Sheet Music

Six of the best sites about sheet music. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestions at the bottom of the page. (Related searches: Christmas Sheet Music, Guitar Parts, Vintage Guitar)

1. SheetMusicPlus.com - Bills itself as the “world’s largest selection of sheet music,” offering more than 545,000 songbooks, scores, tabs, and methods. Music featured from over 1,000 publishers, including new hits, standards and classics, music for piano and guitar, Broadway, Christmas, ensembles and more. Site offers in-depth product descriptions, “look inside” images and sound clips, user reviews, and promises customer service from staff trained as musicians, most with music degrees. (www.sheetmusicplus.com)

2. MusicNotes.com -  Legally download sheet music and guitar tabs and enjoy instant delivery of nearly 100,000 songs here. Digital library includes guitar, piano, country, Christian, and favorites like the music of American Idol and the Oscars, as well as some free, printable sheet music downloads. (www.musicnotes.com)

3. Historic American Sheet Music from Duke University - Duke University Libraries Digital Collections features a significant collection of 19th and early 20th century American sheet music available for review here. The Historic American Sheet Music Project provides access to digital images of 3042 pieces published between 1850 and 1920. These images and texts are intended for research or educational use only. (www.library.duke.edu)

4. Taylor Swift Also Spurring Sheet Music Sales - January 12, 2009 article looks at songbook and sheet music sales spurred by country recording artist Taylor Swift. Quotes the president of the Hal Leonard print music company, who cites the piano, vocal and guitar sheet music of Taylor Swift’s debut CD as one of last year’s top five sellers. (www.cmt.com)

5. FreeSheetMusicGuide.com -  Guide to the most popular free sheet music and guitar tabs on the Web. Quickly find links to free (and not so free) sheet music across multiple music categories including pop, rock, classical, Christian, piano, movies and television. You can also find a Top 10 Sheet Music by genre here. (www.freesheetmusicguide.com)

6. Sheet Music Storage -  Drowning in sheet music? This February 21, 2009 blog post written by a professional organizer looks at various products designed to help you declutter and properly store your sheet music. Featured products range in quality from binders to cardboard boxes to custom cherry wood cabinets. (jdorganizer.blogspot.com)