I’m thinking about scanning my sheet music into a tablet and also purchasing some in digital format. What is a good size tablet to buy?
I concur re: 12.9" iPad Pro.I use an Airturn bluetooth pedal to turn the pages on the iPad.
As large as possible. At the moment, I just have a little seven inch tablet, and it's nearly impossible for me to use for anything, because of the various impediments like "screen hogging" applications (like the PDF reader you mentioned) and I find the touch screen to be unwieldy.I had an iPad I guess 10" or whatever it was, but it died on me. The size was OK for personal, up-close use, like reading "books" and web-surfing, but it's pretty small for using at a distance, like one would when playing music. Just imagine if you had a physical book in those dimensions, and add in all the software cruft: would be OK for just glancing at to refresh your memory, like a jazz chart, but pretty small for detailed work. I don't think the backlit screen is necessarily better or worse for the eyes, just a matter of getting used to it. For extended periods of use? Yeah, I get eye-strain from computer screens, but I wouldn't know how to mitigate that other than using some of the "color temperature" apps to add/reduce some of the "blue" wavelengths out.Page turning? At least for the iPad and likely any Android tablet there are some foot pedals one can use. I don't know any more than that other than that I've seen people use them.TBH, if I were going to drop a bunch of cash on a new tablet, I'd be inclined to look at a lower-end "convertible" notebook computer. When I was last looking for a new notebook computer, the prices were almost shockingly reasonable, including even the Microsoft Surface models. So, you can have the tablet mode for live performance, but at home you can still use the keyboard/trackpad interface. I just bought a cheap music stand (about USD 40) which can be locked into place as a flat surface on which a notebook computer could be placed. I just use it as a regular music stand, but that's an option if you don't want to balance your computer on the edge of your keyboard/piano.That's all I know, as I still prefer to print stuff out if I'm going to play it, or use an old-fashioned bound printed matter book.
I bought an ipad pro 12.9 and it is almost as if it was designed for the purpose of reading sheet music.Working with Forscore is simple even for a moron like me. Marking fingerings is just like using a pen and paper.Thanks. When it goes down in price I’ll definitely consider it.
I use a Lenovo Yoga laptop which can convert into a tablet mode and it as a 14 inch screen. That's big enough to be comfortable for me. There is a windows app called MobileSheets in which I keep all my scores, which is pretty convenient. I still prefer using physical sheet music, though.
Yes. 12.9 iPad is perfect. Work issued me one, and the screen resolution is great, and the ratio is 3:2 which is very hard to find in other tablets or laptops. But I couldn't justify the cost. the 11 inch iPad is reasonable cost but my vision isn't great and I didn't think it would work.I had a Kindle Fire 10 and I put one of the sheet music apps on it, Mobilesheets which is excellent and about the same as Forscore on the iPad. It was very convenient but just too small. I still use it for exercises where I'm working on a small section and don't need a huge screen. A small microSD will hold a lifetime worth of music. I went with an Acer Spin 713 convertible Chromebook at a fraction of the cost. Most likely anybody with reasonable vision could get by with the Acer flip at even less. I also bought a two button AirTurn page turner, which links to the Chromebook on Bluetooth. The iPad is the best, IMO, but it's pricey, and the cheaper solutions are pretty close.
Many thanks. How big is the Acer flip?
Why not just use an old 17" laptop?...Another option is get two 19" monitors
On the other hand it's easy to find a convertible laptop or 2-in-1 with 13" screen, maybe even refurbished, at the cost of one tuning. I still play from paper even though I have 12.5" convertible, but yeah, paper doesn't turn pages. Not sure I want to spend $50 for a pedal.