Funny, I was thinking of this thread because yesterday I had a rehearsal for a gig this Friday where we have a different bass player and he needed 4 charts. Luckily these individual tunes fit on one page with no 1st/2nd endings or codas. I printed them from Biab and for one I just handwrote, "tag the last 4 and end".

I also did a big band gig last Saturday for the first time in months and it struck me how big those charts are. I didn't measure them but they're bigger than standard and this illustrates the problem with using tablets. They've been making big band charts that big for years because on dark stages using stand lights players of all ages and eyesight abilities have to be able to read them easily. an iPad would be out of the question and even a bigger full size tablet might not be too good either.

I just did a quick search and it seems the standard big band orchestra size paper is 9.5 X 12.5". At least in the US.

For me if I'm doing a standard small group jazz gig I can read a basic real book type chart on a 10" (diagonal) tablet but for something else where I really need to read some notation along with the chords that's too small. I still need my minimum 8.5 X 11" paper.

Bob

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