How To Use Your IPad For Sheet Music And Chord Charts
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- How to use your iPad or iPhone for sheet music and chord charts using the Books (iBooks) app.
How to digitize your chord charts, sheet music and anything else you can think of for Ipad and the Books app. Great for ukulele music or ANY sheet music, PDFs or eBooks. Get rid of those bulky folders or piles of paper music.
I show you how to use the iBook app on your iPad or iPhone for all your sheet music and chord charts for any musical instrument but I focus on ukulele chord charts as examples. How to organize your music / charts into collections, how to save music sheets as PDFs on a PC or Mac and then email them to yourself ready to open on your mobile device and how to then transfer PDFs and even images or pictures into your Books library. You can even use images and scan paper music into PDFs!
Convert sheet music or chord charts for your iPad or iPhone:
00:00 Intro to using your iPad for sheet music and Chord charts
01:24 Why is it easier to have sheet music on your iPad
03:49 Using the Books app or iBooks on your iPad or iPhone
04:56 Introduction to Books and using it for your ukulele music
06:37 How to save music as a PDF rather then printing it
07:54 How to get PDFs onto your iPad - email!
08:28 How to get PDF from your email into the Books app
10:22 Saving a chord chart into iBooks from a website
12:04 How to rename a PDF in Books
14:23 Multiple page PDFs in the Book app and images / photos work too
16:47 Organising your music on your iPad - the Library and Collections
18:08 How to edit your iBooks collections and add to a Books Collection
20:29 How to share your music and write on your PDFs
24:05 How to use the Books app on your ipad overview
25:07 Storing ukulele chord chart books on your iPad
26:53 The benefits of digitizing your music and multiple devices
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So excellent- I’m old but interested and. Amazed at the quality of your presentation 🤩
Thank you so much and I'm very glad to be helping.
Thank you for inspiring me to become a ukulele obsessor
Love the term "ukulele obsessor"! Yep, I'm definitely in that catergory too!
@@UkuleleWales it feels amazing to get a reply, let alone a like!
Incredibly helpful for me ! Thank you so much for sharing !
My pleasure, glad to be helping. 😊
Terrific presentation Rachel, so clear and concise! Beautiful job and thank you!!!
Thank you so much, very glad to be helping. 😊
This video is one of the most productive presentations I've ever encountered on UA-cam. Step by step instruction on digitalizing sheet music. Great job!
Thank You Augie, that is a lovely comment to read. Much appreciated.
Thank you so much - that is exactly what I want - well done for explaining everything so well, much appreciated
Glad it was helpful and I’m hoping to do some more GarageBand stuff very soon. 👍
Wow! Thank you! Ive yet to learn how to use most of the apps on my devices. This was a great tutorial! I’m excited to give it a whirl now! I’m also excited to have my music all organized. Woohoo!!!! Glad I found your video!
Very glad to be helping Tammy, it's a fantastic way to organise music.
Thks a lot.this is exactly what i am searching for.
So glad to have helped, Thanks.
Great video I have just got an ipad and am going to put all my song sheets onto it plus as you suggested Jim's songbook. I'll be looking for mor of your video's
Very glad to have helped. I haven’t used paper music for years now. 👍
Great video, Rachel! Thank you for doing this one! 💗
Glad you liked it Julie, hope you are keeping well.
Wow! Thanks for all this information. So helpful
My pleasure Linda, just very glad to be helping.
This is very helpful! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Hi Rachel, I'm a bit late to this tutorial but found it very helpful. I have recently bought an iPad to store my growing collection of music and have been putting them in 'Files' on the iPad rather than iCloud as I don't have mobile data on it (plus the poor signal issue). I then bought a Lekato wireless page turner for those sheets that have more than 1 page and found it doesn't work on pdfs in 'Files'.
I was just about to pay out for a software app when I found this tutorial and now I can put the sheets into Books and the page turner now works.
Many thanks!
So glad to have helped and saved you some money Geoff. Yes, I love books and even though I'ved tried some of the paid for apps, I just find Books works so well, haven't tried the page turned but good to know it works with it.
