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I inherited a Kurzweil K2500XS workstation. I am primarily a piano player (though I want to learn how to use some of the many features of this wonderful keyboard.)
How can I set up sheet music for a workstation? I often want to have 4 or more pages of music open on a grand acoustic piano.
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On my Roland FP-7 the sheet music rest that comes with it is fairly small. I did take a chunk of cardboard from the box the stand came in and scored the back and folded it forward to make a bit of a lip on it. I can then stick that on the music stand when I need more space for a few sheets. I can fit 4 on it. The chunk is just over 34" long and 13 inches high or so. I simply take it off if I don't need that much out at once.
I may build something that I can attach to the back of the unit like the built in stand does if I want things to look nicer at some point in the future.
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I have a sheet music stand behind my S90es.
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I blu-tac my sheet music to the windowsill that is just above the Fantom-S workstation on the top tier of my 2 keyboard setup. Not the best solution, but it works fine!
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I think I am confused about using a "Sheet music stand". Is the Sheet music stand the same as any orchestra member would use?
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I believe so, yes. Depending on what stand you have your workstation sat on currently, you can sometimes purchase an add-on that provides a 'sheet music stand' that is attached to the keyboard stand itself. I've never used one of these myself, so I can't actually say if they're any good or not though. Just something else to consider.
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I play with a big band and the music is often 4 or more pages long. I have a standard width stand and place a 30 inch wide by 10 inch tall piece of plexiglas on it to hold the music. I found that if the music is all taped together edge to edge, supporting only the middle two sheets on the bottom (with the music stand) is adequate. Good luck!
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To 20Fingers:
Many years ago, I decided to try to read my music as it was sitting flat. There are many advantages to learning to do this.
First of all, you can see the rest of the band and the singer. This really helps you to decide what, and more importantly what not, to play. You can also peek over at the drummer to get the "kicks" together with him, and you also can get cues from the bass player. If there were no other advantages to reading your music flat, it would be worth it just to be able to see the rest of the band.
Second, from the audience, it looks like you have the piece memorized. If you get the DVD of Dianna Krall playing at the Montreaux jazz festival, you might notice that on some numbers she has a lead sheet laying flat on the piano.
Third, I think you'll find you play better once you get accustomed to looking down at both the music and the keys simultaneously.
In the old days, most piano players read their music this way. But it won't work if you're playing a spinet, an upright or a studio model.
If the piano you're playing with the big band has a flat top, you can use that and never have to bring a separate stand to the performance. I use a Yamaha P-200 stage piano when I play with a big band, and in addition to its being as fine an electric piano as you'll find, it has a flat top with enough room between the two onboard speakers to accommodate a four-page chart. One of the reasons I haven't upgraded to the P-350 is because the onboard speakers are wider, and the space between won't accommodate four pages.
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I use a QuikLok QL642 2-tier stand, using the second tier to hold sheetmusic. I have a 4ft long x 15" tall piece of sheetmetal with a 1" lip that I scavenged from the back of an old office table resting on the second tier. It's totally adjustable, putting the sheetmusic right where you want it, and works great.
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There are music stands that are four pages wide. My friend uses one in her big band gigs.
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