Carrying Sheet Music

[MultiScaleMale]

iPad and OnSong.

 

[fclefgeoff]

I also use an ipad mini and ForScore. Not sure how much ForScore costs these days but it is worth every penny. The developers constantly update this app with very useful features. It is rock solid and has never failed me.

 

[Selta]

My Surface Pro.

 

[TwinDad]

Question about For Score (hello everyone... I'm new here) ... I see it can do scores but can it also do chord charts? At my church I basically get a sheet with the lyrics and the chords above the word at the changes... not very music-like though it's enough. Can For Score recognize that?

 

[Nickweissmusic]

I still use a giant binder with every sheet in sheet protectors. I can't imagine buying another iPad for gigs (already have 2 for DJing, sometimes an employee has my other one) but I might need to, wasn't aware of those apps, that seems very convenient. If you just need chords iReal is great but I need lyric sheets too, gigbook looks awesome.

BTW, the K&M heavy folding wire stand IS strong enough to hold a loaded 3" binder. Don't even try another brand. I got tired of lugging a manhasset around and assumed the K&M would be good enough for maybe one season and cheap enough to replace as needed. I'm still on my first after at least 3 seasons.

 

[madbanjoman]

Question about For Score (hello everyone... I'm new here) ... I see it can do scores but can it also do chord charts? At my church I basically get a sheet with the lyrics and the chords above the word at the changes... not very music-like though it's enough. Can For Score recognize that?

if the doc is a pdf ForScore can handle it.

 

[5544]

Charger's mounted to my pedalboard. Cable kept in pedalboard case.

Keep a charger with the instrument cables or pedalboard, they are cheap. I also keep a couple of small USB pocket batteries in the boot of my car for gigs where outlets are sparse.

What happens when you forget your pedalboard?

I was just listening to a podcast where someone forgot their pedalboard and all their cables were with it. They had to play directly to the amp with a borrowed cable.

 

[somebrains]

Binders remind me of school band.
What's best is to have parts tattooed on to the singer.
They're in front of you all the time anyway.
When you run out of skin, get a fresh singer bc by now you've memorized the old singer.

 

[Jon Moody]

Question about For Score (hello everyone... I'm new here) ... I see it can do scores but can it also do chord charts? At my church I basically get a sheet with the lyrics and the chords above the word at the changes... not very music-like though it's enough. Can For Score recognize that?

As mentioned, if you have the chart in a PDF, it can open in ForScore

Or for lead sheets (I work with a lot of folk artists that hand me those), I use Songbook ChordPro. It takes a little getting used to the formatting, but with that I just copy/paste the lead sheet into a text document with the chords, and it imports it perfectly.

 

[s van order]

When I first started with my teacher we went over so many songs that I got those plastic sheets, and put it in a binder but found the plastic sheets were so slippery that they would always fall off the music stand. So that method was stopped.

Then I continued to use the plastic sheet for each song but just as a holder but that got annoying for they are not always easy to get into the sheet. So that method was stopped.

So one day I walked around Staples and found something useful: a clear plastic folder with a zip seal. But now that I am playing bass we are going through so many song so fast. So the sheets are adding up but I always need all songs with me for you never know what he will want to work on.

SO...I went to Staples again looking for something else. Was going for more of a leather folder or something but every single thing I found has binder clips which I will never use.

So what do you use to hold all your music?

I play cello and EB on gigs and have binders of stuff and a load of sheet music so I am interested the digital approach. But it seems to me the iPad screen is too small to see comfortably (and I am far-sighted), c/b background light glare issues, and how do you mark fingerings and changes on the fly to things like dynamics, repeats, solo order, bowings (if applicable) etc? Playing improvised lines off lead sheets and chord charts I can see iPad mainly would be ok, but how do you classical, studio, and jazz players approach mainly written-out music when digital? Thanks for any thoughts.

 

[jfh2112]

Another vote here for iPad and forScore. I use an AirTurn PED to turn pages.

I store all my charts in my Dropbox account and linked forScore to it, so now I have at least two copies of all my charts. I also copy my charts to my OneDrive, so now I have four copies.

As an IT guy, you can never have too many backups.

Binders remind me of school band.
What's best is to have parts tattooed on to the singer.
They're in front of you all the time anyway.
When you run out of skin, get a fresh singer bc by now you've memorized the old singer.

This is delicious.

 

[Biggbass]

I hire a pilot with a small plane to tow a banner with lyrics for each song over the gig site.

 

[Woolber]

What happens when you forget your pedalboard?

I was just listening to a podcast where someone forgot their pedalboard and all their cables were with it. They had to play directly to the amp with a borrowed cable.

You could just as easily forget your charts if you're that disorganized.

 

[Woolber]

I play cello and EB on gigs and have binders of stuff and a load of sheet music so I am interested the digital approach. But it seems to me the iPad screen is too small to see comfortably (and I am far-sighted), c/b background light glare issues, and how do you mark fingerings and changes on the fly to things like dynamics, repeats, solo order, bowings (if applicable) etc? Playing improvised lines off lead sheets and chord charts I can see iPad mainly would be ok, but how do you classical, studio, and jazz players approach mainly written-out music when digital? Thanks for any thoughts.

I haven't had a problem with glare yet. When I first went this route I had a problem with sunglasses at an outdoor gig. Got new sunglasses, no more problem. Both Set List Maker and Fir Score allow you to edit the documents ( add dynamics, articulation, etc ) and save them to the chart.

 

[GBass001]

iPad & Deepdish Gigbook app
Cicada Page Flip to turn pages

works GREAT

This. Works great.

 

[fingerguy]

I play cello and EB on gigs and have binders of stuff and a load of sheet music so I am interested the digital approach. But it seems to me the iPad screen is too small to see comfortably (and I am far-sighted), c/b background light glare issues, and how do you mark fingerings and changes on the fly to things like dynamics, repeats, solo order, bowings (if applicable) etc? Playing improvised lines off lead sheets and chord charts I can see iPad mainly would be ok, but how do you classical, studio, and jazz players approach mainly written-out music when digital? Thanks for any thoughts.

Well to be honest, for whatever reason and considering I work in IT I prefer paper myself. A big part of the reason I play bass and guitar is to get away from technology; even though instruments are a form of technology.

 

[fingerguy]

Holy Crap!!! They still make those????

Mine never ever made it by the end of the school year without the help of duct tape.

Also, those come with 3 ring binders which I do not want.

iPad + app

or....

 

[fingerguy]

My brain.

I thought musicians were supposed to memorize the changes...

I seen videos of Kirk Hammett backstage working with the guys trying to remember how to play a song and having trouble. My teacher and I sometimes do 3 new songs a lesson and I practice them till we meet again. Also I have a full time job, a daughter, a fiance, 4 dogs, house, responsibilities. So what were you saying about memorizing?

 

[duff beer]

I'm in 3 bands that have about 200 songs between them and all the songs are memorized.

But, I do have a 3-ring binder for acoustic guitar jams...70 or 80 songs with chord changes and lyrics, many of them duplicated with a "capo" version. Having those on paper makes it easy to share with people who may be unfamiliar with a song.

 

[fingerguy]

I'm in 3 bands that have about 200 songs between them and all the songs are memorized.

But, I do have a 3-ring binder for acoustic guitar jams...70 or 80 songs with chord changes and lyrics, many of them duplicated with a "capo" version. Having those on paper makes it easy to share with people who may be unfamiliar with a song.