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10 Language-to-English DictionariesSheet Music
/ʃiːt ˈmjuːzɪk/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Printed music notation on paper, typically consisting of a single piece or collection of musical compositions.
"She bought a book of sheet music for her favorite songs." - 2
A specific arrangement of music written for performance, often used by musicians to play or sing.
"The pianist followed the sheet music closely during the recital."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'sheet music' originates from the combination of 'sheet', referring to a single page of paper, and 'music', derived from the Greek 'mousike', meaning 'art of the Muses'. The phrase began to be used in the 18th century as printed music became more widely available.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sheet Music" is said worldwide
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partition
Transliteration: par-ti-syon
"Elle a acheté une partition de ses chansons préférées."
Notenblatt
Transliteration: no-ten-blatt
"Der Pianist folgte dem Notenblatt während des Konzerts."
spartito
Transliteration: spar-ti-to
"Ha comprato uno spartito per le sue canzoni preferite."
partitura
Transliteration: par-ti-tu-ra
"Compró una partitura de sus canciones favoritas."
partitura
Transliteration: par-ti-tu-ra
"Ela comprou uma partitura das suas músicas favoritas."
संगीत पत्रिका
Transliteration: sangeet patrika
"उसने अपनी पसंदीदा गानों की संगीत पत्रिका खरीदी।"
乐谱
Transliteration: yuè pǔ
"她买了一本她最喜欢的歌曲的乐谱。"
악보
Transliteration: akbo
"그녀는 좋아하는 노래의 악보를 샀다."
楽譜
Transliteration: gakufu
"彼女はお気に入りの曲の楽譜を買った。"
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