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Good e-Reader 13.3 is ideal for sheet music

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There are many musicians that are looking for a digital screen to read sheet music, while they are playing their playing their instrument. The Good e-Reader 13.3 is ideal for people who play the piano because you can simply turn the page on a single tap.

Buying digital sheet music or downloading it for free from the internet is something many musicians do on a regular basis. There are even a number of e-book subscription services such as Scribd, that offers an unlimited amount of sheet music. Printing everything you buy or download can get really costly, whereas if you use the Good e-reader 13.3 you can fit the entire arrangement on our A4 screen.

One of the best aspects about our device is that you can make annotations, notes or even write your own musical score.

You can check out our device and the screen clarity by watching the video below. If you like what you see, you can purchase one of our devices from our Indiegogo page.


Michael Kozlowski

Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and Verge.

  • otnte

    Unfortunately this device is not suitable for musicians at all due to lack of Bluetooth.

    You have to be able to use Bluetooth hands free page turner/pedal while playing the musical instrument with BOTH hands.

    It baffles me how such a simple and cheap component doesn’t get into the device such as A4 ereader.

    Thousands of musicians are using tablets…

  • I just noticed you don’t mention the Wi-Fi class in your specs on Indiegogo. I assume it’s at least 802.11b/g ?

  • I assume there are no such things using Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth? I’d be curious to see if you could hook up the PageFlip Firefly via USB in this case. I bet we could.

    (Funny though, while I do see that PageFlip and AirTurn are all the rage, I had no problem whatsoever turning good old paper pages manually when I played music a while back… I guess I can see the improvement for pianists who are in the process of learning a piece, but requiring it to function seems way overkill to me.)

    Some people have been more creative: https://mbarabasz.wordpress.com/2013/11/20/kindle-remote-page-turner/ this guy uses a camera shutter remote going through his smartphone as a proxy to his Kindle’s Wi-Fi. I don’t think I’d rely on such a complex setup while performing.

  • sps

    Page flipping speed will be a problem.

    For editing scripts, a Surface or Surface Pro with StaffPad will blow this out of water.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_PgKyqE3RU

  • sps

    Page flipping speed will be a problem.

    For editing scripts, a Surface or Surface Pro with StaffPad will blow this out of water, at a cheaper price.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_PgKyqE3RU

  • otnte

    Page turn speed on Netronix shown here is fine for musicians:
    https://youtu.be/b-SnpwAsIYc

  • Albert

    I wonder how the musicians have managed all these years with their printed Bluetoothless scores. Must really have been tough in Mozart’s day.

  • otnte

  • yes that is correct.

  • indianBOB

    Here , the speed is a little slow. Is there any possibility to raise the Ram requirements?

    In the case of Onyx ‘s I86ML + Ram 1 GB , even though the 1600×1200 resolution and get a feeling of speed is a little slow if you will drive the Android App .

    If you are worried about the 13.3 inches of buffering it occurs when driving large pdf.

    How does this possibility until September or later come the specs up- market ?

  • Albert

    Not much of a point. Accidents will happen with iPads as well. Nothing new. Adding a pedal to a pianist who…. uses pedals, is going to lead to further fun issues. Coming from a family of pianists, I have a pretty good idea.

  • musicman

    Will it work with Mobilesheetspro? this is a music data base storage, in pdf files, for use on gigs

  • Mike W

    When I’ve played PDFs off various Tablet PCs at the piano, a simple button touch or page flick was sufficient.

  • Mike W

    It’s heading in the direction of ideal, but it’s not there. I like many, have large libraries of PDFs with A4 or Letter-sized PDFs that are crying out for a 14.3″ screen at minimum. I’d actually like an A3 screen with a bit of extra on the margin for navigation. If you’re talking about ideal, then let’s make it foldable too.

  • Alan Drown

    I agree. Not useable for a guitarist/vocalist IMHO. I guess I can agree with some of the pianists here as at least you have one hand to play with while you turn. Not possible to have any semblance of flow turning the page while playing guitar.

    I use my IPAD with forescore& Airturn. Unfortunately, it’s not visible when out in the sun. Anyone know of a good tablet with bluetooth for use outdoors in sunny conditions?

  • Raymond Morris

    Players of woodwind instruments have both hands busy so they need a pedal for turning pages. Personally I want to see what is coming before I reach a page break so I will not go paperless until I can get a two-page life-size display either on dual hinged tablets or on a large enough screen.