| Muse Group MuseCY Holdings Ltd. | |
| Logo Upright: | 1.25 |
| Type: | Limited company |
| Industry: | Music software Music education |
| Predecessor: | Ultimate Guitar |
| Founded: | 2021 |
| Hq Location City: | Limassol |
| Hq Location Country: | Cyprus |
| Products: | Ultimate Guitar MuseScore Audacity StaffPad |
| Subsid: | Hal Leonard |
| Num Employees: | 200+ |
| Num Employees Year: | 2024 |
| Website: | mu.se |
Muse Group (MuseCY Holdings Ltd.[1]) is a software and education company specialised in making tools and resources for music composition, music production and music education. Established in 1998 as Ultimate Guitar, it became Muse Group in 2021 following several acquisitions such as MuseScore and Audacity. It is now headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus, and became the parent company of Hal Leonard in 2023.
In 2017, the company acquired the open source music notation tool MuseScore (now MuseScore Studio) and its sheet music sharing platform MuseScore.com, respectively launched in 2002 and 2010.[2]
In 2021, it acquired the open source audio editor Audacity, a software project originally started in 2000.[3] [4]
In 2023, Muse Group acquired American music publishing company Hal Leonard, founded in 1947, and its entire catalogue of sheet music and music learning resources.[5] [6]
| Logo | Name | Description | Platform | year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Guitar | Online sharing platform for guitarists. | Web | Launched | 1998 | |||
| Agile Partners | Several software products, including: | Acquired | 2013 | ||||
| SteadyTune | Desktop/Mobile | ||||||
| AmpKit | Desktop/Mobile | ||||||
| Tonebridge | Virtual effects pedal for guitars. | Mobile | Launched | 2016 | |||
| MuseScore Studio | Music notation app. | Desktop | Acquired | 2017 | |||
| MuseScore.com | Online score sharing.platform. | Web/Mobile | Acquired | 2017 | |||
| Crescendo | Music education app. | Desktop/Mobile | Acquired | 2018 | |||
| MuseClass | Music education app. | Web/Mobile | Launched | 2020 | |||
| Audacity | Audio editor. | Desktop | Acquired | 2021 | |||
| StaffPad | Music notation app. | Mobile | Acquired | 2021 | |||
| MuseHub | Audio/music store for MuseScore and Audacity. | Desktop | Launched | 2022 | |||
| Audio.com | Online music sharing.platform. | Web | Launched | 2022 | |||
| Hal Leonard | Sheet music, method books, and several software products, including: | Acquired | 2023 | ||||
| Noteflight | Web | ||||||
| Sheet Music Plus | Web | ||||||