novice question

[bassinplace]

Ok, this is gonna sound really dumb, but I'm new at this stuff so, here's my question:

I have finished a few beginner books and I'm now into the first one that has pieces that cover several pages. My silly question is how do you keep playing while turning pages? Dumb question, I know, but I seem to be having a little difficulty with it.

[Ray man]

Originally Posted by bassinplace

Ok, this is gonna sound really dumb, but I'm new at this stuff so, here's my question:

I have finished a few beginner books and I'm now into the first one that has pieces that cover several pages. My silly question is how do you keep playing while turning pages? Dumb question, I know, but I seem to be having a little difficulty with it.

It's not a dumb question. However, I never figuered it out myself.
I assume once you memorize the last few bars on one page as well as the first few on the next, you can turn the page durring a rest note. Or you can just memorize the whole piece.

[Roy Vogt]

You might make copies of the pages and tape them together, then accordion-fold them so you can just fold over one pair of pages to read the next pair.
Hope that makes sense...

[Ray man]

Originally Posted by Roy Vogt

You might make copies of the pages and tape them together, then accordion-fold them so you can just fold over one pair of pages to read the next pair.
Hope that makes sense...

This makes sense to me.

[TortillaChip520]

I've seen "Noob question", I've seen "Stupid question", but never a "novice question".
maybe you should go to the DB forum

[kr0n]

You design, patent and build a device for Kindle that allows it to use sheet music and has a built in frequency indentificator, be it it a mic with software or oscillator or whatever. Then when it realizes you're nearing the end of the page it scrolls down a bit or turn to the next page.

Or perhaps something that has a foot switch incorporated to it that turns the paper or changes page in Kindle. That would be easier to manufacture and probably easy to sell.

Wouldn't be too hard to use a hand held scanner for scanning sheet music (in they're not online or as a file already) so you can use eBook for it.

[FranR]

You can either turn the page quickly during playing or memorize the last and first bar and try and turn the page when there is enough rest.

Turning pages gets getting used to, but the more you do it the faster you get at it.

Some will fold the corner of the page so they can turn it a bit faster.

A musicstand would be handy if you have one. Without one it would be even harder.

[PJSShearer]

I spent most of my pro careeer playing in bands that used charts and so learned very quickly to play one handed (hammer on/pull offs with the left) whilst turning pages and/or finding the next number whilst still playing the current one!!.

Generally I found that the sheet music to a song usually fits on 2 or 3 pages which means you can spread the whole piece out at once on your music stand. A handy trick is to get a piece of hardboard roughly 2' x 1' (60cm X 30cm) and put it on your stand behind the charts to support the 3 and 4 pagers.

[bassinplace]

Originally Posted by TortillaChip520

I've seen "Noob question", I've seen "Stupid question", but never a "novice question".
maybe you should go to the DB forum

What's that? Anyway, thanks for the help...

[bassinplace]

Originally Posted by PJSShearer

I spent most of my pro careeer playing in bands that used charts and so learned very quickly to play one handed (hammer on/pull offs with the left) whilst turning pages and/or finding the next number whilst still playing the current one!!.

Generally I found that the sheet music to a song usually fits on 2 or 3 pages which means you can spread the whole piece out at once on your music stand. A handy trick is to get a piece of hardboard roughly 2' x 1' (60cm X 30cm) and put it on your stand behind the charts to support the 3 and 4 pagers.

Ah! Brilliant! Why didn't I think of that? That's what I'll do. Thank you!

[countrybassist]

I've never had a problem, I have 3 hands.

[jknoxdmd]

Need to design something like they use with karaoke where it scrolls across the screen. That would be cool.

[TortillaChip520]

Originally Posted by bassinplace

What's that? Anyway, thanks for the help...

I was joking about how you put it sounded more sophisticated than most posts like that are, and the DB forum is the Double Bass forum, whom are generally the more sophisticated members... that's all

[Rudreax]

This:

Originally Posted by Roy Vogt

You might make copies of the pages and tape them together, then accordion-fold them so you can just fold over one pair of pages to read the next pair.
Hope that makes sense...

plus this:

Originally Posted by PJSShearer

I spent most of my pro careeer playing in bands that used charts and so learned very quickly to play one handed (hammer on/pull offs with the left) whilst turning pages and/or finding the next number whilst still playing the current one!!.

Generally I found that the sheet music to a song usually fits on 2 or 3 pages which means you can spread the whole piece out at once on your music stand. A handy trick is to get a piece of hardboard roughly 2' x 1' (60cm X 30cm) and put it on your stand behind the charts to support the 3 and 4 pagers.

Along with this:

Originally Posted by FranR

You can either turn the page quickly during playing or memorize the last and first bar and try and turn the page when there is enough rest.

Turning pages gets getting used to, but the more you do it the faster you get at it.

Some will fold the corner of the page so they can turn it a bit faster.

A musicstand would be handy if you have one. Without one it would be even harder.

Equals win, essentially. Stick with that and you'll be fine.

[FromTheBassMent]

Isn't this what girlfriends are for?

(Notice I didn't say 'WIVES'....)

[Sizlack]

Originally Posted by FromTheBassMent

Isn't this what girlfriends are for?

(Notice I didn't say 'WIVES'....)

I use my 5 year old daughter...works rather well.

[Minotauros]

Originally Posted by Sizlack

I use my 5 year old daughter...works rather well.

And no problems with child services and child labor laws!? Excellent! I've always used children to pick things up from the floor... they're closer to it.

[Minotauros]

Originally Posted by bassinplace

Ok, this is gonna sound really dumb, but I'm new at this stuff so, here's my question:

I have finished a few beginner books and I'm now into the first one that has pieces that cover several pages. My silly question is how do you keep playing while turning pages? Dumb question, I know, but I seem to be having a little difficulty with it.

You will learn and memorize the pieces. After all, at a gig you may have cheat sheets and fake sheets, but you don't want to look as though you're playing from a book.

While learning and playing by yourself, I think it's perfectly OK to stop playing to Turn The Page (I had to, I just had to! I'm weak!) at this point in your learning.

And I'll echo someone else's suggestion about photo copies. They're for your own use, so I don't think there's a copyright problem (who's gonna know? ). Definitely get a cheap metal music stand (usually $14.95) and spread them out on it. You can fit 3 sheets on the stand by clipping them.

Hey, necessity is the mother of invention.