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'''Sheet music''' is [[musical notation]] written down on [[paper]]; it is the [[music]]al analog of a [[book]].

Reading s boooooobs With the exception of solo performances, where memorization is expected, classical musicians ordinarily have the sheet music at hand when performing. Even in [[jazz]] music, which is mostly [[improvisation|improvised]], there is a lot of sheet music describing [[arrangement]]s, [[melody|melodies]], and [[chord (music)|chord]] changes.

Sheet music is less important in other forms of music, however. In [[popular music]], although sheet music is produced, it is nowadays more usual for people to [[learning music by ear|learn the piece by ear]] (that is, by imitation). This is also the case in most forms of western [[folk music]]. Musics of other cultures, both folk and classical, are often transmitted orally, though some have sheet music, and a few use hand signals or some other device as a learning mnemonic.