In music, sheet music means: Music written or printed in notation on paper or a screen, so that musicians can read and play it.
In Turkish: nota, notalar, basılı nota
How it is used
An uncountable noun: 'some sheet music', not 'a sheet music'. Musicians buy, download, print or read sheet music; many now use tablets. In rehearsals, people simply say 'the music': 'Have you got the music for this?'.
Example sentences
Please bring the sheet music for both pieces to the audition.
I read sheet music on a tablet with a foot pedal to turn the pages.
Common collocations
read sheet music
print sheet music
sheet music app
buy sheet music
Related terms
scoreWritten music that shows all the parts of a piece together, one above the other. It also means the original music written for a film, series or game.
noteA single musical sound with a particular pitch and length, or the written symbol that shows it. In English, notes are named with the letters A to G.
staffThe set of five horizontal lines and four spaces on which notes are written. A note's position on the staff shows its pitch.
sight-readTo play or sing a piece of written music correctly the first time you see it, without having practised it before.
clefThe symbol at the start of a staff that fixes the pitch of the lines and spaces. The most common are the treble (G) clef and the bass (F) clef.
