Help:Contents

This is the table of contents for the help pages and project guidelines of the Petrucci Music Library.

Note: The help pages are currently being rewritten. You can find some (incomplete) information on the old help page.

Contents

Contributing music scores

The complete manual on contributing music scores to the Petrucci Music Library.

• Introduction
• Verifying copyright status — mandatory reading for all IMSLP contributors
  • Permissible licenses for re-typesetted scores and own compositions
  • Creative Commons and Performance Restricted licenses
  • Reference material:
    • Public domain — Detailed information on copyright laws
    • Copyright Made Simple
    • Publishers, Arrangers, Editors, Translators, etc. — lots of useful information
• Scanning music scores
• Submitting scores to IMSLP
  • Manual of Style
  • Special cases
  • Simplified Guide

Community organization

User communication and special roles.

• Babel — indicate what languages you speak, and find users by language spoken
• Instrument — indicate what instruments you play, and find users who play a given instrument
• special roles:
  • Administrators
  • Copyright Reviewers