anyone still using sheet music

[Alter]

On many gigs I just use ireal on my phone. Otherwise tablet. When it's my music, most players will want the music mailed to them to use on tablets, but I try to have a couple of paper backups as well.

No more carrying music lights and cloth pegs.

[RJVB]

Note the other word I used alongside analog. “Physical.” A physical object with a dedicated function that isn’t a smart device. Not always necessarily analog.

Guess why I used a 2nd word too, "mechanical". Seemed to be a good interpretation of your 2nd word, but I'll admit I hadn't thought of the way you intended to complete it

[benhatchins]

not anymore

[dconeill]

But how will I consign all of my compositions to the flames in a moment of self-doubt and loathing if they aren’t on paper?

A hammer vigorously applied to a mobile phone provides tremendous satisfaction.

The same treatment would be effective on a tablet.

And if you prefer flames, applying an accelerant to the tablet would get the process started, but be mindful of toxic fumes.

[supersoul]

A hammer vigorously applied to a mobile phone provides tremendous satisfaction.

The same treatment would be effective on a tablet.

And if you prefer flames, applying an accelerant to the tablet would get the process started, but be mindful of toxic fumes.

The rare earth metals produce the most beautiful colors as they burn... as if the souls of your compositions are screaming as they disappear.
But yeah, don't breathe the fumes.

[RJVB]

And if you prefer flames, applying an accelerant to the tablet would get the process started, but be mindful of toxic fumes.

You can spare the accelerant ; just puncture the LiIon battery!

[jameslovestal]

For most tunes I only use my memory unless I haven't played the song in 2 or so years. I guess my lucky to still have a good memory.

Once I learn the changes I don't forget them. (unless the song is a ballot with multiple chords per bar).

[pauln]

I read music (clarinet, piano, violin) but never for the guitar - never used sheet music, lead sheets, or books, paper or screens. I can't prove it, but I think teaching myself from day one to play the guitar exclusively by ear is why.

I don't have an abacus, but I do have two nice slide rules, a true strobe tuner, an old IBM program flow stencil, a 100+ year old B&L microscope, an old German camera where the lens ring slides on a track with a fabric bellows behind it, a 45 year old steel frame 14 speed bicycle, a 57 year old classic automobile; I still play only records on a rig that uses 14 tubes across four chassis. I'm very old school and like old things and old ways.

[Eugle]

I still use sheet music sometimes, but I find the musicnotes website super convenient for accessing scores digitally. It's great for quick searches and has a huge library of sheet music. Plus, the ability to transpose and adjust playback speeds makes it easier to practice! Definitely worth checking out.

[oldane]

You have an analog or mechanical calculator (slide rule or abacus), and a strobe tuner?

Now that you mention it, I actually still use a Hemmi 260 slide rule for some kinds of calculations. It may be a little technical, but calculating such things as halflife times is actually easier and faster on a log-log slide rule than on a hand calculator or starting up a PC and opening an Excel sheet. I also use an almost 50 years old HP 12C pocket calculator (with "inverse polish notation") for many things. And oh .... I still write with a fountain pen (Pelikan M800 - they last a lifetime).

As for sheet music, I use both paper and tablet.

[cmajor9]

I work with computers all day; its the last thing I want to do when I’m playing music. I print out the guitar parts of the big band charts I’m playing with, and have plenty of scores and lesson books in print format.

[Average Joe]

I don't get called on to play any tune on moment's notice. I'm not good enough for that, but it's also a matter of playing in a big band with a fixed book as well as in a couple of smaller groups of fellow intermediaries where we agree on set lists. So paper is more practical.

[RJVB]

Now that you mention it, I actually still use a Hemmi 260 slide rule for some kinds of calculations. It may be a little technical, but calculating such things as halflife times is actually easier and faster on a log-log slide rule than on a hand calculator or starting up a PC and opening an Excel sheet. I also use an almost 50 years old HP 12C pocket calculator (with "inverse polish notation") for many things.

Same with my dad; he kept a well-used slide rule at hand and was usually just as fast to get a result as I was to get it with a calculator. And there's indeed something to RPN (or IPN) ... the guy I shared an office with during my PhD (a mathematician like my dad) would always fall back to Forth if he needed to whip up something quick and "dirty".

[rpjazzguitar]

Paper has some real advantages, but I've started doing some gigs with Ipad.

