LOS ALTOS, Calif. – MusicPad Pro is the world’s first digital sheet music computer tablet incorporating proprietary annotation technology that provides an interactive teaching environment unlike any device on the market.
It enables music teachers to mark up compositions and write reference notes as they teach, while saving the original score. The MusicPad Pro solves the age old problem of turning music pages by enabling students to simply touch the screen. And it creates a paperless environment by providing storage capacity for an entire music library of more than 5,000 pages of sheet music.
The MusicPad Pro was conceived, designed and built by musicians and quite simply, it makes teaching music much easier, learning music more enjoyable and performing music more fun.
The sleek new tablet computer is housed in a charcoal grey ABS polymer enclosure not much larger than a sheet of paper. Weighing just under five pounds, it is lightweight and easy to carry, although the MusicPad Pro Plus, which comes with a rechargeable battery, weighs a little more. Suggested retail price for the MusicPad Pro is just $999. The MusicPad Pro Plus, with a battery life of three hours on a single charge, is $1,199.
Both models have an easy-to-read, low glare, backlit 12.1 in. TFT LCD display. Key features include zoom in and zoom out capabilities and on-screen color highlighters and pens to add or erase rehearsal marks and notations. Digital music files in pdf, jpg and other popular graphics formats can be directly imported into the MusicPad Pro using the software provided with the device. Printed music can be scanned into a computer and then imported.
Freehand Systems, Inc., the manufacturer of the tablet, also provides over 17,000 music compositions and digital files on its website.
