transposing piano sheet music

• Nov 10, 2024 - 02:53

I don't see a way to download a piece of piano music to transpose it. Does MuseScore not do that?

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• Nov 10, 2024 - 15:03

But I'd like to address that separate issue. All I want to do is download a piece of sheet music that's not found in your library into MuseScore and transpose it. Your directions seem to indicate that I can only download something from your library. If that's the case, then I need a refund and a cancellation.

Thanks,
Sara

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• Nov 11, 2024 - 21:12

By "your library", I assume you mean musescore.com, which is MuseScore's online score repository. This is the only place where you might have purchased something that you might want a refund from.

You have posted on musescore.org, which is the user community for the MuseScore Studio notation software and is also unconnected to the online score repository AND is free to all.

I may be misunderstanding you! Nonetheless, if you want to "download a piece of sheet music that's not found in..." musescore.com, you'll have to find a copy of that sheet music elsewhere and create the score file using MuseScore Studio.

I definitely don't understand your statement that you "can only download something from your library."

For more info on the differences between musescore.com and musescore.org, read How and where to ask for support

For additional information, see the following:
https://musescore.org/en/faq#faq-314712
https://musescore.org/en/faq#faq-20657
https://musescore.org/en/faq#faq-359393
https://musescore.org/en/node/314712
https://musescore.com/user/32018844/subscription

The last link is where (I believe!! I've never subscribed) you can cancel your subscription.

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• Nov 12, 2024 - 18:25

Exactly!
I, like you, have been around long enough to have answered many questions regarding the frequent confusion about .com exhibited here in the .org forum.
I, like you, do not have a paid subscription to .com.

Apparently, Sara (the OP @sbale331) is a newcomer - struggling to find a piece of piano music to download and transpose.
I know, in my reply to you, that the link https://musescore.com/user/90398272/scores/21700090 is on musescore.com; but it shows Sara's (sbale331) Aspidistra score:
score.png
which is available for $3.99; or one can "get a 43% discount with Premium membership" (an unbelievable offer - sign me up!!).
I find it hilarious that .com thinks it is charging for Aspidistra which, when played, is basically the sound of silence.
It's stuff like this which causes "newcomers' confusion" not to mention the perceived obfuscation regarding paid vs trial subscriptions to .com (all too often dealt with here on .org).

P.S.: Can't wait to see whether a takedown notice for copyright infringement will appear for the above score... lol!
Regards.

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• Nov 12, 2024 - 01:50

@sbale331...
If you are looking for a particular song - e.g., "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World" - and you wish to transpose it using the (free) MuseScore Studio notation software, you must first have the song opened/displayed in the (free) software before you transpose it.
The score shown here:
https://musescore.com/song/the_biggest_aspidistra_in_the_world-2070706
and (your score) here:
https://musescore.com/user/90398272/scores/21700090
display no musical notation whatsoever.

So... first you need to locate a copy of "The Biggest Aspidistra in the World" and get it into the (free) MuseScore Studio software.
Various paths can be followed to accomplish that end:

  1. Use a printed copy from which you manually enter the music notation into the (free) MuseScore Studio software.
    See:
    https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/entering-notes-and-rests#overview

  2. Use a MusicXML file which the (free) MuseScore Studio software can readily open.
    See:
    https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/file-formats#musicxml

  3. Find a PDF document and then use a third-party software to convert the PDF score into a MusicXML file which the (free) MuseScore Studio software can then open.
    3a. The (free) MuseScore Studio software (via menu item: File > Import PDF) uses the Audiveris software to convert PDF files.
    See:
    https://musescore.com/import

  4. The easiest way, of course, is to locate the song as a .mscz file - which is the standard MuseScore format.
    See:
    https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/file-formats#mscz

  5. MIDI files can be opened by MuseScore Studio, but much score layout data is lost.

Welcome aboard and good luck!

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• Nov 13, 2024 - 03:40

Sara:

First, my apologies for misunderstanding your question. It happens :-)

I did a quick Google for ...

"biggest aspidistra in the world" "sheet music"

... and it returned a bunch of hits. It's available online for anywhere from about $5 to $20. I did not see any instances of a free sheet for it. (Though I didn't dig deep into the hits.) I did get one hit that pointed back to the link that jmstringer6 pointed out: the blank score for $4. :-)

I had not heard of Gracie Fields before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzyS79eEgPs is her 1938 recording ... and one other. Delightfully silly song!

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