This is for you if you have glare on sheet protectors and aren’t able to adjust your lighting.
This also helps if you need all-the-time access to write on music.
Instead of using trifold sheet protectors to contain your music, you’re going to use them as supports. Music is held on—not in— each trifold pocket so that you capture many benefits of the ChoreoKeeper system.
Binder arm clips still support outer pages.
Trifolds still fold easily.
Trifolds still can be used front and back.
Use staples, tape (regular one-sided or removable double-stick), or paper clips to hold music onto each trifold pocket. Three attachment points per pocket—at top corners and bottom center—are suggested.
Here are things to keep in mind:
Don’t use this method with brittle or fragile paper (like vintage music).
Keep the included cardstock in each trifold pocket.
Staples or regular one-sided tape will be the most secure attachment method.
If using double-sided tape, make sure it says “removable” or “repositionable”.
Paper clips will hold pages on both the front and back of each trifold pocket. Therefore, only 9 paper clips per trifold are needed.
Placements for double-stick tape or paper clips (staples would be put in the same spots)
Paper clips should be positioned at top corners and bottom center of each trifold pocket. Make sure to grab all layers—front, back, and card stock—with each paper clip.
In this example, the trifold sheet protector is supporting versus containing the music. Since it’s exposed, music can be easily written on (fingering, counts, etc.) at any time.
In this example, Anne Horner stapled her music at the top two corners of each page (see blue arrows); she didn’t need staples at the bottom center locations.
Finally, there’s another option (shown on binder instruction sheets as a Pro Tip). The ChoreoKeeper binder CAN be used without sheet protectors at all—just tape 2-3 pages together to take advantage of clips on the swing-out arms. You can display six pages at once without having outer pages sag. And you can manage songs up to 12 pages long by putting single pages in the middle of your layout.
Although these ideas may have you taping or stapling sheet music pages once again, there are differences between this and taping to manila folders/cardboard.
With the binder, your music accordions-in to be nicely contained before and after playing. The binder’s swing-out arm clips hold everything in place. And having your program’s music in the binder lets you put everything in order beforehand versus managing manila folders or large pieces of cardboard.