• Sheetmusic for dummies

• about improving skills, knowledge in answering questions, helping and advising clients

in finding their way, in the collection of sheet music in the public central library of Rotterdam

• Sheetmusic (50.000 editions)

• 36.000 loans a year

• Open access

• Integrated shelving

• Librarians work or in front- or in backoffice

Music department of the Rotterdam public central library

Improving skills and knowledge in sheetmusic matters

by:

• Linking music librarians to non music libarians

• Small exercises with “real life cases” • Short course:

– Presentation with images and sound– Reader with extensive information– handout with rules of thumb

Main characteristics of the short local sheet music course

for non-music librarians

• perspective of daily routine

• how musicians nowadays make music

• it is not complete

key

C major

G major

G minor

keynote= C

keynote= G

Urtext

Arrangement

One note sambaA.C. Jobim, N. Mendonca

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From the catalogue:

• Dbm7 C7• This is just a little samba,• B7/4 Bb7/-5• Built upon a single note• Dbm7 C7• Other notes are bound to follow,• B7/4 Bb7/-5• But the root is still that note

tekst met alleen gitaaraccoorden

website

SCORE

VOCAL SCORE

2 uitgaven van de opera “Aida” van Verdi

Beethoven: first bars 5e symfonie

handwritten

facsimileprint

Notation in language and music

language letters words frase story

music notes motives/chords theme composition

Notation

resultaatnotatie

aktienotatie

modern notation

tablature for guitar

staff

graphic notation

Elements of notation

sleutel maatsoort

toonsoort

notenbalk

p ffVolume aanduiding

noot

Making music

digitale samples, midifiles

Maakt gebruik van

Maken gebruik van

Maakt gebruik van

Band in a Box , een computerprogramm.that automatically generates a full backing arrangement :

•Typing in chords•Choosing a musical style•Choosing the wanted instruments, tempo etc

voorbeeld

oral tradition

Maken gebruik van

Some rules of thumb and tips

• Try to put one self in the clients shoes• Ask in case of singers if they want a full score or a

vocal score (in case of opera etc)• Ask if your client (in case of more instruments)

wants a score or parts• Do realise your client often wants a specific

arrangement or kind of notation • Use the automated catalogue• In case you can’t find it in the automated catalogue

search in the national catalogue or in catalogue of the Dutch Radio Television catalogus van de Omroep

Some rules of thumb and tips(2)

• Avoid the use of the instrument entry in the automated catalogue if you know the title of the wanted music

• for orchestral materials go to website of the Faso

• There are many digital sources on the internet for sheet music, see weblinks

Special search engines for music

• Songtapper• Musipedia• Nipper