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Orange Monkey Love God
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 Posted - 27/05/2012 : 16:31:27
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Good afternoon all,
Son has a gig that involves learning 21 very varied songs within the next three weeks, is there a web site that offers sheet music to download?
The music ranges from 60's stuff through to very recent songs.
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Dave S
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spaceman
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Posted - 27/05/2012 : 17:45:03
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Originally posted by Orange Monkey Love God
Good afternoon all,
Son has a gig that involves learning 21 very varied songs within the next three weeks, is there a web site that offers sheet music to download?
The music ranges from 60's stuff through to very recent songs.
Thanks...
 I assume you mean drum parts for songs. For whole songs I have used www.sheetmusicdirect.com - you get a one page preview before you buy. I've written my own parts from these printouts.  |
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mully
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Posted - 27/05/2012 : 18:07:48
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There's also www.realdrumcharts.com - not free, but not expensive if you desperately need sheet music. Is this a function-band type gig? What are the tunes? I have quite a few scores from various websites. It may be, however, that all your son needs to do is knuckle down for a bit of serious listening.
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thebeaver
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Posted - 27/05/2012 : 19:08:39
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Originally posted by Dave S
I've not come across one, could be a good opportunity to get writing some charts!
This! For that sorta gig surely little cheat sheets will be just the ticket. I normally find after I've written a cheat sheet for a song I've focused on it enough to not need any sheet anymore anyway! |
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AndyC
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Posted - 27/05/2012 : 19:36:34
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I've got loads of very basic charts I've written for dep gigs etc.
If you want to send me a copy of the set list I'll see what I've got and email them.
cheers
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lee haydn
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Posted - 27/05/2012 : 20:01:02
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| Youtube,, listen and learn 'em,, i can't see sheet music being any use if the numbers are done differently to the original, time signatures, accents etc, at least he'll stand some chance if he knows how the numbers 'go',, |
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Anthra Kx
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Posted - 27/05/2012 : 21:45:24
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Originally posted by lee haydn
Youtube,, listen and learn 'em,, i can't see sheet music being any use if the numbers are done differently to the original, time signatures, accents etc, at least he'll stand some chance if he knows how the numbers 'go',,
+1 I've found with any band I've played in knowing the tunes makes deciphering the music scores so much easier, I'm not good enough to ignore the scores though, they do help. |
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Orange Monkey Love God
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Posted - 27/05/2012 : 22:08:35
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Thanks all, I'll post the full list tomorrow as soon as i get the time (the wifes away for a week and I'm home alone looking after kids).
Any help what so ever would be much appreciated! |
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nickh
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Posted - 27/05/2012 : 22:36:09
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What i generally do is put a playlist on the i pod and then listen to it as much as possible, hopefully a lot of the stuff will be fairly "straight" and wont need to much attention. Concentrate on the trickier ones and definately draw up a cheat sheet for the whole set.
Mine would note key aspects to remind me of the song ie the sort of tempo/feel ie laid back / snappy / driving etc etc
Time signature and beat, ie 4/4 shuffle, might even tab a few bars of the basic groove,
Note how it start ie guitar starts/ 4 riffs / all in etc
I might chart the strcture of the song, ie verse/verse/chorus / stop / roll back into verse / middle bit / 3 repeats at end / etc etc
I might write in some of the lyrics if it helps to identify a key part of the song
Remember that if you have listened to the songs these notes are generally all you will need to keep you on track.
However, if the band want you to play them EXACTLY as the recording , thats another story.
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AndyC
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Posted - 27/05/2012 : 23:26:31
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Originally posted by nickh
What i generally do is put a playlist on the i pod and then listen to it as much as possible, hopefully a lot of the stuff will be fairly "straight" and wont need to much attention. Concentrate on the trickier ones and definately draw up a cheat sheet for the whole set.
Mine would note key aspects to remind me of the song ie the sort of tempo/feel ie laid back / snappy / driving etc etc
Time signature and beat, ie 4/4 shuffle, might even tab a few bars of the basic groove,
Note how it start ie guitar starts/ 4 riffs / all in etc
I might chart the strcture of the song, ie verse/verse/chorus / stop / roll back into verse / middle bit / 3 repeats at end / etc etc
I might write in some of the lyrics if it helps to identify a key part of the song
Remember that if you have listened to the songs these notes are generally all you will need to keep you on track.
However, if the band want you to play them EXACTLY as the recording , thats another story.
That's pretty much exactly what I do. Finish up with charts like this. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj32/Andysmagic_photos/Drum%20Charts/ItsMyLife.jpg
Also, I'll do Cheat sheets. My own code, Like:-
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj32/Andysmagic_photos/Drum%20Charts/CheatSheet001.jpg
Anything purple is tacet. 16V is 16 bars verse etc-.Just gets 20 songs on a page that I can use as a reminder of song form.
....er... canīt think of anything else to say, so I'm going to bed.
Nighty nighty.
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Orange Monkey Love God
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MCMartyP
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Posted - 31/05/2012 : 13:56:28
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| I tend to write lyric-based cheat-sheets rather than charts. First of all, I always ask the band for reference versions of the songs they do. If you're lucky, they have versions of them with them performing either live or in the studio which gives you a more precise idea of how they do a given song. I then locate the lyrics for each song and verify/edit them according to the version they perform. Print them off and then write any stops, starts, bar counts and phrasing that I need to know about in amongst the lyrics. It's surprisingly effective and you'll also be surprised how formulaic most mainstream songs are following boggo 4, 8 and 16 bar sequences so, quite often, you can feel your way around, so to speak. As mentioned above, I also assemble a playlist and listen to the songs as often as possible. |
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Orange Monkey Love God
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Posted - 01/06/2012 : 12:30:34
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Thanks for all the help chaps!
He pretty much has all the tracks nailed now, just "Break on Through by The Doors" to sort out... Will give the lyric based cheat as suggested by MCMartyP a go? |
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AndyC
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Posted - 02/06/2012 : 10:44:51
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Originally posted by gaz farrimond
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Originally posted by Orange Monkey Love God
Also, I'll do Cheat sheets. My own code, Like:-
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj32/Andysmagic_photos/Drum%20Charts/CheatSheet001.jpg
Cheers Andy, most of the songs he's playing are on this cheat sheet, quite remarkable!
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