App of the week: #5 - forScore

I'm going to be recommending a different app every week which I've found helpful in my life as an instrumental teacher, producer and/or musician in general.

forScore, in simple terms, is a PDF viewer specifically for reading sheet music files. What makes it helpful for the music teacher or performer is the way the pages within a PDF can be rearranged and annotated. You can also add to your score library by simply taking a photograph of your hardcopy sheet music. Alongside this you have an inbuilt metronome, tuner and audio recorder to capture ideas. If you want to get really technical you can even add a foot-controlled page turner which is powered via Bluetooth.

All in all, this is a pretty sophisticated and useful app for anyone who sight-reads music often.

Download forScore here