Is it possible to download music on here without paying money?
Anytime I try and download a piece of music it always forces me to upgrade my account to a pro account I don't know if there is some way to get out of that screen to download it or I have to pay money to download it, and then print it.
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You ask:
Is it possible to download music on here without paying money?
This forum here is musescore.org. (Check the address in your web browser.)
Any file attached to a post here can be downloaded without paying money.
For example:
Happy Birthday.mscz
(You never know what to expect here, as musescore.org caters to the free MuseScore editor software (i.e., the desktop - not mobile - app).
There also exists another website - musescore.com
Have a look here for an explanation of the difference:
https://help.musescore.com/hc/en-us/articles/210257565-What-is-MuseScore
https://musescore.org/en/node/277874
So...
On musescore.com -- original and public domain (PD) scores are available for download free of charge - but you have to be logged in - you can use a free account (no subscription or trial).
Here's a PD example:
https://musescore.com/james_brigham/scores/1494541
Also...
On musescore.com -- music protected by copyright is downloadable by obtaining a paid Pro subscription.
More info.:
https://musescore.com/groups/musescore-updates-and-statuses/discuss/504…
https://musescore.com/groups/musescore-updates-and-statuses/discuss/504…
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by [DELETED] 36619881
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In reply to You ask: Is it possible to… by Jm6stringer
I have a problem, everytime i'm on musescore.org, and i search for anything, i'll end up on musescore.com and there's nothing i can download
In reply to I have a problem, everytime… by Tomas.sekerka
You're not a pro member on musescore.com, that's why
In reply to I have a problem, everytime… by Tomas.sekerka
If you use the "search for scores" field at the top, then indeed you'll be directed towards the .com sister site, as that is the online score sharing platform.
If you're logged in into your free account you can download all scores that are public domain (and correctly labeled as such) and all original score from users that have chosen to make them available for free.
In reply to You ask: Is it possible to… by Jm6stringer
https://musescore.com/user/40853685/scores/8301296
In reply to You ask: Is it possible to… by Jm6stringer
https://musescore.com/user/2466621/scores/4680761
In reply to You ask: Is it possible to… by Jm6stringer
https://musescore.com/user/2466621/scores/4680761
In reply to You ask: Is it possible to… by Jm6stringer
could you put the link for (chopin black keys) right here i dont know how
In reply to You ask: Is it possible to… by Jm6stringer
@jm6stringer: Could you edit your excellent answer to also note that on musescore.com you must be logged in with a free account:
" original and public domain (PD) scores are available for download free of charge - but you have to be logged in - you can use a free account (no subscription or trial). "
This threw me off, and maybe other readers also. Thanks!
( Also, to create a free account, one currently the flow is Log in - create account - fill in form. )
In reply to You ask: Is it possible to… by Jm6stringer
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I went to your PD example and was asked to pay for MuseScore Pro in order to download/print.
In reply to I went to your PD example… by gdnghtjohnboy
That should be a bug then. Report to support@musescore.com
In reply to I went to your PD example… by gdnghtjohnboy
Then contact support@musescore.com.
I've just visited that link without being logged in (using a private browsing window). Clicking the download button opens a popup with file formats to choose from.
I clicked on "MuseScore mscz" and was asked to log in or create a free account. Logging in with my free account (https://musescore.com/user/32983039) immediately started the download. No questions about Pro being asked.
In reply to Then contact support… by jeetee
I also downloaded it with a free account. I was logged into .org.
In reply to I also downloaded it with a… by bobjp
You can't download from .org.
So check again when you are on .com, that is where you're logged in. (But the login procedure is shared between both platforms)
In reply to You can't download from .org… by jeetee
Oops. I meant .com. The point was I have a free account.
i have the exact same problem.
In reply to i have the exact same… by __pj__
The make use of the exact same answers already provided here.
In reply to The make use of the exact… by jeetee
Is the "free account" the free 1-month's trial after which you pay the sub?
In reply to Is the "free account" the… by Brer Fox
No
In reply to Is the "free account" the… by Brer Fox
No, it is the thing were you create an account and then don't have to fill in any credit card or payment info at all.
In reply to No, it is the thing were you… by jeetee
Is it possible to have a free account AND a Pro account by using two different email addresses?
That could be useful in the future.
In reply to Is it possible to have a… by dave2020X
I can verify it's possible, and I can't think of any way the site could actually prevent it. Whether or not it's allowed by the terms of service is another matter, but I do use this for testing purposes.
In reply to No, it is the thing were you… by jeetee
DELETED - Oh I do wish this system would allow proper deletion of duplicated posts!
In reply to i have the exact same… by __pj__
same
In reply to same by Lancedusty
Then read the answer as well.
What do you hope to achieve with your post otherwise?
In reply to Then read the answer as well… by jeetee
I agree. That's a good point.
https://musescore.com/user/26089141/scores/5046056?share=copy_link
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by jliu102
And your question is?
I can download it, being a Pro member
Seems that piece is an Original Work, but the uploader would need to flag it as such
I really want to make a midi remix of this but it keeps trying to get me to pay...
