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sheet music

American  

noun

  1. music printed on unbound sheets of paper.


sheet music British  

noun

  1. the printed or written copy of a short composition or piece, esp in the form of unbound leaves

  2. music in its written or printed form

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sheet music

First recorded in 1855–60


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Despite being unable to read sheet music, Parton played several instruments including the banjo, harp, piano and saxophone.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Thus, along with their instruments they packed sheaves of what appeared to be sheet music but was in fact coded data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Musicologists guided the AI's musical output using sheet music.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

Publishing, once a back-office trade of sheet music and radio plugs, became a predictable cash-flow business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

In place of sheet music, he had a novel propped up.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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