Jim, the OP didn't ask for permission - mine, yours or anyone else's - to use his tablet, and he didn't ask if it was viwed as acceptable. He asked for advice on the best ways to maximise the benefits he perceives it would provide him. I'd guess his decision is already made as to whether or not to use his tablet, so what point is there in rabbiting on about 'respect' or 'contempt'?

Would you walk up to a mediocre singer in a music venue and say, "I'm a better performer than you"? I doubt you would, but pontificating on here to the OP (and others) about how you learn your songs, how you would never lower yourself to using a prompt, how using a prompt is disrespectful, contemptuous etc., is the same as doing precisely that.

You might think it's OK to put people down like that, but some people, me included, don't. It's rude, and it's unnecessary.

If you put people down, telling them they're disrespectful and contemptuous, because they don't perform the way you think they should, don't be surprised or offended when someone calls you out over it.

Now, back to learning songs...........