Professional and amateur musicians require sheet music and here are some of the top sheet music websites. Teachers and students need it too and the Internet has made access to sheet music so convenient. There are a number of user-friendly sites that are fun to browse and provide lots of free downloads. Unlimited access is available for a very reasonable fee.
8notes.com
Free sheet music is available to download, mainly in gif / midi format. Subscribers to the site can print out in PDF but non-subscribers can print out a lower quality version from gif images. The site caters for a wide range of instruments, the most popular being Piano, Guitar, Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, and Violin. Other instruments include Trombone, Percussion, French Horn, Bass Guitar, Recorder, and Oboe. Sheet music books are also available for ensembles for String, Wind, Guitar, Brass, Keyboards, and Mixed groups. The style categories are divided into Classical, Jazz, Pop and Rock, Film and TV, Wedding, Christmas, World, Traditional, New Music, and Funeral. There is also one for Children. Members can chat to one another on forums.
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Music-scores.comThis site specializes in
classical sheet music. Members can download an unlimited amount of
sheet music and non-members have free access to more than 290 digital files. The music is graded for level of difficulty to help you choose and all abilities are welcome. You can listen to sound files to help you to re-create the piece. More than 100 composers are represented and the most popular list includes
Beethoven,
Bach,
Mozart, and
Chopin. Of the choice of instruments, the most popular is cited as Piano, Clarinet, Violin, and Flute. Christmas music and wedding music is also on offer. There are an impressive 2,173 digital files to download (at July, 2009).
Easysheetmusic.comSheet music files are downloadable for free but limited to three a day. Paid subscribers have unlimited access to
sheet music. The files are in Acrobat Reader format and books can be printed out in PDF. This site is for Easy Level Piano only but there are plans to add other instruments. The categories include 'Songs from Around the World'. These are national songs popular in different countries for piano and guitar chords. The other categories are for piano solo and include ‘Popular Classics’ (Grieg, Mozart, Chopin etc.), ‘Boogie and Blues’, ‘Opera Classics’ (Puccini, Verdi, Wagner etc.), and ‘Mission Not That Difficult’, original piano pieces in the style of famous film scores.
Musicnotes.comThis is a download website for Windows users containing
sheet music and guitar tablature with almost 110,000 songs available, everything from Van Halen to Lady Gaga. Previews and print outs are free. All you have to do is install their free software called Musicnotes Suite, which includes 'Guitar Guru', which is software for interactive songs for guitarists. Then you can choose from the files and each one is individually priced. If you sign up to the Digital Discount Club for a small annual fee, each
sheet music score has a 10% reduction. The categories are Piano, Guitar, Woodwind, Brass, Strings, and Voice.