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The Petrucci Music Library

85 points by bane 7y ago

kkhire 7y ago
Best site ever if you're a classical musician!
- TomDavey 7y ago
  Yes it is, or even if you're just a classical music fan who likes to listen while following along with the score. I contribute $2 USD a month to Petrucci/IMSLP for the same reason I contribute $3 a month to Wikipedia and $11 a month to WNYC: for the greater good of human civilization.
  - ziotom78 7y ago
    I too contribute monthly to Petrucci. Apart from downloading the scores of piano pieces I want to play (they offer a wide set of arrangements for all but the most obscure pieces), I have discovered several hidden gem in their library, which grows more and more every time I check! Before Petrucci, I used to be a regular user/contributor of the Mutopia project [1]. Its purpose is to provide Lilypond [2] source files for scores: this allows users to create MIDI files or re-create PDF files using custom page layouts/line breaks/etc. These features are handy, but creating a Lilypond file from a score is much more time-consuming than simply scanning it and uploading to Petrucci. (Each of Mozart's and Haydn's string quartet I uploaded took me ~2 weeks of work.) [1]: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ [2]: https://lilypond.org/ https://lilypond.org/
  - johnmarinelli 7y ago
    i don't work for any of these sites but i wanted to say thank you, just as a human
smitty1e 7y ago
Dream Theater fans will note that this is Ottaviano, not John Petrucci. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Petrucci https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Petrucci
- emit_time 7y ago
  :(
- NikolaeVarius 7y ago
  I was confused.
  - emit_time 7y ago
    Stunned and bewildered Cold and afraid Torn up and broken Frightened and dazed...
- shaneprrlt 7y ago
  Any Petrucci Music Library not about John Petrucci is just not worth the time frankly.
- charles_f 7y ago
  Literally the first thing I wondered seeing the title
- matco11 7y ago
  Link on Ottaviano Petrucci “He was born in Fossombrone. Around 1490 he went to Venice to learn the art of printing. [...] Petrucci's later work was extraordinary for the complexity of his white mensural notation and the smallness of his font, and he did in fact print the first book of polyphony using movable type.“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottaviano_Petrucci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottaviano_Petrucci
  - pachico 7y ago
    Amazing! I would have never expected to read about Fossombrone in HN!!! (I lived in Fano, nearby, for 3 years.)
- mhd 7y ago
  In related news: Portnoy's Complaint isn't about too many time signatures in a song.
analog31 7y ago
My kids both play stringed instruments, and enjoy getting together with friends and working through weird material that they find in this library.
nitsky 7y ago
I am so thankful for the Petrucci Music Library, it is a great source of high quality sheet music. I use music downloaded from it every day.
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adrianh 7y ago
Another great resource for interesting sheet music/tablature: https://www.soundslice.com/community/ https://www.soundslice.com/community/ It's mostly jazz, blues, rock and pop, as opposed to classical music. Each piece of music is synced with at least one performance recording.
johnmarinelli 7y ago
i learned how to read sheet music and play my favorite pieces thanks to this site. i hope it sticks around for the long-term
vixen99 7y ago
Looking at composer bibliographies it's evident that there are masses of way-out-of-copyright scores which don't see the light of day. Many of these are secreted away in libraries and collections. If you have use of such a resource, uploading some of these scores to online libraries like the Petrucci helps preserve the more recondite creative work of past generations for musicians and (hence) listeners world wide to enjoy. Most Petrucci users will have made their own discoveries of music they would likely never have encountered otherwise.
KyleBrandt 7y ago
While this is amazing site for reference, it usually doesn't replace buying sheet music that you intent to perform. Sheet music is generally printed in various large formats (which is nicer for reading music, but means you need a large format printer). Scaled down to common sizes will make the music to small. So if anyone is looking for a product to produce: A large format B&W laser printer that is consumer priced - basically a musicians printer. There are consumer priced large format printers, but they all seem to be inkjet.
- bjoli 7y ago
  I am an orchestra musician moving from live concerts to streaming in these Corona times. Imslp is a great resource, since many publishers are low on staff, or have stopped renting out music entirely since last week. not only that, the music can be live-streamed witout paying royalties. it is great for us as a way to figure things out with streaming.

