Search for music on iPad
Using Search in the Music app , you can quickly browse through music categories, see recent searches, and search Apple Music or your library.
Tap Search in the sidebar, then do any of the following:
Tap a category such as Pop or Fitness.
Tap the search field, then tap something you recently chose while searching—a song or artist, for example.
Tap the search field, tap Apple Music, then enter a song, artist, album, playlist, radio show or episode, station, video, category, curator, record label, or profile.
Tap the search field, tap Your Library, then enter a song, album, playlist, artist, video, compilation, or composer.
Tap a result to play it.
![The Search screen showing the sidebar at the left and a search field at the top right. The Browse Categories section below shows multiple categories. The player is at the bottom right.](https://help.apple.com/assets/65E217CA88BD34A06A01BA1C/65E217CD5B9E652ABE0361D7/en_US/e20440a397aa37d105a1dbe60cb95bcc.png)
You can search for a song in Apple Music based on its lyrics. In the search field, enter a few of the words you remember to find a song.
Siri: Say something like: “Play the song with the lyrics” and then say a key phrase from the lyrics. Learn how to use Siri.