Does sheet music from other cultures look like american sheet music?

Question

Music can be played and heard the same but is it read the same? Are the symbols used in America universal?
is there another style, or form of sheet music?

Answer 1

As a world renound Ph.D is music and linguistics, I can safely assure you that no, the American Sheet Music is actually called Standard Notation, and is used universally around the world, for lack of a better system. It has been adapted by cultures that prevously used lesser notations, including the Americans, who were insistent on the European 1765 Notation for years. The Modern Day Standard Notation was developed by the Germans in the early 19th century, by the same country who developed such great composers as Mozart and Behtoveen. Hope this helps!

Answer 2

What baffles me is how it seems as though they've learned enough about piano/other instrument to know what pitches correspond with the letters, yet they see reading music as being too difficult. Same amount of effort goes into either method, really. We can't encourage or push people to learn to read music; we're not their parents, nor is their education our problem. Also, having a policy like refusing to type the answer they want may make sense, but simply ignoring those questions makes more sense. Y!A isn't going to not allow such questions, obviously. So, we need to just deal with it. If it bugs you this much, then just don't read the questions. Edit: I'm rather surprised when I hear about elementary school music classes nowadays. When I was in first grade (age 6), we had music class once a week (as many schools do), and the teacher taught us so much. We didn't just sing the little songs in the books, but she also made up games so we'd learn note values, time signatures, rests, and basic dynamic symbols. That was just the first of many good music learning experiences I had, but that one has stayed with me. It makes me sad to hear that other classes weren't this way and that this is rarely the case nowadays.

Answer 3

In general, the music notation looks the same, but of course there may be some words (like the title or expression instructions) that are in the language of the person who wrote the music. Also, they may use different names for chords, for example. I play the guitar and I play music that is written by both English speakers and Spanish speakers. The staffs, notes, etc. are the same, but in American music the chords have names like C, Bm, etc. In Spanish they have names like Do and Rem.

Answer 4

actually there's no real sheet music other then the western music writings.

the west always make standard/convention about everything, including music writings.
Those conventional music writings can also called the modern music notation.

actually there's another kind of music documentation even thou it's very rare, such as the gregorian music notation also from europe and the heliograph by the egyptian, but usually the traditional music (compared to the modern music) doesn't written, but thought orally from generation to generation (that's why it's called tradition)

Answer 5

No .
Actually every country has its special language for notes.
If the musicians ever get bored about playing the same music they swap sheets.
Thats where "International Music" derives from.

Answer 6

Try http://www.sheetmusicfox.com
They have a great variety of free sheet music.