85 points by bane 7y ago

kkhire 7y ago

Best site ever if you're a classical musician!

TomDavey 7y ago
Yes it is, or even if you're just a classical music fan who likes to listen while following along with the score. I contribute $2 USD a month to Petrucci/IMSLP for the same reason I contribute $3 a month to Wikipedia and $11 a month to WNYC: for the greater good of human civilization.
- ziotom78 7y ago
  I too contribute monthly to Petrucci. Apart from downloading the scores of piano pieces I want to play (they offer a wide set of arrangements for all but the most obscure pieces), I have discovered several hidden gem in their library, which grows more and more every time I check! Before Petrucci, I used to be a regular user/contributor of the Mutopia project [1]. Its purpose is to provide Lilypond [2] source files for scores: this allows users to create MIDI files or re-create PDF files using custom page layouts/line breaks/etc. These features are handy, but creating a Lilypond file from a score is much more time-consuming than simply scanning it and uploading to Petrucci. (Each of Mozart's and Haydn's string quartet I uploaded took me ~2 weeks of work.) [1]: https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ https://www.mutopiaproject.org/ [2]: https://lilypond.org/ https://lilypond.org/
- johnmarinelli 7y ago
  i don't work for any of these sites but i wanted to say thank you, just as a human

smitty1e 7y ago

Dream Theater fans will note that this is Ottaviano, not John Petrucci. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Petrucci https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Petrucci

emit_time 7y ago
:(
NikolaeVarius 7y ago
I was confused.
- emit_time 7y ago
  Stunned and bewildered Cold and afraid Torn up and broken Frightened and dazed...
shaneprrlt 7y ago
Any Petrucci Music Library not about John Petrucci is just not worth the time frankly.
charles_f 7y ago
Literally the first thing I wondered seeing the title
matco11 7y ago
Link on Ottaviano Petrucci “He was born in Fossombrone. Around 1490 he went to Venice to learn the art of printing. [...] Petrucci's later work was extraordinary for the complexity of his white mensural notation and the smallness of his font, and he did in fact print the first book of polyphony using movable type.“ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottaviano_Petrucci https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottaviano_Petrucci
- pachico 7y ago
  Amazing! I would have never expected to read about Fossombrone in HN!!! (I lived in Fano, nearby, for 3 years.)
mhd 7y ago
In related news: Portnoy's Complaint isn't about too many time signatures in a song.

analog31 7y ago

My kids both play stringed instruments, and enjoy getting together with friends and working through weird material that they find in this library.

nitsky 7y ago

I am so thankful for the Petrucci Music Library, it is a great source of high quality sheet music. I use music downloaded from it every day.

deleted 7y ago

[deleted]

adrianh 7y ago

Another great resource for interesting sheet music/tablature: https://www.soundslice.com/community/ https://www.soundslice.com/community/ It's mostly jazz, blues, rock and pop, as opposed to classical music. Each piece of music is synced with at least one performance recording.

johnmarinelli 7y ago

i learned how to read sheet music and play my favorite pieces thanks to this site. i hope it sticks around for the long-term

vixen99 7y ago

Looking at composer bibliographies it's evident that there are masses of way-out-of-copyright scores which don't see the light of day. Many of these are secreted away in libraries and collections. If you have use of such a resource, uploading some of these scores to online libraries like the Petrucci helps preserve the more recondite creative work of past generations for musicians and (hence) listeners world wide to enjoy. Most Petrucci users will have made their own discoveries of music they would likely never have encountered otherwise.

KyleBrandt 7y ago

While this is amazing site for reference, it usually doesn't replace buying sheet music that you intent to perform. Sheet music is generally printed in various large formats (which is nicer for reading music, but means you need a large format printer). Scaled down to common sizes will make the music to small. So if anyone is looking for a product to produce: A large format B&W laser printer that is consumer priced - basically a musicians printer. There are consumer priced large format printers, but they all seem to be inkjet.

bjoli 7y ago
I am an orchestra musician moving from live concerts to streaming in these Corona times. Imslp is a great resource, since many publishers are low on staff, or have stopped renting out music entirely since last week. not only that, the music can be live-streamed witout paying royalties. it is great for us as a way to figure things out with streaming.