In reply to I really want to make a midi… by kailmorgan082
That score is copyright, you must have a Pro account to download it so they can pay royalties to the copyright owner.
https://musescore.com/torbybrand/dirtmouth-hollow-knight
it wont let me download, even if they meet all the requirements previous comments.
In reply to https://musescore.com… by riaanly
No, you don't meet them, you're not a Pro-member, that score is neither PD nor Original Work
In reply to No, you don't meet them, you… by Jojo-Schmitz
https://musescore.com/user/29939763/scores/6204927
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by captionpickles
What does this contribute to this discussion? Is it a PD score but you can't download it or are you just a fan of this piece?
In reply to What does this contribute to… by underquark
https://musescore.com/user/35854627/scores/6757729
In reply to https://musescore.com… by riaanly
https://musescore.com/user/11652586/scores/6718073
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by tobyhuttmusic
I can downoad it. You can't as it is neither (marked as) PD nor Original Work and you're not having a Pro account, so don't participate in paying roaylties.
In reply to https://musescore.com… by dejjesushi
I can downoad it. You can't as it is neither (marked as) PD nor Original Work and you're not having a Pro account, so don't participate in paying roaylties.
In reply to I can downoad it by Jojo-Schmitz
How do I know whether it is copyright cause when I try to download it on musescore.com it says I have to suscribe
In reply to How do I know whether it is… by Crystalyu4
You need an account to download anything on the score-sharing musescore.com, but a free account suffices for most scores. Only ones that are copyrighted protected require a paid account. So if you're logged in with a free account but are seeing that message, that's your answer right there - this is song under copyright protection.
For further questions about the score-sharing website musescore.com, best to ask over there on that site.
In reply to https://musescore.com… by dejjesushi
Wow did you hear those bum notes in there. Was this scanned from a PDF? Ive already been warned herein not to waste my time with these PDF/midi converters. I have seen why myself. So if the goods MS.com is selling has been as said - contrived, I wouldnt waste my time and money on it.
In reply to Wow did you hear those bum… by 123bedford
musescore.com doesn't sell goods; they sell a service. That service includes many things, but one of them is, the ability to download user-created arrangements of copyrighted music. The service itself works as advertised, but of course, since we are talking user-created scores, their quality will vary. There are truly professional-quality scores there, but also scores from people just learning music, and everything in between.
In reply to musescore.com doesn't sell… by Marc Sabatella
Yea that's dumb I shouldn't have to pay for someone's amateur arrangement of a copyrighted piece I thought the whole point of this site was that everything from the software to other people's arrangements were open source. I don't want to pay $50 a month or whatever to shitcorp #2001 so I can download the accompaniment score someone kindly made for a musical that wasn't written prior to 1930. I'm probably gonna have to just copy the score by hand onto a new .mcsz file so I can actually use it.
In reply to Yea that's dumb I shouldn't… by RavenMusic164
I thought the whole point of this site was that everything from the software to other people's arrangements were open source
Sentences starting with I thought often indicate that exactly this didn't happen...
And no, only the Software is Open Source. Whether the scores are PD or CC0 (the equivalent to Open Source here) is at the discretion of the copyright holder
In reply to Yea that's dumb I shouldn't… by RavenMusic164
Indeed, as mentioned, the software is open source. But that doesn't change the reality of copyright law. Your composition belongs to you just as someone else's composition belongs to them. Everyone gets to decide for themselves if they wish to grant others permission to publish arrangements for free or not. Most professional composers decide "no", because getting paid for use of your work is kind of the definition of "professional" here. The website - not this one, but the score-sharing site musescore.com - has license agreements with many of these composers or their representatives that allow arrangements to be posted and viewable for free, which is frankly amazing. But indeed, the agreements generally require payment for download.
In reply to medley https://musescore.com… by SomeRandomTaco
What's the point of all these posts?
test didnt work
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https://musescore.com/user/3078111/scores/1108686
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by Nicols Azraels
And your question is?
Cool
In reply to Cool by sn0997170
https://musescore.com/user/38898698/scores/7288313
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by elyyehudashem
What's the purpose of this post?
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by torirhee
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If the music in question is protected by copyright, then the owner (estate ...) is entitled to royalties, even for scores. And so, that's where all of this comes from. (But there are plenty of public-domain materials which are free.)
Famously, a contemporary composer based a successful pop song on a composition by Rachmaninoff, innocently assuming that it was public. It wasn't. And so it was that a composer who died in 1943 was added to the author-list, and his estate now shares royalties from the tune.
Very Entertaining Citation: https://www.cmuse.org/you-cant-believe-how-much-rachmaninoff-influenced…
If you subscribe, then the accounting and payment of royalties is handled for you. And I find this to be an extremely valuable service. I'm grateful to the copyright owners who are so willing to make their works available, and to MuseScore for making this conveniently and legally possible.
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https://musescore.com/user/30858201/scores/6392442
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by phoneprofortn
this one free please
In reply to this one free please by phoneprofortn
Ask the uploader.
