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• #REVIEW OF MUSIC NOTATION SOFTWARE FOR IPAD PRO#

#REVIEW OF MUSIC NOTATION SOFTWARE FOR IPAD PRO#

My current iPad setup, and the one I test with most extensively, is the 12.9-inch 2018 iPad Pro (third generation) with Apple Pencil (second generation). The teaching workflow that I detailed in my first Scoring Notes article has remained largely the same, and my use of the iPad as a music and music-teaching tool has expanded to include classroom teaching as well. I have performed as a trumpet player and conductor using an iPad, and I have used an iPad as a primary (though not exclusive) teaching computer since 2015. In my work, I look at many scores in the classroom, in lessons, rehearsals, and performances. I am a composer and university music educator.

I spent time with each of the leading iPad score reader apps - forScore, Newzik, nkoda, Blackbinder, and Piascore - to assess the current state of the category, and to help musicians decide which of the excellent options best suits their needs. With the introduction of high-resolution displays on iPads in 2012, larger-screened iPad Pros in 2015, and the revised 2018 iPad Pros now at 11- and 12.9-inch displays, there has never been a better time for musicians to go paperless. Since that time, a number of hardware and software products have come and (mostly) gone to serve the enthusiastic but niche market of musicians wanting to read digital scores.Įver since the introduction of that first iPad in 2010, musicians have been leveraging the uniquely responsive screen and reliable software in rehearsals and performance. Even before Apple announced the iPad, seeing the first Amazon Kindle had me excited for the day that I would be able to leave my giant stacks of music scores at home.