All iPads What iPad for sheet music?

[MacNerd01]

Hey all,

I've been wanting to get an iPad solely for reading sheet music. I know that an iPad Pro is probably the best size because it's closest to a piece of paper, but I'm considering getting a refurbished iPad 7th or 8th generation for this instead. I already own forScore and that's the software I intend to use.

Thoughts?

 

[Digitalguy]

Why not the 12.9? Because of the price? You don't need the latest generation. An entry level 12.9 from 2018 would be relatively affordable. And even a 2015 one would be better than an iPad 7 or 8 for sheet music. I bought an Air 1 10 years ago and it was too small, then I moved to a surface pro 3, but when the first 12.9 come out I bought it immediately for sheet music, way better experience.
This is a picture I posted back in 2015 when I got the iPad pro (vs the air and the surface pro 3)

 

[KaliYoni]

Hey all,

I've been wanting to get an iPad solely for reading sheet music. I know that an iPad Pro is probably the best size because it's closest to a piece of paper, but I'm considering getting a refurbished iPad 7th or 8th generation for this instead. I already own forScore and that's the software I intend to use.

Thoughts?

Here is a good discussion of sheet music and iPads on another Mac site I follow, TidBITS:

Choosing a Sheet Music Manager for iPad

This works, making this easily the tip of the month! Thank you! Note that you can also tap and hold rather than zoom. Then you tap once more to go full screen to get the share feature. Thanks!

talk.tidbits.com

If you post to that thread, I think you might get a better response to your question than on MR.