music sheets

Printed musical notation

Music sheets are printed pages displaying musical notation—the staff lines, notes, and symbols that allow musicians to read and perform a piece.

The term is essentially interchangeable with sheet music, though sheet music is more common.

She bought the music sheets for her piano recital.

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publishing · tablature · manuscripts · sight-reading · ledger lines · rehearsal · note · engraving · metronome · key signature · printing · classical repertoire · rest · composition · digitization · folk traditions · hymnals · arrangement

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format of musical information

music sheetsaudio recordings

Stored sonic content

recordings · sound recordings · vinyl records · CDs · MP3s

musical transmission method

music sheetsoral tradition

Culture passed by speech

playing by ear · improvisation · rote learning

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G