[22] Cheerful
[17] Dramatic
[91] Gentle
[15] Invigorating
[16] Sad

Leveling the playing field using Musescore and Braille Music

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This site and music belongs to Rosie Williams. For background on Rosie, check out RosieWilliams.me

To see the full list of all scores starting with the most recent see this link.

Scores for my original compositions are registered with the Australasian performing rights-management association, APRAAMCOS.

This site publishes scores (sheet-music) and their associated sound-tracks, with the latter published through the streaming platforms. All of the sound-tracks (regardless of the sheet-music license) remain copyright to myself and can not be used for any purpose other than that which is permitted by the platforms where they are published.

Where the sheet-music scores are concerned, there are different licenses for different types of scores on my site depending on whether they are my original work (copyright to me), based on public domain scores (Creative Commons lisensed), or cover song arrangements (copyright to others).

A growing number of scores have been recreated from public domain classics, appearing in the playlist Creative Commons Classics. These are licensed under Creative Commons.

My own arrangements of popular cover songs are in the playlist Creative Covers. All covers remain copyright to the original rights-holders. Because of this, these scores can only be distributed through SheetMusicDirect, SheetMusicPlus.

Download all my original scores in MuseScore format in a zip file by clicking on the button opposite:
Download individual MuseScore files by clicking on the following icon in search results:
Download individual PDF scores by clicking on the following icon in search results:

All PDF and MuseScore files of my original compositions are available at zero cost and there is no sign up for download but there are license terms users must follow:

I do not use AI in any aspect of her music-making and do not provide permission for my sound-tracks or arrangements made by other people of my original scores to be uploaded to AI sites.

You can download the MuseScore files for my original scores and change them to suit yourself. You can print as many copies as you need for your own group. You may publish your own arrangements of any of the scores linked to my site but you must credit the rights-holders; either myself for my original scores or the cover song rights-holders found on ArrangeMe.

You can record and release my arrangements or your own versions of my original scores or cover songs but you must credit the original copyright holder; either myself (Rose-Marie Williams) or in the case of cover songs, those rights-holders.

You can use my music in any format for educational use, publicly perform it and share it with your class.

Scores for my original music have been created and saved in MuseScore version 3. Quality of the sound may vary if played in Musescore 4.

Take all markings as suggestions and make your own personal choices as to what works best for you as they are tailored to sound good in MuseScore rather than live performances. If you would like me to publish your video performance of one of my compositions or arrangements on my YouTube channel & blog please contact me at rosie@musicalescapism.com.

Difficulty level is a best-guess/unspecified or for instruments I do not play, or where multiple instruments and levels apply.

For useful background on copyright using other people's music, check out this page on ArrangeMe.


Leveling the playing field using Musescore and Braille Music

See the music world through the eyes of the blind

Published 17th Mar 2026

In 2025 I made important changes to musicalescapism.com, overhauling of the way information is presented by sorting content into tabs, making it clearer how to filter scores in different ways.

I also introduced direct access to MuseScore files of every original and creative commons licenced score. This big change came about after I was asked about providing Musescore files on Reddit to a vision-impaired user.

This seemed a fair request so after some thought I decided to go ahead with this, especially given that users of all stripes can use the latter to perform with, muting whatever instrument they are playing while letting the other voices play aloud.

In addition to playing the music for you so blind users can learn by ear, MuseScore files can be exported as XML files which makes them compatible for use with Braille music software. Braille music programs create a file that can be printed onto heavy paper by braille embossers to create the raised bumps that blind users read.

Additionally, MuseScore 4.1+ offers native Braille support, allowing users to view, export, and input music in Braille format.

The following video demonstrates how blind musicians read braille scores.

As a (lapsed) member of the Amateur Chamber Music Society, I still get 'Tutti', the organisation's magazine. Through this I've learned there is an annual music camp for braille users held at Frensham in Mittagong. Founder of these camps, Roma Dix talks about why she and husband Ian Cooper founded these extraordinary camps nearly forty years ago:

You can also watch the Australian Story episode, 'Blind leading the blind' about two remarkable blind musicians who grew up attending Braille Music Camp and went on to creat the world's first open source screen reader.

