Dumb question!

[flyinfingers]

I was just wondering what people do when they download music.  I went to the store and got 60 lb. laser paper because the 20 lb. kept falling off the music stand.  (I didn't know what my printer would tolerate so I started with 60 lb., and it worked well). 

So I have separate sheets of paper and then what?  Do you bind them in books?  Is that the paper weight others use?  Any helpful ideas would be appreciated! 

Seems like I may just want to do it the old fashioned way and to purchase the music so I don't have pieces of paper everywhere.  I'm wondering if there is even a music store in my town.  They probably all went out of business because of the internet, just like travel agencies, etc.!
Thanks!

[birba]

I put them in plastic (the ones with ring holes) and put them in a binder.  You certainly can't use them without support.  They blow all over the place.

[flyinfingers]

You mean, the three-hole punch plastic binders?  Aren't those stiff?  
Thx!
Wow, You're in Italy?  I'm Italian.  My grandma was from Naples and my grandpa from a small town called Piennapennamonde (that's phonetic) as it was a small sheep herding town.  They were both kind of mean!  I won a trip there and visited Rome and the Amalfi Coast.  It was so beautiful!  Loud too!  But that's what we are -- loud!  At least I am -- ha!

[fleetfingers]

No, you get the see-through page protectors to put the sheets of music into, THEN put those into a three-ring binder.

If I'm accompanying and don't want to have page turns, I usually tape each sheet to cardstock (I think that's the 60lb). A few times, I have brought tape with me and attached the sheets to the stand itself.

[flyinfingers]

Oh, Okay.  That cardstock isn't cheap per sheet, but I only went to one place: Kinkos.  Are you talking like a notebook that you used for school when you were a kid with the three ring binders and then you put them in plastic first?  Sorry to sound so stupid, but I always went to the store and got the music.  This is all new to me since I started playing again after umpteen years.  Thanks!

[fleetfingers]

Yes about the binders from school - same ones.

The cardstock is more expensive - that's why I don't print the music straight onto it. I reuse the same pieces. You can tape/paper clip/staple the music you need onto the cardstock to make them heavier for performance without page turns. When practicing at home, I keep them in the binder and turn pages.

[flyinfingers]

Thank you.  I'm sure I won't be performing anytime soon.   Don't even like my hubby in the house while I'm playing.   Can't he stay at work longer?  HA!
I think I have it figured out now.  Appreciate your help to an amateurish question.
Is there a spell check on this thing?

[Bob]

Is it still saving money if you use your printer, ink, and buy better paper?

[birba]

You mean, the three-hole punch plastic binders?  Aren't those stiff?  
Thx!
Wow, You're in Italy?  I'm Italian.  My grandma was from Naples and my grandpa from a small town called Piennapennamonde (that's phonetic) as it was a small sheep herding town.  They were both kind of mean!  I won a trip there and visited Rome and the Amalfi Coast.  It was so beautiful!  Loud too!  But that's what we are -- loud!  At least I am -- ha!

You got me there.  I've been trying to find something even vaguely familiar with that name and it just doesn't exist.  How were they mean?  Like cheap-mean, or nasty-mean?  The Amalfi coast is spectacular.

[49410enrique]

i only print lose sheets if that is the only way for me to have a hard copy score (that is it isn't available any other way) i am pretty 'old school' in that i prefer good old fashiod bound scores that is traditional sheet music, i also try to stay away from buying single works unless they're beefy enough that they qualify as a small book, they just tend to last longer.

for times when i am forcec to used sheets, i just put them in a three ring binder (as in the case wth my collaborative/accomanying works).

[Bob]

The credibility of free scores concerns me.  Bad editions go out of copyright.  They get turned into a pdf (or reprinted) but it's still the bad edition but handed out en masse.

Actually the paper quality is probably going to stink unless you're getting acid free archive paper.  Print it out today and the paper might deteriorate in a few years.  If it's free though.... I don't revisit a lot of things I used to play -- Use it and leave it basically.  Maybe we'll all use tablets in the future and it won't matter.  *Bob images a 11x17 tablet.*

[flyinfingers]

You got me there.  I've been trying to find something even vaguely familiar with that name and it just doesn't exist.  How were they mean?  Like cheap-mean, or nasty-mean?  The Amalfi coast is spectacular.

Yes, I found it, Birba.  It's in Abruzzo.