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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Song_sheets"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Song sheets</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Song_sheets-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-History" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#History"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>History</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-History-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle History subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-History-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Precursors_to_sheet_music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Precursors_to_sheet_music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Precursors to sheet music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Precursors_to_sheet_music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Western_manuscript_notation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Western_manuscript_notation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Western manuscript notation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Western_manuscript_notation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Printing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Printing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Printing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Printing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-15th_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#15th_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>15th century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-15th_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-16th_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#16th_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.2</span> <span>16th century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-16th_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-19th_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#19th_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.3</span> <span>19th century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-19th_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-20th_century_and_early_21st_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#20th_century_and_early_21st_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>20th century and early 21st century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-20th_century_and_early_21st_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-External_links-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle External links subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Archives_of_scanned_works" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Archives_of_scanned_works"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Archives of scanned works</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Archives_of_scanned_works-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%89)" title="قطعة (موسيقى) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قطعة (موسيقى)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ga%CC%8Dk-ph%C3%B3%CD%98" title="Ga̍k-phó͘ – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ga̍k-phó͘" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Партытура – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Партытура" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Партитура – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Партитура" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitur" title="Partitur – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Partitur" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevrollenn" title="Kevrollenn – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kevrollenn" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitur" title="Partitur – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Partitur" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitur" title="Partitur – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Partitur" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partituur" title="Partituur – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Partituur" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B1" title="Παρτιτούρα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Παρτιτούρα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partituro" title="Partituro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Partituro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1" title="پارتیتور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پارتیتور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(musique)" title="Partition (musique) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Partition (musique)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partituer" title="Partituer – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Partituer" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%85%EB%B3%B4" title="악보 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="악보" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%80" title="Պարտիտուր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պարտիտուր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particiono" title="Particiono – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Particiono" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitur" title="Partitur – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Partitur" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94" title="פרטיטורה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרטיטורה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Партитура – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Партитура" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Партитура – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Партитура" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit%C5%ABra" title="Partitūra – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Partitūra" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit%C3%BAra" title="Partitúra – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Partitúra" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuicamoxtli" title="Cuicamoxtli – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="Cuicamoxtli" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partituur" title="Partituur – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Partituur" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A5%BD%E8%AD%9C" title="楽譜 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="楽譜" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitur" title="Partitur – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Partitur" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitur" title="Partitur – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Partitur" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partytura" title="Partytura – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Partytura" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitura" title="Partitura – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Partitura" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" 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Like its analogs – printed <a href="/wiki/Book" title="Book">books</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pamphlet" title="Pamphlet">pamphlets</a> in English, Arabic, or other languages – the medium of sheet music typically is paper (or, in earlier centuries, <a href="/wiki/Papyrus" title="Papyrus">papyrus</a> or <a href="/wiki/Parchment" title="Parchment">parchment</a>). However, access to musical notation since the 1980s has included the presentation of musical notation on <a href="/wiki/Computer_screen" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer screen">computer screens</a> and the development of <a href="/wiki/Scorewriter" title="Scorewriter">scorewriter</a> <a href="/wiki/Computer_program" title="Computer program">computer programs</a> that can notate a song or piece electronically, and, in some cases, "play back" the notated music using a <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesizer</a> or <a href="/wiki/Virtual_instrumentation" title="Virtual instrumentation">virtual instruments</a>. </p><p>The use of the term "sheet" is intended to differentiate written or printed forms of music from <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording" class="mw-redirect" title="Sound recording">sound recordings</a> (on <a href="/wiki/Vinyl_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinyl record">vinyl record</a>, <a href="/wiki/Compact_cassette" class="mw-redirect" title="Compact cassette">cassette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD</a>), radio or <a href="/wiki/Television_broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Television broadcasting">TV broadcasts</a> or recorded live performances, which may capture film or video <a href="/wiki/Footage" title="Footage">footage</a> of the performance as well as the audio component. In everyday use, "sheet music" (or simply "music") can refer to the print publication of commercial sheet music in conjunction with the release of a new <a href="/wiki/Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie">film</a>, <a href="/wiki/TV_show" class="mw-redirect" title="TV show">TV show</a>, <a href="/wiki/Record_album" class="mw-redirect" title="Record album">record album</a>, or other unique or popular event which involves music. The first printed sheet music made with a <a href="/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press">printing press</a> was made in 1473. </p><p>Sheet music is the basic form in which Western <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a> is notated so that it can be learned and performed by solo singers or instrumentalists or <a href="/wiki/Musical_ensemble" title="Musical ensemble">musical ensembles</a>. Many forms of <a href="/wiki/Traditional_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional music">traditional</a> and <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular</a> Western music are commonly learned by singers and musicians "by ear", rather than by using sheet music (although in many cases, <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">traditional</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop music</a> may also be available in sheet music form). </p><p>The term <i>score</i> is a common alternative (and more generic) term for sheet music, and there are several types of scores, as discussed below. The term <i>score</i> can also refer to <a href="/wiki/Theatre_music" title="Theatre music">theatre music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestral</a> music or <a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">songs</a> written for a <a href="/wiki/Play_(theatre)" title="Play (theatre)">play</a>, <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ballet" title="Ballet">ballet</a>, or to music or songs written for a <a href="/wiki/Television_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Television program">television programme</a> or <a href="/wiki/Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie">film</a>; for the last of these, see <a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">Film score</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elements">Elements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Elements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hector_Berlioz,_B%C3%A9atrice_et_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dict_score_title_page_-_Restoration.