Here's how the music books are arranged on the shelves. Use this as a guide to browsing, but remember that for best results you should also do a keyword search in the online catalog.

Library of Congress Classification for Music

M 1 - 3.3 Sources, collected works

6 - 1490 Instrumental music (scores)

1375 - 1420 Instrumental music for children

1497 - 5000 Vocal music (scores)

1985 Musical games

1990 - 1998 Secular vocal music for children

2190 - 2196 Sacred vocal music for children

ML 35 - 97 Programs, librettos, manuscripts

100 - 158 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, & other ref works

159 - 3775 History and criticism (including biography)

3800 - 3923 Philosophy and physics of music

3930 Books about music for children

MT 2 - 150 Theory, special methods, composition, transposition, analytical guides

170 - 810 Instrumental techniques

180 - 198 Organ

220 - 255 Piano

259 - 338 Stringed instruments

339 - 538 Wind instruments

539 - 654 Plectral instruments

655 - 722 Percussion and other instruments

728 Chamber music instruction & study

730 Orchestral instruction & study

733 - 733.6 Band instruction & study

740 - 810 Instruction for children

820 - 949 Singing and voice culture

898 - 949 Techniques for children

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