10 things you must know: sheet music

1. A Book of Music Is Not Technically Sheet MusicThe American Heritage Dictionary defines Sheet Music as "Compositions printed on unbound sheets of paper".
2. "Sheet Music" Was The Title of an Album by 10CC.
3. Sheet Music or Score?These two terms actually mean the same thing, as score is the more generic description of Sheet Music. There are several types of score including "full score", "miniature score", "piano score" etc.
4. The First Printed Sheet Music Book Appeared in 1457.
5. Chappell and Co were founded in 1810 by Samuel Chappell, Francis Tatton Latour and Johann Baptist Cramer. They started by selling and publishing sheet music.
6. Manuscript paper is blank sheet music pre-printed with (typically) two sets of six staves on a line, marked with a "Clef" to indicate the key and pitch of the piece of music. It is sometimes referred to in the USA as "staff paper".
7. The Earliest Piece of Sheet Music was from 1400 BC.
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10. The First Machine Printed Music Appeared in the 1473