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hector_Berlioz%2C_B%C3%A9atrice_et_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dict_score_title_page_-_Restoration.jpg/220px-Hector_Berlioz%2C_B%C3%A9atrice_et_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dict_score_title_page_-_Restoration.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="322" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hector_Berlioz%2C_B%C3%A9atrice_et_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dict_score_title_page_-_Restoration.jpg/330px-Hector_Berlioz%2C_B%C3%A9atrice_et_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dict_score_title_page_-_Restoration.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Hector_Berlioz%2C_B%C3%A9atrice_et_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dict_score_title_page_-_Restoration.jpg/440px-Hector_Berlioz%2C_B%C3%A9atrice_et_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dict_score_title_page_-_Restoration.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1940" data-file-height="2840" /></a><figcaption>Title page for the first-edition vocal score for <a href="/wiki/Hector_Berlioz" title="Hector Berlioz">Hector Berlioz</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9atrice_et_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dict" title="Béatrice et Bénédict">Béatrice et Bénédict</a></i></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Title_and_credit">Title and credit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Title and credit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sheet music from the 20th and 21st century typically indicates the title of the song or composition on a <a href="/wiki/Title_page" title="Title page">title page</a> or cover, or on the top of the first page, if there is no title page or cover. If the song or piece is from a <a href="/wiki/Movie" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie">movie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">Broadway musical</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a>, the title of the main work from which the song/piece is taken may be indicated. </p><p>If the <a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a> or <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composer</a> is known, their name is typically indicated along with the title. The sheet music may also indicate the name of the <a href="/wiki/Lyrics" title="Lyrics">lyric-writer</a>, if the lyrics are by a person other than one of the songwriters or composers. It may also include the name of the <a href="/wiki/Arranger" class="mw-redirect" title="Arranger">arranger</a>, if the song or piece has been arranged for the publication. No songwriter or composer name may be indicated for old <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Traditional_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional music">traditional</a> songs in genres such as <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a>, and very old traditional <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spirituals" title="Spirituals">spirituals</a>, because for this music, the authors are often unknown; in such cases, the word <i>Traditional</i> is often placed where the composer's name would ordinarily go. </p><p>Title pages for songs may have a picture illustrating the characters, setting, or events from the lyrics. Title pages from instrumental works may omit an illustration, unless the work is <a href="/wiki/Program_music" title="Program music">program music</a> which has, by its title or section names, associations with a setting, characters, or story. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musical_notation">Musical notation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Musical notation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The type of <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">musical notation</a> varies a great deal by genre or style of music. In most <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melody</a> and <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a> parts (if present) are notated on the lines of a <a href="/wiki/Staff_(music)" title="Staff (music)">staff</a> using round note heads. In classical sheet music, the staff typically contains: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DwtkII-as-dur-fuga.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/DwtkII-as-dur-fuga.jpg/330px-DwtkII-as-dur-fuga.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="522" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/DwtkII-as-dur-fuga.jpg/495px-DwtkII-as-dur-fuga.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/DwtkII-as-dur-fuga.jpg/660px-DwtkII-as-dur-fuga.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1251" data-file-height="1979" /></a><figcaption>Page from the autograph score of Fugue No. 17 in A<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-flat">♭</span></span> major from <a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">J. S. Bach</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Well-Tempered_Clavier" title="The Well-Tempered Clavier">The Well-Tempered Clavier</a></i></figcaption></figure> <ol><li>a <a href="/wiki/Clef" title="Clef">clef</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Bass_clef" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass clef">bass clef</a> <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FClef.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="bass clef"><img alt="bass clef" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/FClef.svg/16px-FClef.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/FClef.svg/24px-FClef.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/FClef.svg/32px-FClef.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="18" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> or <a href="/wiki/Treble_clef" class="mw-redirect" title="Treble clef">treble clef</a> <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GClef.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="treble clef"><img alt="treble clef" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/GClef.svg/16px-GClef.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/GClef.svg/24px-GClef.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/GClef.svg/32px-GClef.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="41" /></a></span></span></li> <li>a <a href="/wiki/Key_signature" title="Key signature">key signature</a> indicating the <a href="/wiki/Key_(music)" title="Key (music)">key</a>—for instance, a key signature with three <a href="/wiki/Sharp_(music)" title="Sharp (music)">sharps</a> <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A-major_f-sharp-minor.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="A major"><img alt="A major" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/A-major_f-sharp-minor.svg/54px-A-major_f-sharp-minor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="54" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/A-major_f-sharp-minor.svg/81px-A-major_f-sharp-minor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/A-major_f-sharp-minor.svg/108px-A-major_f-sharp-minor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="276" data-file-height="180" /></a></span></span> is typically used for the key of either <a href="/wiki/A_major" title="A major">A major</a> or <a href="/wiki/F-sharp_minor" title="F-sharp minor">F<span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="music-sharp">♯</span></span> minor</a></li> <li>a <a href="/wiki/Time_signature" title="Time signature">time signature</a>, which typically has two numbers aligned vertically with the bottom number indicating the <a href="/wiki/Note_value" title="Note value">note value</a> that represents one <a href="/wiki/Beat_(music)" title="Beat (music)">beat</a> and the top number indicating how many beats are in a <a href="/wiki/Bar_(music)" title="Bar (music)">bar</a>—for instance, a time signature of <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="serif-fonts" style="font-family: 'Georgia Pro', Georgia, 'DejaVu Serif', Times, 'Times New Roman', FreeSerif, 'DejaVu Math TeX', 'URW Bookman L', serif;"><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:0.85em;font-size:80%;text-align:center"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>2</b></sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><b>4</b></sub></span></span></span></span> indicates that there are two <a href="/wiki/Quarter_note" title="Quarter note">quarter notes</a> (crotchets) per bar.</li></ol> <p>Most songs and pieces from the <a href="/wiki/Classical_period_(music)" title="Classical period (music)">Classical period</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1750</span>) onward indicate the piece's <a href="/wiki/Tempo" title="Tempo">tempo</a> using an <a href="/wiki/Tempo#Basic_tempo_markings" title="Tempo">expression</a>—often in Italian—such as <i>Allegro</i> (fast) or <i>Grave</i> (slow) as well as its <a href="/wiki/Dynamics_(music)" title="Dynamics (music)">dynamics</a> (loudness or softness). The <a href="/wiki/Lyrics" title="Lyrics">lyrics</a>, if present, are written near the melody notes. However, music from the <a href="/wiki/Baroque_music" title="Baroque music">Baroque era</a> (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1600</span>–1750) or earlier eras may have neither a tempo marking nor a dynamic indication. The singers and musicians of that era were expected to know what tempo and loudness to play or sing a given song or piece due to their musical experience and knowledge. In the <a href="/wiki/Contemporary_classical_music" title="Contemporary classical music">contemporary classical music</a> era (20th and 21st century), and in some cases before (such as the <a href="/wiki/Romantic_music" title="Romantic music">Romantic</a> period in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German-speaking</a> regions), composers often used their native language for tempo indications, rather than Italian (e.g., "fast" or "<i>schnell</i>") or added <a href="/wiki/Metronome" title="Metronome">metronome</a> markings (e.g., <span class="music-symbol" style="font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode;"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Figure_rythmique_noire_hampe_haut.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="quarter note"><img alt="quarter note" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Figure_rythmique_noire_hampe_haut.svg/6px-Figure_rythmique_noire_hampe_haut.