Free sheets

Try Nawtara with these sheets

Public-domain melodies, typeset by us, ready to open in the app. Three Arabic songs with their quarter tones, and one Western piece.

  • First page of Ya Shadi el-Alhan: a melody in maqam Rast, with the half-flat in its key signature.

    Ya Shadi el-Alhan

    يا شادي الألحان

    Sayed Darwish · 1 page

    • Maqam Rast
    • Quarter tones
    • Key change
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  • First page of El-Helwa Di, a two-page melody with repeat signs.

    El-Helwa Di

    الحلوة دي

    Sayed Darwish · 2 pages

    • Repeats
    • Quarter tones
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  • First page of Aho Da Elli Sar, with half-flats on B.

    Aho Da Elli Sar

    أهو ده اللي صار

    Sayed Darwish · 1 page

    • Quarter tones
    • Repeat
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  • First page of Ode to Joy, the theme of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, in D major.

    Ode to Joy

    Ludwig van Beethoven · 1 page

    • Western
    • D major
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How to try a sheet

  1. 1

    Open this page on your iPhone or Android phone.

  2. 2

    Tap a PDF, then share it to Nawtara (or save it to Files and import it from the app).

  3. 3

    Nawtara reads the notes in about 30 seconds. Press play.

Each sheet uses one reading page of the free allowance (El-Helwa Di uses two).

Free to use

The melodies are in the public domain: Sayed Darwish died in 1923, Beethoven in 1827. Our engravings are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0: copy, print, share or reuse them, no permission needed.

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