sheet music

noun

: music printed on large unbound sheets of paper

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In the nineteenth century, consumers bought sheet music to play at home, but if a work proved too vast or complex for a parlor spinet, orchestral performances provided the only way to absorb the period’s most crucial art form — and that required a container bigger even than a rich person’s home. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Oct. 2024 Pierce keeps playing the first two notes over and over again; his sheet music also looks like a Chinese takeout menu. —

Devon Ivie, Vulture, 8 July 2024 When woodwind and brass players gathered at London’s AIR Studios Lyndhurst (a deconsecrated Victorian church that producer George Martin turned into a top-notch recording facility in 1992) in late April to record part of its score, the TV show’s name was markedly absent from the sheet music. —

Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024 This performance instruction was even written directly in the conductors’ and performers’ sheet music. —

Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sheet music