Books on a music stand - how to keep them open and prevent them from falling off.
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2020
- Placing books on a music stand and keeping them open is a problem for many musicians. Books with spines that prevent them from staying open is very frustrating when studying music. Many music books are quite thick and although many modern music stands are able to accommodate a large amount of music, it is often difficult to stop the books from closing and remaining flat when trying to read music.
This video shows my simple solution to this problem, which has been used on my music stand for many years with my guitar students.
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I hope you find this simple tip helpful and it makes studying from music books a far more enjoyable experience! 🎶📖👌
I never even considered such an action, THANK YOU!
Glad the idea helped. Simple and effective!
Thank you for the tip!
It is simple, but effective!
“40 thousand years of evolution and we barely even tapped the vastness of human potential"
Haha, this must be up there with the best UA-cam comments ever. 😀
Great idea. You can also try elastic instead of string (the kind used in clothing). I tried that and it works a little better as it allows some flexibility.
I did experiment with elastic bands and a piece of elastic. although they did not hold the thicker books open as well. I can see that a stronger piece of elastic with a bit of give would work Weill. Thanks!
a 7 year problem solved in minutes.. I feel dumb, thanks for the vid.
I'm glad you found the solution helpful. Sometimes, the simplest ideas work perfectly. 👍
-1:59 he was my old guitar teacher in SCHOOL
Great to hear from you. I hope you enjoy the videos!
Thank you!
No problem. I hope you found the tip useful. 👍
Great tip!
I play guitar and sing. All I need are lyrics and chords, so I have a Fire HD 10 tablet with screenshots of my songs. I have a tablet holder clipped to my mic stand. I use a photo organizer app with folders like "60's" and "Open E Slide." This solution is lightweight and allows for expansion.
Have a great day!
Great to hear you found the tip helpful. Have a great day too! 😀
I would say maybe not tying the string so tight so it just about hugs the book. So page turning isn’t as tedious. The elastic string also sounds good as someone else mentioned.
Or just string with a bit of give. Definitely great for those annoying closing books!
Genius, dude
Simple, but effective. 👍
I have the books rebound with a coil binding so they stay open and page turning is easy.
Any book that contains notation should really be spiral bound or somehow designed to open flat. I have hundreds of music books and the majority have regular binding. Combining this with my not liking to see books damaged results in music stand frustration... hence the string. Having books rebound is the ideal solution.
@@PaulHillGuitarist I agree, but nowadays most books are bound in the cheapest way possible which means they do not lie flat. Having them rebound costs some money, so I guess doing a whole bunch can get too costly! I have one of those metal page holders that you put on top of the book but turning pages is still a pain with those.
@@knittysong I tried many solutions over the years and the simple string solution works really well. Once you find the optimum string length, it is not too difficult to flip off the string, turn a page and put it back.
How do you turn the pages in long songs?
This is more for study purposes if you have an annoying thick book that decides to constantly close. All music books should have some sort of spiral binding so they open flat!
Good Idea! I also liked your sight-reading video. I hope you'll get more subscribers. Maybe you have to pay some money to youtube to get recommended in the feed :)
Thanks Raffael. Your support for my channel is much appreciated. Hopefully more helpful videos will result in more people hitting the subscribe button. 😀