To play a song, tap its title on the screen. If you sort your music collection by album, tap an album cover to spin it around and reveal its song list, and then tap a title to hear that song. Use the playback controls at the top of the screen to adjust the volume, to play and pause songs, and to jump between tracks.

To fill the iPad’s screen with the cover art from the album or song you’re listening to, tap the small album-cover thumbnail at the top of the screen. This takes you to the Now Playing screen (see Get Album Art in iTunes).

To hear a playlist, tap the Playlists button at the bottom of the screen, tap the playlist icon, and on the list of songs, tap the title of the first track to kick off the music. Should the iPad screen go to sleep while you’re rocking out, the album cover of the current song appears on your Lock screen when you wake it back up. (Don’t have any album art, just a drab music note? See Get Album Art in iTunes.)