iPad for Sheet Music, with Foot Page Turner...
There are a few use cases where the iPad really, truly excels - and one of those is replacing sheet music. Keep your whole library on one device instead of lugging around binders full of paper, and make (editable, scalable!) annotations using the touchscreen. All it needs is a good way to turn the pages - and it's about to get that, too. AirTurn, a maker of USB-based page-turning pedals, is developing a Bluetooth version that will connect wirelessly to the iPad. Well, that does it - so long, paper sheet music!
[via Engadget]
2 comments:
I've considered creating a pepsi refresh project to obtain iPads for my entire orchestra at school so that we can use all digital music. They can take it home, listen to the music, and "write" on the music without destroying the original copies.
DO IT! That's friggin brilliant - I love the notion that the iPad could play a portion of the sheetmusic, so the student can hear what it should sound like. Of course, this should be something that's only available after it's been attempted by the student - the iPad could listen for that attempt, and correct the student when needed! Awesome...
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