Great tutorial! Thanks
Thanks Chris
Excellent tutorial many thanks 😎
You're welcome!
it would defo be good if you could explain how to do this on Android as well, thanks
Will be looking into it very soon Tony.
This is great!
You are wonderful! Thank you again for most useful information, in an easy to understand presentation.
You are so welcome Margaret, Thank You.
Thanks for this 🤗
My pleasure 😊
Thank you, excellent teaching style. I appreciate, especially, your reviewing the procedure after your detailed explanation.
So glad to be helping.
Brilliant very useful , especially like you can write on the sheet music notes and riffs .
Glad it was helpful David and yes, the writing ability was a game changer for me too.
Thanks for an excellent and informative video. I'm going to put these ideas into action and start digitizing my favorite songs.
Glad it was helpful Michael, hope the digitizing is going well. TBH, I could never go back to paper now!
Excellent tutorial, Rachel. I'm an old hand at digitising material, so all of this was just a refresher, but it's important to tutorialise these methods, so those who have queries have answers.
Thanks Tobias, this has been on my to do list for ages but helping my Mother recently really made me realise how useful it might be.
Brilliant , Thanks
You're welcome, so glad to be helping. 😎
Thank you. ❤❤❤❤
You are so welcome 😊
You are an amazing instructor! Thank you from Alberta, Canada.
Wow, thank you! 😊
You just crack me up Rachel! Your little music stand demos are very funny.
I was putting my music on my ipad but one time we were playing in an area with poor cell service and the music wouldn’t load. Living in Maine, USA we have areas without good service and they can be a problem.
Otherwise, it is great and far better for the environment and your wallet. Glad you did a video on it.
Glad you enjoyed Loree, I did have fun thinking up how to show them. Yes, I've been caught out by bad wi-fi but I have them all actually downloaded on my work iPad. Agree, better for the environment too.
this has helped me SO SO SO much! thank you! am going to get a new iPad, as I only have a 10 yr old one, hopefully the pro as my sight is waning! but the resources for music , via your recommendations, has been invaluable! thank you again!
Glad I could help John and Thank You for the lovely comment. Makes making the videos so worthwhile.
Could do a similar item using Android please?
Definitely Malcom, will get onto it very soon.
Great video. Please do an android version as well.
Yes, Android video is a must I think.
Brilliantly timed Rach, clear, concise & yes please for an android vid too! 😁🎶🎵 x
Android will be a definite soon Jude x
Great tip scrolling horizontally instead of vertically. Yes that’s much better. Thanks Professor 🙏 21:48 👍🏽
Glad it was helpful, totally agree I prefer this way too.
I didn’t see the video about turning pages, where did you see it?
Android would be great to please
Will definitely do the Android very soon.
Thank you!
On Android in Play Books get into settings and you can enable PDF uploading to add pdfs to the library.
Thanks for the tip Shirl about the Android app, will definitely check it out.
@@UkuleleWales You're welcome. I never knew that you could add pdfs to the google playbooks library but decided to look into it after watching your video. So, again, thank you for the fabulous video.
There are a number of iOS apps perfect for organizing your sheet music. This is great because it's free and uses software that comes on every iPad. You can also save the PDFs to files on your iPad and use it like a filing system with nestled folders (also free).
Something else that works very well is an app like Notability or GoodNotes. You can embed images and such, and add notes, etc.
And one that I'm the most fond of... Scrivener. It's sold as a writing app, but it's also an insanely powerful organization tool. You can embed damn near anything, as well as have links to specific pages online, etc. And you can synch using Dropbox across multiple devices. It's a paid app though, so it's all about what folks are willing to pay for convenience and features.
As always, great video. Very informative and great tips for folks who are less comfortable on tablets.
Thanks Zen, I haven't looked at the apps you mention but will do. Yes, I've used the files too, also great.
Always fun to log in on your channel.
Any tips on a true scrolling app + foot pedal combo?
Thanks
1-4-5’s in Oregon
Hi Tim, I know of them but TBH have never really looked into the apps or pedals. Something I do want to do at some point though. Great question, Thanks. 👍
OMG I am having same trouble here in Dallas
Hope this did help and you have figured it out but please ask if you have any further questions about it.
