Choosing a Song

All your songs get stored in the Music category in the iPod app. Since you might have hundreds of songs stored on your iPad, you need to know all the different ways to find a particular song so you can find what you want to hear as quickly as possible.

To find a song stored on your iPad, follow these steps:

  1. From the Home screen, tap iPod. The iPod screen appears.

  2. (Optional) If you have music already playing, the album art will appear. Tap the screen to display controls, and then tap the Return icon (it looks like a left-pointing arrow) in the bottom-left corner of the screen.

  3. Tap Music in the Library category in the left pane of the iPod window. A complete listing of your songs appears in the right pane.

  4. Tap Songs at the bottom of the iPod screen.

  5. Scroll up or down to see your list of songs.

  6. Tap a letter, such as D or T, displayed on the index that appears on the far right of the iPod window (see Figure 17-4). The iPod window lists all songs that begin with the letter you tapped.

  7. Tap Artists at the bottom of the iPod screen. The iPod screen displays an alphabetical list of artists, as shown in Figure 17-4.

  8. Tap the name of a recording artist. A list of albums from that artist appears, as well as songs from each album, as shown in Figure 17-5.

    The Artists tab lets you find songs from a specific recording artist.

    Figure 17-4. The Artists tab lets you find songs from a specific recording artist.

    A list of songs organized by album from a specific recording artist

    Figure 17-5. A list of songs organized by album from a specific recording artist

  9. Tap Albums at the bottom of the iPod screen. The iPod screen displays your album covers alphabetically by title, as shown in Figure 17-6.

    The Albums tab

    Figure 17-6. The Albums tab

  10. Tap an album cover. A window appears that lists all the songs from that album that are stored on your iPad, as shown in Figure 17-7.

    Tap a cover to view the songs on that album.

    Figure 17-7. Tap a cover to view the songs on that album.

  11. Tap Genres at the bottom of the iPod screen. The iPod screen displays different genre icons.

  12. Tap a genre icon. A window appears, listing all the songs within that genre that are stored on your iPad.

  13. Tap Composers at the bottom of the iPod screen. An alphabetical list of composers of songs stored on your iPad appears.

  14. Tap a composer name. A list of albums and songs by that composer appears.

  15. Press the Home button to return to the Home screen.

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