sheet music
Americannoun
noun
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the printed or written copy of a short composition or piece, esp in the form of unbound leaves
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music in its written or printed form
Etymology
Origin of sheet music
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Leah proudly recalled “Rochester Knockings” souvenirs, such as spoons, pins, cups, and sheet music, being sold in the streets of New York City.
From Literature
She taught him to read sheet music and urged him to learn jazz.
From Los Angeles Times
In the home, a rich family might have one of the new phonographs that played music stored on wax cylinders, but most families were still making their own music, using sheet music or songbooks.
Others can look at a piece of paper and commit a course to memory the way a musician reads sheet music.
From Los Angeles Times
It was the first sheet music to sell more than one million copies and became a global phenomenon, translated into numerous other languages.
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