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Figure_rythmique_noire_hampe_haut.svg/9px-Figure_rythmique_noire_hampe_haut.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Figure_rythmique_noire_hampe_haut.svg/12px-Figure_rythmique_noire_hampe_haut.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="15" data-file-height="42" /></a></span></span> = 100 beats per minute). </p><p>These conventions of classical music notation, and in particular the use of English tempo instructions, are also used for sheet music versions of 20th and 21st century <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> songs. Popular music songs often indicate both the tempo and genre: "slow blues" or "uptempo rock". Pop songs often contain chord names above the staff using letter names (e.g., C Maj, F Maj, G7, etc.), so that an <a href="/wiki/Acoustic_guitar" title="Acoustic guitar">acoustic guitarist</a> or pianist can improvise a chordal <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a>. </p><p>In other styles of music, different musical notation methods may be used. In <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, for example, while most professional performers can read "classical"-style notation, many jazz tunes are notated using <a href="/wiki/Chord_chart" title="Chord chart">chord charts</a>, which indicate the <a href="/wiki/Chord_progression" title="Chord progression">chord progression</a> of a song (e.g., C, A7, d minor, G7, etc.) and its <a href="/wiki/Song_form" class="mw-redirect" title="Song form">form</a>. Members of a jazz <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_section" title="Rhythm section">rhythm section</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Jazz_piano" title="Jazz piano">piano</a> player, <a href="/wiki/Jazz_guitar" title="Jazz guitar">jazz guitarist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jazz_bass" title="Jazz bass">bassist</a>) use the <a href="/wiki/Chord_chart" title="Chord chart">chord chart</a> to guide their <a href="/wiki/Jazz_improvisation" title="Jazz improvisation">improvised</a> <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a> parts, while the "lead instruments" in a jazz group, such as a <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a> player or <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpeter</a>, use the chord changes to guide their solo improvisation. Like popular music songs, jazz tunes often indicate both the tempo and genre: "slow blues" or "fast bop". </p><p>Professional <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> <a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">session musicians</a> typically use music notated in the <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Number_System" title="Nashville Number System">Nashville Number System</a>, which indicates the chord progression using numbers (this enables <a href="/wiki/Bandleader" title="Bandleader">bandleaders</a> to change the key at a moment's notice). Chord charts using letter names, numbers, or <a href="/wiki/Roman_numeral_analysis" title="Roman numeral analysis">Roman numerals</a> (e.g., I–IV–V) are also widely used for notating music by <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>, <a href="/wiki/R%26B" class="mw-redirect" title="R&B">R&B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock music</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> musicians. Some chord charts do not provide any rhythmic information, but others use slashes to indicate beats of a bar and <a href="/wiki/Rhythm" title="Rhythm">rhythm</a> notation to indicate <a href="/wiki/Syncopation" title="Syncopation">syncopated</a> "hits" that the songwriter wants all of the band to play together. Many guitar players and <a href="/wiki/Electric_bass" class="mw-redirect" title="Electric bass">electric bass</a> players learn songs and note tunes using <a href="/wiki/Tablature" title="Tablature">tablature</a>, which is a graphic representation of which frets and strings the performer should play. "Tab" is widely used by rock music and heavy metal guitarists and bassists. Singers in many <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> styles learn a song using only a lyrics sheet, learning the melody and rhythm "<a href="/wiki/Playing_by_ear" title="Playing by ear">by ear</a>" from the recording. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose_and_use">Purpose and use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Purpose and use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Oregon,_My_Oregon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Oregon%2C_My_Oregon.jpg/330px-Oregon%2C_My_Oregon.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="471" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Oregon%2C_My_Oregon.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="642" /></a><figcaption>Sheet music for the song "<a href="/wiki/Oregon,_My_Oregon" title="Oregon, My Oregon">Oregon, My Oregon</a>"</figcaption></figure> <p>Sheet music can be used as a record of, a guide to, or a means to perform, a <a href="/wiki/Song" title="Song">song</a> or piece of music. Sheet music enables instrumental performers who are able to read <a href="/wiki/Music_notation" class="mw-redirect" title="Music notation">music notation</a> (a pianist, <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestral instrument players</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> band, etc.) or singers to perform a song or piece. Music students use sheet music to learn about different styles and genres of music. The intended purpose of an edition of sheet music affects its design and layout. If sheet music is intended for study purposes, as in a <a href="/wiki/Music_history" title="Music history">music history</a> class, the notes and staff can be made smaller and the editor does not have to be worried about page turns. For a performance score, however, the notes have to be readable from a <a href="/wiki/Music_stand" title="Music stand">music stand</a> and the editor has to avoid excessive page turns and ensure that any page turns are placed after a rest or pause (if possible). As well, a score or part in a thick bound book will not stay open, so a performance score or part needs to be in a thinner binding or use a binding format which will lie open on a music stand. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>, authoritative musical information about a piece can be gained by studying the written <a href="/wiki/Sketch_(music)" title="Sketch (music)">sketches</a> and early versions of compositions that the composer might have retained, as well as the final autograph score and personal markings on proofs and printed scores. </p><p>Comprehending sheet music requires a special form of literacy: the ability to read <a href="/wiki/Music_notation" class="mw-redirect" title="Music notation">music notation</a>. An ability to read or write music is not a requirement to compose music. There have been a number of <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriters</a> who have been capable of producing music without the capacity themselves to read or write in musical notation, as long as an <a href="/wiki/Amanuensis" title="Amanuensis">amanuensis</a> of some sort is available to write down the <a href="/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melodies</a> they think of. Examples include the blind 18th-century composer <a href="/wiki/John_Stanley_(composer)" title="John Stanley (composer)">John Stanley</a> and the 20th-century songwriters <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Bart" title="Lionel Bart">Lionel Bart</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_McCartney" title="Paul McCartney">Paul McCartney</a>. As well, in <a href="/wiki/Traditional_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional music">traditional music</a> styles such as the <a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a> and <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a>, there are many prolific songwriters who could not read music, and instead played and sang music "by ear". </p><p>The skill of <a href="/wiki/Sight_reading" class="mw-redirect" title="Sight reading">sight reading</a> is the ability of a musician to perform an unfamiliar work of music upon viewing the sheet music for the first time. Sight reading ability is expected of professional musicians and serious amateurs who play classical music, jazz and related forms. An even more refined skill is the ability to look at a new piece of music and hear most or all of the sounds (<a href="/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melodies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmony" title="Harmony">harmonies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Timbre" title="Timbre">timbres</a>, etc.) in one's head without having to play the piece or hear it played or sung. Skilled composers and conductors have this ability, with <a href="/wiki/Beethoven" class="mw-redirect" title="Beethoven">Beethoven</a> being a noted historical example. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Full_score.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Full_score.jpg/220px-Full_score.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Full_score.jpg/330px-Full_score.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Full_score.jpg/440px-Full_score.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1557" data-file-height="927" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Conductor_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conductor (music)">conductor</a>'s score and <a href="/wiki/Baton_(conducting)" title="Baton (conducting)">baton</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Classical musicians playing <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestral</a> works, <a href="/wiki/Chamber_music" title="Chamber music">chamber music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonata" title="Sonata">sonatas</a> and singing <a href="/wiki/Choral" class="mw-redirect" title="Choral">choral</a> works ordinarily have the sheet music in front of them on a <a href="/wiki/Music_stand" title="Music stand">music stand</a> when performing (or held in front of them in a music folder, in the case of a <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">choir</a>), with the exception of solo instrumental performances of solo pieces, <a href="/wiki/Concerto" title="Concerto">concertos</a>, or solo vocal pieces (<a href="/wiki/Art_song" title="Art song">art song</a>, <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a> <a href="/wiki/Aria" title="Aria">arias</a>, etc.), where memorization is expected. In <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a>, which is mostly <a href="/wiki/Improvisation" title="Improvisation">improvised</a>, sheet music (called a <i><a href="/wiki/Lead_sheet" title="Lead sheet">lead sheet</a></i> in this context) is used to give basic indications of <a href="/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melodies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chord_(music)" title="Chord (music)">chord</a> changes, and <a href="/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">arrangements</a>. Even when a jazz band has a lead sheet, chord chart or arranged music, many elements of a performance are improvised. </p><p>Handwritten or printed music is less important in other traditions of musical practice, however, such as <a href="/wiki/Traditional_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Traditional music">traditional music</a> and <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a>, in which singers and instrumentalists typically learn songs "by ear" or from having a song or tune taught to them by another person. Although much <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> is published in notation of some sort, it is quite common for people to <a href="/wiki/Learning_music_by_ear" class="mw-redirect" title="Learning music by ear">learn a song by ear</a>. This is also the case in most forms of western <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk music</a>, where songs and dances are passed down by oral – and aural – tradition. Music of other cultures, both folk and classical, is often transmitted orally, though some non-Western cultures developed their own forms of <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">musical notation</a> and sheet music as well. </p><p>Although sheet music is often thought of as being a platform for new music and an aid to composition (i.e., the composer "writes" the music down), it can also serve as a visual record of music that already exists. Scholars and others have made transcriptions to render Western and non-Western music in readable form for study, analysis and re-creative performance. This has been done not only with folk or traditional music (e.g., <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k" title="Béla Bartók">Bartók's</a> volumes of <a href="/wiki/Magyars" class="mw-redirect" title="Magyars">Magyar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Romanians" title="Romanians">Romanian</a> folk music), but also with sound recordings of improvisations by musicians (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Jazz_piano" title="Jazz piano">jazz piano</a>) and performances that may only partially be based on notation. An exhaustive example of the latter in recent times is the collection <i>The Beatles: Complete Scores</i> (London: Wise Publications, 1993), which seeks to transcribe into <a href="/wiki/Staff_(music)" title="Staff (music)">staves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tablature" title="Tablature">tablature</a> all the songs as recorded by <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">the Beatles</a> in instrumental and vocal detail. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Modern sheet music may come in different formats. If a piece is composed for just one instrument or voice (such as a piece for a solo instrument or for <i><a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a></i> solo voice), the whole work may be written or printed as one piece of sheet music. If an instrumental piece is intended to be performed by more than one person, each performer will usually have a separate piece of sheet music, called a <a href="/wiki/Part_(music)" title="Part (music)"><i>part</i></a>, to play from. This is especially the case in the publication of works requiring more than four or so performers, though invariably a <i>full score</i> is published as well. The sung parts in a vocal work are not usually issued separately today, although this was historically the case, especially before music printing made sheet music widely available. </p><p>Sheet music can be issued as individual pieces or works (for example, a popular song or a <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Beethoven</a> sonata), in collections (for example works by one or several composers), as pieces performed by a given artist, etc. </p><p>When the separate instrumental and vocal parts of a musical work are printed together, the resulting sheet music is called a <i>score</i>. Conventionally, a score consists of <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">musical notation</a> with each instrumental or vocal part in vertical alignment (meaning that concurrent events in the notation for each part are arranged in parallel). The term <i>score</i> has also been used to refer to sheet music written for only one performer. The distinction between <i>score</i> and <i>part</i> applies when there is more than one part needed for performance. </p><p>Scores come in various formats. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Der_100._Psalm_Max_Reger.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Der_100._Psalm_Max_Reger.jpg/330px-Der_100._Psalm_Max_Reger.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="463" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Der_100._Psalm_Max_Reger.jpg/495px-Der_100._Psalm_Max_Reger.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Der_100._Psalm_Max_Reger.jpg/660px-Der_100._Psalm_Max_Reger.jpg 2x" data-file-width="930" data-file-height="1306" /></a><figcaption>First page of the full score for <a href="/wiki/Max_Reger" title="Max Reger">Max Reger</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Der_100._Psalm" title="Der 100. Psalm">Der 100. Psalm</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">choir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Organ_(music)" title="Organ (music)">organ</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_scores,_variants,_and_condensations"><span id="Full_scores.2C_variants.2C_and_condensations"></span>Full scores, variants, and condensations <span class="anchor" id="full_score"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Full scores, variants, and condensations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <i>full score</i> is a large book showing the music of all instruments or voices in a composition lined up in a fixed order. It is large enough for a <a href="/wiki/Conducting" title="Conducting">conductor</a> to be able to read while directing <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> or <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a> rehearsals and performances. In addition to their practical use for conductors leading ensembles, full scores are also used by <a href="/wiki/Musicologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Musicologist">musicologists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music_theory" title="Music theory">music theorists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">composers</a> and music students who are studying a given work. </p><p>A <i>miniature score</i> is like a full score but much reduced in size. It is too small for use in a performance by a conductor, but handy for studying a piece of music, whether it be for a large ensemble or a solo performer. A miniature score may contain some introductory remarks. </p><p>A <i>study score</i> is sometimes the same size as, and often indistinguishable from, a miniature score, except in name. Some study scores are <a href="/wiki/Octavo_(book)" class="mw-redirect" title="Octavo (book)">octavo</a> size and are thus somewhere between full and miniature score sizes. A study score, especially when part of an anthology for academic study, may include extra comments about the music and markings for learning purposes. </p><p>A <i>piano score</i> (or <a href="/wiki/Reduction_(music)" title="Reduction (music)"><i>piano reduction</i></a>) is a more or less literal <a href="/wiki/Transcription_(music)" title="Transcription (music)">transcription</a> for piano of a piece intended for many performing parts, especially orchestral works; this can include purely instrumental sections within large vocal works (see <i>vocal score</i> immediately below). Such arrangements are made for either piano solo (two hands) or piano <a href="/wiki/Duet" title="Duet">duet</a> (one or two pianos, four hands). Extra small staves are sometimes added at certain points in piano scores for two hands to make the presentation more complete, though it is usually impractical or impossible to include them while playing. </p><p>As with vocal score (below), it takes considerable skill to reduce an orchestral score to such smaller forms because the reduction needs to be not only playable on the keyboard but also thorough enough in its presentation of the intended <a href="/wiki/Harmony" title="Harmony">harmonies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texture_(music)" title="Texture (music)">textures</a>, <a href="/wiki/Figuration_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Figuration (music)">figurations</a>, etc. Sometimes markings are included to show which instruments are playing at given points. </p><p>While piano scores are usually not meant for performance outside of study and pleasure (<a href="/wiki/Franz_Liszt" title="Franz Liszt">Franz Liszt</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Beethoven_Symphonies_(Liszt)" title="Beethoven Symphonies (Liszt)">concert transcriptions of Beethoven's symphonies</a> being one group of notable exceptions), <a href="/wiki/Ballet" title="Ballet">ballets</a> get the most practical benefit from piano scores because with one or two pianists they allow the ballet to do many rehearsals at a much lower cost, before an <a href="/wiki/Orchestra" title="Orchestra">orchestra</a> has to be hired for the final rehearsals. Piano scores can also be used to train beginning conductors, who can conduct a pianist playing a piano reduction of a symphony; this is much less costly than conducting a full orchestra. Piano scores of operas do not include separate staves for the vocal parts, but they may add the sung text and stage directions above the music. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Part_(music)" title="Part (music)"><i>part</i></a> is an extraction from the full score of a particular instrument's part. It is used by orchestral players in performance, where the full score would be too cumbersome. However, in practice, it can be a substantial document if the work is lengthy, and a particular instrument is playing for much of its duration. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CuiVil3_2p204.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/CuiVil3_2p204.png/330px-CuiVil3_2p204.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/CuiVil3_2p204.png/495px-CuiVil3_2p204.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/CuiVil3_2p204.png/660px-CuiVil3_2p204.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="534" /></a><figcaption>An excerpt of a piano-vocal score for <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Cui" title="César Cui">César Cui</a>'s opera <i><a href="/wiki/William_Ratcliff_(Cui)" title="William Ratcliff (Cui)">William Ratcliff</a></i>. <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/3\/35\/CuiVil3_2p204.mid\/CuiVil3_2p204.mid.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","label":{"html":"Play"},"data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"CuiVil3 2p204.mid"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/35/CuiVil3_2p204.mid/CuiVil3_2p204.mid.