In reply to Ask the uploader. by Jojo-Schmitz
I concur on anybody (who chooses not to pay anything) asking the uploader for this or that composition. In fact, I went through the significant labor to mirror ALL my MuseScore compositions on my music website - just for this reason. If Joe Average person wants any of my output for absolutely free, they need only take some extra time to go to my personal domain. They can get a MS native file, and a PDF plus MP3 / WAV audio rendering.
Fly Me To The Moon by anttiniemisto1
In reply to Fly Me To The Moon by… by mrtroychou
Frank Sinatra isn't dead long enough for that score to be in the Public Domain, so it is still under copyright and as such not downloadable by non-Pro users. And even for Pro users not downloable if the uploaded decided so (this seeme the case here?)
In reply to Frank Sinatra isn't dead… by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't think Frank Sinatra was involved in composing the song (that is Bart Howard) or making the arrangement. And there are plenty more arrangements of Fly Me to the Moon which are downloadable. So I guess it is the uploader who do not want it to be downloadable.
In reply to I don't think Frank Sinatra… by AndreasKågedal
I guess Bart Howard is not dead long enough either. And indeed he died only in 2004.
Other arrangements being downloadable are simlpy violating copyrights.
Unless musescore.com has a deal with the publisher, that is.
In reply to I don't think Frank Sinatra… by AndreasKågedal
/user/23407441/scores/4540736
In reply to Fly Me To The Moon by… by mrtroychou
download the .mid file from the web, open it in Musescore and you are halfway a score
Can someone please send the pdf file of this "https://musescore.com/user/31765185/scores/5596817" if you have a pro account, desperately needing it?
In reply to Can someone please send the… by s20170
That'd be violating copyright and terms of service
https://musescore.com/user/36359099/scores/6467397
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by balinovarda
How did you get your score past the copyright takedown? My version got pulled some months ago.
Maybe it's because it doesn't reference "Alan Walker".
There'd Better Be A Mirrorball - Arctic Monkeys by Official Author
The book of love - Peter Gabriel (Piano-Voice-Guitar) by Official Author
In reply to The book of love - Peter… by [DELETED] 36583137
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"Official" scores (from https://musescore.com/official_scores) are not downloadable at all, not even for money
In reply to ? Official scores are not… by Jojo-Schmitz
It does cost money to get the official sheet music, and I'm not eligible for this sheet music.
In reply to It does cost money to get… by gamescheat000
Nonsense. Official scores can not get downloaded at all, period.
And something like "not eligible" for a pro account doesn't exist.
Summer (Joe Hisaishi) by SunBinamra2
In reply to SomethingUnreal - Music… by gamescheat000
https://musescore.com/yaizmo/scores/4415431
If it is the uploader's original work, ask him/her to mark it as such
In reply to SomethingUnreal - Music… by gamescheat000
Because I want to download the MusicXML file in this score, but the download costs money, and I am not eligible for MuseScore Pro/Pro+.
In reply to Because I want to download… by gamescheat000
Nonsense, see above
In reply to https://youtu.be/_SdZ3cTyYwA… by gamescheat000
many thnx 10^6
In reply to https://youtu.be/_SdZ3cTyYwA… by gamescheat000
Please stop advocating illegal copyright violation.
https://musescore.com/user/31632003/scores/6579164
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by choimp4
Apparently the uploder disabled download, so not even a Pro account can get it
https://musescore.com/user/9704471/scores/6357900
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by anster2304
Kinda failing to see the point of your post, unless you're being paid to promote MuseScore.com paid membership.
Étude Opus 25 No. 11, “Winter Wind” in A Minor
https://musescore.com/classicman/scores/77075
I am a PRO user and still cannot locate the Download button.
In reply to Étude Opus 25 No. 11, … by musica47
It is there though
Edit: oops, indeed is is not
In reply to Étude Opus 25 No. 11, … by musica47
It looks like that user may have disabled download for that particular score. They have hundreds of others though and the ones I checked do all have a download button.
https://musescore.com/user/62956618/scores/10734256
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by yhhu05
I can download it (being a Pro member) that proves that the uploaded didn't disable downloads.
And as the score is marked as being "Original", anyone should be able to download it.
I don't see much reason though why anyone would want to
In reply to I can download it (being a… by Jojo-Schmitz
What was the question?
I can download it without being a member of musescore.com.
In reply to What was the question? I can… by HildeK
You need to be (logged in as) a member, but a free account is enough.
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https://musescore.com/user/3443166/scores/6296760
I face the same problem. Surely, it has no solution. It is very common in all piano sheets websites. Some even only give you the first page to view, which is very exasperating. Therefore, I always take screenshots of the piano sheet and convert them into pdfs by Adobe Scan. Then, I print them out.
How about music that's in the PD only in part of the world, like Villa-Lobos's music? Is there a policy for that or does the site actually check from where a download is attempted?
In reply to How about music that's in… by rjvbertin
If it is marked as PD (and the uploader didn't take extra measures to prevent download), you can download for free.
https://musescore.com/user/22647801/scores/5704213
In reply to https://musescore.com/user… by lme1017
Pay a Pro membership and download it.
Or: You can see the score in your browser - do the work and transcribe it.
Or: Try to contact KittyKittyKitKat030 and ask for a copy. But I don't know how ...
There is no other way.