Comments on: A mosaic of tiny pages http://www.susantomes.com/e-book-music-readers/ Pianist & writer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:56:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Susan Tomes http://www.susantomes.com/e-book-music-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Susan Tomes Sat, 30 May 2009 09:52:13 +0000 http://www.susantomes.com/?p=576#comment-58 Many thanks, Gretchen, for telling me about this - and thank you to Soundtrk as well. AirTurn sounds wonderful. I balked slightly at the idea of scanning my music into a computer first .... but actually it's not worse than traipsing out to photocopy lots of pages etc. in time, no doubt, e-libraries of music will allow us download our chosen scores straight into AirTurn. I will investigate happily! Wouldn't it be fabulous not to have to go on tour with several kilos of piano music - whole volumes of Beethoven and Schubert! Many thanks, Gretchen, for telling me about this – and thank you to Soundtrk as well. AirTurn sounds wonderful. I balked slightly at the idea of scanning my music into a computer first …. but actually it’s not worse than traipsing out to photocopy lots of pages etc. in time, no doubt, e-libraries of music will allow us download our chosen scores straight into AirTurn. I will investigate happily!

Wouldn’t it be fabulous not to have to go on tour with several kilos of piano music – whole volumes of Beethoven and Schubert!

]]> By: soundtrk http://www.susantomes.com/e-book-music-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-57 soundtrk Sat, 30 May 2009 03:54:42 +0000 http://www.susantomes.com/?p=576#comment-57 a tablet PC and <a href="http://airturn.com/" rel="nofollow">AirTurn</a>? a tablet PC and AirTurn?

]]> By: Gretchen Saathoff http://www.susantomes.com/e-book-music-readers/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Gretchen Saathoff Sat, 30 May 2009 02:47:46 +0000 http://www.susantomes.com/?p=576#comment-56 Susan, this is a fascinating topic. Chris O'Riley uses a computer program, w/a laptop sitting on the piano. I think it's a program I found online, called "Air Turn," where the music is scanned into your computer, & there's an attachment used for turning pages. You can touch the computer screen, or a bar that sits on the side of the music rack, or a foot pedal. The pedal is divided like a computer mouse, so when you depress the left side, the page turns back (for repeats!). The package is not terribly expensive. Chris Foley's blog has a post describing this, video included: http://collaborativepiano.blogspot.com/2008/12/air-turn-launches-are-human-page.html There is also a computer program that soloists use to practice concerti w/the orchestra part. The orchestra is recorded. The computer program operates by an internal metronome, so if you slow down to work on something and haven't yet played beat 3, for example, the orchestra does not go on until you get there. I'd love to see the music scroll from right to left at whatever speed I'm playing. Page turns are the worst! Susan, this is a fascinating topic. Chris O’Riley uses a computer program, w/a laptop sitting on the piano. I think it’s a program I found online, called “Air Turn,” where the music is scanned into your computer, & there’s an attachment used for turning pages. You can touch the computer screen, or a bar that sits on the side of the music rack, or a foot pedal. The pedal is divided like a computer mouse, so when you depress the left side, the page turns back (for repeats!). The package is not terribly expensive. Chris Foley’s blog has a post describing this, video included: http://collaborativepiano.blogspot.com/2008/12/air-turn-launches-are-human-page.html

There is also a computer program that soloists use to practice concerti w/the orchestra part. The orchestra is recorded. The computer program operates by an internal metronome, so if you slow down to work on something and haven’t yet played beat 3, for example, the orchestra does not go on until you get there.

I’d love to see the music scroll from right to left at whatever speed I’m playing. Page turns are the worst!

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