waynepunkdude Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Going to be doing a reading gig next week and I can only fit 2 pages on my music stand, how do you guys go about changing page? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 [quote name='Doddy' post='1304028' date='Jul 14 2011, 09:42 PM']Quickly.[/quote] Do you memorise the last line and turn it before it's over or turn it over as soon as the last bar is finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) Generally I'm looking a bar or two ahead of where I'm playing(unless it's a super tricky bit),so I can see if I've got a note that I can hold or if I can play an open string,and turn before the bar is over.Sometimes though you just have to be really quick with it,especially if the page turn is in the middle of a phrase.As daft as it sounds,it's worth practising it for a bit,just to make sure you can do it comfortably. Edited July 14, 2011 by Doddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 Another silly question, do you use your fretting or picking hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1304045' date='Jul 14 2011, 09:54 PM']Another silly question, do you use your fretting or picking hand?[/quote] Picking hand. It's nearest to the page and I can hold a note down or tap while I do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 Cheers buddy, it's a logistical problem I haven't dealt with before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 No worries. If you want any other info,feel free to message me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 A photocopier and two music stands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' post='1304091' date='Jul 14 2011, 10:25 PM']Ultimate guitar tabs, auto scroll and an iPad [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Another thing is to make a Music stand extension. [and paint it black] A thin bit of hardboard or sim, with a wedge on the bottom that will then sit on the music stand. If i have been on a show with 4/5/6 page charts this has come in really handy. Its not un common to use one in pit work. Someone gave me a pre made one about 10 years ago, and it has seen plenty of action, by myself and others Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 [quote name='Johnston' post='1304091' date='Jul 14 2011, 10:25 PM']Ultimate guitar tabs, auto scroll and an iPad [/quote] Thats fine until you get a DS al fine... Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 (edited) [quote name='lowdown' post='1304096' date='Jul 14 2011, 10:26 PM']Another thing is to make a Music stand extension. [and paint it black] A thin bit of hardboard or sim, with a wedge on the bottom that will then sit on the music stand. If i have been on a show with 4/5/6 page charts this has come in really handy. Its not un common to use one in pit work. Someone gave me a pre made one about 10 years ago, and it has seen plenty of action, by myself and others Garry[/quote] Or two music stands. Seriously! Less likely to fall over. Edited July 14, 2011 by Fat Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 It's much easier for us up in Staffordshire Wayne, We all just give the reading gigs to Doddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepurpleblob Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 How many sheets is it? Can you photocopy and sticky tape to achieve a "wide" version of the music? Failing that can you partially do that so that you can turn the page when you are not playing? Failing that, get someone to turn the page for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 [quote name='Fat Rich' post='1304120' date='Jul 14 2011, 10:40 PM']Or two music stands. Seriously! Less likely to fall over.[/quote] Mine has never fallen over, and its much easier to carry around. Plus i can't go into a pit demanding two stands ... But i can take my extension in [Female Musicians love that] Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Also, make sure you don't turn over 2 pages at once!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AttitudeCastle Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 For really long pieces or Multiple pieces printed end to end i tend to tape the edges together (end to end not all together!) or make a kind of booklet style thing After playing several 50+ pages of classical music it's seems quite easy now (after many MANY years or practise and failed attempts!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_frog Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Print in a smaller font and get stronger glasses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil625sxc Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 extra wide music stand like this - [url="http://www.djmmusic.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=KM-10041"]http://www.djmmusic.com/Itemdesc.asp?ic=KM-10041[/url] and taping the pages together works for me for scores of 5 pages or so...always thought it was hardest for bass players to turn pages compared to any other instrument...! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Wider stands are a good idea but, if you have several pages, you will still have to turn occasionally. My main nugget of advice is to turn the bottom corner of the r/h page up so you can grab it quickly and reduce the time it takes to turn. If you work ot ok, you can usually keep fretting notes with your l/h if necessary and, to be fair, most (not all) arrangers try to produce charts where the turns aren't smack in the middle of you sixteenth note solo section so you will probably have plenty of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 If you've got the charts in advance, learn the sections around tricky page-turns so you're playing from memory. Then turn either before you get there... or afterwards. I once played a Prokofiev piano sonatina from an edition that didn't have ANY simple page turns across three movements over about 12 minutes. It didn't even start a new movement on a fresh page. I used a combination of photocopies, sellotape, memory and a LOT of practice to pull that one off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1304130' date='Jul 14 2011, 10:47 PM']It's much easier for us up in Staffordshire Wayne, We all just give the reading gigs to Doddy [/quote] Speaking as an ex pat from the South, they haven't got the hang of joinedy up handwriting in most parts of Staffordshire... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skej21 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Have to agree with most of the ideas on here. Ive also found that index tabs are quite useful for grabbing quickly. And you can use the colours for colour coding, so if the MD gives you any awkward "over the page" codas or segues or repeats, you know which one to grab and turn And you can write on them! Only cost a couple of quid too (These are the ones I use [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004M3PYHA/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=103612307&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000J68BR4&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0ENNGK7Q3MZEX92D09KW)"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004M3P...7Q3MZEX92D09KW)[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepbass5 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 All of these, purspex sheet seems popular, lighter than wood. But i am still struggling on, Cruisin for a Bluesin we are doing at present five sheets long with a D.S. I have seperated this into a two and a three sheet'er. still a pain. I also mark all key changes and repeats with felt pen - Green and D.S and D.C's in Red. It all helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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