Where can I buy sheet music books?

by Cornell University Library

I’m looking a few places that sell sheet music books. Does anyone know of any places?

Answer by Jason Ackerman
Any music store. (not CD) The instrument stores will have lots.

Answer by Where’s my scooby snack?
sheetmusicplus. (I’ve bought from them a few times)
amazon
ebay
sometimes physical music stores will have them available. like the stores where you can take piano/guitar/voice lessons. They sometimes have a separate section solely for sheet music/and muisc books.

Answer by i. jones
Places where they sell ink applied to paper.

… book stores, music stores, internet book sellers, etc.

Barns and Noble
JW Pepper
Amazon
Sheet Music Plus
Freehand Music

… et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.*

Answer by Jack Herring
www,burtsmusic.com
Buying sheet music on the internet can be iffy if you cannot actually see the music you are buying. Actually visiting and browsing a local sheet music house will allow you to see exactly what you are buying.

Answer by Birdgirl
They’ve mentioned a few places already. I’ll give you some actual links. I’m on a budget right now, but I order music all the time. Of course you can find the names and numbers of actual music stores by checking the old-fashioned Yellow Pages (if they still print the paper edition in your area) or by googling “sheet music” or “music store” plus the name of your city. That way you can go and browse to your heart’s content. Even on websites that give you a sample page to look and listen to, it might be hard to decide on a piece if you need to check a different section than they give you.

http://www.musicnotes.com (requires software download to see, preview, and download and print purchases–they also sell regular sheet music books that they send via snail mail–the software is free and virus-free)
http://www.sheetmusicplus.com (similar to above site–they seem to carry more books though)
http://www.jwpepper.com
http://www.schirmer.com
http://www.halleonard.com
http://www.cdsheetmusic.com

Usually if you see something on one of the publisher sites (like schirmer) you can get it cheaper or faster through Amazon.com. However, Amazon does not always have a list of the songs that are included in the music books–sometimes they do, and sometimes they don’t. Sometimes a reviewer will post a list so you should check the reviews on an item you might be interested in. If not, just go to the publisher’s website for the information you need on the contents. I mention this because sometimes there can be a lot of duplication in various collections depending on how many books you already own.

You can find a lot of public domain stuff free at http://www.imslp.com or sometimes google books will have some things (entire songbooks as well). Usually printing out an entire score or book can be time-consuming and expensive (if you consider things like printer ink and paper), and since these are usually scans on pdf files, the quality can vary from very good to extremely faded and blurry. It’s a good option though if you want just one song or two. Likewise, for free public domain vocal music I’ve found Art Song Central very helpful–they also will give you links to other sites if they don’t have something, or if it’s under copyright and you need to go buy it somewhere.
http://www.artsongcentral.com

This is a source for public domain choral music. Once again, free but quality varies.

http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/

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i need a piano chair, a guitar slider, and sheet music booklets for piano and guitar. How much would those cost by estimation?

Answer by simpson fan
the thing about piano benches is they’re expensive because of the wood finishing and all that cheapest would be like $ 100.00.
guitar sliders are about 10-20 $ and music books about 6.00 -20.00 for a good music books prices just vary. you want a deal ge the books if you get individual sheets it’s more expensive about 3.95 for some HAL Leonhard publishing companies so get books you get more out em so i guess your’ll be spending

$ 150.00

i know piano benches are expensive thats why they come with the piano. oh just make sure the piano bench when fitted under the piano is 4 inche of space between the bottom of the piano key board and the bench or else your not gonna fit. and your body is going to be off

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