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label">Play</span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:CuiVil3_2p204.mid" title="File:CuiVil3 2p204.mid">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vocal_scores">Vocal scores</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Vocal scores"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <i><a href="/wiki/Vocal_score" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocal score">vocal score</a></i> (or, more properly, <i>piano-vocal score</i>) is a reduction of the full score of a vocal work (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oratorio" title="Oratorio">oratorio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cantata" title="Cantata">cantata</a>, etc.) to show the vocal parts (solo and <a href="/wiki/Choir" title="Choir">choral</a>) on their <a href="/wiki/Musical_staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Musical staff">staves</a> and the orchestral parts in a <a href="/wiki/Piano_Reduction" class="mw-redirect" title="Piano Reduction">piano reduction</a> (usually for two hands) underneath the vocal parts; the purely orchestral sections of the score are also reduced for piano. If a portion of the work is <i><a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a></i>, a piano reduction of the vocal parts is often added to aid in <a href="/wiki/Rehearsal" title="Rehearsal">rehearsal</a> (this often is the case with <i>a cappella</i> religious sheet music). </p><p>Piano-vocal scores serve as a convenient way for vocal soloists and choristers to learn the music and rehearse separately from the orchestra. The vocal score of a <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a> typically does not include the spoken dialogue, except for cues. Piano-vocal scores are used to provide piano accompaniment for the performance of operas, musicals and oratorios by amateur groups and some small-scale professional groups. This may be done by a single piano player or by two piano players. With some 2000s-era musicals, keyboardists may play <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesizers</a> instead of piano. </p><p>The related but less common <i>choral score</i> contains the choral parts with reduced accompaniment. </p><p>The comparable <i>organ score</i> exists as well, usually in association with church music for voices and orchestra, such as arrangements (by later hands) of <a href="/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">Handel's</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)" title="Messiah (Handel)">Messiah</a></i>. It is like the piano-vocal score in that it includes staves for the vocal parts and reduces the orchestral parts to be performed by one person. Unlike the vocal score, the organ score is sometimes intended by the arranger to substitute for the orchestra in performance if necessary. </p><p>A collection of songs from a given <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a> is usually printed under the label <i>vocal selections</i>. This is different from the vocal score from the same show in that it does not present the complete music, and the piano accompaniment is usually simplified and includes the melody line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_types">Other types</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <i>short score</i> is a reduction of a work for many instruments to just a few staves. Rather than composing directly in full score, many composers work out some type of short score while they are composing and later expand the complete orchestration. An opera, for instance, may be written first in a short score, then in full score, then reduced to a vocal score for rehearsal. Short scores are often not published; they may be more common for some performance venues (e.g., band) than in others. Because of their preliminary nature, short scores are the principal reference point for those composers wishing to attempt a 'completion' of another's unfinished work (e.g. Movements 2 through 5 of <a href="/wiki/Gustav_Mahler" title="Gustav Mahler">Gustav Mahler</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._10_(Mahler)" title="Symphony No. 10 (Mahler)">10th Symphony</a> or the third act of <a href="/wiki/Alban_Berg" title="Alban Berg">Alban Berg</a>'s opera <i><a href="/wiki/Lulu_(opera)" title="Lulu (opera)">Lulu</a></i>). </p><p>An <i>open score</i> is a score of a <a href="/wiki/Polyphony" title="Polyphony">polyphonic</a> piece showing each voice on a separate staff. In Renaissance or Baroque keyboard pieces, open scores of four staves were sometimes used instead of the more modern convention of one staff per hand.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also sometimes synonymous with full score (which may have more than one part per staff). </p><p>In a <i>close score</i>, all voice parts are represented on the two major staffs (treble and bass staffs). </p><p>Scores from the Baroque period (1600–1750) are very often in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Bass_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Bass line">bass line</a> in the bass clef and the melodies played by instrument or sung on an upper stave (or staves) in the treble clef. The bass line typically had figures written above the bass notes indicating which intervals above the bass (e.g., chords) should be played, an approach called <i><a href="/wiki/Figured_bass" title="Figured bass">figured bass</a></i>. The figures indicate which intervals the <a href="/wiki/Harpsichord" title="Harpsichord">harpsichordist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pipe_organ" title="Pipe organ">pipe organist</a> or <a href="/wiki/Lute" title="Lute">lute</a> player should play above each bass note. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trifle_In_Pyjamas_lead_sheet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Trifle_In_Pyjamas_lead_sheet.jpg/330px-Trifle_In_Pyjamas_lead_sheet.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="427" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Trifle_In_Pyjamas_lead_sheet.jpg/495px-Trifle_In_Pyjamas_lead_sheet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Trifle_In_Pyjamas_lead_sheet.jpg/660px-Trifle_In_Pyjamas_lead_sheet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2488" data-file-height="3221" /></a><figcaption>The lead sheet for the song "Trifle in Pyjamas" shows only the melody and chord symbols. To play this song, a jazz band's <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_section" title="Rhythm section">rhythm section</a> musicians would improvise chord voicings and a bassline using the chord symbols. The lead instruments, such as sax or trumpet, would improvise ornaments to make the melody more interesting, and then improvise a solo part.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Popular_music">Popular music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Popular music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <i><a href="/wiki/Lead_sheet" title="Lead sheet">lead sheet</a></i> specifies only the melody, lyrics and harmony, using one staff with <a href="/wiki/Chord_symbol" class="mw-redirect" title="Chord symbol">chord symbols</a> placed above and lyrics below. It is commonly used in <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> to capture the essential elements of song without specifying the details of how the song should be arranged or performed. </p><p>A <i><a href="/wiki/Chord_chart" title="Chord chart">chord chart</a></i> (or simply, <i>chart</i>) contains little or no melodic information at all but provides fundamental harmonic information. Some chord charts also indicate the rhythm that should be played, particularly if there is a <a href="/wiki/Syncopation" title="Syncopation">syncopated</a> series of "hits" that the arranger wants all of the rhythm section to perform. Otherwise, chord charts either leave the rhythm blank or indicate slashes for each beat. </p><p>This is the most common kind of written music used by professional <a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">session musicians</a> playing <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> or other forms of <a href="/wiki/Genres_(popular_music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Genres (popular music)">popular music</a> and is intended for the <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_section" title="Rhythm section">rhythm section</a> (usually containing piano, guitar, bass and drums) to improvise their <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a> and for any <a href="/wiki/Jazz_improvisation" title="Jazz improvisation">improvising</a> soloists (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a> players or <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpet</a> players) to use as a reference point for their extemporized lines. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Fake_book" class="mw-redirect" title="Fake book">fake book</a> is a collection of <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> songs and tunes with just the basic elements of the music provided. There are two types of fake books: (1) collections of lead sheets, which include the melody, chords, and lyrics (if present), and (2) collections of songs and tunes with only the chords. Fake books that contain only the chords are used by <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_section" title="Rhythm section">rhythm section</a> performers (notably chord-playing musicians such as <a href="/wiki/Electric_guitar" title="Electric guitar">electric guitarists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> players and the bassist) to help guide their improvisation of <a href="/wiki/Accompaniment" title="Accompaniment">accompaniment</a> parts for the song. Fake books with only the chords can also be used by "lead instruments" (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Saxophone" title="Saxophone">saxophone</a> or <a href="/wiki/Trumpet" title="Trumpet">trumpet</a>) as a guide to their improvised solo performances. Since the melody is not included in chord-only fake books, lead instrument players are expected to know the melody. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-right"><div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Diatonic_scale_on_C_tablature_clef.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Diatonic_scale_on_C_tablature_clef.png/220px-Diatonic_scale_on_C_tablature_clef.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Diatonic_scale_on_C_tablature_clef.png/330px-Diatonic_scale_on_C_tablature_clef.