sheet music

noun

: music printed on large unbound sheets of paper

Examples of sheet music in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web When woodwind and brass players gathered at London’s AIR Studios Lyndhurst (a deconsecrated Victorian church that producer George Martin turned into a top-notch recording facility in 1992) in late April to record part of its score, the TV show’s name was markedly absent from the sheet music. Joe Lynch, Billboard, 19 Aug. 2024 This performance instruction was even written directly in the conductors’ and performers’ sheet music. Billboard Japan, Billboard, 1 Aug. 2024 With no musicians left in the dozens of seats, Beck wandered the stage, played various instruments left behind, including a four-foot-wide gong, and gave away the contrabassoon’s sheet music to the front row. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024 One is reading sheet music; the other, improvising a jazz solo. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for sheet music 

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Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

sheet music

noun
: music printed on unbound sheets of paper
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