Sheet Music for Download
If you’re searching for music to purchase, download and print, there are a number of sites. The first you might try is Music Notes. Other options are Sheet Music Direct, Sheet Music Score, and Virtual Sheet Music. Of course, there are others and a Google of “download sheet music” brings up a lot.
With many of these sites, you can choose what key your song is in. The first thing to do is look at the key and range (lowest and highest notes) of the original. If it looks like it’s in your range, hit print and sing it in the original key. If it looks too high or too low, count how many 1/2 steps out of your range it is. For example: let’s say the song is in the key of C Major and the highest note is an F. If you’re only comfortable up to a D, then you’ll want to move down three 1/2 steps (F to E, E to Eb, Eb to D). You need to ask the program to move the key down three 1/2 steps, in other words, from C to A Major (C to B, B to Bb, Bb to A). The highest note now will be that D.
