The MusicPad Pro is finding new friends amongst partially sighted musicians, students and their teachers.

The ability to make the notes more legible by changing size or by using different combinations of foreground and background colours is immensely powerful.

In addition the MusicPad is ideally suited to use Modified Stave Notation (MSN) as used by the RNIB.

MSN enlarges the music generally and makes a score more consistent, but it also alters the proportions involved. For example, the gaps between notes from left to right are not enlarged as much as the vertical gaps between the stave lines.

Students in full time education may also find they are eligible for financial assistance to purchase a MusicPad through the DSA scheme.

For further information about the RNIB’s services for partially sighted musicians click here.

For further information about the Disabled Students Allowance click here.