V is in the kitchen, microwaving some water for her hot cocoa. Her thermos is open on the countertop waiting to be useful. She's clicking with the lighter in her pocket while she waits, watching the timer carefully. She wants to stop the alarm from going off, no point in waking anybody up.
Work is tough with so many people leaving, she's picking up way more slack than she thought she would have to. She got a new high score for kills this morning. Delightful.
She ignores the sound of footsteps she hears. She thinks it's in her head. For once, they're real.
Not again. Annoying.
(-@emotionally-helpful-illusionist)
|Miss Gi had no pleasures in interacting with the men that worked beneath The Administrator. Actually, she hated interacting with anybody, Administrator included. Aside from Miss Pauling she'd have to guess. It was simply a matter of moral, something she found herself a little startled she still had.|
|The woman scoffs quietly as she fiddles with the papers in her arms, organizing them as she always does as she walks down long hallways. She was advised to give a contract to a merc, although she couldn't find any folders on this... What was it... Something about Illusion? She doesn't remember, or well. She doesn't care|
|Why would she care?|
|Her heels clicked against the marble floor as she turned the corner, finally stumbling her way into the kitchen where she was alerted the other would be. As per the information of the camera tucked away in the corner of the room. She clears her throat slowly, having expected to see the boy she almost always sees, what Scout or something? Boy scout. Something. The annoying boy who wouldn't leave Pauling alone. Right yes. Him. She was almost never assigned to give contracts to the other men, just that annoying boy.|
|Much to her pleasant surprise this wasn't that boy, nor did it look like any of the men she knew about. This was someone new! A woman nonetheless! Oh joy! Her tense shoulders drop almost instantly.| "Good morning, uhhh" |She pauses to give a little sticky note on top of her folders a glance.| "Illusionist was it?" |The name falls from her mouth slowly, slurred with a heavy accent that has the word falling off her lips in a clunky manner.|
"Miss Pauling sent me"
Now after some extensive research, I think I have finally found every possible way you could possibly store your sheet music! Now I'm not talking about the whole storing-it-on-the-shelf-in-your-room idea, I'm talking about taking it to and from school or where ever you need to go that required you to take it along with you. I may still be in my final year of high school but I'm already looking into how I'm going to be taking my music to and from school next year! Haha, I'm a bit eager XD
I will keep updating this as I find new organization ideas for sheet music!
Anyways, here are all the possible ways you could go about doing this!
Band Folders:
This seems like the most logical way in my opinion. In my school band and orchestra we use folders that look like this except without the name space on the left side. They come in different colours including black (of course!) but also other colours like red, it just depends on where you buy them! They fit sheet music of every paper size!!
Binder:
This seems like the second most logical way in my opinion. You can hole-punch your music and put it in your binder. You can put your music in page protectors and put that in your binder. You could put your music in the divider pockets. You could also scan your larger pieces of music, resize them and put those in your binder. The possibilities are endless, as long as your music is in your binder.
Spiral Comb Binding/GBC Binding Machine:
If you have a spiral comb binding machine or a GBC Binding Machine then this method might be convenient for you! You can easily make a cover and back cover that is slightly larger than your sheet music and then laminate it to make it waterproof. After this, you can print copies of the music you wish to have in your ‘book’ and put it inside! If you get new music, you can always add more to your book!! The difference between the Spiral Comb Binding method and GBC Binding Machine is that in order to open the spiral to add more pages, the spiral comb binding method requires the machine to open it again. The GBC Binding Machine does not. All you need is the little plastic device it comes with, run it down the spine and the spiral will open up kind of like a binder! You can also use the plastic device (or your fingers) to close it back up again! Due to the spiral of either method, the book is guaranteed to open up nice and flat whenever you want to play music from it!
Laptop Part of Backpack:
This is my favourite way to carry around sheet music in high school, mostly because I don’t usually take my laptop to school. Since I like to use the school computers to get work done, I use the laptop space of my bag to carry sheet music! I do put it plastic folders however I put the plastic folders in that part of my backpack to keep them upright and prevent them from bending!!
Tablet:
This is the most modern way to organize your music. If you have a very large tablet, such as iPad Air, you can take a picture of your music by using the tablet camera or scanning it, and then you can put it on your tablet! This would save you the hassle of carrying many papers!! You could make a photo album for each piece that has more than one page and organize your music that way! The only problem, aside from breaking your tablet, would be page flipping if you only have one sheet on the screen at a time (for those pieces that have 2 pages side by side because you don’t have time to page flip!). Also another problem would be running out of battery power halfway through a concert or recital since you would have to change the settings so the screen doesn’t shut off after a certain amount of time to save battery power! (Buy those power chargers!)
