Musescore subscription - Is it worth it?

[knobby]

When I go to the Musescore website i am constantly bombarded with offers to subscribe at 90% off. I also find that there's hardly any scores you can download without either having a subscription of paying for them.
As a beginner, is a subscription worth it or am I better off "paying-as-you-go" and buying individual scores?

 

[Folkguy]

I've a subscription and it is worth it for me, I've downloaded many tunes from the site, and if you have the free Musescore software you can download right into the music composition software and modify, edit, transpose, etc. the music you've downloaded. This is very helpful to me since I'm a bass singer and often need to transpose songs I want to sing along too. I also use the Musescore software to make my own arrangements. As a beginner you may have less use for the subscription than I do, and you'll need to make up your own mind as to whether or not it's worth it for you. It is a great resource for finding sheet music without buying an entire book, etc. But if you only use it once in a blue moon it might be better to just pay per sheet.

 

[debra]

So far I have rarely found something on Musescore.com that I would consider downloading. But that's because I'm always looking for ensemble scores. It may be worth it when looking for solo scores.

 

[vivdunstan]

I’ve found a lot of accordion tunes I want to download and play. But I may not renew my sub in future. Beware it will auto renew if you don’t stop it.

 

[JerryPH]

I don't download a lot of music, but the odd ones that I do find a need for always seem to be on Musescore... and usually on some other site that Google presents to me, and those are usually free, so I've never felt the need to download from Musescore, but if the convenience is there... at 90% off, thats a valid reason to get a year and see if you use it a lot!

 

[Alan Sharkis]

I just looked into some of the Black Friday deals. The optopns for accordion are limited. If yyou want to subscribe to get a commercially available song book, for example, the Hal Leonard Jazz Standards for Accordion, it's available to stream to your computer screen but not to download or print. Those songbooks, by the way, cost sbput $16 to $20 from Amazon as paperbacks (less as Kindle downloads) whereas the subscription to Musescore is $100 annually,Individual scores can be downloaded from Musescore for free, but actual accordion arrangements are not always of the best quality.

 

[Glug]

I've found that the few pieces I liked on Musescore.com it was easy to just copy them into the free software by hand.
With a bit of cut and paste you can do it in 30 mins - 1 hour for 2 or 3 pages.

Software is at Musescore.org and is totally free.

 

[Rosie C]

I have a subscription and I find it good value. I tend to play folk music out of copyright so it works well for me. If I played contemporary tunes, I think it would be less useful.

Shameless plug! I have a hundred of my own arrangements on MuseScore https://musescore.com/user/29487366

 

[JEBrown]

I'm considering a Musescore subscription, although for choir scores rather than accordion. There are some nice SATB arrangements and it saves time me making them all, but beware, the quality can be very variable, and some people post incomplete scores.

For accordion playing I'm most interested in lead sheets, and I often find other sources for these on the internet