Comments on: Open Thread: do you write on your sheet music?

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:45:14 +0000

I usually make a copy to write on for a couple of reasons. First, I’ve found that with older pieces that I used to play contain fingerings that I know longer agree with. Second, as a traveler (not of the Irish variety), it’s safer to put copies in a small binder.

By: Steve Cooper

Steve Cooper — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:31:33 +0000

I markup copies, never the original source. I also use a recorder, a notebook computer, a pad and a pencil for musical ideas, notes and such.

By: Chris Ledwidge

Chris Ledwidge — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:50 +0000

Also, when it comes to keeping my music organised I use binders for all the different styles I play. I have separate ones for Classical, Rock, Jazz, Piano. All of these contain the pieces, scales, theory pages related to what I’m studying in that style. Then I have one other with sheets on all theory. I find this makes everything easier to find.

There’s no sense in looking through the original books to find a piece each time I want to practice. I think this would also link into the practice schedule articles on this blog. Keeping everything in it’s place so I can work through everything in order when practicing.

By: Chris Ledwidge

Chris Ledwidge — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:01:10 +0000

Have a look here.

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/b4eFfFgr7Po7WgBJHxL6kw?authkey=Gv1sRgCMiuwYTetemFigE&feat=directlink

I always take a copy of a piece I’m studying. I find myself putting lots of edits and notes all over the page to help me remember ideas as I’m learning. After a few months I usually end up forgetting what alot of the edits mean so it’s best for me to keep a copy.

By: Saei

Saei — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:27:57 +0000

i dont copy them

By: Jordan Lee

Jordan Lee — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:24:10 +0000

I write all over my sheet music. It’s incredibly helpful to come back to a piece after awhile and see what I was struggling with, and what I came up with to overcome that. Also, I’m always writing in my own fingerings…
But, if I wad teaching, I’d probably just make copies so my students can see both the original and what I wrote in/found worked for me.

By: Trev

Trev — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:44:52 +0000

I write all over mine … which proved to be invaluable when I started up again after 10 years and was able to find the original books, but not the copies. I do use pencil in case I want to change something later on.

By: Matt Searles

Matt Searles — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:51:58 +0000

For some reason I’m pretty anal about not writing in books and what not.. so no writing on sheet music for me.. and though I have a large pad of staff paper, I find that I rarely use it.. it’s pretty much all just in the computer for me

By: Bobber

Bobber — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:50:57 +0000

I prefer to make copies.

By: GuitarVlog

GuitarVlog — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:40:51 +0000

I write on mine. I don’t see myself teaching so I don’t see a need for preserving a clean copy.

I used to be reluctant to write into books but I got over that. In some ways, all the little notes and marks are like a life journal. My scribbles show what my challenges were, what I didn’t understand, and how I had to pace myself.