sheet music

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She taught him to read sheet music and urged him to learn jazz.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

In the 19th century, a song that sold 2,000-5,000 copies of sheet music could be considered a hit; a blockbuster moved 10,000-20,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

It was the first sheet music to sell more than one million copies and became a global phenomenon, translated into numerous other languages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Some singers bring sheet music, others chord charts.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

There was no sheet music, and if there had been, I wouldn’t have been able to see it because there were no bulbs in the piano lamp.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu