Music Electronics microArchive Not sheet music, but still useful. It's a large collection of articles and "how-to's" on electronic music. For example, "Converting old PA Tube Amps into Guitar Amps", "Flanging Theory", and "Tube Amp Theory for Beginners". Plus, lotsa schematics.
Good Ear The free, online ear training site. A lot of exercises help You to develop good ears.
Coda Music - Finale "Our software division has just released a powerful notation software called Finale Notepad. We are making this product available at no cost over the Internet. So far we have over 100,000 downloads with no advertising!"
Scorch Music by Sibelius Home of the well-known Scorch viewer/player. Find thousands of scores for free and for sale.
Russian Midi Music Lots of Russian tunes -- all in MIDI, so you'll need a MIDI-to-standard-notation tool. The site's also in Russian -- great if you have Cryllic fonts, but they do have an English mirror you can click!
Video Game Music This is a MIDI site -- but it's a unique one! You'll find thousands of video game MIDI's here -- from the early NES and Atari to the latest Playstation games! Even many of your favorite arcade games (I'm listening to the arcade version of "Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles" right now!)
The American Nyckelharpa Association Nice site with a sense of humor -- Nyckelharpa, also known as a "what is that thing?"! Lots of nice stuff about this Swedish instrument, including a great resources page (build or buy your own) with GIF sheet music!
Songwriter Site This one isn't a sheet music site as such, but I think it's a great fit. The site offers gazillions of articles, reports, resources, etc for songwriters -- and I think this is a topic folks on this site might find interesting. Start here and you'll find several days worth of surfing!
Gilbert and Sullivan Archive I am the very model of a modern Major General! Really cool! "The Archive, which was established in September 1993, includes a variety of G&S related items, including clip art, librettos, plot summaries, pictures of the original G&S stars, song scores, midi and mpeg audio files (which allow you to actually listen to the music), and newsletter articles." Sing along with the midi files!
Where's the Beat? Interesting site presenting art of polyrhythms. GIF's and MIDI's (and fee books). "Bali, where the rhythms of gamelan music fill the night air. India, birthplace of tala, a cyclical approach to rhythm. In the world fusion rhythms created by combining ideas from many traditions. In the music of the Ancient Future. In a world rhythm training manual by Matthew Montfort called Ancient Traditions -- Future Possibilities. "
the abc musical notation language The ABC guy. Links to gazzillions of abc collections. This stuff will keep you busy for years. Also lots of general "abc" information.
Musicease Home of "SongBox", a shareware program that loads and prints "collections" of music. Offers several "collections" or "libraries" for download, including collections of traditional fiddle/dance tunes, Christmas songs, and ragtime.
US Copyright Office Okay, it's a stretch ... BUT, if you've written your own tunes and would like to copyright them, here's a place for information and the necessary forms!
Web Tunes Midi compositions designed to be used as "web page tunes" -- tunes that play when you open a web page. Many have violin tracks, which means you can print out the MIDI score and "play along with the band!" Note that these are copyrighted compositions and may not be otherwise distributed without permission!
Kaze no uta Midi House Nearly a thousand video game and anime midi files! Use a midi-to-standard-notation tool for the sheet music!
Frescores Free sheet music, in pdf files, medieval, rennaissance, baroq, classical, romanticism and XX century. All instrument. In spanish by the moment.
Frescores Free sheet music, in pdf files, medieval, rennaissance, baroq, classical, romanticism and XX century. All instrument. In spanish by the moment.
Mobile Phone Tunes Program tunes into your mobile phone! Select from a wide variety of tunes and receive keypad directions to enter and play the tune!
Music Selections Most interesting! Only midi files -- but you can use a midi-to-notation utility. You'll find movie tunes, television theme tunes, and also spiritual tunes. I found a lot of Disney tunes when I looked.
Moclin's MIDI Data Collection Over 1,000 MIDI's (you can use a midi-to-standard-notation program) in categories such as "Classical", "Choral", "Hymns", "Concert", "Original", etc.
Broadway MIDI MIDI Site (Use a midi-to-standard-notation utility) with over 4,000 tunes from Broadway musicals, movies, and opera!
