Modern, commercial, international pop music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With hundreds of hits from world famous pop artists including Abba, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Shakira and Taylor Swift, have a look through our sheet music and scores, take a look at our Pop Sheet Music Downloads, and explore the wide world of pop music with Stretta Music today!
“Pop music… it’s a universal language. You don’t have to understand music to understand the power of a pop song.”
Paul Epworth, Record Producer, Musician, Songwriter.
Any music throughout history which was designed for dance or entertainment can be named pop music. From folk songs and dances, through to classical ensembles and operetta, pop music as we know it today evolved gradually, thrilling audiences, guests, bourgeoise, proletariat, young and old alike.
Many believe the birth of what we deem pop music today happened at the end of the nineteenth century, where Ragtime and Blues evolved into Swing and Jazz. From there, in the 1940s, Jazz moved into Bebop, which moved into Modern Jazz, whereas out of Blues came early R & B, and it was through R & B that Rock ’n’ Roll developed.
One of the big challenges in the pop music world in the first half of the twentieth century was amplification. In the 1930-40s, many people were playing around with microphones, pick-ups and amps, but with the Shure Model 55 Fatboy microphone in 1939, the Fender Esquire Electric Guitar in 1949, the Fender Precision Bass Guitar in 1951, amplification became a problem of the past, and with good quality equipment being much more readily available, the 1950s saw a hug boom in pop music, with artists like Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby and Elvis Presley helping pop music to grow, and reach more and more people around the world.
Today, we enjoy a wide range of pop music, from Justin Bieber to Coldplay, from Selena Gomez to Adele, no matter your preference, there’s something here for everyone.
for: Recorder [keyboard/guitar]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 774614
for: Recorder [keyboard/guitar]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 560014
for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 770297
Vol. 1
Collection Coup de Pouce
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 177036
Speel de ritmes van de moderne popstijlen!
for: Piano [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 668057
Méthodes instrumentales
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 693986
Le Best Of du blues acoustique. Tous les secrets du finger picking
et de la guitare rag. Open tuning, slide et capodastre. Commentaires et analyses.
for: Acoustic Guitar
Study book, CD
Item no.: 1549287
350 Canzoni italiane e internazionali in testi e accordi
for: Guitar
Songbook (with standard notation and TABs)
Item no.: 1349795
Méthodes instrumentales
for: Guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation, chords and tabs), online play-along
Item no.: 654918
De snelle weg tot succes
for: Guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 617434
Meine Geschichte
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1657240
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 582126
for: Recorder [keyboard/guitar]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 774627
Fondamenti teorici per i corsi tradizionali, jazz e pop/rock
Principi di armonia e improvvisazione per il genere popular
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1550323
En el piano
for: Piano
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 764897
for: Keyboard
Music lesson book
Item no.: 282033
(Teaching material)
for: Drum kit
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 605998
Liedbegleitung vom Choral bis zum Popsong
Band 2: Internationale Folklore und Rock/Pop/Jazzsong
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 467761
Singen lernen mit Welt-Hits – Körperübungen & Atmung
Warm-Ups & Technik – Musiktheorie-Grundlagen
for: Voice (female voice)
Songbook (educational book), CD
Item no.: 604883
103 testi con accordi
for: Guitar
Lyrics, Chords
Item no.: 169391
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 184542
for: Voice
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 765833
for: Guitar
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 669519
Un manuale per suonare la chitarre acustica in maniera efficace! Versione VOW
for: Classical guitar [acoustic guitar]
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online video
Item no.: 773353
for: Piano
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 763983
for: Voice
Book (lexicon)
Item no.: 615916
Méthodes instrumentales
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 693987
Y cantar con letras acordes y tablaturas
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook (with standard notation and TABs)
Item no.: 769817
Forum Musikpaedagogik 97
Item no.: 611840
Die lebendige Kunst des Improvisierens lernen (+MP3-Download)
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 666896
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 193707
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook
Item no.: 771502
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook
Item no.: 772124
Singen lernen mit Welt-Hits – Körperübungen & Atmung
Warm-Ups & Technik – Musiktheorie-Grundlagen
for: Voice (male voice)
Songbook (educational book), CD
Item no.: 605322
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook
Item no.: 772088
for: Melody instrument (C) [guitar/piano/keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 771254
Gig Savers
for: Mouth organ
Item no.: 467187
(Teaching material)
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 182879
for: Guitar
Item no.: 562376
Geignet zum Selbststudium und für den Musikunterricht
Fun-School (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 407156
Das Handbuch zum Akkord–Navi
(incl. Akkord-Navi)
for: Musicians
Music lesson book
Item no.: 618811
50 fabelhafte Akustikgitarren-Song mit detaillierten Spieltipps
Deutsche Version
for: Guitar
Music lesson book
Item no.: 663835
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 610030
Belt Voice Training für die Singstimme
for: Voice
Study book
Item no.: 605105
Basics
Die neue Schule für Elektrobass
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 217006
Ein Weg zum erfolgreichen Klavierspiel solo und in der Band
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 775590
So spielst du authentische Blues-Solos
for: Acoustic guitar [electric guitar]
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 671522
Songs professionell nach Akkordsymbolen spielen und begleiten (mit Zusatzmaterial zum Download)
Band 2
for: Piano
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 460821