Presentation used for my lecture at the IAML/IMS comference A'dam 2009: Sheet music for Dummies Short local instruction for non music librarians in the Rotterdam Public Library, used for a lecture

1. • 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

9. Music department of
the Rotterdam public central library
• Sheetmusic (50.000 editions)
• 36.000 loans a year
• Open access
• Integrated shelving
• Librarians work or in front- or in backoffice

10. 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

11. 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

13. key
keynote= C
C major
keynote= G
G major
G minor

15. Urtext
Arrangement

16. One note samba From the catalogue:
A.C. Jobim, N. Mendonca
Genre: Jazz
Taal: Engels
album Real little ultimate jazz fake book.
Notatie: Zangstem (melodielijn) en gitaarakkoorden
Albumnummer: 67
Pagina: 270
Plaatsing:Centrale, 4e verdieping; Niet uitleenbaar

19. tekst met alleen gitaaraccoorden
• 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
website

21. 2 uitgaven van de
opera “Aida” van
Verdi
SCORE
VOCAL SCORE

22. Beethoven: first bars 5e symfonie
ritten print
handw
ile
facsim

23. Notation in language and music
language letters words frase story
music notes motives/chords theme composition

24. resultaatnotatie staff
Notation
modern notation
tablature for guitar
aktienotatie
graphic notation

25. toonsoort
Elements of notation
noot
sleutel maatsoort notenbalk
Volume p ff
aanduiding

26. Making music
Maken gebruik van
Maakt gebruik van
Maakt gebruik van digitale samples, midifiles

27. 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

28. oral tradition
Maken gebruik van

29. 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

30. 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

31. Special search engines for music
• Songtapper
• Musipedia
• Nipper