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<blockquote data-quote="lydian" data-source="post: 506837" data-attributes="member: 8392"><p>I've been through a lot of tablets (Android and iPad) and 2-in-1 laptops over the years for music reading. All worked well at the time with MobileSheets, which I find more intuitive/easier than ForScore. But either is fine once you get used to it.</p><p></p><p>Over the holidays, the 10.4" Galaxy Tab S6 Lite was on sale lots of places for £175, so I picked one of those up to replace my aging laptop. Of course bigger is always better, but the display is so sharp, the smaller screen works fine if you move it a bit closer. I love having the pen that comes with the S6 for annotations.</p><p></p><p>A pedal is essential for me (no time to take my hands off the horn for page turns otherwise). It does take some getting used to though and requires planning to get your foot in the right place at the right time. So practice page turning and get good at it before your first gig. I find half page turn mode works best since it gives you plenty of time to turn and shows half of the previous and next pages simultaneously. The Cube Turner pedal works great with all my devices and is only £16.</p><p></p><p>There are many stands for tablets, but I have this one which works well and is pretty cheap. It can clamp onto a mic stand or just screw in the top with the right adapter. I've used it both ways depending on my mic situation.</p><p>Hola! Music HM-MTH Microphone Music Stand iPad Tablet Smartphone Holder Mount</p><p></p><p>If you ever play in bright sunlight, then no tablet will work except e-ink types. So my emergency backup is a tiny Kindle e-ink reader I got for £35. It's much smaller and harder to read and doesn't work with music reading software or a pedal. So I print my set to PDF and use it that way, as if it were an e-book. Not ideal, but the best I've been able to do on a budget.</p><p></p><p>Regardless, having all my sheet music on a tablet is fantastic. I have collections for multiple parts in 5 different bands plus lots of fake books and method books totaling about five thousand tunes, any of which I can access in a matter of seconds, add to set lists and annotate to my heart's content.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lydian, post: 506837, member: 8392"] I've been through a lot of tablets (Android and iPad) and 2-in-1 laptops over the years for music reading. All worked well at the time with MobileSheets, which I find more intuitive/easier than ForScore. But either is fine once you get used to it. Over the holidays, the 10.4" Galaxy Tab S6 Lite was on sale lots of places for £175, so I picked one of those up to replace my aging laptop. Of course bigger is always better, but the display is so sharp, the smaller screen works fine if you move it a bit closer. I love having the pen that comes with the S6 for annotations. A pedal is essential for me (no time to take my hands off the horn for page turns otherwise). It does take some getting used to though and requires planning to get your foot in the right place at the right time. So practice page turning and get good at it before your first gig. I find half page turn mode works best since it gives you plenty of time to turn and shows half of the previous and next pages simultaneously. The Cube Turner pedal works great with all my devices and is only £16. There are many stands for tablets, but I have this one which works well and is pretty cheap. It can clamp onto a mic stand or just screw in the top with the right adapter. I've used it both ways depending on my mic situation. Hola! Music HM-MTH Microphone Music Stand iPad Tablet Smartphone Holder Mount If you ever play in bright sunlight, then no tablet will work except e-ink types. So my emergency backup is a tiny Kindle e-ink reader I got for £35. It's much smaller and harder to read and doesn't work with music reading software or a pedal. So I print my set to PDF and use it that way, as if it were an e-book. Not ideal, but the best I've been able to do on a budget. Regardless, having all my sheet music on a tablet is fantastic. I have collections for multiple parts in 5 different bands plus lots of fake books and method books totaling about five thousand tunes, any of which I can access in a matter of seconds, add to set lists and annotate to my heart's content. [/QUOTE]
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