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You may want to upload several separate files for a particular musical work. When uploading your music, you therefore have the option to offer more than one file under the same record number or title. Although listed under one record you can, however, price the files individually, maximizing both your and your customers' flexibility.

Why are separate files important?

Offering music in multiple forms gives you important freedoms as a publisher. It can also enable you to fine-tune your pricing and increase the likelihood that site visitors will download your title.

For example, you may wish to offer both a full score and other scores containing only a solo or a particular movement. Alternatively, you may wish to provide the same score at different levels of difficulty or with different instrumentation. To that end, you can either upload multiple versions of the work and/or offer the source file in the software in which it was written. You may even wish to offer the music in various file formats.

There are many variations on the theme, so be creative and see what works best for you. Keep in mind that offering your music in multiple files allows people to download exactly what they are looking for.

How does it work?

At the bottom of the publishing page/form you will find a button called 'Add another file'. By clicking on this button, you create an additional field allowing you to specify an additional file to be included. You can use this option to offer:

- separate parts for separate instruments

- music broken down into its various movements

- alternative settings of the music

- alternative paper sizes

- multiple file formats (for example PDF, source files, or zip files including all individual files

- newer version of the music

It is easiest to enter all the files when you first upload a new title. However, you can always add or remove files or adjust their prices as time goes on.

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