sheet music

noun

: music printed on large unbound sheets of paper

Examples of sheet music in a Sentence

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The Massachusetts public library has a lot of interesting sheet music, and the same for Hancock Shaker Village [a living history museum], which gave us a lot of access to sheet music as well. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025 The school has set up a fundraiser to offset trip expenses and purchase new and refurbished instruments and sheet music. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025 Those acts include volunteering at the Vernon Township Food Bank, collecting choral sheet music for schools, packing backpacks for needy students, supporting the Buffalo Grove Blood Drive, donating to Wings (which helps women dealing with domestic violence), and many other acts. Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025 And a stack of Billy Joel sheet music sits atop my piano today (for you keyboard artists, take a shot at Prelude/Angry Young Man sometime). Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sheet music

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 17 Sep. 2025.

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sheet music

noun
: music printed on unbound sheets of paper
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