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Sheet music can be used in Wikipedia articles about musical works. While the use of screenshots of sheet music is discouraged, text can be written discussing the nature of a musical work. Reliable sources for sheet music include Musicnotes.com and Sheetmusicplus.com. From sheet music sources, editors can deduce much information about a musical work, including:
- Time signature
- Key
- Tempo (both a description [eg: moderately; slowly et cetera] and the number of beats per minute)
- Basic chord progression (using en dashes to indicate sequence)
Note that these sheet music sources do not distinguish between whether it is in a male or female vocal range in their notation and thus often notate songs sung by males as being an octave above where they actually sing. Use discernment in these cases as what is listed as the range in these sources is often incorrect.
When using sheet music in articles, editors must attribute the source in the prose.