a plucky, tab-sharing trailblazer into a global leader of online music publishing.

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2017

In 2017, Ultimate Guitar acquired MuseScore, expanding its reach into sheet music. And Muse Group has only continued to grow from there, adding Audacity, StaffPad and many more to the roster.

2023

In 2023, Muse Group acquired Hal Leonard, the legendary global sheet music publishers, adding an unparalleled music catalog and educational expertise to the team.

Today

Today, we are an international, visionary team of creatives, music lovers and audio obsessives, developing products we could not live without.

Our products

Ultimate Guitar

2.1M+

Tabs to play

30m

Monthly active users

102m

App downloads

MuseSCore

3.6M

Scores

1.2M

Scores
from publishers

100m

Yearly
visitors

Audacity

100m

Downloads
since 2000

8m

Downloads of
Audacity 3.2

Hal Leonard

200K

Original
titles

6K

Digital
books

5M+

Songs in
collection

Audio.com

3.6M

Audio
tracks

10K

Daily
uploads

6.3M

Registered
users

Musehub

8.1

Installs

2M+

Monthly
active users

25K

Daily products
downloads

MuseScore studio

12M

Desktop app
downloads

1.5M+

Monthly
active users

Our values

We empower musicians and creators with free open-source software, accessible for millions of people all over the world.

The world's most popular audio editing and recording app, Audacity, is a proudly open-source app that’s free for everyone.

MuseHub offers free plugins, software, and tools for endless musical exploration. Including robust unique playback expansions as part of MuseSounds.

We also follow accessibility guidelines (WCAG), and test our products robustly, creating features like the Braille keyboard in MuseScore Studio.

Team

Our talented team works all over the globe, collaborating and creating impact every day. Everyone at Muse Group is a leader. That’s why our philosophy centers around our leadership principles.

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A modern, creative lounge space
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A modern, creative lounge space
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Two people working at adjacent desks in a bright modern office, separated by a concrete pillar
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Sound like your kind of work? Do you want to help musicians bring their ideas to life? Are you a musician yourself? Then head to our Careers page, we might have something that interests you.

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