Piano music - switching from paper to a tablet

phil

phil

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I have been playing the piano for some years for my own entertainment... I'm not very good. But over the years have built up a few books and lots of individual sheets bought thru the net. Trouble now is finding and storing the pieces of music i am learning/want to play. Have seen on video clips people playing from their tablets. However, i would have a clue where to begin. Don't have a decent tablet atm - any recommendations ? Previously have always had android phones or windows laptops if that makes any difference. Is it possible to get my present paper music onto a tablet in a decent usable form or would i have to start again?
Thanks in advance for any help.
 


Mobilesheets is an absolute must for android. Download or scan in your sheet music and away you go. Use a USB or Bluetooth page turner and you're completely hands free.
It's about £14 on Google store and I guarantee it's the best £14 you'll spend this year.

I believe it's available for windows too and Apple, of late, as well.

It p*sses all over forScore, apples most popular equivalent.
Add an 11" Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE for about £200 and you're good to go.
I believe that there's a limited trial version available too, to check if it's suitable, but it definitely will be.
phil said:
I have been playing the piano for some years for my own entertainment... I'm not very good. But over the years have built up a few books and lots of individual sheets bought thru the net. Trouble now is finding and storing the pieces of music i am learning/want to play. Have seen on video clips people playing from their tablets. However, i would have a clue where to begin. Don't have a decent tablet atm - any recommendations ? Previously have always had android phones or windows laptops if that makes any difference. Is it possible to get my present paper music onto a tablet in a decent usable form or would i have to start again?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Lerruz knaa how it suits ya, marra.
 
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Dodgy said:
Mobilesheets is an absolute must for android. Download or scan in your sheet music and away you go. Use a USB or Bluetooth page turner and you're completely hands free.
It's about £14 on Google store and I guarantee it's the best £14 you'll spend this year.

I believe it's available for windows too and Apple, of late, as well.

It p*sses all over forScore, apples most popular equivalent.
Add an 11" Xiaomi Redmi Pad SE for about £200 and you're good to go.
I believe that there's a limited trial version available too, to check if it's suitable, but it definitely will be.

Lerruz knaa how it suits ya, marra.
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Thanks for your reply just investigating it all now. Have just downloaded the trial version of mobile sheets onto an old small tablet to see if i can scan some of my music to it. Will let you know how it goes.
 
phil said:
Thanks for your reply just investigating it all now. Have just downloaded the trial version of mobile sheets onto an old small tablet to see if i can scan some of my music to it. Will let you know how it goes.
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Drop me your email and I'll link you to a few dots in my Dropbox to get you started. Just generic stuff - a live version of Oliver's Army, Black Velvet, Little Respect and what have ya.
 
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Dodgy said:
Drop me your email and I'll link you to a few dots in my Dropbox to get you started. Just generic stuff - a live version of Oliver's Army, Black Velvet, Little Respect and what have ya.
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Thanks for the offer, but my standard is pretty low and tbh i have plenty to be getting on with.
Have been messing around with the limited trial mobilesheets ap and have been able to successfully put some numbers on sheets for fingers.
I ordered the tablet you recommended and it was actually a bit cheaper, maybe a black friday thing.
Could i ask if you use a page turner. and if so are there any you think are good (or ones to steer clear of). There seems to be quite a variation in price.
Cheers.
 
phil said:
Thanks for the offer, but my standard is pretty low and tbh i have plenty to be getting on with.
Have been messing around with the limited trial mobilesheets ap and have been able to successfully put some numbers on sheets for fingers.
I ordered the tablet you recommended and it was actually a bit cheaper, maybe a black friday thing.
Could i ask if you use a page turner. and if so are there any you think are good (or ones to steer clear of). There seems to be quite a variation in price.
Cheers.
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Just a generic USB foot switch with 3 switches would do the trick. They're about £25 on amazon. Something like this. Screenshot_2023-11-22-04-40-44-402_com.amazon.mShop.android.shopping-edit.jpgYou'd need a USB to type C converter, obviously but they're about a quid.

You assign each switch to whatever you want page forward/ page back etc for sine to sine - coda to coda etc, should you need it. It comes with a cd with a program which allows you to do so. It's a piece of p*ss.

If you just want a single page forward switch, they're only about a tenner.

Anyway, the offer of a few dots is still there. My dots are quite simple "resident band" standard so you can embellish any way you want.
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The 11" pad arrived today but looking at it the screen size feels a bit small, was thinking of swapping it for a lenovo 12.7" which is not too much more expensive and would help my eyes a little. Is there any particular reason why you recommended the Xiaomi Redmi Pad other than a decent price and size?
 
phil said:
The 11" pad arrived today but looking at it the screen size feels a bit small, was thinking of swapping it for a lenovo 12.7" which is not too much more expensive and would help my eyes a little. Is there any particular reason why you recommended the Xiaomi Redmi Pad other than a decent price and size?
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Naaaah, no reason at all really. Just that it was a decent sized screen and they're reliable. I've had a Lenovo in the past and and it was superb too until one of the bairns "definitely didn't drop it". 🤣
smoker said:
The bairn (studying for Grade 5) uses Musescore and seems to like it.
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Muse score is notoriously laggy and unstable. I had the same problems as some of the reviews on Google.

play.google.com

MuseScore: sheet music - Apps on Google Play

The largest collection with over 1M of free music notes.
play.google.com play.google.com
 
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