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SHEET MUSIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musical composition in printed or written form
Example:
she turned the pages of the music as he played
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sheet music" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sheet music"):
lead sheet (a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form)
piano music (sheet music to be played on a piano)
musical score; score (a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages)
