FREE - PRINTABLE - BLANK MUSIC SHEETS

Can you remember every song? Every pitch, chord, scale? Every lyric and song form?

Me neither. That's why we write down stuff. Below are blank pages for the most common ways to write down music. Formatted for print out!

I've also included a brief description of some ways you can use each.

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Learning Tools For Practicing and Song Sheets
 

2026 Practice Book | Songdog Music

    This book gives you two vital things for your music practice: a thought process, and a record keeping tool.

    A regular habit of playing your music, with simple forethought and directed effort; this is the only thing separating a beginning player from your musical heroes.

    Get this FREE GUIDE: How to think about and plan practicing your instrument How to track your effort and learn from your own learning

    Great for accomplished players, NECESSARY for BEGINNERS

    Free
    Daily Practice Session - Template | Songdog Music

      More specific than the yearly Practice Book, this template gently guides you through planning your practice effectively. Learn to think like a musician by utilizing the practice topics and detailed instructions. Think of it as your musical personal trainer . . . in a PDF!

      Free
      Super Lead Sheet template

        Lead Sheets are a mainstay for musicians writing down songs. My version gives you a template to use and some thoughts and procedures to help you through learning your songs.

        I always felt lead sheets needed more information and more structure for folks to easily figure out how to write their music down. So I made these. They were better, Super, if you will, so I made a pun on the famous Marshall amp.

        If the DOCX file type doesn't work for you, write me and I'll format so you can use this.

        Free

        STAFFS and TABS

        With various lines, clefs, instruments, layouts

        All formatted for ease of use and ease of printing

         

        single line staff with percussion clef

          single line staff with percussion clef

          For writing rhythms. It is also good for laying out chord changes: great for making Lead Sheets! Percussion clef is included - so it doesn't just look like a bunch of single lines. Which is what it is. And yes, you could Read more

          For writing rhythms. It is also good for laying out chord changes: great for making Lead Sheets! Percussion clef is included - so it doesn't just look like a bunch of single lines. Which is what it is. And yes, you could use notebook paper and draw a percussion clef, and write rhythms to your heart's content (this is cooler). It's that simple. That's the point. Rhythm learning is easy if you just focus on rhythm only.

          Free
          5-line staff with percussion clef

            5-line staff with percussion clef

            Percussion Clef is the most versatile clef we own. You simply assign whatever pitch/sound element you want and then focus on RHYTHM! Good for laying out chord changes: great for making Lead Sheets! Rhythm learning is easy if you just focus on rhythm only.

            Free
            staff paper

              staff paper

              Staff Paper: five lines, four spaces, as it has been for about 400 years. You can draw your own percussion clef, treble clef, bass clef (or several others, if you're specially learned!). If this thing scares you, then you haven't paid attention to what Songdog has been teaching.

              Free
              guitar TAB

                guitar TAB

                This is very handy for ideas that are more visual, and pattern oriented.

                Free
                guitar TAB & treble clef staff

                  guitar TAB & treble clef staff

                  This is one of the most handy kinds of music paper - because you can use either, or both, notation systems.

                  Free
                  uke TAB & treble clef staff

                    uke TAB & treble clef staff

                    This is one of the most handy kinds of music paper - for ukulele - because you can use either, or both, notation systems.

                    Free
                    Bass TAB and Bass Clef Staff

                      Bass TAB and Bass Clef Staff

                      For laying down the bassline. This is one of the most handy kinds of music paper - because you can use either, or both, notation systems.

                      Free
                      Bass TAB_5 String & Bass Cleff Staff

                        Bass TAB_5 String & Bass Cleff Staff

                        For laying down the bassline - - when you're extra. This is one of the most handy kinds of music paper - because you can use either, or both, notation systems.

                        Free

                        Chord Charts & Neck Charts

                        The best chord charts and neck charts on the planet! 
                        Clear and accurate, providing beginners charts that are visually helpful for learning and remembering chords, scales and more. Awesome features which help beginners get a solid visual image of how their instrument works:

                        *Show string thickness

                        *Show fret markers and nuts where needed

                        *Realistic proportions to help your visual understanding of the fretboard

                        *Large enough to draw on with either a pdf editor or printed out and using a pencil

                        *Neck Charts! Not as common as chord charts, these things can help you learn every inch of the fretboard!


                        Plus they are beautiful, thanks to the brilliant Songdog graphics department!

                         

                        guitar chord charts - open position with nut & dots

                          guitar chord charts - open position with nut & dots

                          Shows the nut, and fret marker dots at 3 & 5

                          Free
                          guitar chord charts - moveable position

                            guitar chord charts - moveable position

                            Chord charts with no nut or dots, so you can use them to write chords in any upper position on the guitar neck.

                            Free
                            guitar neck charts - 12 fret

                              guitar neck charts - 12 fret

                              This chart allows you to mark the entire fretboard up to the 12th fret - this is complete because above that it just repeats.

                              Free
                              guitar neck charts - 17 fret

                                guitar neck charts - 17 fret

                                This one goes up to the 17th fret - this is helpful if you are notating a scale in every position. Sometimes you'll begin higher than open position and therefore want to carry on your patterns farther up than 12th fret.

                                Free
                                uke chord charts - open position with nut and dots

                                  uke chord charts - open position with nut and dots

                                  Shows the nut and fret marker dots at 3 & 5

                                  Free
                                  uke chord charts - moveable position

                                    uke chord charts - moveable position

                                    This one has no nut or dots, so you can use it to write chords in any upper position on the ukulele neck.

                                    Free
                                    uke neck charts - 12 fret

                                      uke neck charts - 12 fret

                                      This chart allows you to mark the entire fretboard up to the 12th fret - this is complete because above that it just repeats.

                                      Free
                                      uke neck charts - 17 fret

                                        uke neck charts - 17 fret

                                        This one goes up to the 17th fret - this is helpful if you are notating a scale in every position. Sometimes you'll begin higher than open position and therefore want to carry on your patterns farther up than 12th fret.

                                        Free