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Music scores

Learning the piano?  The guitar?  The violin?  Any other instrument?  Or are you in a band?  Want something fresh and new to play? 

From Chopin to the Corrs, from flute to cello, the library has a selection of scores for a variety of instruments, and in a variety of music genres. 

If you're feeling really confident, grab one of the scores in the corner of Sound and Vision and play us some songs on the piano.  

Library catalogue search tips:

To find a specific score

Search the Library catalogue using title keyword or general keyword for words you think might be in the title. 


 

Author browse 

Use author browse (last name, then first name) to find scores by famous artists.


For example:
 author/artist Finn, Neil

will find everything by Neil Finn including books, cds, dvds, etc.

You have to look at the format of the list for this icon:

Score

 to see whether it is a music score or not.

  


Music score title browse 

If you wish to search for items in a specific format, such as music scores, click on Format Search to bring up this search menu. These are all alphabetical browse searches so you just need to enter the first few words of the title.  

For example: Music score title browse split
will bring up an alphabetical list with Split Enz by request at the top. 



New and notable scores

Music by Madonna

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This score contains every song from Madonna's hugely popular album Music, for voice and piano, and also includes guitar chord diagrams.  Songs you might know from this include Music, Don't tell me and What it feels like for a girl.