I started learning piano a few weeks ago, and one thing I’ve noticed is how expensive sheet music can be, even for pieces that are in the public domain. It’s really frustrating, especially coming from the world of open source, where people happily create and share their work. This feels like everyone is just out to make money. Of course, I understand that transcribing and formatting music takes effort, but compared to some open-source projects, it doesn’t seem that demanding. It just makes me appreciate open-source projects even more.

There also doesn’t seem to be a great tool for self-hosting sheet music. SheetAble exists, but it looks abandoned and only has very basic functionality. The pdf viewer is also useless. Maybe the best solution is just plain old paper though… a piano doesn’t really move around a lot.