Best pdf reader for turning pages quickly?

Hi there,
I'm about to buy an iPad, and one of my primary uses will be to hold and view sheet music for a vocal group I'm in. (The idea of going to rehearsal without a giant, heavy stack of sheet music...is genius.) I've read a lot of reviews of pdf readers on the iPad, and I know that iBooks allows you to read them as well, but I'm looking for the best app that will allow me to neatly organize my sheet music files in folders and subfolders, but most importantly have a fast page-loading time...it would defeat the purpose if we're reading along in the music and the next page doesn't load right away!
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

I use goodreader, which is fairly good, and alows for folder creation.
In my quick, unscientific test, just now with a 60+ page pdf with lots of graphics in it, if you spend more than a second or two on a single page, the next one displays right away. If you try to swipe through a bunch in a row, really fast, you get the checkerboard pattern until the new page loads.
AS you are looking at sheet music, this would work as you would definately be staying on a single page for a 1/2 minute or more (dpeending on the tempo of course).
I would still google for sheet music apps that might be more of what your looking for. A coworker (thats left for the weekend already) has sheet music on his ipad and I can ask on Monday what he prefers.
Till then
Jason
Message was edited by: jaxjason

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    I would still google for sheet music apps that might be more of what your looking for. A coworker (thats left for the weekend already) has sheet music on his ipad and I can ask on Monday what he prefers.
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