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For all intents and purposes, PDF files display music just like physical paper. PDFs created from scans of paper music are basically “static” files – in other words, you can read the music as it appears on the page, but you can’t modify the notes other than to draw digital ink markings or to type text on the page. Before we go into a listing of sites and apps over the next few articles, it might be helpful to get a bird’s eye view of some general aspects of the types of sheet music files you’ll find available for download. Getting digital sheet music from the Internet is still a foray into the electronic “Wild Wild West” in many respects, and you’ll find viable commercial options as well as a staggering array of free ones from resources that range from legitimate to dubious. More and more, the question of “how do I get sheet music into my digital reader?” will be answered by downloadable options from the Internet. And with the powerful advent of tablet computers like the iPad, we are on the brink of seeing another transformation from online shopping and physical delivery of paper sheet music (a la Amazon Books) to downloads of digital versions directly into tablets and computers (a la Amazon Kindle). The passing of Patelsons highlighted the new realities of the digital age for retail sheet music. For over six decades, Patelson’s had been a musical mecca for classical musicians who would browse through its musty stacks of sheet music bins and work up the courage to ask an indignant employee about the best edition for Chopin Etudes or the availability of an obscure work by Szymanowski.

On April 12, 2009, The New York Times reported on the closing of a small sheet music store a stone’s throw away from Carnegie Hall.

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