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V.com weekend vote: Do you use a tablet for sheet music?

October 4, 2025, 7:14 PM · After my adventure last week, ditching my sheet music for an iPad to perform in an orchestra concert, I thought the topic would make for a good vote!

Laurie Niles Paul Henning
Me with my stand partner Paul Henning, who convinced me to try using the iPad for a Long Beach Symphony Orchestra concert. It was fun!

Do you use a tablet (iPad) at all for sheet music? And if so, do you perform using a tablet? Do you use a tablet just to perform solos or chamber music? Has anyone been in a full orchestra in which the entire orchestra is using tablets? Please participate in the vote, and then share your thoughts about tablet usage in general, and specifically for orchestra or other performances. Those with more experience with using the tablets, tell us how it's going and what are the new practices evolving with this technology?

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October 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM · I voted tablet for practise. Almost exclusively for orchestra until I get the hard copies at first rehearsal.

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