Overall I enjoy the app, but find myself turning to OnSong more. That way your iPad won't act as an unwanted spotlight when in low light conditions on stage. There is a handy "Low Light" button that sets the background color to dark gray, the lyrics to a lighter gray, and the chord symbols to blue. When playing a set, almost the whole screen is given to displaying the chart.When you are editing a chart section, the display turns to a grid for entering the chords and lyrics on alternating lines.The bottom two-thirds of the screen show the chart. When you view a chord chart, around a third of the top section of the screen is taken up with database fields for the song's title, artist, key, rating etc.The app has three modes that look quite different from one another: It looks and acts quite different to OnSong. This one also looked interesting enough to buy. They include two general apps that handle PDFs and other relevant file types, two iPad chord chart apps I've bought and am trying out, one other iPad app I haven't tried yet, and three iPhone apps - they look interesting, and work on the iPad too. Sounds tempting! So my search for the perfect chord chart app began.
Musicians who have been lugging folders full of music around with them for years.
(By the way, watch out for a great Basix series on playing by ear coming real soon.) But as I searched the Net I came across story after story of grateful musicians. Some people prefer to play by ear, and become very talented at it.
Not everyone collects chord charts - or sheet music. (Though I say it's definitely a skill worth working on.) And you'll definitely prefer chord charts if you can't read music. They give you just enough information so you don't clash with the band, without telling you every note to play. But chord charts are a bit different to sheet music. We've already touched on the idea of using iPads for reading sheet music, and listed a few apps. Will Appleās iPad Revolutionise Music Production?.You can see the previous two articles here: I've finally got hold of my own iPad (now I don't have to "borrow" my wife's), and thought that it's a great size both for both carrying and reading chord charts. These days I'm just as likely to type then onto my laptop. Ever since I started playing music I've carried notebooks around with me to write lyrics and chords in.