So good! Yes I have boxes and boxes of sheet music I inherented and I think I will use your method. I play bass, clarinet, organ, and sing so I think the styles of post card to keep the different major categories is such a good idea.
Thanks for reminding me how nice it is to have your music well-organized! I used to have a similar system for my flute sheet music (except with the music lying flat in those big IKEA archive boxes instead of standing upright), but my system completely fell apart when I started to play the piano and didn't carefully rethink the categories. This video gave me some good ideas to redefine my categories and clean up the system. Thanks!
Thanks Nicole! I'm just a sucker for stationery and any excuse to put my music in nice piles :) But it makes it soooo much easier to get down and practice when I know exactly where everything is! Glad it inspired you :)
Appreciate your videos very much. THANK YOU. Just been organizing my own and our little group's music. Our basic method (with spreadsheets! to show who has what) is: First level of organization is: Solos, Duets, Trios, Quartets, 5 or more parts. Then within each of those: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque/Classical/Modern, Traditional/Folk. Then within each of those its alphabetical by composer. So for example we have binders labeled: 4 (Quartets)-Medieaval A - M. and 3 (Trios) Renaissance M-Z, and 3 (Trios) Traditional/Folk, etc.
+Eee Kaa Great plan! I am a BIG fan of spreadsheets :) My next step will be splitting the boxes alphabetically when they get too big! I've also seen boxes labelled 1/2/3/4/5 etc (for number of recorder players), then 1+/2+/3+/4+ etc for recorders + other instruments, then 1E/2E/3E etc for recorders + electronics.
As a member of a band, our conductor would send music around by E-mail in PDFs so we can practice before rehearsal starts. I would print my music before a rehearsal and put on my stand shared with my band partner. At home I read off a computer / portable tablet as much as paper copies. The pieces on paper can be scanned to computer files and turned into JPGs or PDFs. You would create separate folders to store different kinds of music such as dance, concertos, symphonies, sonatas, etc. When it comes to copyright, there was 1 piece of dance arrangement our band performed that was added in as a special piece for the audience. And we did not include that piece in our printed programme. The music was composed / arranged in the 1970s which is too recent to be considered "public domain" so we needed permission to even perform the piece in a church.
Enjoyed the video, Sarah. May I trouble you a quick question? Most grateful if you could let me know how you constructed the black, cardboard, book-like sheet music holders that you show starting at about 6:30. Thanks!
Publishers renew the copyright on their music! Otherwise they would not make any revenue and anybody would be a able to print and sell any music they like. Copyright on performance e.g. recordings runs out in approx 50 years. But composers and songwriters deserve the royalties they or their estates are entitled to. Very few pieces of music published in the UK are copyright free.
You’re right, of course there is copyright on published editions! But the music itself can pass into the public domain, and you may make your own arrangements/editions of sheet music. Exceptions exist of course, when a composer’s estate takes steps to protect copyright after the allotted years. I completely agree that composers and artists deserve the earnings they are entitled to!
I recently played recorder in my schools musical. I didn’t like the way that they wrote out the switch between soprano and alto or bass etc. How do you usually see switching instrument notation.
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I'm such a big fan of your videos. Every recorder player should watch this, no matter what level.
agreed!
I'm going to set this system up RIGHT NOW! Thank you very much, Sarah!
So good! Yes I have boxes and boxes of sheet music I inherented and I think I will use your method. I play bass, clarinet, organ, and sing so I think the styles of post card to keep the different major categories is such a good idea.
Thanks for reminding me how nice it is to have your music well-organized! I used to have a similar system for my flute sheet music (except with the music lying flat in those big IKEA archive boxes instead of standing upright), but my system completely fell apart when I started to play the piano and didn't carefully rethink the categories. This video gave me some good ideas to redefine my categories and clean up the system. Thanks!
Thanks Nicole! I'm just a sucker for stationery and any excuse to put my music in nice piles :) But it makes it soooo much easier to get down and practice when I know exactly where everything is! Glad it inspired you :)
Exactly the video I was looking for, thanks, so organized!!
Appreciate your videos very much. THANK YOU. Just been organizing my own and our little group's music. Our basic method (with spreadsheets! to show who has what) is: First level of organization is: Solos, Duets, Trios, Quartets, 5 or more parts. Then within each of those: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque/Classical/Modern, Traditional/Folk. Then within each of those its alphabetical by composer. So for example we have binders labeled: 4 (Quartets)-Medieaval A - M. and 3 (Trios) Renaissance M-Z, and 3 (Trios) Traditional/Folk, etc.
+Eee Kaa Great plan! I am a BIG fan of spreadsheets :) My next step will be splitting the boxes alphabetically when they get too big! I've also seen boxes labelled 1/2/3/4/5 etc (for number of recorder players), then 1+/2+/3+/4+ etc for recorders + other instruments, then 1E/2E/3E etc for recorders + electronics.
I actually alphabetized my flip-folder music for my clarinet so I could find what I needed!
+Mel S 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😄
This is great! And inspiring... I should really organize my stuff!!
+emilyplayscello Do - and post a photo as well! My friends have been sending me pics of their shelves and it's awesome to see :)
I love it! Thanks for the tips! 👍
Excellent! I enjoyed this greatly.
As a member of a band, our conductor would send music around by E-mail in PDFs so we can practice before rehearsal starts. I would print my music before a rehearsal and put on my stand shared with my band partner. At home I read off a computer / portable tablet as much as paper copies.
The pieces on paper can be scanned to computer files and turned into JPGs or PDFs. You would create separate folders to store different kinds of music such as dance, concertos, symphonies, sonatas, etc.
When it comes to copyright, there was 1 piece of dance arrangement our band performed that was added in as a special piece for the audience. And we did not include that piece in our printed programme. The music was composed / arranged in the 1970s which is too recent to be considered "public domain" so we needed permission to even perform the piece in a church.
Goals! Thanks Sarah, you are fab!
That's an impressive pile of sheet you've got there.
Hi Sarah!
can you make a video of how to play by heart? thanks
Keep doing this :)
+Giovanni Maria Artusi Hi Giovanni! Aha, I'm planning that one already :) It will be online sometime this month, so subscribe and stay posted!
Enjoyed the video, Sarah. May I trouble you a quick question? Most grateful if you could let me know how you constructed the black, cardboard, book-like sheet music holders that you show starting at about 6:30. Thanks!
I like the way you've organized your music. What shelf is that? I'm trying to find a shelf that is large enough to allow music to stand up straight.
IKEA billy 😅
I have a whole wall full of sheet music (I don't think it is enough). Just have a notebook with all written in it.
Thank you!
I find that separating by genre makes it confusing.I organized in alphabetical three ring binders by song title and back up on thumb drive
Where do you get the plastic clear holders?
You are very organized.
Publishers renew the copyright on their music! Otherwise they would not make any revenue and anybody would be a able to print and sell any music they like. Copyright on performance e.g. recordings runs out in approx 50 years. But composers and songwriters deserve the royalties they or their estates are entitled to. Very few pieces of music published in the UK are copyright free.
You’re right, of course there is copyright on published editions! But the music itself can pass into the public domain, and you may make your own arrangements/editions of sheet music. Exceptions exist of course, when a composer’s estate takes steps to protect copyright after the allotted years. I completely agree that composers and artists deserve the earnings they are entitled to!
I recently played recorder in my schools musical. I didn’t like the way that they wrote out the switch between soprano and alto or bass etc. How do you usually see switching instrument notation.
Where did you get that shelf?
IKEA billy 🙃
Wait, You're Dutch? You have like no Dutch/English accent at all!