| As easy as this task may sound, a few | | | | song list both melody and chords. Now with this |
| prominent points should be mentioned. Piano sheet | | | | method, you will have to transcribe the melody |
| music is readily available today from a myriad of | | | | line on your own which is pretty easy to do- just |
| sources on the Internet. Go to and type in "piano | | | | whistle or hum the tune as you sit down at the |
| sheet music online" or "piano sheet music" or | | | | piano. Sites that say "guitar tabs" that include |
| "virtual sheet music" and lastly by "(artist name) | | | | guitar tablature are mostly where you'll be finding |
| sheetmusic". You will find countless sites that | | | | your song tabs but sometimes you'll see a site |
| offer immediate access to sheet music online or | | | | that says "piano tabs". What you are really doing |
| available to be sent to a physical address. | | | | as a pianist though is jotting down the chords and |
| Regarding "old fashioned mail order", has an | | | | where they are placed with the lyric. Just ignore |
| amazing selection of sheet music by artist as well | | | | the guitar tablature. Your big limitation though of |
| as instructional music folders and music books so | | | | course, is that many of the tab listings for a song |
| make sure to investigate what they have to | | | | are created by "well intentioned, though |
| offer. The most popular site for online sheet | | | | inexperienced" amateur players. In this regard, |
| music is probably Many classical piano pieces that | | | | you'll need to look at the chords as "a possiblity" |
| have reached public domain status can often be | | | | and you may have to change one or many |
| downloaded for free such as porfolios of Chopin's | | | | chords for the song to sound "correct". The other |
| works or Beethtoven pieces, etc.Contemporary | | | | issue is make sure your "viral control" software is |
| artist books and sheet music to a single song | | | | working as these sites tend to be vulnerable to |
| tend to disappear after a short shelf life existance | | | | those.Concerning "piano or artist song books", |
| and then it becomes a trial sometimes to find | | | | very often a song is not available as a single |
| your selection. Suggestions for obtaining out of | | | | sheet but is can only be found within a song book |
| print music would be to check out and see if your | | | | with many songs all by a certain artist or |
| item is currently available there in new or used | | | | composer or perhaps a book with songs by |
| form. As with most ebay items, availability can | | | | multiple artists. The other scenario you will see is |
| change by minute, hour, or day so don't give up if | | | | theme music books such as "Movie Classic Songs" |
| your item is not seen on your first try. There are | | | | or "Songs of the 90's" or "Best Loved Broadway |
| a number of retail music stores that also specialize | | | | show tunes", anything along those lines.To |
| in hard to find music so "Google" "out of print | | | | discover the "pro way" to play piano songs |
| sheet music" (or "hard-to-find music") and contact | | | | without having to read note-for-note sheet music |
| those particular stores."Virtual sheet music"sites | | | | arrangements, be sure to visit Seagal is a New |
| enable you to gain immediate access to a single | | | | York City based pianist and teacher. A musician |
| song and then print out the piano sheet music | | | | for over 25 years, he is a piano teacher, |
| right from your computer download of that song. | | | | songwriter pianist and is the author of "Play Piano |
| The fees are usual comparable to what a retail | | | | Like a Pro" video course. His formative music |
| store would charge, say $3.95-$6.95. Again, just | | | | education was orchestral training on clarinet with |
| "Google" "virtual sheet music" or "download sheet | | | | Naomi Drucker, Hostra University and the |
| music" to find a good site for this. The nice thing | | | | late-great world-renowned Leon Russianoff, |
| about this feature is that 1) songs only available in | | | | Professor of Music Julliard School of Music and |
| song books or 2)hard to find songs or out of print | | | | Manhattan School of Music. Pop and rock piano |
| songs, will now be accessible at your fingertips by | | | | and songwriting studies with Frank Doyle, New |
| the push of a few buttons!Last but not least, if a | | | | England Conservatory of Music and "Moogy" Mark |
| song appears to be impossible to find, what I've | | | | Klingman, author of the Bette Midler hit "Friends" |
| done is to search out the lyrics online and then | | | | and former pianist for Todd Rundgren's "Utopia". |
| search for the "tab or guitar tabs" or "piano | | | | Classical piano studies with concert pianist Dmitri |
| tabs"for that song and then put the two together | | | | Alexev. |
| to create a "lead sheet". Often the "tabs" to a | | | | |