Music Store Bag:
You can buy a bag made for carrying sheet music at your local music store! In order to prevent the pages from fraying at the edges, you might want to put your sheet music in a plastic folder of some sort. I have a list of plastic inserts you could use down below!
Clipboard with Cover:
If you don’t have that much music to carry around, this method might be for you! The only thing to keep in mind is that over time, your papers might get a large line at the top due to the clip that’s keeping it there! They also have those clipboards with storage behind them but I don’t think they’re big enough to store letter sized paper!
Report Covers:
Again, if you don’t have much music to carry around, this method might be for you! You don’t have to hole-punch your papers with this method! All you need is one of these report covers with the sliding spine. Place your papers inside the plastic cover and slide on the spine. This keeps everything together and in one place. It’s also perfect for those pieces with multiple pages!
Plastic Folders:
Plastic folders last WAAAAY LONGER than paper ones!! There are a variety of different kinds of plastic folders so I’ll just put as many as I can down below!!
Two-pocket folders like this one are the most similar to the band ones! They don’t hold as many papers as he band folders but you can buy these in nice designs at Dollarama as well as the Dollar Tree!! If your plan on putting it in a binder, make sure to purchase one with the little cut-outs on the sides so the pages don’t interfere with the binder rings! (like this one!) If not, you can always use scissors to cut them out yourself! The only problem with these is that they’re hard to use if you have larger sheet music so if that’s the case, you can always scan it, resize it, and print it to a smaller sheet that would fit in here!
These are duotangs. You can also buy ones without the side pockets too! I’m not sure how well they would stay open but if you like the idea of a binder but don’t like how much space they take up or how heavy they can get, I guess this is an option too!
These are oversized plastic envelopes! You can find thin ones at Dollarama for letter sized paper however if you want to store any larger sheet music, you might want to invest in one for a larger sheet size, such as legal or A4 paper, since it would guaranteed that your sheet music fits in there.
Poly-string and button envelopes are another fantastic way to sort out your sheet music! They come in all sorts of colours and can open at the top or on the side! This is a method I currently use however keep in mind that the string can fall apart and/or the plastic button can rip off. I still use mine because the flap keeps everything from falling everywhere however I wish I could still use the string and button aspect of it! If you’re lucky, you can one find ones with pre-installed dividers!
Many people call these accordion folders but I know these as plastic expanding file folders! You can find these in many stores as well as with many dividers depending on how many you need! I’ve seen some with 5, 13, and even 27 dividers! These are the kind of plastic folders I’m thinking of purchasing for university so I can keep all of my sheet music in one place! I’ve seen some for letter sized paper at Dollarama but I want to buy one meant for larger paper in case I get sheet music in a larger paper size! I also don’t want one with an excessive amount of dividers so I guess I’ll wait and see how many music classes I’ll be having so I can buy one with that many dividers! You can also buy ones that open on the smaller side as opposed to the larger side!
The Pendaflex PileSmart Project Sorter is kind of a combination of a file folder and a binder without rings. You can basically just shove papers behind the dividers and then pull them out whenever you need them! No need to punch holes in them like you would for a binder!!
Resembling those clear plastic zipper binders, clear plastic zipper pouches exist as well! Apparently you can buy some A4 sized ones at certain Daiso locations but I’ve never been there to know if it’s true or not! These seem great for larger sheets of sheet music!! Some also come with a clipboard clip inside!
Plastic Folder, Bag & Binder Inserts:
In order to NOT make the plastic folder section so large, here are other ways you can sort the music within the plastic folders, music bags or binders!
Plastic Dividers with pockets are a great way to put some sheet music in your binder if you don’t have that many. You can also put plastic dividers in a plastic folder to divide it into sections for your different classes!
Plastic Binder Pockets are similar to dividers with pockets just without the tabs. They work great for those that don’t have much music to carry around or if you want to keep an entire song in one place!
Plastic Binder Pouches are an option as well. There are two different kinds, the thinner ones with a zipper that resembles a zip-lock bag and the thicker one that is bulkier yet holds more paper.
Transparent Sheet Protectors are another great way to protect and store sheet music! They can go in binders or you can put an entire song in one and put it in a plastic folder!
Plastic File Folders are yet another great way to protect and store sheet music! They look like your typical file folders and can fit in pretty much every plastic file folder!
Transparent File Holders are much thinner than your typical file folder. They open at the top and side only. They are perfect for putting in a folder because they would bend too much on their own. Great for keeping an entire song, that has multiple pages, in one place! In grade 8 I used to put all my lined paper in these things because I didn’t like keeping extra lined paper in my binder!
Alright, that’s all the methods I know as of right now! I will add more to this list if I ever find any more!
Cheers,
Caramel
P.S Next week I will be posting about my first flute lesson and what I learned!
