Что (кто) такое sheet music - определение
![mixed voices]][[File:Adeste Fideles sheet music sample.mid]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Adeste Fideles sheet music sample.svg?width=200 "mixed voices]][[File:Adeste Fideles sheet music sample.mid]]")
![The original stone at Delphi containing the second of the two [[Delphic Hymns]] to [[Apollo]]. The music notation is the line of occasional symbols ''above'' the main, uninterrupted line of Greek lettering.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Delphichymn.jpg?width=200 "The original stone at Delphi containing the second of the two [[Delphic Hymns]] to [[Apollo]]. The music notation is the line of occasional symbols ''above'' the main, uninterrupted line of Greek lettering.")
![organ]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Der 100. Psalm Max Reger.jpg?width=200 "organ]]")
![C major scale in regular notation (above) and in [[tabulature]] for [[guitar]] (below)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diatonic scale on C tablature clef.png?width=200 "C major scale in regular notation (above) and in [[tabulature]] for [[guitar]] (below)")
![J. S. Bach]]'s ''[[The Well-Tempered Clavier]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DwtkII-as-dur-fuga.jpg?width=200 "J. S. Bach]]'s ''[[The Well-Tempered Clavier]]''")
![Title page for the first-edition vocal score for [[Hector Berlioz]]'s ''[[Béatrice et Bénédict]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hector Berlioz, Béatrice et Bénédict score title page - Restoration.jpg?width=200 "Title page for the first-edition vocal score for [[Hector Berlioz]]'s ''[[Béatrice et Bénédict]]''")
![Sheet music for the song "[[Oregon, My Oregon]]"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oregon, My Oregon.jpg?width=200 "Sheet music for the song \"[[Oregon, My Oregon]]\"")
![[[Tibet]]an musical score from the 19th century](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tibetanmusicalscore.jpg?width=200 "[[Tibet]]an musical score from the 19th century")
![The lead sheet for the song "Trifle in Pyjamas" shows only the melody and chord symbols. To play this song, a jazz band's [[rhythm section]] musicians would improvise chord voicings and a bassline using the chord symbols. The lead instruments, such as sax or trumpet, would improvise ornaments to make the melody more interesting, and then improvise a solo part.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Trifle In Pyjamas lead sheet.jpg?width=200 "The lead sheet for the song \"Trifle in Pyjamas\" shows only the melody and chord symbols. To play this song, a jazz band's [[rhythm section]] musicians would improvise chord voicings and a bassline using the chord symbols. The lead instruments, such as sax or trumpet, would improvise ornaments to make the melody more interesting, and then improvise a solo part.")
Википедия
Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece. Like its analogs – printed books or pamphlets in English, Arabic, or other languages – the medium of sheet music typically is paper (or, in earlier centuries, papyrus or parchment). However, access to musical notation since the 1980s has included the presentation of musical notation on computer screens and the development of scorewriter computer programs that can notate a song or piece electronically, and, in some cases, "play back" the notated music using a synthesizer or virtual instruments.
The use of the term "sheet" is intended to differentiate written or printed forms of music from sound recordings (on vinyl record, cassette, CD), radio or TV broadcasts or recorded live performances, which may capture film or video footage of the performance as well as the audio component. In everyday use, "sheet music" (or simply "music") can refer to the print publication of commercial sheet music in conjunction with the release of a new film, TV show, record album, or other special or popular event which involves music. The first printed sheet music made with a printing press was made in 1473.
Sheet music is the basic form in which Western classical music is notated so that it can be learned and performed by solo singers or instrumentalists or musical ensembles. Many forms of traditional and popular Western music are commonly learned by singers and musicians "by ear", rather than by using sheet music (although in many cases, traditional and pop music may also be available in sheet music form).
The term score is a common alternative (and more generic) term for sheet music, and there are several types of scores, as discussed below. The term score can also refer to theatre music, orchestral music or songs written for a play, musical, opera or ballet, or to music or songs written for a television programme or film; for the last of these, see Film score.
