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Sheet music site advice request

#43
RedVee said:
Ive bought a few songs off Musicnotes but struggle to know what version to get when there are many.

Lead sheet ? Piano ? Guitar ? Or even ukulele?
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If they didn't have bass specifically, I would buy piano so that I get the chords and can see how the bass line they wrote for piano interacts with some of the treble instruments and melody as well as it has the vocal notes for singing. If you can't read music, guitar is likely the better second choice after bass as it will have tab and you can go after bass from that and the chord name. The lead sheets are the chords, often with less movement, and the vocal notes.
 
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#44
ChubbyJerk said:
But...it's a glue-bound book. You know it sucks using those on music stands...getting them to stay open without ruining the book, turning pages, etc. ...

...So now I'm not sure what to do. I'm tempted to just use a box cutter and slice the binding off and scan the whole book, but I don't want to ruin it. And I've got a bunch of books I'd have to do it to if I want to have my whole collection in a more usable format.
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I solved this problem by taking a glue-bound book of sheet music to a FedEx Copying and Printing Center (formerly Kinko's) where they cut off the binding and spiral bound the covers and pages. If I recall correctly, it cost me less than $10 to bind a 100-page book (50 sheets). The book, "Bass Aerobics," now sits squarely on my music stand. Here's a photo:

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#45
Radio60 said:
I solved this problem by taking a glue-bound book of sheet music to a FedEx Copying and Printing Center (formerly Kinko's) where they cut off the binding and spiral bound the covers and pages. If I recall correctly, it cost me less than $10 to bind a 100-page book (50 sheets). The book, "Bass Aerobics," now sits squarely on my music stand. Here's a photo:

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Hello Standing in the Shadows of Motown!! Hadn't thought of that; great tip!
 
#46
Radio60 said:
I solved this problem by taking a glue-bound book of sheet music to a FedEx Copying and Printing Center (formerly Kinko's) where they cut off the binding and spiral bound the covers and pages. If I recall correctly, it cost me less than $10 to bind a 100-page book (50 sheets). The book, "Bass Aerobics," now sits squarely on my music stand. Here's a photo:

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That's exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for, thanks!
 
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Radio60 said:
I solved this problem by taking a glue-bound book of sheet music to a FedEx Copying and Printing Center (formerly Kinko's) where they cut off the binding and spiral bound the covers and pages. If I recall correctly, it cost me less than $10 to bind a 100-page book (50 sheets). The book, "Bass Aerobics," now sits squarely on my music stand. Here's a photo:

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hey guys sorry to chime in, but I'd like to share that a couple of years ago I got the iPad Pro and it was one of the best investments I ever made.
It was time for me to get a new computer and instead of that I just got the iPad.
I currently have 17 Real Books in it, the iReal app that has a few thousands charts, many orchestral bass scores, and over 2000 pop/rock/top40 type of charts.
And it's extremely easy to call any tune very quick. And the best part is my collection is constantly growing.
yes, it is pricey. But definitely a great investment. and I haven't even mentioned that it basically substitute my computer!!!
 
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#48
After reading everything it appears musicnotes.com and paying for the piano version is about as close to what I was looking for. (I am personally brainwashed by my ole' Berklee College of music friends who would freak if they saw me using tab.) So I endeavor to get fluent at reading standard notation. Now, getting the clarinet version for my son is yet another adventure...

From there I may go to a couple of the personal sites offered here to see possible tab transcriptions as a matter of investigating the style or choice made by the original or transcribing musician, to fill in a few holes.

Lately I've been playing along to the radio (classic hits a.k.a. 80's) or channel 528 on the TV. It takes me about half the song to figure out the key and get a few of the basic chords progressed (?). By the time I have it figured out the song ends and I have to start all over again with the next song. At least with TiVo and channel 528 I can replay the song once I have it worked out.

If only I could magically have the sheet music ready for me when the song starts.
 
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66002 said:
After reading everything it appears musicnotes.com and paying for the piano version is about as close to what I was looking for. (I am personally brainwashed by my ole' Berklee College of music friends who would freak if they saw me using tab.) So I endeavor to get fluent at reading standard notation.
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There are quite a few guitar and bass students at Berklee who couldn't read when they started there, so don't get too worked up about it. Speaking from personal experience, you won't get a degree or certificate from Berklee without being able to read, but you can start without being able to read.

Good on you for learning; you will be really happy with the accomplishment when you get there. I had to relearn to read, and while I can't sight read like I could as a kid, I can read treble and bass clef and now have more routes to learn songs on bass or piano. I'm so glad I did, and quite honestly, my online classes at Berklee forced me to do it.
 
#51
I downloaded a tab transcription of the bass line for Eagles Already Gone. It just didn't sound right. After a while I realized that bass line is built on a standard box pattern that I learned in my Hal Leonard lessons and which most of you already know very well.

I am not that advanced of a player to so easily recognize it for what it is and the person who transcribed the song couldn't figure it out.
 

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