Thanks for this Rachel. Excellent timing as I am getting frustrated with myself for printing out various song sheets from different online sources. Couple of bulging lever arch files from last 2 years playing has got me thinking how many more trees am I going to kill! I was just about to go down the paid app route, but your video has persuaded me otherwise. Now starting to use I-Books and setting up my folders quite nicely thank you! Just need to decide how much I have accumulated needs transferring across. Think it needs a bit of a cull as don’t have hours to spare doing it - detracting from valuable Uke playing time😀. Cheers. Huw
Thanks Huw, glad it's been useful. I've only scanned in what I didn't already have digitally or couldn't find online but if you do end up scanning, once you get into the swing of it, it does become simpler. Also, something I didn't mention as I didn't want to confuse, it is possible to just plug your iPad into a PC to transfer the scanned PDFs but it doesn't always work for me, quicker but a bit temperamental.
Great educational video. I have been using the iPad for chord charts since the first iPad in 2011. I bought it mostly for chord charts. I don't want another device to receive email. Too many to keep up with so I don't have it set up on my iPad. I normally receive a hard copy of the song we are going to do and I then scan it to my PC. I use Dropbox to move it over from my PC to the iPad. I use a free iPad app to organize my PDF chord charts. It is called File Manager. It will connect with Dropbox and different folders can be set up within. I have one folder called "current set" which I move all the songs we will be doing for the session. This app is very simple and basic. No frills. It has no means to write on the sheet. I will look at the one you suggested. Sometimes I need to make notes like you for which order we will be doing the verses, chorus and bridge, etc
Sounds like you have been very organised over the years! I wish I had swapped much earlier. Yes, have a look for BOOKS on your iPad, it may already be installed but if not, it will be free in the app store. It's as easy to organise your music in Books as it is in Files and the option to be able to write on it is a wonderful too. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions.
I play bass and use the program, 'Forscore'. It does all the stuff that you usually need; set lists, scans and allows editing of music sheets and much more. I won't be going back to paper anytime soon!
Totally agree, haven’t used paper for years now and will never go back. I haven’t tried Forscore, will take a peek. 😊
Hi Rachel, love your lighting. I've been thinking of doing this for a while and hoping to persuade our group to go digital, but as a lot of them are elderly, I'm not sure that they will lol. Great video as always and as a Lenovo tablet user, I would love to see an Android alternative please.
Thanks for the lovely lighting comment, I am enjoying using downstairs too and yes for the Android.
Great video. Did you do the android video.
Hi Paul, yes, here you go. ua-cam.com/video/6-GA6JGOPDw/v-deo.htmlsi=40G3vpPUrw5lHvLz
Very helpful tutorial. Do you use any app to turn pages or scroll automatically in Books when a song goes to two pages?
Thanks Robert. I know various apps exist but I don't tend to use them, I suppose I'm just used to turning music quickly.
What an excellent video! Thank you! I am just starting with the pdf conversion from my big notebooks. What iPad holder for your stand is that? Looks great!
Glad it was helpful Dan. I'll drop a link below but if you search on Amazon for iPad music stand you'll see a few different types. This is the one I have (sure it was cheaper though).
www.amazon.co.uk/Tripod-Adjustable-Rotating-Tablets-Carrying-Black/dp/B08HLR9C1Z/ref=sr_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=ipad+music+stand&qid=1626818466&sr=8-13
Thank you so much! That’s the one I’ve had in my Amazon cart, but your helpful link confirms it!
@@DanFelsMusic It's a great stand, have fun!
Hi Rachel, first of all great video; what's the best music stand and holder for the Ipad and where do you get one. thank you in advance Pete
Hi Peter, apolodies for the delay. Personally I like the stands that hold the ipad at a diagonal so there is no chance of it slipping, something like this - www.amazon.co.uk/Foldable-Tripod-Function-Holder-Samsung/dp/B07NNW782B
(there are more expensive ones)
@@UkuleleWales Thank you
Is there a way to have two pdfs under one song title? I have old charts I’m taking photos of and some of them are two pages long. So is there a way I can see the see the second page by swiping instead of having to go out and select the second page?
