sheet music

noun

: music printed on large unbound sheets of paper

Examples of sheet music in a Sentence

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Researchers trawling through libraries and archives stumbled onto an early ghost story by Dracula author Bram Stoker, a 12-minute composition written by a teenage Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and 800 pages of sheet music from George Gershwin’s first full-length musical. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 There were also sections of the stores devoted to turntables, speakers, and other audio gear, and another aisle for sheet music. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024 Some have unstable internet connections, others misread the sheet music, and others might even intentionally play off-key—not just as a prank but to sabotage the performance out of rivalry or to undermine the concert’s success for personal gain. Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 If your child has piano lessons every Thursday, the agent ensures there’s no scheduling conflict and reminds you to pick up new sheet music. Taarini Kaur Dang, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sheet music 

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sheet music was in 1852

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“Sheet music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheet%20music. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

sheet music

noun
: music printed on unbound sheets of paper
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