| This article is about a new musical product that I think | | | | and many others. |
| every aspiring musician should know about. It’s | | | | What makes this product so unique is the way it can |
| called “Sheet Music On A Stick” and is a small | | | | help you to play those songs. After plugging into the |
| USB memory drive that is filled with sheet music, audio | | | | computer you can choose any number of songs and |
| files and a ton of interactive options that can make | | | | print the sheet music. Then with the computer by your |
| learning, or re-learning to play the piano much easier | | | | side you can hit the play button and the notes will light |
| than traditional books of sheet music. | | | | up across the screen and the audio will play. You can |
| Like many others during their childhood I took piano | | | | listen or begin to play along. You can slow it down to |
| lessons at the strong urging of my parents. After two | | | | whatever tempo is easier. You can isolate the audio |
| years of such lessons the call of my friends on the | | | | and make a solo for either hand or mute it altogether |
| baseball diamond meant the end of the lessons and | | | | as you play the notes yourself. You can easily go |
| shortly thereafter the end of playing the piano. Over | | | | back and practice a section again. You feel that you |
| the years I often thought how nice it would be to be | | | | have a teacher at your side. |
| able to play the piano again. And then last summer I | | | | There is a wonderful feature for vocalists. If they |
| decided to give it a try but even with the help of my | | | | don’t like the key of a song they can change it to |
| old Thompson Third Grade book (amazingly still | | | | whatever key is comfortable for them, keeping the |
| available) I was very discouraged. Not long after I | | | | piano in its correct key. They can then print their own |
| came across this amazing little product called | | | | customized version of the music. The melody can also |
| “Sheet Music On A Stick”. It’s a small, and I | | | | be customized for various instruments such as |
| mean small, USB memory drive that plugs into your | | | | Trumpet or Saxophone. |
| computer and is filled with sheet music and a ton of | | | | I don’t think that I would have persevered in getting |
| interactive stuff. The one I had was called | | | | back to the piano if it hadn’t been for “Sheet |
| “Today’s Hot Hits” and it had the sheet | | | | Music On A Stick”. I think that this will help a lot of |
| music for 25 songs including songs of the Beatles, Jeff | | | | people who have long wished to get back to playing |
| Buckley, Jonas Brothers, Jordin Sparks, Taylor Swift | | | | the piano again. |