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Diatonic_scale_on_C_tablature_clef.png/440px-Diatonic_scale_on_C_tablature_clef.png 2x" data-file-width="1099" data-file-height="609" /></a><figcaption>C major scale in regular notation (above) and in <a href="/wiki/Tabulature" class="mw-redirect" title="Tabulature">tabulature</a> for <a href="/wiki/Guitar" title="Guitar">guitar</a> (below)</figcaption></figure></div></div> <p>A <i><a href="/wiki/Tablature" title="Tablature">tablature</a></i> (or <i>tab</i>) is a special type of musical score – most typically for a solo instrument – which shows <i>where</i> to play the pitches on the given instrument rather than <i>which</i> pitches to produce, with rhythm indicated as well. Tablature is widely used in the 2000s for guitar and electric bass songs and pieces in popular music genres such as <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock music</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal music</a>. This type of notation was first used in the late <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, and it has been used for keyboard (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Pipe_organ" title="Pipe organ">pipe organ</a>) and for fretted string instruments (lute, guitar).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Song_sheets">Song sheets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Song sheets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Song sheets are the printed lyrics without musical notation. Academic studies of American music call these sheets <i>songsters</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-kernfeld_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernfeld-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 25">: 25 </span></sup> Over the first half of the 20th century, lyrics to songs were printed and sold individually, in collections on newspaper-sized sheets, combined into booklets, and in magazines.<sup id="cite_ref-kernfeld_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernfeld-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 53–54">: 53–54 </span></sup> Song sheets typically included photographs of famous entertainers associated with the song, as well as attributions to musical theater and films.<sup id="cite_ref-kernfeld_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernfeld-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 58">: 58 </span></sup> </p><p>Song sheets were recognized as competition to sheet music by the <a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers" title="American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers">American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers</a> (ASCAP) in 1930, when a representative said, "Thousands now learn the popular melodies from the radio, the publishers state. With the lyrics available for five or ten cents and the strain known, impulse to buy sheet music is eliminated." While sheet music for a song might cost thirty or thirty-five cents, a song sheet typically sold for a nickel or a dime. Choral societies would buy a single copy of the sheet music for the pianist and then multiple song sheets for the singers.<sup id="cite_ref-kernfeld_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernfeld-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 55">: 55 </span></sup> </p><p>When the lyrics are printed without permission from the <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> owner, the song sheets are called bootleg song sheets. Song-sheet bootlegging was seen as a minor problem in Chicago in the early 1890s, but became a significant issue from 1929 through the 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-kernfeld_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernfeld-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 25–26">: 25–26 </span></sup> The first publishers and distributors of bootleg song sheets were charged with criminal copyright infringement in February, 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-kernfeld_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernfeld-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 30">: 30 </span></sup> Through the efforts of the <a href="/wiki/Music_Publishers%27_Protective_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Music Publishers' Protective Association">Music Publishers' Protective Association</a> and law enforcement, as well as the advent of legal song sheet magazines, song-sheet bootlegging ended in the early 1940s.<sup id="cite_ref-kernfeld_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernfeld-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 39–40">: 39–40 </span></sup> </p><p>The first legitimate song sheet magazines began in 1934, and <a href="/wiki/Lyle_Engel" title="Lyle Engel">Lyle Engel</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <i>Song Hits</i> which was first published in 1937 was successful for decades.<sup id="cite_ref-kernfeld_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernfeld-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Pages: 40–41">: 40–41 </span></sup> Song sheet magazines included advertisements, gossip columns, record reviews, and promotional biographies of celebrities.<sup id="cite_ref-kernfeld_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kernfeld-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 69">: 69 </span></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Outside modern eurocentric cultures exists a wide variety of systems of musical notation, each adapted to the particular needs of the musical cultures in question, and some highly evolved classical musics do not use notation at all (or only in rudimentary forms as <a href="/wiki/Mnemonic" title="Mnemonic">mnemonic</a> aids) such as the <a href="/wiki/Khyal" title="Khyal">khyal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dhrupad" title="Dhrupad">dhrupad</a> forms of Northern India. Western <a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">musical notation</a> systems describe only music adapted to the needs of musical forms and instruments based on <a href="/wiki/Equal_temperament" title="Equal temperament">equal temperament</a>, but are ill-equipped to describe musics of other types, such as the courtly forms of Japanese <a href="/wiki/Gagaku" title="Gagaku">gagaku</a>, Indian dhrupad, or the percussive music of <a href="/wiki/Ewe_drumming" title="Ewe drumming">ewe drumming</a>. The infiltration of Western staff notation into these cultures has been described by the musicologist <a href="/wiki/Alain_Dani%C3%A9lou" title="Alain Daniélou">Alain Daniélou</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and others as a process of <a href="/wiki/Cultural_imperialism" title="Cultural imperialism">cultural imperialism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Precursors_to_sheet_music">Precursors to sheet music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Precursors to sheet music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">Musical notation</a> was developed before parchment or paper were used for writing. The earliest form of musical notation can be found in a <a href="/wiki/Cuneiform_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuneiform script">cuneiform</a> tablet that was created at <a href="/wiki/Nippur" title="Nippur">Nippur</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Sumer" title="Sumer">Sumer</a> (today's <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>), in about 2000 BC. The tablet represents fragmentary instructions for performing music, that the music was composed in harmonies of thirds, and that it was written using a <a href="/wiki/Diatonic_scale" title="Diatonic scale">diatonic scale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kilmer1986_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kilmer1986-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A tablet from about 1250 BC shows a more developed form of notation.<sup id="cite_ref-Kilmer_1965_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kilmer_1965-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the interpretation of the notation system is still controversial, it is clear that the notation indicates the names of strings on a <a href="/wiki/Lyre" title="Lyre">lyre</a>, the tuning of which is described in other tablets.<sup id="cite_ref-West_1994_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West_1994-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although they are fragmentary, these tablets represent the earliest notated <a href="/wiki/Melody" title="Melody">melodies</a> found anywhere in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-West_1994_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West_1994-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Delphichymn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Delphichymn.jpg/220px-Delphichymn.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Delphichymn.jpg/330px-Delphichymn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Delphichymn.jpg/440px-Delphichymn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption>The original stone at Delphi containing the second of the two <a href="/wiki/Delphic_Hymns" title="Delphic Hymns">Delphic Hymns</a> to <a href="/wiki/Apollo" title="Apollo">Apollo</a>. The music notation is the line of occasional symbols <i>above</i> the main, uninterrupted line of Greek lettering.</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Music_of_ancient_Greece" title="Music of ancient Greece">Ancient Greek</a> musical notation was in use from at least the 6th century BC until approximately the 4th century AD; several complete compositions and fragments of compositions using this notation survive. The notation consists of symbols placed above text syllables. An example of a complete composition is the <a href="/wiki/Seikilos_epitaph" title="Seikilos epitaph">Seikilos epitaph</a>, which has been variously dated between the 2nd century BC to the 1st century AD. </p><p>In ancient Greek music, three hymns by <a href="/wiki/Mesomedes" title="Mesomedes">Mesomedes</a> of <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> exist in manuscript. One of the oldest known examples of music notation is a papyrus fragment of the Hellenic era play <i><a href="/wiki/Orestes_(play)" title="Orestes (play)">Orestes</a></i> (408 BC), which contains musical notation for a choral ode. Ancient Greek notation appears to have fallen out of use around the time of the <a href="/wiki/Decline_of_the_Roman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Decline of the Roman Empire">Decline of the Roman Empire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Western_manuscript_notation">Western manuscript notation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Western manuscript notation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before the 15th century, Western music was written by hand and preserved in <a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscripts</a>, usually bound in large volumes. The best-known examples of Middle Ages music notation are medieval manuscripts of <a href="/wiki/Monophony" title="Monophony">monophonic</a> <a href="/wiki/Chant" title="Chant">chant</a>. Chant notation indicated the notes of the chant melody, but without any indication of the rhythm. In the case of <a href="/wiki/Medieval_music" title="Medieval music">Medieval</a> <a