Sheet music
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Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of musical notation; like its analogs -- books, pamphlets, etc. -- the medium of sheet music typically is paper (or, in earlier times, parchment), although the access to musical notation in recent years includes also presentation on computer screens. Use of the term "sheet" is intended to differentiate music on paper from an audio presentation, which would ensue from a sound recording, broadcast, or live performance, which may involve video as well. In everyday use, "sheet music" (or simply "music") can refer to the print publication of commercial music in conjunction with the release of a new film, show, record album, or other special or popular event which involves music.
A common alternative (and more generic) term for sheet music is score, and there are several types of scores, as discussed below. (Note: the term score can also refer to incidental music written for a play, television programme, or film; for the last of these, see film score.)
See also
- List of best-selling sheet music
- Choirbook, used for choral music during the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- Eye movement in music reading
- List of Online Digital Musical Document Libraries
- Manuscript paper
- Musical notation
- Partbook, contains one part, common during the Renaissance and Baroque
- Music stand, a device that holds sheet music in position
- Scorewriter – music notation software
- Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation