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How to deal with repeats on a tablet

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:16 am
by hup_d_dup
I asked a cornetist who uses tablet in a brass band how he deals with repeats, D.C.'s, D.S.'s, and Codas. He said "It's a problem."

I suspected as much as he appears to scroll frantically on anything with a challenging road map.

Hup

Re: How to deal with repeats on a tablet

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 1:03 pm
by Mark
Although, I don't have personal experience with this, it's my understanding that programs written specifically to display sheet music on tablets have functions to handle this.

Re: How to deal with repeats on a tablet

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 1:25 pm
by pgym

Re: How to deal with repeats on a tablet

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:59 pm
by Dan Schultz
I've been known to make multiple copies and rescan then so there are no repeats or codas.

Re: How to deal with repeats on a tablet

Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:21 pm
by Bennjamin McMillan
I'd agree with copying pages. If they're scanned as pdfs it's easy enough to duplicate pages and reorder the files. You can also select parts of a page to be copied instead of the entire page.

Re: How to deal with repeats on a tablet

Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:51 pm
by ronr
First, you run to the App Store and download a program called "Forscore"
Then you get acquainted with Photoshop (may want to reverse those first two, now that I think of it)
The app allows you to make additional copies of single pages, and move them wherever you want in the context of a piece of music. I use that function all the time for repeats, DS', and any other time I need to see the same page again. If I'm in a hurry I'll just cross out whatever I'm not playing on the extra page. The app also has a function where you can "erase" whatever you don't want to see on the page.

I also use a foot pedal to turn pages, but use that mostly while playing upright bass. I find it hard to coordinate while playing tuba.