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Need advice on tablet

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  • W Offline
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    Wim
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    I'm thinking of buying a tablet I can use to read music when playing the piano.
    I only need to read piano scores in pdf. No gaming, no movies etc., just for practising and doing gigs. Any good advice is welcome as I have no experience on this subject 😬

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    • JollyJ Offline
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      Jolly
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      My nephew and his wife use big I-pads, but they're guitarists and singers. It's still paper at my house.

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        I bought a 12.9 inch iPad pro for this. Works well, and the size of display is ALMOST the size of a sheet of music. Strangely, I find myself not using it all that much.

        It's great for things you already know, but there's a steep learning curve for annotating (mine accepts a pancil). There's all kinds of solutions for turning pages, but they're all cumbersome.

        For software, I use ForScore. It stores all your PDFs locally and you can import from Dropbox, some cloud accounts, and some sheet music sites.

        https://forscore.co

        As far as what model, I have the 2021 iPad pro - got it at eBay. Great sound (4 speakers) and the larger screen is wonderful as well.

        Rumor is that Apple's going to be releasing an iPad Air with a 12.9 inch screen. Not as powerful a processor as the pro, not as nice a screen, but functionally it would suit your (or my) needs.

        I know there are Android tablets out there with similar sizes - but i know nothing about them.

        Good luck!

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        • W Offline
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          Wim
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          Thanks to both of you, but an I-pad is too expensive for what I need.
          I'll let you know what my search will resut in.

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            Axtremus
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            Not only a matter of size, but also resolution and speed of rendering a page.
            A large but low resolution screen will likely be uncomfortable to read.
            Low page rendering speed may adversely affect reading after a page turn.
            Size, resolution, and speed all cost money.
            Good luck with your search.

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