In addition to providing direct download of each MuseScore file individually, I've also combined all the MuseScore files into a single folder and provided a link to the zip file.

I should include a qualification about the quality of the MuseScore virtual instruments. I noticed a large difference in quality between MuseScore 3 and MuseScore 4 versions. I found the MuseScore 4 virtual instruments were so quiet I had to put ff (double forte) on each one and the quality was nothing like the rich tones that I had relied on with Musescore 3. When these scores were opened in another version the dynamics were obviously off because of this. As a result of this I went back to using MuseScore 3. I can't guarantee the quality of instrument outputs if the files are opened in a version other than MuseScore 3 and please take dynamic markings as only suggestions as they are for what suits MuseScore not real instruments.

All files are free and there is no sign up or other requirements for download. There are however, licence terms which apply to both my MuseScore files and PDF files:

All PDF and MuseScore files of my original compositions are available at zero cost and there is no sign up for download but there are license terms users must follow:

I do not use AI in any aspect of her music-making and do not provide permission for my sound-tracks or arrangements made by other people of my original scores to be uploaded to AI sites.

You can download the MuseScore files for my original scores and change them to suit yourself. You can print as many copies as you need for your own group. You may publish your own arrangements of any of the scores linked to my site but you must credit the rights-holders; either myself for my original scores or the cover song rights-holders found on ArrangeMe.

You can record and release my arrangements or your own versions of my original scores or cover songs but you must credit the original copyright holder; either myself (Rose-Marie Williams) or in the case of cover songs, those rights-holders.

You can use my music in any format for educational use, publicly perform it and share it with your class.

Scores for my original music have been created and saved in MuseScore version 3. Quality of the sound may vary if played in Musescore 4.

Take all markings as suggestions and make your own personal choices as to what works best for you as they are tailored to sound good in MuseScore rather than live performances. If you would like me to publish your video performance of one of my compositions or arrangements on my YouTube channel & blog please contact me at rosie@musicalescapism.com.

Difficulty level is a best-guess/unspecified or for instruments I do not play, or where multiple instruments and levels apply.

For useful background on copyright using other people's music, check out this page on ArrangeMe.

A note about MuseScore.com

Visitors to my site may notice that I have had a very bad experience as a MuseScore.com user where I was overcharged hundreds of dollars! To clarify, the site hosting scores [MuseScore.com] is a different entity than the project [MuseScore.org] that makes the software by the same name free to use. My comments here apply only to the score-sharing site and not the software itself. While I did eventually get most of what I was erroneously charged refunded to me, I am no longer willing to give MuseScore.com access to my card information for any reason.





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The adventure of my first cover song EP, from recording to getting them onto the streaming platforms.

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The Bin Chicken is as Australian as Bluey. I wrote a piece to honour their place in Australian culture.

I recently released an album of brass band/ensemble pieces, including the track titled 'Bin Chicken Banter. Considering much of my audience is from outside Australia, I thought I should explain what a ...   



The story behind Antarctica


Published 10th Jul 2025

This blog post follows the story of my piece Antarctica from duet to chamber orchestra.

If you are at all familiar with my scores you may have noticed that there are usually several arrangements of the same piece. Writing for the general public chamber groups is very much a hit and mis ...   



The difference between mixing and mastering


Published 5th Nov 2023

An overview of the different roles in making music

I haven’t blogged for a while so I thought I’d get back into things with a blog post about the difference between music composition, production, mixing and mastering. These terms are closely related b ...   



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Published 30th Jun 2022

Composition competitions, are they worth it?

As a fledgling composer I have had the joy of experiencing many things for the first time over the past 18 months. One of those things is entering composition competitions. Not long after I beg ...   



How realistic orchestral tracks are made


Published 10th Aug 2021

A basic intro to how composers create realistic orchestral music without an orchestra.

Since I published this blog post, I have gone on to write and produce multiple tracks for orchestra as well as several commissions for chamber groups for members of the local Amateur Chamber Music ...