I have been collecting copies of different sheet music for 30+ years and have put it into folders and then I had multiple copies over the years from being in different callings in different auxiliaries and handouts of words to songs, etc. , etc. I have also collected purchased sheet music. It too has collected into a small pile. Every time I dust that particular shelf I groan at the '
growing' pile of music that had no order to it at all. It just got stuffed into one of the bulging folders. Well this had to get cleaned out! For the past two to three days I have sorted, thrown out and organized all the music into '
two' notebooks. I have to add that the purchased sheet music has been around for sometime and the staples have turned rusty. Another good reason to take it apart and put it into one my notebooks. Now all my sheet music is organized, indexed, concise, neat and
'much smaller'! Gee it felt good to finally tackle that! Now if I collect any more sheet music I will punch 3 holes in it and pop it into the proper notebook!
These are the two notebooks. My daughter-in-law Angela made the music drawing (the one to the right) one day last year while she and David were visiting and she just wanted to 'doodle.' I thought she was so clever to make a 'heart' out of the Treble Clef and Base Cleff notes! She did not want to keep it. I kept it and now I have a perfect use for it, the cover of my notebook! The other notebook has the '88 Keyboard note chart' and I used that when my girls were taking piano lessons to help figure out what the notes were. It comes in handy now and then.
The spine of the two notebooks so at a glance I know which one I want to add to or see the music. Whew! Glad that project is done!
I have been collecting copies of different sheet music for 30+ years and have put it into folders and then I had multiple copies over the years from being in different callings in different auxiliaries and handouts of words to songs, etc. , etc. I have also collected purchased sheet music. It too has collected into a small pile. Every time I dust that particular shelf I groan at the 'growing' pile of music that had no order to it at all. It just got stuffed into one of the bulging folders. Well this had to get cleaned out! For the past two to three days I have sorted, thrown out and organized all the music into 'two' notebooks. I have to add that the purchased sheet music has been around for sometime and the staples have turned rusty. Another good reason to take it apart and put it into one my notebooks. Now all my sheet music is organized, indexed, concise, neat and 'much smaller'! Gee it felt good to finally tackle that! Now if I collect any more sheet music I will punch 3 holes in it and pop it into the proper notebook!
These are the two notebooks. My daughter-in-law Angela made the music drawing (the one to the right) one day last year while she and David were visiting and she just wanted to 'doodle.' I thought she was so clever to make a 'heart' out of the Treble Clef and Base Cleff notes! She did not want to keep it. I kept it and now I have a perfect use for it, the cover of my notebook! The other notebook has the '88 Keyboard note chart' and I used that when my girls were taking piano lessons to help figure out what the notes were. It comes in handy now and then.
The spine of the two notebooks so at a glance I know which one I want to add to or see the music. Whew! Glad that project is done!
3 comments:
What a smart way to do it! I think you're very brave for taking on a project like that, going through mass amounts of paper stuffs can be very daunting. Good work!
Impressive!
I don't know how you kept going full steam. I'd have been burnt out after the geneology sorting. But then you went on to tackle even more paper! I guess you got to take advantage of the groove while you're in it - I should remember that!
Well done, mama!
p.s. I think you should laminate the piano poster so it can be passed on to your grandkids someday, .
I'm impressed! Organizing is one of my favorite things to do. This week, I'm in San Diego visiting with Amy & Spencer's family. Just a spur of the moment project organizing her scrapbook materials gave me a great sense of accomplishment. Fun, huh?
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