My favorite piece of technology

A few years ago, I was a member of a string quartet (I'm still a member...honorary jejejeje) called Cuarteto Venus, we had an instragram, facebook, email...everything to work playing music at weddings, events, ceremonials, etc.

We were only women, I played second violin.

Well, the thing is ... all my colleagues had an Ipad to read sheet music, except me.

They always told me "Mariana, buy an Ipad and it will change your life", but I was stubborn, and I didn't listen to them.

Just so you understand me... Musicians have a house full of sheet music, mountains of paper...for each piece, print, print...and...print some more. I had a pile of sheet music, taking up space...it was awful.

My dream was to have a filing cabinet…how naive I was.

But one day, I had some extra money and I decided to buy an ipad



I couldn't believe it. It was amazing... I could do everything! Read sheet music, take notes, violin tuning apps, watch videos, study, listen to music, read books....

And now, Ipad is my favorite piece of technology.

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  1. francisco tapia28 de abril de 2023 a las 6:21 p.m.

    the truth is that the screen have taken away a lot of paper and disorder, I also thougth about buing and Ipad to draw and make 3d models.

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