Can I play a fragment of a Musescore arrangement in my YouTube video?

• Mar 28, 2019 - 01:45

It's this score. I would like to play the first line only inside my YouTube video:
https://musescore.com/user/5596391/scores/4787193

I want to make sure that doesn't produce any copyright infringement or a content claim. It would be me, playing the first line for some seconds on a piano. Part of the page would be seen in the image, although I am not sure at 1080 anybody might be able to zoom in to distinguish the notes.

How can I make sure about this before it's too late? Please help.

The author of the arrangement here is Bruno Morsch. The author of the original song is Alan Walker. The original song is copyrighted, though it is similar to another song of the same author that has no copyright ('Fade').

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• Mar 28, 2019 - 11:28

Let me explain a bit more, because it is a bit complicated, because that fragment of the song "Faded" is identical to the song "Fade" (no ending "d") by the same author. "Fade" is offered by NCS (NoCopyrightSounds) as copyright free as long as it is used inside YouTube. So I can argue that I am playing "Fade" and not "Faded". The problem is, one could zoom in and the score sheet in the video, even when blurry, is clearly for "Faded" (copyrighted) and not "Fade".

Also, even when "Fade" is offered free of copyright as long as it is used inside YouTube, I don´t know if the same can be said about playing yourself that song on a piano.

I am thankful if anyone can offer any ideas.

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