I bought the biggest one, 13 inches, and I can manage with two pages side by side. I like not having an old fashioned music stand in front of me. I think the Ipad makes the fact that I'm reading less obvious, for whatever that's worth. Looks better to the audience, or so I think. Don't need to carry a light. I have a zillion tunes if I need them.

I clamp the Ipad holder to my mic stand, which is better than needed both a music stand and a mic stand. If I don't need a mic, I take the boom off the mic stand, so it's small, light and easier to carry.

I play with one foot on a volume pedal and I tap my other foot, so I haven't gone with a page turner yet. And, my longer charts often have signs and codas in odd places. I'm aware that there are four button page turners (forward back segno coda) but I haven't wanted to go there.

So, when I'm planning some gigs I use mostly one or two page charts. Some 3 pagers where there's no foldback from page 3.

But for others, the band plays longer and more complicated charts and I still use paper for those.

And, I carry my old paper band book and a flimsy stand in the trunk of my car in case of electronic failure.

[charleyrich99]

I use sheet music with my singer as a lot of the arrangements are two pages long with a few three. While I know there are bluetooth page turners, I didn't want to take on something additional that could take my attention away from playing.

[deacon Mark]

I use sheet music all the time easier to read for sure. Cannot see it going out of style either but maybe I am hopelessly lost.

[Hep To The Jive]

I still like paper. I see people around me use ipads, rather big ones, I don't really wanna spend money on ipad just for that purpose. Plus you need to use a pedal to flip pages, and I already have a few pedals under my feet, wah, distortion and whatnot, I don't want to deal with more! Easy for horns, drummers, and bass players of course.

[mr. beaumont]

I realize more and more how old fashioned I am, but paper doesn't bother me either...

BUT...

I did play a dimly lit gig a while back and to conserve space, shared a music stand (with a light) with the bass player...and I quickly found out my eyes are not what they were! Thank goodness I was just reading chord changes, were it melody I'd have been in big trouble.

I've been reading lately on my tablet, in "night mode," where the letters are orange-ish on a black background, and I've found that to be actually very easy on my eyes...so maybe it's time for me to move beyond the paper.

But I have soooo much cool paper

[charleyrich99]

I'm waiting for someone to say just memorize it all and forget about the sheets...

[deacon Mark]

Being able to sight read has been a huge plus for myself. I keep at it because I believe it helps everything, time, ears, and technique. I keep at the paper but obviously memorize tunes.

[jameslovestal]

I still like paper. I see people around me use ipads, rather big ones, I don't really wanna spend money on ipad just for that purpose. Plus you need to use a pedal to flip pages, and I already have a few pedals under my feet, wah, distortion and whatnot, I don't want to deal with more! Easy for horns, drummers, and bass players of course.

The software still requires one to manually "flip pages"? That is the main reason when I jammed with a friend who used an IPAD with such software, we stopped using it.

I would have thought that the software would now be updated so one could set the beats (pace), and the software would automatically flip to the next page\section.

[BBGuitar]

The software still requires one to manually "flip pages"? That is the main reason when I jammed with a friend who used an IPAD with such software, we stopped using it.

I would have thought that the software would now be updated so one could set the beats (pace), and the software would automatically flip to the next page\section.

I use a foot switch.

[Hep To The Jive]

The software still requires one to manually "flip pages"? That is the main reason when I jammed with a friend who used an IPAD with such software, we stopped using it.

I would have thought that the software would now be updated so one could set the beats (pace), and the software would automatically flip to the next page\section.

How can you set the pace when you play live? Drummer counts in the tempo... they don't tell you bpm, it's all approximate, and not always metronomic anyway... how does a software suppose to 'hear' when to turn the page?

All the guys next to me in the band pit use footswitches I believe.

[rpjazzguitar]

Anybody have any experience with the Forscore Facial Gestures feature?

This allows you to turn pages by making a movement. There are three choices, head turn, mouth movement and winking.

I checked out a couple of reviews. It works, but it wasn't clear to me that it would work in bandstand conditions, meaning low lighting, head turns for other reasons and the usual grimacing when you hit a clam.

Anybody try it?

It's $10 per year as an upgrade to Forscore. Or $3 per month. So, you can try it for $3.

[Christian Miller]

A hammer vigorously applied to a mobile phone provides tremendous satisfaction.

The same treatment would be effective on a tablet.

And if you prefer flames, applying an accelerant to the tablet would get the process started, but be mindful of toxic fumes.

Sounds expensive


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