If you need blank manuscript paper (sheet music), save your money and look no further! Vision Music offers over a dozen popular formats as letter-size templates. Just click on a style and print all you want (paper not included). Hint: clicking on the blue guitarist in the upper left-hand corner of any of the following pages will return you to the main manuscript page.

Style #1: LEAD SHEET

The standard treble clef "lead sheet" is perfect for the "legitimate" music copyist ("I don't need no stinkin' tab!").

Format: 8 staves per sheet - 4 bars/measures per stave = 32 bars/measures per page.

BASS LEAD SHEET


 

Style #2: LEAD/TAB

This popular combination of "lead sheet plus tablature" is considered standard among guitar arrangers/composers.

Format: 4 staves per sheet - 4 bars/measures per stave = 16 bars/measures per page.

BASS LEAD/TAB


 

Style #3: TABLATURE

Dedicated guitar "TAB" (tablature) for the player with little or no interest in reading/writing standard notation.

Format: 8 staves per sheet - 4 bars/measures per stave = 32 bars/measures per page.

BASS TAB


 

Style #4: CHORD GRIDS

Still a highly popular, visually "graphic" means for guitarists to record their chord progressions and ideas.

Format: 8 rows per sheet - 8 chord grids per row = 64 chord grids per page.


 

Style #5: LEAD/GRIDS

For decades many chord-melody guitarists have favored a combination of notation with visual chord grids.

Format: 4 staves per sheet - 2 bars/measures per stave = 8 bars/measures per page.

And four more flavors to choose from!

4 BARS/STAVE   NO BAR LINES   RHYTHM/GRIDS   LEAD/GRID/TAB


 

Style #6: STANDARD PIANO

Yes, Vision Music caters to guitarists & bassists, but we couldn't leave our keyboard colleagues out of the fun!

Format: 6 double-staves per sheet - treble & bass clefs - open bar line structure.


Notation Resources

You may find the following Vision Music lesson reference pages useful when writing your music:

Key Signatures & Cycle of Fifths

Note & Rest Symbols

Sight-Reading Tools for Guitar or Bass

Fingerboard Chart for Guitar or Bass

Note: if you're having trouble fitting everything on a page while printing, we recommend a 15-20% reduction!


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