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