sheet music for piano

[musicman2891]

where do you get you music notes and pieces from?
I dont know where to get them...could you recommend any websites?
do you use any software?

thanks

 

[Sargas]

I use a program called Guitar Pro, which (as the name explains) is mainly a program for guitar players. But if a song has a keyboard/Piano, it's usually there as well. Then I just go to www.ultimate-guitar.com and download some tabs.

The good sides about that program is that it shows me the keyboard, where I can see which notes are being played, so I can learn a song without being able to read the sheets.

The downsides are, that you probably won't learn to read sheets, as the other way is much easier , and you will probably not be able to find songs that does not contain a guitar, like Beethoven or similar.

 

[musicman2891]

orite thats ok...i have guitar pro..but i was more interested in learning sheet aswell..
but i guess i can learn theory but when it comes to learning songs i can just use guitar pro..
im only starting so i dont want to get bad habits
thanks

 

[Mourndark]

It depends what level you want - there are plenty of good sites for classical piano, but I doubt that's what you want. Generally I search for midi files of pieces and extract into Sibelius to view the score, which is essentially what Guitar Pro does, although it's very hit and miss on quality, assuming a file exists.

 

[Skipp]

i think you could use some of these

http://pianomusicsheet.blogspot.com/

http://www.my-piano.blogspot.com/

http://www.e-chords.com

 

[cattz]

Another one to try
http://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/

 

[ypelletier]

My personal favorite is PianoFiles:

http://www.pianofiles.com/

Members publish a list of scanned sheets and songbooks available for trade. I built a large collection of piano songbooks in just a few weeks.

My own list is there:

http://www.pianofiles.com/user/715161

Also, you'll find several songbooks and sheets on 4shared:

http://www.4shared.com/network/search.jsp

Just type "piano" and file type "pdf": you'll get 3 000 hits...

 

[AmyGirl]

I like Piano Sheet Music | Musicnotes.com and they have a great newsletter which gives you a free downloadable song each month.

 

[Mourndark]

I've just discovered IMSLP which has a fantastic collection of classical sheet music for which the copyright has expired. WIMA also has some good stuff, but the quality is often variable.