Today's app is the ezPiano for iPad app:
ezPiano for iPad (http://www.innovaecanada.com/products/ezPiano-for-iPad) App that works like Guitar Hero for the piano; shows user the sheet music and plays the accompaniment for them while they are playing the tune; all 100 songs come with a full accompaniment; play a selected melody note by note and the app will fill in the harmony and accompaniment; turn off this feature to play just the melody; choose songs from Broadway, Classical, Folk Songs, Impress Your Friends, Kids, and Miscellaneous; includes scales; stereo piano sounds sampled from a Steinway Model D Concert Grand piano; learn how to read the sheet music by pressing a key and watch the corresponding note in the sheet music highlighted; learn how to play a song the correct way by following the fingering guide; check score to gauge accuracy; includes a metronome; Song Mode: learn how to play a song or let the app play it; Free Mode: play your own song; Random Mode: let the app play a random tune; Fake Mode: pretend to play any song like a pro; sound effects when user makes a mistake or does an excellent job; comical facial expressions in reaction to how well user is playing; animations; make the keyboard slide to change octaves quickly; can turn off the fingering and note guides; press to see all the settings that can be configured; (iOS 4.2 or later).
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Today's app is the Contemporary Piano app:
Contemporary Piano (iPlayTones, LLC) Contemporary piano music and ringtones from the U.S. cellular networks by award-winning pianist James Lent; featured composers include Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Gershwin, Aram Khachaturian, Gyorgy Ligeti, Nicolai Rimsky-Korsokov, Rzewski, and Erik Satie; includes fourteen full track MP3s and twenty ringtones; download in bundles or individually; (iOS 5.0 or later). Piano Repertoire and Popular Songs Apps this week!
Classical Piano (iPlayTones, LLC) Award-winning pianist James Lent brings some of the best classical piano music and ringtones from the U.S. cellular networks directly to all devices; includes over fifty-three minutes of classical piano music and twenty ringtones; play all fourteen full track MP3s and twenty ringtones; download in bundles or individually; includes works by Franz Joseph Haydn, Johann Pachabel, J.S. Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; (iOS 5.0 or later). Today's app is the PianoHead app:
PianoHead (http://spinapse.com/) Solution for mastering the fundamentals of music theory; set of modular drill-and-practice games designed to build automaticity for note recognition, scales, intervals, and key signatures; nine levels in the interactive game; (iOS 3.2 or later). Today's app is the Piano Tabs app:
Piano Tabs (http://pianotabsapp.com) Helps user play, remember, and compose songs on the piano; create new songs with lyrics and chords and display them ready to play; look up chords in the chords section; use the search feature to find the chord currently playing on the piano; play, compose, and sing songs; (iOS 4.3 or later). Today's app is the Piano Scales and Jam Pro app:
Piano Scales and Jam Pro (http://www.learntomaster.co.uk) Learn scales, modes, and broken chords in any key on the piano with thousands of combinations; listen, play, and check scales or view as a reference; highlights the right notes to play in jam mode; configurable piano includes multi-touch, glissando, highlighting, and note names (standard or Solfége); resizable keyboard suitable for all devices and tablets; learn how to improvise and solo within a chosen key, mode, or chord; set the size of the keys on the piano; the larger keys make it easier to get the right notes; the smaller keys show all three octaves on the screen; full support for all phones and all tablets; authentic digitized grand piano sounds for each separate key on the piano; highlight notes on or off to play by ear; slow down or speed up the scale; ascending and descending scales; show or hide the note names; record and save favorite melodies; highlights the whole keyboard to show which notes are within a chosen key, mode, or chord; thousands of scales, keys, modes, and chords to choose from; play along to a metronome after adjusting percussion backing, BPM, type of beat, and metronome volume; select a scale from the extensive list; listen and watch the notes being played through highlights and then play them back; check answers; start with a few notes and work up to more until mastered; select the root of the scale and type of scale or key, mode, and broken chord from hundreds of scales including popular ones (major, minor, harmonic minor, pentatonic, blues, etc.) and rare ones (Altered, Gypsy, Persian, etc.), all the modes (Aeolian, Dorian, Flamenco, etc.), and all the broken chords (7(b5), Diminished, 6 add 9, etc.); (iOS 6.0; Android 2.2 and up). Today's app is the Piano Notes! Learn to Read app:
