Common Questions Asked By New Visitors:

I'm new to this site. Can I get free music or do I have to pay for everything?

There is lots of free music that you do not need to pay for. Go here to see and get an explanation of our free music. If you have not yet registered on our site you can get a free membership here

What type of file formats will I find on this site?

Our public domain files are available in Scorch, PDF, Midi, Sibelius, Finale, XML and Portable Scorch format.
 
What plug-ins or software do I need to install? (if I don't already have them)

You will need the free Scorch plug-in to view Scorch files, the free Solero software for Solero files, and Adobe reader for our PDF files.
Of course if you download our Sibelius, XML, or Finale files then you will generally own the notation software for these files.
Our Midi files can be played through most computers using the standard midi player such as Quick Time or Windows Media player.

Why don't you just offer files in one format?

The reason is that not all music is available in all formats from all publishers. By offering Scorch and Solero as the 2 main sheet music viewer formats, we can offer you the largest library on the web.'
The reason we offer Sibelius, XML, Finale, PDF and Midi files is to allow others to download these files and use them for their own educational or personal use.

What is the difference between your public domain files and licensed files?

For a detailed explanation, please go here

Sheet Music Digital is based in Ontario, Canada and has been in business for many, many years. We have thousands of members ranging from teachers, students, churches, schools, and many organizations and all types of music lovers.

We offer all genres of music from choral, to piano, to guitar tab and so much more,  in a digital format that allows you to hear and play the music on line, and print directly to your printer.

It is our goal to bring you digital sheet music in the least expensive and most versatile manner possible. How are we doing this?
 

EXAMPLE:

• We offer you over 14,097 public domain files that you can download and print for free. These files come in different formats which are Scorch, PDF, Midi, Sibelius, Finale, XML and Portable Scorch format.
  
  All you need to do is register for a free membership and you can start downloading now. This is a tremendous sheet music resource for anyone!
   

• We have over 165,000 licensed digital sheet music files in our library from Linus and Lucy, to You Raise Me Up and musicians from Hannah Montana to Eric Clapton and genres like jazz, Broadway, rock and thousands of lead sheets. These files are available in the popular Scorch and Solero format.
  
  To see how Scorch works go here to install the free Scorch music viewer, then here to try some free samples!
  
  To see how Solero works go here to install the free Solero music viewer, then here to try some free samples!
   

• We also have the complete library from Hal Leonard Publishers containing over 80,000 items in the traditional print format that we can ship directly to your home or business. At this time, we offer shipping of these products in North America only.
   

• Anyone can purchase most titles and products and our site without having to be an Emerald member.

ABOUT BECOMING AN EMERALD MEMBER

• We introduced our popular Emerald membership years ago which is an extremely valuable license for all music teachers, schools, churches, all music organizations and any music lovers. Here is what you get with an Emerald membership:
   

• Not only can Emerald members download and/or print unlimited copies of files from our public domain free library (over 11,000 files available) but our goal is to increase this library to over 100,000 files. We will always keep the first 11,000 free, but all new additions beyond that will be for Emerald members only. So as an example, when the library reaches 50,000 there will be 11,000 free and 39,000 that can be downloaded or printed for free by Emerald members only.
   

• To help us build this library and make this a truly incredible resource for you, we also allow any Emerald member to upload their own sheet music files to our library. This is done in real time so your files will show up immediately. Files that you upload will be available for all other Emerald members to download and print at no additional charge.
   

• All Emerald members can also have their own web page on Sheet Music Digital. Your web page is used to display your uploaded files so that other Emerald members can see your music and you will be able to see others as well.
  (go here to see an example from one of our teachers - Mary Misiak)
   

• All Emerald members also receive a 20% discount on any of the licensed digital Scorch files that they purchase. This means that a Scorch file that is normally purchased for $4.50 by non-Emerald members can now be purchased for $3.60.
   

• All Emerald members receive a 20% discount on any music book for traditional delivery to home or business.
   

• If a private music teacher, school, church or any other organizations purchase a lifetime Emerald membership then, any and all students or members associated to that teacher, school church or organization also get a lifetime Emerald membership for free using a unique registration key that is generated at the time of purchase.
   

• All Emerald members can access their license from school, church, home or any computer world wide where you can install Scorch or the Solero Music Reader as you only need to log into your account through your browser. This gives you tremendous flexibility when you need to access your files.