The launch of Apple’s 13″ iPad finally convinced me to move on from playing paper charts and go digital. Now, I use my iPad for all my big band charts, musical theater books, method books, and more—no paper required. I’m a very happy convert.
Like most iPad-reading musicians, I rely on the forScore app to manage and display all my sheet music. Within the app, I use stamps and other annotation tools to mark changes and highlight important details. While forScore includes a limited range of built-in stamps for common markings, it also allows you to import custom stamps created outside the app.
As a trumpet player, I’ve created nearly 40 custom stamps that give me quick access to the markings I use most often. And as with most things I create, what’s mine is yours too! Below, you’ll find a ZIP file containing my forScore custom stamps, ready for you to download and import into your app.
My stamps are styled primarily in a Jazz font, with each being a PNG image with a transparent background, sized at 144×144 pixels. For guidance on importing and using these stamps, check out the instructions in the forScore User Guide.
💡 Tip: Be sure to download the ZIP file to your PC or Mac. Don’t try to open it on your phone or tablet, unless you have an app on the device that can open ZIP files.
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Created by me and free for you to use.
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Gary Badger's Trumpet Transcriptions 
Very cool, Gary! I haven’t used FS yet myself, but Tina uses it frequently for her Flute Choir and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Fantastic way to get rid of the paper! I like that you can customize FS with your own markings… can they also be made in styles other than ‘handwritten’?
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Thanks, James!
Yes, stamps can be anything that you like. I chose the handwritten jazz fonts because I like them, and the style is similar to many of the big band charts that I read.
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