Definition of sheet music Sheet music
sheet mu•sic
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What does sheet music mean?
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| sheet music - a musical composition in printed or written form; "she turned the pages of the music as he played" | ||
| musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| lead sheet a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form | ||
| piano music the sound of music produced by a piano; "he thought he heard piano music next door" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sheet music (Noun)
Handwritten or printed form of musical notation .
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The music that musicians have in front of them when they play is printed music. The sheet or sheets of paper that contain(s) the written notation of what the musician are to play is called printed music.
Sheet music is a subset of printed music. Sheet music usually refers to a "single sheet" of music; that is, one song or piece printed separately. Printed music includes sheet music but also includes music published in collections. People often confuse sheet music with printed music.
"George went to his piano lesson. When he opened his music bag he saw that he had forgotten to put his music in it".
"George was playing from the music, but it was hard to read because some of the notes were badly printed".
"The music shop sold CDs and printed music".
music can be published as a separate copy ("single sheet music")for one piece or song, or it can be a collection of pieces in a larger book.
If, for example, there is a piece of music for violin and piano, then the pianist will play from the piano part, which will have the piano music written, as usual, on two staves. Above those two staves, printed slightly smaller, will be another stave with the violin part. The violinist will play from a separate part which will just have the violin music. This means that the pianist can always see what the violin should be playing, but not the violinist will not be able to see what the pianist is playing. The violinist may need to look at the piano part sometimes to see how the violin and piano p
