Here's a first look at some of the features of the MusicReader app for the iPad, a new sheet music reading program for Apple's popular new tablet computer. MusicReader for iPad enables you to read the music in both portrait and zoomed in half-page landscape modes. You can mark up the music with colored ink and highlights, and create basic playlists for multiple pieces. Pages are "turned" by tapping the screen.

To give you an idea of the music reading experience on an iPad, we compare screen sizes between the iPad and a Touch Tablet PC with a 12.1 inch screen. Even though the iPad has a somewhat smaller screen, the MusicReader app does a great job of cropping the margins, and the iPad's excellent screen resolution makes it surprisingly easy to read music. While the app itself is free, you will need the full version of MusicReader for your Mac or PC in order to be able to create MusicReader compatible files, as well as a shared WiFi network to copy those files from your computer to your iPad. You can download a free demo version of MusicReader from http://airturn.com/musicreader/musicreader

AirTurn is currently developing a iPad-compatible Bluetooth version of its hands-free page turning pedal. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to get the latest updates on AirTurn developments.