stitching with thread when the sides of 12 and 14 are joined together they form slip cover 20 with two joined sides a fold at the top and an opening at the bottom 21 allowing the universal music stand slip cover to slip over a flat desk music stand as in fig2 d when the sides of 10 and 12 are joined together they form a pocket folder 22 with two joined sides a fold at the bottom and a pocket folder opening 23 on the notched edge of the panel 10 front panel 10 is recessed from the top to allow the viewing of papers within pocket folder 22 pocket folder 22 is notched on each side so music paper books and accessories can be inserted easily fig2 c shows a frontal view of one embodiment diagonally attached from the left side of pocket folder 22 to bottom left fold line 11 and the right side of pocket folder 22 to bottom right fold line 11 are retaining straps 26 a 26 b made of elastic cloth plastic or metal that hold music or accessories to pocket folder 22 dividing pocket folder 22 at the center are two vertical lines of stitching starting.