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Author: nastroichik
Date: 2015-08-31 17:24
Hello everybody.
I'm a clarinet player and I'm looking for an IPad Android app to read and annotate music. It's for a professional use, something that is usable on stage and for teaching, to replace paper music.
I know there are apps like forscore or tonara but i'd like your input. What about the size, the access to good publishers? Ipad, android?
Have you discovered something good enough to replace paper music?
Thank you for your answers!
Nastroichik
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Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2015-09-01 07:16
I currently use a Samsung Galaxy Note 10 tablet, with MobileSheetsPro (Android). I'd love to spring for the 12.2 Note, but that's a little more than I'd like to spend right now.
Most of the apps work the same though, so any option you choose will be good. I prefer the android options due to the variety of tablet sizes from which you can choose.
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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Author: nastroichik
Date: 2015-09-01 14:49
Hi Ron,
Thank you for your input. Yes, reading on a 10' tablet must be a bit difficult. I'm a bit worried of the light reflection also. Can you read properly when you play outside or with stage lights? And what about the page turn?
I don't have any Android device to test MobileSheetsPro at the moment. I guess you can buy your music scores via the app. Am I right?
As I said, I'd like to use that as a replacement of paper music, do you trust the device and the app enough to play on stage with them?
Thank you very much again and I hope you can tell me a little bit more
Nastroichik
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2015-09-01 16:17
ForScore is becoming the "standard" app for iOS. I have it on my iPad, but haven't used it in a gig yet. Most of my gigs are tunes I have memorized, and I haven't purchased the Bluetooth pedal which serves as a page turner (for my several multi-page charts).
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Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2015-09-01 16:42
If you're worried about size, android devices come in bigger sizes than iPads. iPad, I believe, is 8.9", where many android tablets have 10" or larger versions.
For turning pages, I use the AirTurn pedal, but there are a couple of other pedals that are just as good.
For your scores, you'll have to download them from somewhere like imslp, or you can scan them in yourself.
I've done many recitals, musicals, chamber and large ensemble concerts on them. I just played a gig with the Army Ground Forces Band this past weekend and used my tablet without issue.
I play a lot of musicals, and one of the advantages is that I can white out the parts of the music that are cut, instead of fishing around for my cut markings. That way, I don't have to see the music that I don't play. Also, as a multiple instrumentalist, I play a lot of instruments in different settings, and teach a lot of different instruments. I have my flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, violin, viola, cello and guitar music all in the same place, and on a small device, rather than lugging around a lot of books or loose music.
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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Author: nastroichik
Date: 2015-09-02 11:59
Thank you both for your answers!
I heard somewhere that there is an app that actually listens to you and turns the page. I guess it's not the one you use as you mentioned the Airturn pedal. Isn't it noisy when you use it?
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Author: concertmaster3
Date: 2015-09-02 16:21
The pedal is quiet. The mechanism sound is MUCH less than a key click (a small sowing needle dropped on the floor from an inch or two above ground). The pedal height is only that of maybe a centimeter.
Ron Ford
Woodwind Specialist
Performer/Teacher/Arranger
http://www.RonFordMusic.com
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2015-09-02 22:06
Why not Google glasses, with a head shake to turn the page? You laugh, something like that will be common in another 5-10 years. You heard it here first.
Actually, why wouldn't the device (even today iPad or Android) be able to keep track of where you are in the music (even if YOU would have gotten lost) and show you the correct page at all times? Music recognition (from a mic) ought to be easier than voice recognition.
My head shake idea could cause problems in open air settings with gnats or mosquitoes around, LOL.
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
Post Edited (2015-09-02 22:11)
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