lead sheet

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   a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form

   Broadersheet music

Questions about lead sheet

What does lead sheet mean?

lead sheet means "a sheet containing the words and melody for a song (and some indication of harmony) written in simple form".

Is lead sheet a common word?

lead sheet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.