| As easy as this task may sound, a few | | | | find a good site for this. The nice thing about this |
| prominent points should be mentioned. Piano sheet | | | | feature is that 1) songs only available in song |
| music is readily available today from a myriad of | | | | books or 2)hard to find songs or out of print |
| sources on the Internet. Go to and type in "piano | | | | songs, will now be accessible at your fingertips by |
| sheet music online" or "piano sheet music" or | | | | the push of a few buttons! |
| "virtual sheet music" and lastly by "(artist name) | | | | Last but not least, if a song appears to be |
| sheetmusic". You will find countless sites that | | | | impossible to find, what I've done is to search out |
| offer immediate access to sheet music online or | | | | the lyrics online and then search for the "tab or |
| available to be sent to a physical address. | | | | guitar tabs" or "piano tabs"for that song and then |
| Regarding "old fashioned mail order", has an | | | | put the two together to create a "lead sheet". |
| amazing selection of sheet music by artist as well | | | | Often the "tabs" to a song list both melody and |
| as instructional music folders and music books so | | | | chords. Now with this method, you will have to |
| make sure to investigate what they have to | | | | transcribe the melody line on your own which is |
| offer. The most popular site for online sheet | | | | pretty easy to do- just whistle or hum the tune |
| music is probably Many classical piano pieces that | | | | as you sit down at the piano. Sites that say |
| have reached public domain status can often be | | | | "guitar tabs" that include guitar tablature are |
| downloaded for free such as porfolios of Chopin's | | | | mostly where you'll be finding your song tabs but |
| works or Beethtoven pieces, etc. | | | | sometimes you'll see a site that says "piano tabs". |
| Contemporary artist books and sheet music to a | | | | What you are really doing as a pianist though is |
| single song tend to disappear after a short shelf | | | | jotting down the chords and where they are |
| life existance and then it becomes a trial | | | | placed with the lyric. Just ignore the guitar |
| sometimes to find your selection. Suggestions for | | | | tablature. Your big limitation though of course, is |
| obtaining out of print music would be to check out | | | | that many of the tab listings for a song are |
| and see if your item is currently available there in | | | | created by "well intentioned, though inexperienced" |
| new or used form. As with most ebay items, | | | | amateur players. In this regard, you'll need to look |
| availability can change by minute, hour, or day so | | | | at the chords as "a possiblity" and you may have |
| don't give up if your item is not seen on your first | | | | to change one or many chords for the song to |
| try. There are a number of retail music stores | | | | sound "correct". The other issue is make sure |
| that also specialize in hard to find music so | | | | your "viral control" software is working as these |
| "Google" "out of print sheet music" (or | | | | sites tend to be vulnerable to those. |
| "hard-to-find music") and contact those particular | | | | Concerning "piano or artist song books", very |
| stores. | | | | often a song is not available as a single sheet but |
| "Virtual sheet music"sites enable you to gain | | | | is can only be found within a song book with |
| immediate access to a single song and then print | | | | many songs all by a certain artist or composer or |
| out the piano sheet music right from your | | | | perhaps a book with songs by multiple artists. The |
| computer download of that song. The fees are | | | | other scenario you will see is theme music books |
| usual comparable to what a retail store would | | | | such as "Movie Classic Songs" or "Songs of the |
| charge, say $3.95-$6.95. Again, just "Google" | | | | 90's" or "Best Loved Broadway show tunes", |
| "virtual sheet music" or "download sheet music" to | | | | anything along those lines. |