Free Sheet Music?

[rydin4lifebass]

I'm looking for a site to download free sheet music for common/popular songs. Right now I'm looking for a few specific songs but wanted to know if there were any free sites that you guys liked?

[Hellbastard]

Common/popular as in really old songs that are public domain, i.e Bach, Beethoven and such?

[rydin4lifebass]

Not quite that old..like 50's to 60's country and rock n roll type stuff

[MalcolmAmos]

Pure sheet music on songs of that age will not be free. Public domain songs are much older than that. http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm

You can normally find fake chord or perhaps lead sheets for free, but standard notation treble and bass clef - good luck. There are sites but the price will be in the $1.00 to $4.00 per song. Which is not that bad if you really want good sheet music on a specific song.

[longfinger]

for lead sheets..

Wikifonia | lead sheets

You can transpose a song's key and download a PDF of it. You can also download the xml file and use a notation program to alter it to your taste.

[Stumbo]

Why would you think they would be free?

Milk's not free, etc.

Musician's need to eat.

You're a musician...

[SteveC]

Originally Posted by Stumbo

Why would you think they would be free?

Milk's not free, etc.

Musician's need to eat.

You're a musician...

I will never understand why musicians always want music for free....

[rydin4lifebass]

Well, I figured it couldn't hurt to ask. I found a few sites with the first page available as a free preview...wasn't sure if there were any others out there with more.