iPad PDF Music App?

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Has anyone figured out how to use iPad for reading charts on gigs outside? In the bright sunshine, especially while wearing Polaroid sunglasses, everything on the iPad screen disappears. I have to use paper charts outside. Would be interested in a solution for this very practical issue as most of my gigs are outdoors.

I would just make a cardboard/black construction paper wrap for it to umbrella it from the sun, similar to what you see on video cameras:

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You would have to be sure to be angled so that you could see it and that the iPad wasn't directly facing the sun, but otherwise a cheap paper/cardboard wrap will block a lot of the ambient light.

 

[Phil Smith]

Has anyone figured out how to use iPad for reading charts on gigs outside? In the bright sunshine, especially while wearing Polaroid sunglasses, everything on the iPad screen disappears. I have to use paper charts outside. Would be interested in a solution for this very practical issue as most of my gigs are outdoors.

I've done numerous reading gigs outdoors with the iPad, first thing I would say is that you should always be playing in the shade when possible after that, turn up the brightness on the device to maximum which will help a lot.

 

[Phil Smith]

Do you know how I can extract one page from a pdf? I couldnt find a way in gigbook. As far as I could understand I would have to take a screenshot, convert it to pdf, let dropbox sync it and finally upload it in gigbook. Uffff. Is there a better way?

If you're talking about iGigBook, here's how you would do it:

You can create a set list that contains a single song. The single song can be from a real book or a fake book in the Book List view or it can be a page extracted from a non indexed book in the My Scores view using a bookmark. The single song in the set list can be emailed directly to you or someone else from the Gig Set view.

 

[jholanda]

If you're talking about iGigBook, here's how you would do it:

You can create a set list that contains a single song. The single song can be from a real book or a fake book in the Book List view or it can be a page extracted from a non indexed book in the My Scores view using a bookmark. The single song in the set list can be emailed directly to you or someone else from the Gig Set view.

Unfortunately it is not igig but gigbook. I haven't realized either till after I have bought it

 

[hwolfson_1]

I use forscore all the time for sheet music. Page turns are extremely fast. I have integrated most of my sheet music, including the real books and some method books into forscore and it works great. I no longer have to carry stacks of binders.

Does anyone sell PDF versions of the entire Real Book for Bass clef? I looked on the Hal Leonard site, and their CD-ROM version of the Real Books appear to be only Treble Clef.

Thanks.
Harry

 

[odin70]

Forscore users.. When working in landscape view how do you adjust the music? e.g sometimes i only see half of a system at the bottom of the page

 

[repoman]

Onsong is very good too if you are using chord charts

questions about onSong...on my iPad how do I get my PDF song charts currently in iBook into onSong?

 

[f.c.geil]

Using iTunes, select iBook and export the file to your desktop, then import to OnSong, then add it on the iPad by selecting "iTunes file sharing." There are probably easier ways to do it as well.

 

[repoman]

Using iTunes, select iBook and export the file to your desktop, then import to OnSong, then add it on the iPad by selecting "iTunes file sharing." There are probably easier ways to do it as well.

thanks for the response...I know this forum isn't a computer tech line, but I figured someone on here had to do what I was asking. I did what you suggested, sort of... somehow I fumbled along but bottom line, my charts are now in onSong.
thanks again