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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Free Sheet Music!

 Looking for Free Sheet Music? Try These Resources!

Starving musician? Cash-strapped choir director? Need sheet music, but your pockets are empty? Here are some resources that you might find useful. Do you know of any other free sheet music resources? Please pop a note in the comments below.

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Free Printable Sheet Music -Virtual Sheet Music Inc

Virtual Sheet Music, Inc. Has tonnes of free sheet music to download, as well as some other very interesting freebies in various sections such as online piano accompaniment videos! 
Free Online Piano Accompaniment - Happy Birthday on Wirtual Sheet Music Inc.

Many free sheet music files include audio MIDI and Mp3 files and interactive sheet music for real-time transposition in addition to the PDF sheet music files. 
At Virtual Sheet Music, Inc. you'll find free sheet music to download for a wide range of playing abilities and a variety of instruments. Musical styles include Each month Virtual Sheet Music, Inc. release two pieces of sheet music for free download for a limited time, so you'll want to be sure to sign up for their email Lizt list. Sorry, I couldn't resist being punny! 
Please consider signing up for a membership with Virtual Sheet Music, Inc. It's only 3.15 a month and for each new member, they plant a tree!
One Free Tree Planting with each Virtual Sheet Music Inc Membership

Free Printable Public Domain Sheet Music

Public domain and copyright laws are complicated and can vary from country to country. Public domain laws have also been known to change from year to year. Usually is something is in the public domain, you can even sell the item. However, it's always best to read the fine print before downloading anything to protect yourself against any possible legal complications. Information contained in this blog is intended for entertainment purposes only.

International Music Score Library Project 

The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) has over 490,000 public domain music scores and tens of thousands of recordings and composers. Content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License 
IMSLP Petrucci Music Kibeaey Offers Free Printable Sheet Music

Search by the IMSLP site by composer name, composer period, check out the featured scores or browse the most recent additions. The random page tool is another way to find sheet music and public domain songs such as Good Morning to All published in 1893.
Free Public Domain Sheet Music Good Morning to All Screen Shot Published 1893

First editions of popular historical works can also be found here, as well as works distributed in a dozen different languages.

ChoralWiki 

ChoralWiki Offers Free Public Domain  Choral Sheet Music and Mp3s

Similar to Wikipedia,  Choral Wiki is the home of the Choral Public Domain Library. This resource has some great public domain music. You can search for music by liturgical season, by composer, keyword or exact match. Looking for a surprise? Click on the random page link in the left column.,

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Suzanne M. Sholer B.A. B.Ed., a teacher with 20 years of experience at all grade levels, uses the internet like a filing cabinet blogging things of interest that she finds. 
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