December 16, 200718 yr Does anyone know where you can download sheet music? Is there any where that you can download it for free? :D There are lots of scores that I wouldn't mind having a copy of, but I cant afford the price's that are charged for some of them...
December 16, 200718 yr University libraries often have thousands of free scores, already downloaded, pre-printed and bound in handy book-form!! :w00t: :whistling:
December 16, 200718 yr Author High school student. UK public transport isn't great, and the closest university is around 2 hours away. My local library is pathetic, there is no chance of having any score in there. Is there no free resource available online?
December 17, 200718 yr There's quite a bit here: The Mutopia Project There's also a really tiny amount on Main Page - Gutenberg Both are, to my knowledge, completely legal. The problem is that the only sheet music that is free of copyright is the one that is specifically typeset for a free library. The compositions are copyright-free after a certain time after the composer's death (70 years in Europe I think, I don't know about the US), but the editions of the publishers are still copyrighted, so you can't just scan them and distribute them for free.
December 17, 200718 yr Author Get a job Sorry, it's the only way buddy Yeah...I'm 15, still in full time education, that isn't really an option at the moment...
December 17, 200718 yr There is, however, something called part-time job. My first one was when I was about 16 :) My teacher mentions a website called Piano Sheet Music - Piano Street never actually used it, but it is rather obvious that there is mostly sheet music for piano :P Check it out :)
December 17, 200718 yr Get a job Sorry, it's the only way buddy No it's not! There are MANY Public Domain scores around. Why do you act like this? Free Piano Music! Sheet Music Digital - Free PDF Files! Musicstudents.com Free Classical Sheet Music Piano sheet music http://www.allpianosheetmusic.com/free_piano_sheet_music.htm Free Sheet Music Public Domain Free Classical Sheet Music Free Sheet Music Downloads mfiles - free sheet music, download and print pdf format, view scorch scores online Mutopia: Browse by instrument, composer or style Sheet Music USA The Sheet Music Archive free classical sheet music -- www.sheetmusicarchive.net Free Sheet Music Downloads | Musicnotes.com easybyte.org Piano Street: Sheet Music Search Free-scores.com : Mondial de la Partition Gratuite (Partitions Gratuites Directes et Annuaire) Free sheet music. Full scores! Wagner Operas -- The Operas Sheet Music Digital - Free PDF Files! etc... (mostly for piano, but heck try them all ;)) Mozart is ALL public domain and available to the internet by some organisation. IMSLP is a pity that came down, it wasn't the rascals though. :O
December 17, 200718 yr Author Wow, thanks Nikolas! I should be able to find piece's I'm looking for within those!
December 17, 200718 yr No it's not!There are MANY Public Domain scores around. Why do you act like this? Free Piano Music! Sheet Music Digital - Free PDF Files! Musicstudents.com Free Classical Sheet Music Piano sheet music http://www.allpianosheetmusic.com/free_piano_sheet_music.htm Free Sheet Music Public Domain Free Classical Sheet Music Free Sheet Music Downloads mfiles - free sheet music, download and print pdf format, view scorch scores online Mutopia: Browse by instrument, composer or style Sheet Music USA The Sheet Music Archive free classical sheet music -- www.sheetmusicarchive.net Free Sheet Music Downloads | Musicnotes.com easybyte.org Piano Street: Sheet Music Search Free-scores.com : Mondial de la Partition Gratuite (Partitions Gratuites Directes et Annuaire) Free sheet music. Full scores! Wagner Operas -- The Operas Sheet Music Digital - Free PDF Files! etc... (mostly for piano, but heck try them all ;)) Mozart is ALL public domain and available to the internet by some organisation. IMSLP is a pity that came down, it wasn't the rascals though. :O Rascals meaning the law people/companies that forced it to close down.
December 17, 200718 yr Heh... I've been following the IMSLP problem rather closely, until the forums closed down as well. IMSLP closed, not because it was forced and UE had pretty much withdrawn their moronicly written letter. After all the simple problem would be solved: A. remove those scores which cause problem, by tracing IP. B. Moderate all incoming scores. C. Enjoy living. They closed down, as the creator mentioned in the page, because of the size of the project which simply was too much. EDIT: I have decided that in order to not kill myself (figuratively) from overload, I will not be taking major actions with regards to IMSLP until the end of this semester (in less than 2 months), unless circumstance dictate otherwise. However, I will continue accepting offers to own or host IMSLP, very preferably by Canadian organizations; please do contact imslp@imslp.org . I will also be responding to e-mails and discussion on the forums, and very possibly prepare and release the IMSLP Mediawiki database within this time. I'm already in the middle of preparations for the continuation of IMSLP. No, IMSLP is not dead :) From the main page. I sure hope that IMSLP will reopen, and of course noone should be able to refuse Public Domain scores from any public, even if they are NOT public domain elsewhere (which was the main problem, actually). But still...
December 17, 200718 yr Some of these use midi, some as pdf. The Sheet Music Archive free classical sheet music -- www.sheetmusicarchive.net mfiles - free midi files to download, classical, original and other music styles Free Legal Music Downloads Free sheet music on 8notes.com Category:Sheet music - ChoralWiki MIDI, MP3, Lyrics, Sheet Music, Guitar Tab & More! - Open Educational Music Library • HamieNET.com SheetMusicFox.com - Download and Print out free sheet music and music scores. Google 'Free Sheet Music for .......' Hope this helps. Joe :toothygrin:
December 18, 200718 yr Pianosheets.org if you are looking for a bittorrent site. You have to use your mental content filter though, cause some of the files aren't public domain in many countries.
December 18, 200718 yr I have a feeling that Mark started a thread there you posted sheet music links.
December 18, 200718 yr http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/free-scores-other-musical-links-6037.html?highlight=sheet+music+free :D
December 28, 200718 yr There isn't anyplace that has an orchestral arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition, is there?
December 28, 200718 yr there are a couple of DVD's available on EBAY that have hundreds of piano scores for maybe 30 bucks. It's all legal because the editions are in the public domain.
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