Piano Notes! Learn to Read (http://visionsencoded.com/fun-iphone-apps/) Basic flashcard game; helps intermediate learners to associate notes on the bass and treble clef in the keys of C, F, G, Bb, D, Eb, A, Ab, and E (0-4 flats, 1-4 sharps) with the correct piano keys; challenging Game Modes include Arcade, Count-down, and Endless; (iOS 3.1 or later). Today's app is the Piano Notes Pro – Sight Reading Tutor app:
Piano Notes Pro – Sight Reading Tutor (http://www.shiningcode.com/shiningcode/02_en/piano-notes-ipad.html) Practice reading music notes; aid for piano teachers; wide range of level control; fun game for experienced piano players; music note tutor for beginning piano students; learn and practice music notes effectively; full-range keyboard covers all eighty-eight keys of a piano keyboard; Teaching Mode: hitting a key shows its note and pitch name; Game Mode: practice sight-reading skills with games; Range Selection: adjustable range lets user practice particular notes intensively; Quiz Types: four quiz types including Random, Ascending, Descending, and Chords help improve skills in different ways; additional quiz types available via In-App Purchase; All Key Signatures: fifteen key signatures for treble clef and bass clef respectively; Help Modes: three help modes, including a Tutor mode for beginners; Colored Keys: while practicing, colors can be applied as hints for correct keys; Pitch Name Labels: white keys can be marked with their pitch names; Multiple Notes: shows multiple notes simultaneously to help improve reading speed; Game Length Control: each game quizzes user with up to ten pages of notes with ability to adjust the number of notes and the number of pages; Achievements; Hi-Score Records: scores of all key-signatures of both clefs are listed in a table as a progress report; Keyboard Size Control: can adjust the keyboard to three different sizes; Multiple User Profiles: up to forty user profiles; share app with friends or family members; useful for piano teachers to keep track of students’ progress; high-quality piano sound; MIDI Input: supports MIDI input with CoreMIDI via Apple Camera Connection Kit and USB port on keyboard; (iOS 8.0 or later). Today's app is the Piano Notes Fun app:
Piano Notes Fun (http://www.shiningcode.com/shiningcode/03_en/piano-notes-iphone.html) Practice reading music notes; wide range of level control; fun game for experienced piano players; music note tutor for beginning piano students; learn and practice music notes effectively; Large Note Range: covers more than four octaves from B0 to D5; Teaching Mode: hitting a key shows its note and pitch name; Game Mode: practice sight-reading skills with games; Range Selection: adjustable range lets user practice particular notes intensively; All Key Signatures: fifteen key signatures for treble clef and bass clef respectively; Help Modes: three help modes, including a Tutor mode for beginners; Colored Keys: while practicing, colors can be applied as hints for correct keys; Pitch Name Labels: white keys can be marked with their pitch names; Multiple Notes: shows multiple notes simultaneously; Game Length Control: each game quizzes user with ten pages of notes and the number of notes is adjustable; Hi-Score Records: every treble and bass scale has its own score; high-quality sound; (iOS 8.0 or later). More Piano Notes, Chords, and Scales Apps this week!
Piano Chords and Scales (http://movilcrunch.com/piano-chords-and-scales/) Reference for piano students and pianists; teaches different chord and scale combinations; select a chord or scale and check it on the keyboard; chords and scales for the twelve keys; 126 chord combinations for each key; 108 scale combinations for each key; selected scales and chords are displayed on a keyboard; hear how scales and chords sound; (iOS 4.3 or later). |
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