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Pilzen Depression Whether you're a piano teacher a pianist or even a parent of a student, chances are you've run into highly priced sheet music. Nowadays a lot of music is out of copyright and doesn't actually need to be bought, so instead of paying for bound and hardback collections we should be making the effort to instead source these online.
Alongside the pricing aspect, free sheet music is now more available online then ever before. There are many arrangements and transcriptions of music available in piano teaching apps and general music related apps and websites. These are free to download and often also free to edit, you can add in fingering, or transpose the music before you download it.
We've curated a list of our favourites below, to help you along your way:
- Musescore: This notation software platform also hosts a lot of free music transcribed by it's members. There are a countless number of free arrangements that you can listen to and download to the system while also downloading and printing. This also comes in a handy app format, and thus, is a great example of why music apps are important for piano teaching.
- IMSLP: There is a bevvy of free public domain music on Including scores and recordings. If you're looking for free music and it was composed before the 1950s we recommend checking out this source first, before anywhere else.
- Musicnotes: Printable Manuscript Paper is a handy addition on this website. Alongside this you'll find a collection of free music that you transpose, display on apps for iOS and Android, and/or print during your piano practice.
- Freesheetmusic.net: Free sheet music with an Irish twist. This handy resource includes Irish traditional music MIDI files and notation.
- MusOpen: Classical sheet music by composer, genre, instrument or period? MusOpen is your guy. If you're browsing rather than searching for a specific piece this can be a lifesaver.
Free sheet music is a handy resource, but you'll also want to be making sure that you have a collection of free scale sheets to accompany your student's learning. The Eighty-eight keys network has got this covered with a free collection for Grades I to V:
