How to Make a Computer Music Stand
Musicians who play challenging material not only have to master the various skills involved with their instruments, they also have to find some way to turn the pages on their sheet music while performing. The recent creation of digital music stands has eliminated this need for some, but digital stands can be costly. Using your computer and a couple of other items, you can create your own cost-effective digital music stand that can link a digital version of your sheet music to a screen that feeds you the tempo, changes the pages and does everything except play your instrument.
- Sturdy analog music stand w/vented back
- Flat-screen USB monitor
- Digital music reader
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Instructions
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Adjust your music stand to the height at which you normally view sheet music. Secure the stand as tightly as possible.
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Mount your monitor on the stand and thread the video and power cables through the vented back. Make sure it is even and not tipping forward.
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Connect the monitor to a USB port on a computer running a digital music reading program and turn it on. Your stand’s monitor should display the desktop.
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Open the digital music program with the music you intend to play, drag it to the screen, mute the sound output from your computer and hit "Play". Your computer will run through the music without you having to turn the page.