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I love the clear way you explain Forscore. Many presenters spent so fast, the understanding is lessened. Your good diction and not "racing" I was able to understand completely the first time! Thank you! You are a fine musician, and maybe that's the reason it's your instructions are so clear, because you actually use the tools you talk about. I wish you of someone would explain the steps of getting that PDF file to the iPad in Forscore! I have PDF scores on my Mac but have trouble getting them into Forscore. It is a simply step missing from Videos.

Hey, i have one question for U. how to hide measure bars above staff??

The UI in Forscore is junk. This menu should be available for any score. In any event, thanks for the tip!

Thanks for great videos. I just got my Korg microKey Air today and I can't get it to pair with my ipad. I don't know what I"m doing wrong. Any suggestions?

Really nice video. But i have a question. I use a bluetooth pedal but i don’t know how to use the links with the pedal. I think it might be the possibility that the pedal could change the page or, if it detects a link, the pedal could execute that. Thanks.

Really very helpful. Thanks

Aug 29 2024. It looks like the archive was created but when I use the services:upload:backups and select the new archive to be saved to my Google drive, I get the 'working spiral for about 15 seconds. But when I go to my laptop to see if the file is indeed on Google drive, it is NOT there... ideas?

I don't know why I was having so much trouble understanding whole and half steps, thanks for the explanation

This was an incredibly useful video. I am a very new forScore user and found your channel while looking for help organizing my music. This video did not do that but you did mention you had another video that would. Just to clarify, I did learn a lot from this video about annotation, much I will be using in the future. Now on to learning about organizing. Thanks!

How do you get to properties?

Is there a way to add symbols that I use a lot up to where all of the lines are on top of the annotate bar?

This did not fix my issue. My tool bar is still missing.

Thanks, Josh - very easy, helpful and appreciated!!

The first line of the score always seems to be pushed back a bit, how do I make it match the length of the second line?

15 Min and nothing about MIDI ;-(

I really enjoy these tutorials. I am thinking of posting some videos of my own now. I've been using forScore for about 5 years and have thousands of bookmarks and hundreds of scores including many full books that I've scanned by hand. Needless to say I've learned a few tricks here and there while working with this amazing app.

when you archive your files manually into icloud, will the annotations show up in icloud too or just the score (without annotations)? Also, is it ok to archive each score one at a time into icloud as you receive them or is it better to wait until you have several scores to archive at once...or does it not matter? Thanks!

Josh, I use annotation stamps to add LH Fingerings to my guitar tablature. Is there a method for changing the font. Something like Arial would be easier to read.

Thanks for the suggestions and help. I have a problem using finger taps to turn pages. Sometimes the tablet goes blank and off when I tap the screen. Happened shortly after I started using during a service and now scared to use during church. I do have the gestures, but sometimes I still tap for page turns.(Haven't broke the habit of licking the finger before the page turn!) Not sure if this is a from Apple of ForScore. Thanks for any help.

NOTE: the Face Gesture feature is only available for those with the forScore Pro subscription.

Thank you! I haven’t used facial gestures yet- I’ve made a habit with tap to turn. (Tried the air turn pedal for a bit but found it easier to just tap.) I got a new iPad a few months ago and now have the facial gestures option - my 2016 iPad didn’t support it. So, I’ve been looking into setting this up and appreciate all your tips! Thank you!

This video was very helpful. The only thing I absolutely couldn't figure out from your video was - After typing text and getting out of keyboard mode, how do I grab the text, move it and modify it?? Thanks in advance!

A timely video! This happened to me yesterday, and it was driving me crazy, so thank you for this simple and short explanation as to what’s happening, and how to fix it. Thank you! It is odd that a new window behaves differently than a main window, you think it would be the same…

Hi. Great video. How do you rearrange the order of songs in a set list? I keep trying to drag and drop into place but it’s not working.

Thanks for this series of videos. I've been using ForScore at a very basic level for years. But your vids open the range of possibilities. Also, our church's worship team is considering "going digital" and using iPads, and your videos are quire helpful.

