Sheet Music for String Trio

Re: Sheet Music for String Trio

• jcg98 member

  

  June 2012

  Most sheet music costs money, especially if it is a specific arrangement, in this case string trio, of a traditional piece. My advice would be to try to find the music yourself so you can control the cost. It doesn't have to be astronomical. For example, musicnotes.com and sheetmusicplus.com offer many arrangements in printable form, which will save you shipping costs. They are usually about 5 bucks per song, musicnotes offers a volume discount if you buy more than one song.

   
    
  

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• naomikb member

  

  June 2012 edited June 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_first-dance_sheet-music-for-string-trio?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:29Discussion:26229075-ade9-480a-a623-68a163777fc6Post:03e2ca39-f709-4493-941e-aee205b2ed61">Re:Sheet Music for String Trio</a>:
  [QUOTE]Most sheet music costs money, especially if it is a specific arrangement, in this case string trio, of a traditional piece. My advice would be to try to find the music yourself so you can control the cost. It doesn't have to be astronomical. For example, musicnotes.com and sheetmusicplus.com offer many arrangements in printable form, which will save you shipping costs. They are usually about 5 bucks per song, musicnotes offers a volume discount if you buy more than one song.
  Posted by jcg98[/QUOTE]
  I agree with this with one condition - that you make sure that the version you are buying is the correct one.  In the right key, with the right number of parts, etc.  You don't want to buy the piano/vocal version in F if they want the 3-part string version in G.  So just check with them beforehand to make sure you're getting what they want to play off of.
  
  Honestly though, letting them buy the sheet music and pay for shipping doesn't seem unreasonable to me if you are asking them to play music they don't already own.

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• SeptemberLadie

  

  June 2012

  With being a string player and a music major I'm very familiar with things like this. It is challenging to actually find pieces for a string trio arrangement. What instruments are they exactly? You would probably have better luck finding quartet piece and possibly eliminating 1 voice (depending on the voice). What typically happens if you can't find the music, is you buy piano and arrange it for string trio (if not familiar with how to do that your musicians may be able to). I bought all the music for my string quartet which were all piano & my musicians are arranging it themselves. The key of the music doesn't play a huge factor because it's the same rhythm (vocalists change keys all the time to fit their range). 

  

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