CHAPTER21
Lead Sheets and Scores
In This Chapter
- Creating clear and readable written music
- Understanding the differences between lead sheets, chord sheets, and scores
- Learning how to create a full score for choir, big band, or orchestra
- Exploring easy-to-use music notation software for your computer
Once you’ve written a piece of music, you need to present it in a way that other musicians can easily read. There are many different approaches to notating written music; which ones you use depends in part on the type of music you’ve written and who will be playing it.
If you’ve written a song for a rock or country band, the music you write can ...
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