Hi, I always tend to make multi page PDFs in the original format software such as Word or Publisher. I'm not aware of a way to turn multiple pics into one PDF on the iPad but I have found an online convertor which may do the job. I haven't tried it myself but it does look like it should work. Let me know if it's a viable solution.
How can I add a song with more pages and flip them from one to the other? Thank you 🙏
Hi Rudolf, I tend to use iBooks on the Ipad and if there are multiply pages you can just swpie across to the next page.
Quick question , as a group a lot of our sheet music covers two or even three pages is there a way to scroll or flip to next page quickly ?
Did you check out changing it from the default vertical to. Horizontal. Huge difference.
@@ukulelelearning1595 No I'll try it today, Cheers
@@frigiliana you can see where Rachel opens the menu vert/horizontal scrolling around 21:48. Let us know if that works? It makes it so easy to go horizontal. Isn’t Ukulele Wales a great learning station. Take care.
@@ukulelelearning1595 Yes worked a treat , yes it's good to talk.
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please show how to transfer to android device
Hi Roy, I've also done a video especially for Android devices. Here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/6-GA6JGOPDw/v-deo.html
@@UkuleleWales thank you very much
How do I turn the page?
Using the free Books app you can flick the pages with your finger. Using your finger you have a choice of navigation side to side or up and down. There is also a representation of the entire on the bottom for quickly jump around large documents. Really easy. Kids can do it And 75 year olds.
I can see someone has already replied but yes, if you are using Books, you swipe the page across if it is a multi page item. Hope you have got it sorted. 👍
hello do you have some adress for the first stand ?
Hi, I will leave links below, if it is another stand, let me know.
Similar to this - www.amazon.co.uk/Artcase-Generation-Marble-Leather-Stand-Gold-Map/dp/B08BYVYNZM/
Desk Stand - www.amazon.co.uk/Cocoda-Tablet-Adjustable-Compatible-Samsung/dp/B086YX2122/
oh it's about the one at 2´15 for to play with reading on your feet ^^
@@nortbulinga Got you, sorry. Here you go - www.amazon.co.uk/WEIYUDANG-Adjustable-Foldable-Compatible-Tablets/dp/B07V1J3KQM/
@@UkuleleWales thanks very much i ,ve just took it 😘👍🏻👍🏻
@@UkuleleWales I was going to ask the same! But in the video you also mentioned a Ukulele Hanger attachment. Any idea where I can get one that works with the iPad Stand in the Amazon link?
Hi Rachel, my wife is letting me use her ipad but when i open ibooks it dose not show a library nor can i find anything like, it will show saved music but only as a page which means you have go looking. Please bear in mind i don't use ipads or iphone's i am an android user, does this mean my wife's ipad is really old?
Hi Peter, I'm sure even my old iPad had collections but maybe I am mistaken. I have done a vid on using an Android too if that helps?
@@UkuleleWales Hi Rachel yes it does have collections but you can't make list's you can only see sheets on the shelves, it certainly not as simple as watching your video: i have since found out i bought my wife one of the very first ones to come out. The good news on that front is as and when i need one my wife will buy me one
@@peterbradley4391 I know you have probably tried this but have you added a new collection using the plus sign on the left hand side or have you tried to add an individual sheet to a collection using the "add to" when you have selected a sheet from the list?
@@UkuleleWales Hi Rachel i am going to be honest and say i cannot remember because i gave up in the end; nothing i tried was matching up with the your video, even the start up screen wasn't the same and you don't seem to have the same options.
Android for me please.
Certainly, Android version soon.
Great but I haven’t a PC just an iPad
If you can find the PDF for a song online Denise, you should just be able to save it straight onto your IPad. It's a good idea to take a screen shot if you can't save the file. Ask if you get stuck.
Android please
Certinaly Jim, very soon hopefully.
Android please
Very soon Brian, Android seems quite popular.