I could also see this as a great tool for teachers who are preparing their students for solo and ensemble. You could copy music into Finale Notepad (free) and yes, you could learn the piece at the computer but with Songbook you would have the convenience of reading the file on the iPad on the music stand. For players who need extra help in learning a song, having SongBook would be great. I can see SongBook's playback feature as a great teaching tool. You can tell SongBook to play the music from anywhere on the page by moving the playback head to any measure or any part of a measure. the playback file will reflect those changes when played in SongBook. For example, if you have some tempo changes such as ritard or accelerando, or perhaps you want to hear accents or staccato, etc. It also takes advantage of “human playback” which is Finale's term for a feature that plays various nuances written in the music. It will pick up the correct instrument sound so you can hear a flute as it should sound. Playback: The most unique feature of SongBook is that it can play a Finale file. If you don't have Finale, you could use Finale Notepad (which is also free) to create those.
FINALE NOTEPAD PICKUP MEASURE PDF
Both ForScore and SongBook read PDF files but SongBook also reads. It's convenient that ForScore has a Dropbox menu built right into the app but with SongBook, you have to open up Dropbox first to download a file into the SongBook app. Personally, I think that's still a good price for what it does.ĭownloads and File Sharing: Both forScore and SongBook can download song files from the computer to the iPad via iTunes or through email with an attached file.
FINALE NOTEPAD PICKUP MEASURE UPGRADE
A recent upgrade to the 5.0 version allowed a free upgrade to the previous users but the cost to new customers went up to $6.99. ForScore did cost $4.99 to previous customers. Price: SongBook wins this comparison because it's free.
The choice would clearly depend upon how you would use these apps. I thought it would be helpful to my readers to see a list of differences between forScore and SongBook. However, forScore has many more features that I personally would use in my harp practice and gigs. There are some nice features with SongBook that cannot be done in forScore such as using Finale files and playing them back. I've been playing around with the Finale SongBook which is free to download in the Apple Store. I've been a forScore user since 2012 and a Finale user since the mid 90s.
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