Even though I LOVE all things paper (I could leave a small fortune in a stationery shop), and my creative side also gets a lot more to say when I’m using pen and paper – when marking music it can go into some kind of a crazy overdrive mode and make my scores (and even worse – my students’ scores!) rather messy. And I don’t know about you, but when I cannot trust what I see on the page, playing the harp gets so much more stressful!

It will be almost 2 years since I got my iPad (after quite a few years of dreaming about it!). Long before I got it I knew that it would be helpful for what I do at the harp. But it turned out to be absolutely INVALUABLE and now I just can’t imagine working without it anymore!

And so in today’s episode I show you how I work with my iPad when playing, teaching, reading and marking up the music.

You will see me using the ForScore app for:

• applying fingering markings
• getting better view of a score in larger print
• drawing perfectly straight brackets (my inner perfectionist is content at last!)
• sharing my music with others
• using stamps function to “reprint” the music for enharmonic changes
• colouring the notes
• organising my music collection… and making sure it’s safely backed up!

I also share my tips for using ForScore for practising reading music and making sight reading more fun – make sure you check this part out!

Watch the video