Rachel, who is almost 15, has found some web sites where you can print off classical music, which is a huge savings for us. She often hears a snatch of something she wants to play, then hunts down the title of it, does a web search, listens to the music, downloads, prints, and presto, she's playing it within minutes! I'm turning this article over to Rachel now!
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I haven't completely searched the websites; I usually just check into the classical music sections. Below are a few websites I've found along with a quick note describing it. I would suggest checking all of these sites -- you never know what you might find!
www.mfiles.co/uk (I checked the classical selection and they have a long list of composers from which to choose a piece to listen to or print.)
www.8notes.com (this has a nice selection; what they don't have, they send you to another site for)
www.sheetmusicusa.com (this doesn't have a HUGE selection, but you can easily find what you want, hear it, and print it.)
www.sheetmusicplus.com (I haven't looked around this much so I'm not totally sure if you can get much free stuff here; looks like a good site though)
www.music-scores.com (there are some pieces here non-members can download, but you are usually limited to a certain amount per day)
www.musicaviva.com (haven't checked much into this - you might want to browse through it.)
www.musicnotes.com (you can hear and print the first page for free -- nice to see what a piece is like.)
When you download a PDF file to print it, save a copy to your computer and your Favorites so you can have it for the future. If the piece is just on a normal webpage, save it in your Favorites. I find these two options very helpful for future reference. Also, I would suggest downloading the Scorch player so you can see and hear the piece as you watch the notes played. You can download for free here: http://www.sibelius.com/products/scorch/
With many of these websites, you have to be a member to get a lot of the stuff - I noticed with Musicnotes, though, that if you're a member (I don't believe it costs much per year), you can just print off the whole piece (if it's in digital format) instead of having to buy it from some other seller and pay for shipping. This should be especially great if you buy a lot of sheet music. What you pay for membership is probably worth it, considering you won't have to pay for shipping and you can get it immediately at a low price. The same is with Music-scores, to whom you pay membership but I don't think you have to pay for individual pieces on top of that. I'm not sure which other websites do this.
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Thanks, Rachel! |
