If you play an instrument, you need sheet music in order play works of others. Let’s take an example of a guitar player. In this case, I’m talking about a classical guitarist. If you know the basics and other techniques related to classical guitar playing, then you can play most of the sheet music available for the guitar. But, how can you find the sheet music for free? Free sheet music is a reality. If you need to find free sheet music, there are a few places you can look for. Let’s have a look at such places in this brief article.
The first and foremost way of finding free sheet music is the Internet. Due to the advancement of communications technology, free material is all over the Internet. Yes, some of these materials are legitimate and some are not. Ok, what are the places on the Internet that you should look for free sheet music?
There are hundreds of thousands of music websites available on the Internet. Some of these websites are hosted by the individuals and others are hosted by the companies. These websites usually offer the visitors a limited amount of free sheet music to be downloaded. But unfortunately, most of this free sheet music does not have the ‘cool’ songs or pieces that you are looking for. Most of this free sheet music offers you basic tunes and there is a high chance that you already know how to play those. In order to provide you with the ‘advanced’ sheet music, you may have to pay one-time fee or a subscription to the website and get their membership. Since we are looking for free sheet music, this is not an option for us.
Although most people do play the above trick of free sheet music, there are some genuine people and companies who offer good quality free sheet music. This free sheet music includes the works of many musicians where the work does not carry any copyright. As an example, these sites may offer you the pieces written by Issac Libniz, but not by U2. This is due to the fact that Issac’s work is copyright free and U2’s work is protected by copyrights.
Torrents are another option for you to download hundreds of thousands of free sheet music. But, most of these free sheet music torrents are not legitimate. These torrents either violate the copyright laws or carry viruses or warms in order to attach the downloader’s computer. Therefore, one should not consider torrents as an option when it comes to finding free sheet music. Without torrents, there are many other ways to get hold of free sheet music while adhering to the laws.
As much as Disney is part and parcel of every child’s and adult’s fantasy world, it is something that we have internalized so much so that everything having to do with Disney becomes a reminder of one’s childhood, one’s comfort zone and one’s home.
As a piano or guitar player, you will definitely make attempts to play Disney songs. While most classic Disney songs are pretty simple in nature when it comes to notations, songs such as Sir Elton John’s Can you feel the love tonight, will have complex chords to bear with while playing.
Unlike most other songs, Disney sheet music is widely available on the internet and the best part of it is, that Disney sheet music is available free of charge.
If you are a Disney fan, like many others, learning to read and play Disney sheet music could be a very satisfying experience in the long run. It is awesome to be able to play Disney sheet music on any instrument at any given time, as the type of songs that Disney produces are always suitable for any age group and event.
If you have a particular liking to Disney, and if you have a tutor who is training you on playing an instrument, you could simply ask him or her to train you on Disney sheet music. While the learning curve will depend from student to student, it will be a fairly easy experience compared to learning to play other modern types of music and songs such as rock and hip hop.
When you search for Disney sheet music on the internet, you should be careful enough to select the original sheet music that is accurate. Of course the accuracy cannot be determined unless otherwise you play the piece and get someone else also to comment on how it sounds.
The fact of the matter is different musicians start playing the pieces on different notes. Some pieces may sound too flat or low and some may sound too high on the pitch. If you do some online research you should be able to find what the proper pitch is and hopefully the proper major/minor on which the song is based.
If you are playing Disney sheet music, you will also need to remember to add some fun and light heartedness in to your playing for almost all Disney songs are soft on the ears. The best thing to do is to find the original Disney sheet music from bookstores that sell old and used books or simply to ask Disney where you can make a purchase.