I'm surprised that big-time artists like Yuja Wang are using music on stage. I remember the days when such a thing would have been completely frowned upon.iPad Pro works well for sheet music, I understand there is even a bluetooth enabled pedal for turning pages.
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I am no expert on her playing habits, but it seems she uses it for encores or other situations where she picks a piece to play on a whim. I understand she has performed entire (solo) concerts where she left the music selection up in the air until the last moment, and that page of the program would literally be blank. I have also seen this comment elsewhere:I'm surprised that big-time artists like Yuja Wang are using music on stage. I remember the days when such a thing would have been completely frowned upon.
Yes, that's a good point. While I still think playing from memory should be the norm, those are both very good instances where not doing so would be understandable.I am no expert on her playing habits, but it seems she uses it for encores or other situations where she picks a piece to play on a whim. I understand she has performed entire (solo) concerts where she left the music selection up in the air until the last moment, and that page of the program would literally be blank. I have also seen this comment elsewhere:
Throughout the 20th century and right up to the present, as contemporary music has become less conventionally melodic or harmonic, more complex and harmonically dense, and frequently atonal, it has become more common for musicians, including soloists, however photographic their memories, to play with the printed music.
I would also love to know how she plays in 6-inch spiked heels, but I understand any questions regarding her attire, including shoes, pisses her off...
Yes, that's a good point. While I still think playing from memory should be the norm, those are both very good instances where not doing so would be understandable.
Sometimes muscle memory gets so in the way that if that it is possible to completely lose your place in the music. Also, while not printed, in Opera they have prompters hidden from audience view to help performers...The conceit is that you’re supposed to be so knowledgeable of and absorbed in the music that you don’t need a printed reference, and that using printed music will instead cause you to deliver an uninspired, mechanical interpretation devoid of life. But, as it turns out … I’ve rarely had such a complaint about somebody performing with printed music, and I’ve much more often had such complaints about those performing from memory. To be sure, I’ve only had those complaints about young and inexperienced musicians who’d be musically struggling even with printed music … but the point is that it’s most emphatically not the printed music making them stiff and robotic. If anything, it’s the opposite; they drilled so hard to memorize it so they could play it note-perfect that they never stopped to wonder what it was that they were trying to express.
And, of course: there are certainly instances where printed music isn’t remotely an option, such as for role-playing singers on stage (opera, Broadway, etc.). And, by the time you know a piece well enough to have something worth listening to when you perform it, you’re almost certainly just fine performing it without printed music.
… but … if there’s no need to add to your stress at an already-stress-inducing moment … why would you?
Cheers,
b&
Beethoven reportedly hated the idea of musicians playing from memory. He wanted them to focus on his music on the paper in front of them, and not struggling with memorization.I'm surprised that big-time artists like Yuja Wang are using music on stage. I remember the days when such a thing would have been completely frowned upon.
OMG! She is such a HOTTIE! (And plays amazingly, too!)Sometimes muscle memory gets so in the way that if that it is possible to completely lose your place in the music. Also, while not printed, in Opera they have prompters hidden from audience view to help performers...
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Given the puck size of Mac mini and its ability to run Garage Band or Logic Pro, consider it with a portable 4K monitor or two for expansive screen space that can still fit into a bag. Display more music on the bigger screen and also have a full Logic Pro studio at your disposal too.
There's even bigger portable monitors than that one if you want even more screen R.E.
If OP is going on stage, he could cut it down to only Mac Mini and 1 screen. Mac Mini is about the size of a guitar pedal these days. And if stage is the big play here, he can get a 13" screen (one example of many) to be the same size as the iPad for about $1000 LESS than the iPad.
In post #5, OP specifically references the desire for a bigger screen than the 11" he already has. 13" is bigger but 17.3" is a LOT bigger. There's plenty of sizes between those if 17" is too big. This idea offers a path to that for a LOT less cost than the bigger iPad Pro.
Besides addressing that problem in a bigger way, Mac mini would also be capable of running the desktop incarnation of Logic Pro or GarageBand, both of which are arguably superior to iPad versions in many ways.
I suspect if there is a page turner foot switch that works with iPad, there's one that works with Mac Mini too (yep and another and there are likely many more).
Mac is generally much more functional & flexible than iPad. macOS is generally much more functional and flexible than iPadOS. I'm not saying OP should absolutely go this way... just offering that they could... and enjoy all of the "full computer" benefits too instead of the more limited benefits of iPad. And I write this while owning Mac and iPads myself, so nothing particular against iPad. In fact, I use my own iPad every single day.
How much storage do you feel is sufficient?i use Air M1 for such purposes *music annotations, guitar tabs etc, but generally any basic iPad can do it.
How much storage do you feel is sufficient?
Since the M4 open box didn't work out, I'm thinking about getting an M2 Pro with 128GB instead. I know the M4 Pro (and even the M2) is more than is necessary, but I like some of the Pro features and music reading won't be the only thing I use it for.
EDIT: Finally I should also point out that just the bow of one of this instruments can cost well in excess of $5000 (Yes, that is Thousands). When it comes to music performance it is important to use the correct tools. A Mac of any denomination would not be allowed anywhere near a classical stage.
I have 256 gb in the air m1How much storage do you feel is sufficient?
Since the M4 open box didn't work out, I'm thinking about getting an M2 Pro with 128GB instead. I know the M4 Pro (and even the M2) is more than is necessary, but I like some of the Pro features and music reading won't be the only thing I use it for.