[MusicTlk] Tips for Navigating IMSLP Website with JAWS

[Ella Yu]

Hi Catherine, I use NVDA, but JAWS shouldn't be too different so what I say
should be useful to you, as I do get stuff off of IMSLP fairly often.
Once you're on the page to get a piece, there's the heading that says sheet
music. There are a couple of in-page links under that for choosing whether
you want to access the area to download full scores, parts, or access
arrangements/transcriptions section. Let's say you want a part for an
orchestra piece. So first you click on parts, which brings up the parts
area, then, it'll show, say, a link to get the flute part, but if you
wanted, say, the horn part, you arrow/page down until it says something
like 15 more: Oboe, Clarinet, etc, press enter on that and the rest of the
parts appear. Once you've looked around and found the part you want,
there's a link that directly has the name of the part. For example, if you
wanted the clarinet part, there's a link that says "clarinet" (or whatever
the name is). Once you click on it, there will likely be a copyright
disclaimer. Click the "I agree, continue" link, and it brings you to a
subscribe page. Ignore everything about the subscribe thing, there is a
link called "click to continue your download". I'd say the easiest way is
to use the search function of your screen reader (like control+F) and look
for the link that way, though you could browse the page from the top and
find it soon enough. If the click to download link doesn't show up, you may
have to wait 5-10 seconds. Once the click to download shows up, you can
download the music as expected.
I know, that's pretty detailed and maybe a little too lengthy, but I hope
this clears things up.

On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM Catherine Samuel via MusicTlk <
musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone have any tips on how to easily get to the section of the IMSLP
> website where you can download the score or parts? I can pull up a piece,
> but then every time I click on a link where I think I can download the
> music, it either takes me to a page about the file but without a link to
> actually download it, or there are links that aren't clearly labeled. I
> feel
> like I'm in an endless maze of pressing enter on things in hopes I can
> actually download the parts for a piece, but with no luck. I'm not on the
> IMSLP website super often, so I feel like every time I go there, I have to
> figure it out all over again. Thanks!
>
> Catherine
>
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