| The Paper | | | | completely awesome and unforgettable creation. |
| Since the earliest days of musical composition, | | | | The Music Sheet In The Studio |
| music has been committed to paper as a way of | | | | Whenever a band, quartet or musical group begins |
| retaining it in memory. One may imagine Bach, | | | | to create their own signature musical style, they |
| Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky or Strauss | | | | rely on a sheet as the means to commit it to |
| jotting down musical notes on parchment which | | | | memory so they can use it while they practice, |
| are today's "classical" scores. How important is | | | | rehearse and in performances. The same is true |
| sheet music as it is now known and recognized to | | | | in a studio where musical instruments are taught |
| the musician? As important as the instrument | | | | to students. |
| they play. To a symphonic maestro, it is the most | | | | From the first lesson, students learn to "read" |
| critical tool of performance. | | | | music from a sheet. They learn a few notes at |
| | | | first. Then, they are taught to synchronize these |
| Professional musicians read the compositions from | | | | notes as they play them on their instruments. |
| sheets that guide them along as they play their | | | | Many elementary, high schools and colleges, rely |
| instruments. Whole musical scores are composed | | | | heavily on the use of pre-printed sheets for their |
| on sheets and become Broadway, Opera, Movie | | | | student performances. Take note when a high |
| and Symphony musical work. Some of the most | | | | school or college marching band plays in an |
| famous Broadway scores like West Side Story, | | | | outdoor performance. Each instrument has a tiny |
| Pippin, Hair, Oklahoma, South Pacific and Funny Girl | | | | set of music sheets attached to their instrument |
| originated on a sheet. The scores for films like | | | | as they play. |
| The Great Escape, Walt Disney's Fantasia and | | | | Where To Buy |
| Cabaret all began as sheet music. This all proves | | | | Sheets are sold in studios, record stores and |
| how a music sheet grows from a slip of paper | | | | centers that sell musical instruments. |
| with a few notes, keys and chords to a | | | | |