Playing the saxophone Wikifonia - is down; but is it "out"?

[jafo50]

Update to my previous post. If I google wikifornia.org I can select the wikifornia.org search result and get right in to the site. Very weird.

Jafo50

 

[Targa]

Now comes up with a message:
'Wikifonia is not available anymore'.

 

[old git]

Is it related to the English Cricket Team?

 

[Clivey]

Now comes up with a message:
'Wikifonia is not available anymore'.

Sigh. It does look a bit ominous now I`m afraid. Wikifonia was one of these rare things " a useful Internet site " It will be interesting to see if it comes back offering the same service for paying customers.

 

[Jack]

The site is down forever I think, and I will miss it greatly.

 

[MLoosemore]

That's a rubbish Christmas present... Is it remotely possible that Musescore bought them out??

Although it looks as though the sheets might still be free...

 

[Jack]

Only if it's a song you personally wrote.

 

[Chris]

Lots of free sheets on 'Musescore' Not very many of type everyone seems to want though.. I often wonder what guys did for music before the internet and pdf's

Did find this one as way of a small compensation though. Not jazz, but it might be useful..

Chris..

 

[sushidushi]

I particularly liked the transposition function. I am saddened by Wikifonia's apparent demise.

 

[Hubert OG]

Ah, nice. So I got to know about an useful resource site and at the same time that it's gone. So what was it exactly? Sheet music database, or something more?

 

[Colin the Bear]

Lots of free sheets on 'Musescore' Not very many of type everyone seems to want though.. I often wonder what guys did for music before the internet and pdf's

Did find this one as way of a small compensation though. Not jazz, but it might be useful..

Chris..

Nice find. Sinatra, Steisand, ABBA. Amy Winehouse. I might be able to update my repertoire lol

 

[daveysaxboy]

RIP Wikifonia

 

[aldevis]

Nice find. Sinatra, Steisand, ABBA. Amy Winehouse. I might be able to update my repertoire lol

We put ABBA in Black sABBAth...

 

[Chris]

Ah, nice. So I got to know about an useful resource site and at the same time that it's gone. So what was it exactly? Sheet music database, or something more?

Hi Hubert, it was a sheet music database.

 

[photoman]

I often wonder what guys did for music before the internet and pdf's

They invented the fake book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_book

 

[Colin the Bear]

A pencil , a good ear and some staff paper works too.

 

[aldevis]

They invented the fake book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_book

An interesting read, thanks.

 

[kernewegor]

I have opened an account on Musescore. I'll let you all know what I think.

Wikifonia was brilliant...

 

[photoman]

This slightly extended message appeared on the Wikifonia Facebook page and the home page of the website today:

Dear visitor,

The Wikifonia site is not available anymore. A license to secure the rights of copyrighted works could not be extended.
There is no more access to the Wikifonia lead sheet database.

We kindly redirect you to MuseScore.com as another resource to find sheet music. You can use the free and open source MuseScore software to create lead sheets and transpose them.

 

[old git]

In sympathy with England Cricket Team?