href="/wiki/Polyphony" title="Polyphony">polyphony</a>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Motet" title="Motet">motet</a>, the parts were written in separate portions of facing pages. This process was aided by the advent of <a href="/wiki/Mensural_notation" title="Mensural notation">mensural notation</a>, which also indicated the <a href="/wiki/Rhythm" title="Rhythm">rhythm</a> and was paralleled by the medieval practice of composing parts of <a href="/wiki/Polyphony" title="Polyphony">polyphony</a> sequentially, rather than simultaneously (as in later times). Manuscripts showing parts together in score format were rare and limited mostly to <a href="/wiki/Organum" title="Organum">organum</a>, especially that of the <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Notre Dame school">Notre Dame school</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, if an <a href="/wiki/Abbess" title="Abbess">Abbess</a> wanted to have a copy of an existing composition, such as a composition owned by an Abbess in another town, she would have to hire a <a href="/wiki/Copyist" title="Copyist">copyist</a> to do the task by hand, which would be a lengthy process and one that could lead to transcription errors. </p><p>Even after the advent of music printing in the mid-1400s, much music continued to exist solely in composers' hand-written manuscripts well into the 18th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Printing">Printing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Printing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_music_publishing" title="History of music publishing">History of music publishing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Music_engraving" title="Music engraving">Music engraving</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="15th_century">15th century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: 15th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were several difficulties in translating the new <a href="/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press">printing press</a> technology to music. In the first printed book to include music, the <i><a href="/wiki/Mainz_Psalter" title="Mainz Psalter">Mainz Psalter</a></i> (1457), the music notation (both staff lines and notes) was added in by hand. This is similar to the room left in other <a href="/wiki/Incunabulum" class="mw-redirect" title="Incunabulum">incunabula</a> for <a href="/wiki/Capital_letters" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital letters">capitals</a>. The psalter was printed in <a href="/wiki/Mainz" title="Mainz">Mainz</a>, Germany, by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Fust" title="Johann Fust">Johann Fust</a> and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Sch%C3%B6ffer" title="Peter Schöffer">Peter Schöffer</a>, and one now resides in <a href="/wiki/Windsor_Castle" title="Windsor Castle">Windsor Castle</a> and another at the <a href="/wiki/British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a>. Later, staff lines were printed, but scribes still added in the rest of the music by hand. The greatest difficulty in using <a href="/wiki/Movable_type" title="Movable type">movable type</a> to print music is that all the elements must line up – the note head must be properly aligned with the staff. In vocal music, text must be aligned with the proper notes (although at this time, even in manuscripts, this was not a high priority). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Music_engraving" title="Music engraving">Music engraving</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Art" title="Art">art</a> of drawing <a href="/wiki/Music_notation" class="mw-redirect" title="Music notation">music notation</a> at high quality for the purpose of mechanical reproduction. The first machine-printed music appeared around 1473, approximately 20 years after <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg" title="Johannes Gutenberg">Gutenberg</a> introduced the <a href="/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press">printing press</a>. In 1501, <a href="/wiki/Ottaviano_Petrucci" title="Ottaviano Petrucci">Ottaviano Petrucci</a> published <i><a href="/wiki/Harmonice_Musices_Odhecaton_A" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A">Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A</a></i>, which contained 96 pieces of printed music. Petrucci's printing method produced clean, readable, elegant music, but it was a long, difficult process that required three separate passes through the printing press. Petrucci later developed a process which required only two passes through the press. But it was still taxing since each pass required very precise alignment for the result to be legible (i.e., so that the note heads would be correctly lined up with the staff lines). This was the first well-distributed printed polyphonic music. Petrucci also printed the first <a href="/wiki/Tablature" title="Tablature">tablature</a> with movable type. Single impression printing, in which the staff lines and notes could be printed in one pass, first appeared in London around 1520. <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Attaingnant" title="Pierre Attaingnant">Pierre Attaingnant</a> brought the technique into wide use in 1528, and it remained little changed for 200 years. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Petrucci2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Petrucci2.jpg/220px-Petrucci2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Petrucci2.jpg/330px-Petrucci2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Petrucci2.jpg/440px-Petrucci2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1652" data-file-height="1580" /></a><figcaption>Frontispiece to Petrucci's Odhecaton</figcaption></figure> <p>A common format for issuing multi-part, polyphonic music during the Renaissance was <i><a href="/wiki/Partbook" title="Partbook">partbooks</a></i>. In this format, each voice-part for a collection of five-part <a href="/wiki/Madrigal_(music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrigal (music)">madrigals</a>, for instance, would be printed separately in its own book, such that all five part-books would be needed to perform the music. The same partbooks could be used by singers or instrumentalists. Scores for multi-part music were rarely printed in the Renaissance, although the use of score format as a means to compose parts simultaneously (rather than successively, as in the late Middle Ages) is credited to <a href="/wiki/Josquin_des_Prez" title="Josquin des Prez">Josquin des Prez</a>. </p><p>The effect of printed music was similar to the effect of the printed word, in that information spread faster, more efficiently, at a lower cost, and to more people than it could through laboriously hand-copied manuscripts. It had the additional effect of encouraging amateur musicians of sufficient means, who could now afford sheet music, to perform. This in many ways affected the entire <a href="/wiki/Music_industry" title="Music industry">music industry</a>. Composers could now write more music for amateur performers, knowing that it could be distributed and sold to the <a href="/wiki/Middle_class" title="Middle class">middle class</a>. </p><p>This meant that composers did not have to depend solely on the patronage of wealthy aristocrats. Professional players could have more music at their disposal and they could access music from different countries. It increased the number of amateurs, from whom professional players could then earn money by teaching them. Nevertheless, in the early years, the cost of printed music limited its distribution. Another factor that limited the impact of printed music was that in many places, the right to print music was granted by the monarch, and only those with a special dispensation were allowed to do so, giving them a <a href="/wiki/Monopoly" title="Monopoly">monopoly</a>. This was often an honour (and economic boon) granted to favoured court musicians or composers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="16th_century">16th century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 16th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Archive-ugent-be-D1674182-DD29-11E1-8189-1C588375B242_DS-13.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Archive-ugent-be-D1674182-DD29-11E1-8189-1C588375B242_DS-13.jpg/298px-Archive-ugent-be-D1674182-DD29-11E1-8189-1C588375B242_DS-13.jpg" decoding="async" width="298" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Archive-ugent-be-D1674182-DD29-11E1-8189-1C588375B242_DS-13.jpg/447px-Archive-ugent-be-D1674182-DD29-11E1-8189-1C588375B242_DS-13.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Archive-ugent-be-D1674182-DD29-11E1-8189-1C588375B242_DS-13.jpg/596px-Archive-ugent-be-D1674182-DD29-11E1-8189-1C588375B242_DS-13.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3028" /></a><figcaption>Example of 16th century sheet music and music notation. Excerpt from the manuscript "Muziek voor 4 korige diatonische cister".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Mechanical <a href="/wiki/Engraving" title="Engraving">plate engraving</a> was developed in the late sixteenth century.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although plate engraving had been used since the early fifteenth century for creating visual art and maps, it was not applied to music until 1581.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this method, a mirror image of a complete page of music was engraved onto a metal plate. Ink was then applied to the grooves, and the music print was transferred onto paper. Metal plates could be stored and reused, which made this method an attractive option for music engravers. <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">Copper</a> was the initial metal of choice for early plates, but by the eighteenth century, <a href="/wiki/Pewter" title="Pewter">pewter</a> became the standard material due to its malleability and lower cost.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plate engraving was the methodology of choice for music printing until the late nineteenth century, at which point its decline was hastened by the development of photographic technology.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, the technique has survived to the present day and is still occasionally used by select publishers such as <a href="/wiki/G._Henle_Verlag" title="G. Henle Verlag">G. Henle Verlag</a> in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As musical composition increased in complexity, so too did the technology required to produce accurate musical scores. Unlike literary printing, which mainly contains printed words, music engraving communicates several different types of information simultaneously. To be clear to musicians, it is imperative that engraving techniques allow absolute precision. Notes of <a href="/wiki/Chord_(music)" title="Chord (music)">chords</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dynamics_(music)" title="Dynamics (music)">dynamic markings</a>, and other notation line up with vertical accuracy. If text is included, each syllable matches vertically with its assigned melody. Horizontally, subdivisions of beats are marked not only by their flags and <a href="/wiki/Beam_(music)" title="Beam (music)">beams</a>, but also by the relative space between them on the page.