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Re:The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free by vixen99 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @10:19AM (#25528170)
Worth mentioning for anyone who happens not to know about it that there's a massive repository of out-of-copyright (either by time or decision of the composer) music scores and recordings for all instruments by a huge number of composers. Using the 'genre' section is useful for finding music of an appropriate level for performers.

https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Composers https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:View_Genres

Download is free but delayed by 15 seconds unless you pay a small yearly fee.

Re:The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free by bananapear on Thursday December 24, 2020 @11:07AM (#25528662)
There’s also the Mutopia project:

https://www.mutopiaproject.org/

They are working to typeset out of copyright works using GNU LilyPond. The scores are particularly beautifully typeset and very easy to read when printed.

Re:The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free by d2049 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @07:45PM (#25533104)
Nice resource that's better than nothing, but just want to note that there are numerous engraving errors in the couple scores I looked at that would make them unsuitable for serious study.
Re:The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free by jacobolus on Friday December 25, 2020 @12:42AM (#25534499)
Errors meaning wrong notes, stylistic tics, or something in between?
Re:The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free by jacquesm on Friday December 25, 2020 @03:55AM (#25535219)
Without a good background in music theory it is very easy to transcribe a piece in a way that may result in the same sounds when played but that is musically nonsense due to the enharmonic nature of many notes. Every flat could have been a sharp just the same, knowing which one to pick requires a lot more knowledge than just what key the piece is in.

I spent many days working out a compromise that at least isn't nonsense most of the time but I know that it will still take much more work to be able to do this reliably. For now my theoretical knowledge isn't good enough though. This is very complex, and the algorithm to do this properly already runs to many pages.

Re:The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free by _Anken on Thursday December 24, 2020 @11:28AM (#25528878)
IMSLP is absolutely essential for working musicians! Glad to see it on here.
Re:The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free by wolco2 on Thursday December 24, 2020 @11:05AM (#25528648)
Love the business model.
Re:The Mayron Cole Piano Method is now free by agumonkey on Thursday December 24, 2020 @11:12AM (#25528700)
Economy of time