I couldn't find help for this problem with my forScore pro account - forScore didn't respond (i know they are busy) and face to face encounters at music stores resulted in blank faces. NOW I found this little post on youtube and HOORAY! the FIX is in. Thank you very much Dr. Ring.

Thanks! I have the pro version of forScore and I was set to ditch it FOR THIS PROBLEM when I saw your post! Thank you.

Thank you very much Josh. This happened to me a few times and I didn’t know how to get out of it. Sometimes I started anew but it still was not on the normal screen. Now I know how to get out of that awkward situation. Thanks man!!!

If you have to play outside, I would add another 'must' for an iPad: an anti-glare screen film. In bright light, it takes you from almost unreadable to perfectly serviceable. At the same time, the battery pack is a must as the screen will be at max brightness the whole time. I have used a whole battery in one concert finishing on 3%! One more thing is beware of temperature - in bright sun, the iPad can overheat and switch off mid gig. It happened to me but, fortunately, I was one of two bari saxes playing (sax octet) so could share his sheet music..... Cheers!

Very helpful. I'm new to forScore and I'm wondering if there is a good way to exit annotation mode. When I click on the check mark, it looks like it's not in annotation mode, but when I touch the screen to get the main menu back, it puts me back in annotation mode. How do I REALLY get out of it?? Thanks.

I really enjoy your videos, specially the methods and shortcuts for learning triads. Do you have any books that you can recommend for this, yours or from other authors?

I am new to ForScore and I have been annotating fingerings onto some scores. Anytime I share to a PDF for printing (or saving), the annotations disappear. Any thoughts on this?

Watch out for Apple Pencil compatibility! If you have a newer iPad, turns out the 2nd Gen Apple Pencil might not be compatible, so the Apple Pencil Pro might be necessary after all. Check for Apple’s compatibility here: support.apple.com/en-us/108937 Get the Apple Pencil Pro here: amzn.to/4b5QgMb

can you advise which ipad to buy for this program. i have a nord that i will use it with. i plan to put on a stand for live play. thanks so much for your video

So dang cool I searched for how to do something in Forscore and one of my college classmates is the top result. Great job. I didn't see my particular issue, rotating a score 90 degrees (someone scanned the PDF oddly). Turns out you pointing me towards the toolbox had me poke around until I found the rotation under "Rearrange". Still a fantastic video and I learned plenty.

FYI, Apple Pencil 2nd Gen won't work with the latest iPad Pro (M4) and Air (M2) models and require the Apple Pencil Pro because of the redesigned front camera layout.

Pageflip butterfly pageturner is my favourite now after using airturn. Compared to airturn my experience is more stable connection with iPad and more solid design using pageflip butterfly.

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thank you! I found it really helpful!

perfect!! 👍🏻 Just exactly what I was looking for. Love it

Thanks for this info, Josh! Do you recommend (or have you tried) the forScore backup utility where you plug in the ipad to the computer and save that way?

I have it set to "Sync with iCloud". But when I try to look for the file, where do I exactly go in iCloud to find the backup file? Thanks.

Great video - very informative. Possibly it’s on the list you mention but - at least for those of us on the other side of the pond (UK and Ireland) - the one traditional song that I was given as an example of 6/8 is “My bonnie lies over the ocean, my bonnie lies over the sea..”.

This is a lovely explanation, thank you :)

Someone that doesn't know about music theory here, isn't 3/4 and 6/8 sort-of the same thing? Couldn't a composer decide that one of his 3/4 pieces is 6/8 and be technically correct? Edit: thanks for the answers!

Great video! One more method is to listen to melodic phrasing. It's not always clear but it can give us hints.

i can not for the life of me make my forscore on IPad go into landscape mode

Sorry Josh I couldn't follow you. You mention a gear I didn't see it. You said by my name on the left but your name was on the right. Then the screen jumps to next view And I don't know now you got there.

Perfect. I am going through all your forscore videos. reat that you made several so you can spend more time on certain areas.

When I tried to download your free guide I got a microsoft warning was unsafe. FYI