How to prepare your own piano recording for sheet-music sales
A sellable edition needs a readable, playable score and the rights to sell the composition and edition. Notavue helps with transcription and editing. Its official Marketplace page lists current seller regions, rights review, purchasing and payout conditions.
Prepare an edition you can deliver
Start with your original piano recording. Compare the transcription with the take phrase by phrase, checking pitches, rhythm, hand parts and the ending. Play the edition at the piano and review difficult spans and fingering suggestions.
Use clear title, composer and editor credits. Export PDF, MIDI and MusicXML from one edition and decide which formats a buyer would receive. Editable files and a printable PDF are different product contents.
Check rights and price separately
For original music, licensed arrangements and public-domain editions, check the rights and territories covering the composition, recording and editorial work separately. Transcribing a song or changing a few notes does not automatically authorize sales.
Compare prices for similar works, arrangements, difficulty, length, formats and rights, and retain source links and dates. No match in a search means no match was found in that search, rather than proof of global scarcity.
Choose a selling workflow
Soundslice already supports paid interactive scores and teaching content. Noteflight connects to ArrangeMe for selling original works and eligible arrangements. Platforms differ in eligibility, licensing coverage and how revenue shares are calculated; review current terms before comparing.
Notavue Marketplace connects generation, manual editing, sourced pricing references and listing. Creators receive 90% after actual third-party payment fees. Check the official Marketplace page for current supported regions, rights and quality review, Checkout and payout conditions before preparing a listing. A proposed price or revenue share is not money earned: income requires an actual sale and settlement.