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The logistics of creating such precise copies posed several problems for early music engravers, and have resulted in the development of several music engraving technologies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="19th_century">19th century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: 19th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tinpanalley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Tinpanalley.jpg/220px-Tinpanalley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Tinpanalley.jpg/330px-Tinpanalley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Tinpanalley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="381" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Buildings of New York City's <a href="/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alley" title="Tin Pan Alley">Tin Pan Alley</a> music publishing district in 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In the 19th century, the music industry was dominated by sheet music publishers. In the mid-century, <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> control of melodies was not strict, and publishers would often print their own versions of the songs popular at the time. Some composers, such as <a href="/wiki/J.N._Pattison" class="mw-redirect" title="J.N. Pattison">J.N. Pattison</a>, countered by publishing their own sheet music. Pattison operated out of a piano and organ salesroom in <a href="/wiki/Union_Square,_Manhattan" title="Union Square, Manhattan">Union Square</a> in downtown Manhattan. After 1885, New York music publishing was dominated by a group of songwriters and composers known as "<a href="/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alley" title="Tin Pan Alley">Tin Pan Alley</a>". With stronger copyright protection laws late in the century, songwriters, composers, lyricists, and publishers started working together for their mutual financial benefit. New York City publishers concentrated on vocal music. The biggest music houses established themselves in New York City, but small local publishers – often connected with commercial printers or music stores – continued to flourish throughout the country. An extraordinary number of East European immigrants became the music publishers and songwriters on Tin Pan Alley-the most famous being <a href="/wiki/Irving_Berlin" title="Irving Berlin">Irving Berlin</a>. Songwriters who became established producers of successful songs were hired to be on the staff of the music houses. </p><p>In the United States, the sheet music industry rose in tandem with <a href="/wiki/Blackface_minstrelsy" class="mw-redirect" title="Blackface minstrelsy">blackface minstrelsy</a>, as well as <a href="/wiki/Parlour_music" title="Parlour music">parlour music</a>. The late-19th century saw a massive explosion of <a href="/wiki/Parlour_music" title="Parlour music">parlour music</a>, with ownership of, and skill at playing the <a href="/wiki/Piano" title="Piano">piano</a> becoming <i>de rigueur</i> for the middle-class family. In the late-19th century, if a middle-class family wanted to hear a popular new song or piece, they would buy the sheet music and then perform the song or piece in an amateur fashion in their home. But in the early 20th century the <a href="/wiki/Phonograph" title="Phonograph">phonograph</a> and recorded music grew greatly in importance. This, joined by the growth in popularity of <a href="/wiki/Radio_broadcasting" title="Radio broadcasting">radio broadcasting</a> from the 1920s on, lessened the importance of the sheet music publishers. The <a href="/wiki/Record_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Record industry">record industry</a> eventually replaced the sheet music publishers as the music industry's largest force. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="20th_century_and_early_21st_century">20th century and early 21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 20th century and early 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the late 20th and into the 21st century, significant interest has developed in representing sheet music in a computer-readable format (see <a href="/wiki/Scorewriter" title="Scorewriter">music notation software</a>), as well as downloadable files. <a href="/wiki/Music_OCR" class="mw-redirect" title="Music OCR">Music OCR</a>, software to "read" scanned sheet music so that the results can be manipulated, has been available since 1991. </p><p>In 1998, virtual sheet music evolved further into what was to be termed digital sheet music, which for the first time allowed publishers to make copyright sheet music available for purchase online. Unlike their hard copy counterparts, these files allowed for manipulation such as instrument changes, transposition and <a href="/wiki/MIDI" title="MIDI">MIDI</a> (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) playback. The popularity of this instant delivery system among musicians appears to be acting as a catalyst of new growth for the industry well into the foreseeable future. </p><p>An early computer notation program available for home computers was <a href="/wiki/Music_Construction_Set" title="Music Construction Set">Music Construction Set</a>, developed in 1984 and released for several different platforms. Introducing concepts largely unknown to the home user of the time, it allowed manipulation of notes and symbols with a pointing device such as a <a href="/wiki/Mouse_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mouse (computing)">mouse</a>; the user would "grab" a note or symbol from a palette and "<a href="/wiki/Drag_and_drop" title="Drag and drop">drop</a>" it onto the staff in the correct location. The program allowed playback of the produced music through various early sound cards, and could print the musical score on a graphics printer. </p><p>Many software products for modern <a href="/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation" title="Digital audio workstation">digital audio workstation</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_scorewriters" title="List of scorewriters">scorewriters</a> for general personal computers support generation of sheet music from MIDI files, by a performer playing the notes on a MIDI-equipped keyboard or other <a href="/wiki/MIDI_controller" title="MIDI controller">MIDI controller</a> or by manual entry using a mouse or other computer device. </p><p>By 1999, a system and method for coordinating music display among players in an orchestra was patented by <a href="/wiki/Harry_Connick_Jr." title="Harry Connick Jr.">Harry Connick Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a device with a computer screen which is used to show the sheet music for the musicians in an orchestra instead of the more commonly used paper. Connick uses this system when touring with his <a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big band</a>, for instance.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the proliferation of wireless networks and iPads similar systems have been developed. In the classical music world, some <a href="/wiki/String_quartet" title="String quartet">string quartet</a> groups use computer screen-based parts. There are several advantages to computer-based parts. Since the score is on a computer screen, the user can adjust the contrast, brightness and even the size of the notes, to make reading easier. In addition, some systems will do "page turns" using a foot pedal, which means that the performer does not have to miss playing music during a page turn, as often occurs with paper parts. </p><p>Of special practical interest for the general public is the <a href="/wiki/Mutopia_project" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutopia project">Mutopia project</a>, an effort to create a library of <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> sheet music, comparable to <a href="/wiki/Project_Gutenberg" title="Project Gutenberg">Project Gutenberg</a>'s library of public domain books. The <a href="/wiki/International_Music_Score_Library_Project" title="International Music Score Library Project">International Music Score Library Project</a> (IMSLP) is also attempting to create a virtual library containing all <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world free of charge. </p><p>Some <a href="/wiki/Scorewriter" title="Scorewriter">scorewriter</a> computer programs have a feature that is very useful for composers and arrangers: the ability to "play back" the notated music using <a href="/wiki/Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesizer</a> sounds or <a href="/wiki/Virtual_instrumentation" title="Virtual instrumentation">virtual instruments</a>. Due to the high cost of hiring a full symphony orchestra to play a new composition, before the development of these computer programs, many composers and arrangers were only able to hear their orchestral works by arranging them for piano, organ or string quartet. While a scorewiter program's playback will not contain the nuances of a professional orchestra recording, it still conveys a sense of the tone colors created by the piece and of the interplay of the different parts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheet_music&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_best-selling_sheet_music" title="List of best-selling sheet music">List of best-selling sheet music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choirbook" title="Choirbook">Choirbook</a>, used for choral music during the Middle Ages and Renaissance</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eye_movement_in_music_reading" title="Eye movement in music reading">Eye movement in music reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Online_Digital_Musical_Document_Libraries" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Online Digital Musical Document Libraries">List of Online Digital Musical Document Libraries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuscript_paper" title="Manuscript paper">Manuscript paper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musical_notation" title="Musical notation">Musical notation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partbook" title="Partbook">Partbook</a>, contains one part, common during the Renaissance and Baroque</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_stand" title="Music stand">Music stand</a>, a device that holds sheet music in position</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scorewriter" title="Scorewriter">Scorewriter</a> – music notation software</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shorthand_for_orchestra_instrumentation" title="Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation">Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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