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: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 774938
for: Bass guitar
Music lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), playback-CD (mp3), DVD
Item no.: 765512
Eine kommentierte Bibliografie, Diskografie, Filmografie
Primarstufe und Sekundarstufe I und II
Music lesson book
Item no.: 353559
Instrucción musical
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), online audio
Item no.: 693018
A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Guitar Styles and Techniques of Kurt Cobain.
Signature Licks
for: Electric guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation and tabs), Demo CD
Item no.: 346373
Vol. 1 : Funk-, Rock-, Pop- & Fusion-Playalongs für Schlagzeuger
12 Playback-Tracks
for: Drum kit
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 334002
Das ultimative Übungskonzept zum Komponieren und (Re)Harmonisieren von Songs aus Rock – Pop - Jazz
for: Electric guitar
Music lesson book (with standard notation and chord charts), demo CD
Item no.: 660315
Drum Instruction
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 648164
10 piano solos with technique warm-ups
for: Keyboard [piano/electric organ]; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 685954
Eine moderne Schlagzeugschule für Jazz und Pop music
for: Drum kit
Music lesson book
Item no.: 113244
Le più belle canzoni
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook, 2 CDs
Item no.: 772120
Lick Library
for: Guitar
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 444011
Finde deinen Stil und deinen Ausdruck
for: Voice
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 631233
La pratica e la teoria musicale con studi progressivi in vari stili: Rock, Pop, Blues, Jazz e Latin
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 766039
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
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
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
Singen lernen mit Welt-Hits – Körperübungen & Atmung
Warm-Ups & Technik – Musiktheorie-Grundlagen
for: Voice (female voice)
Songbook (educational book), CD
Item no.: 604883
for: Guitar
Lyrics, Chords
Item no.: 169391
for: Recorder [keyboard/guitar]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 774627
(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
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 184542
for: Guitar
Lesson book (with standard notation, chords and tabs), online play-along
Item no.: 654918
for: Bass guitar
Lesson book (standard notation and tabs), playback-CD
Item no.: 582126
for: Guitar
Study book (guitar grips)
Item no.: 666894
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