There’s an App for That!
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Composition
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Keyboard, Bass, Drums,
Guitar amp, Audio Recorder for voice…
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Create your own musical
journeys from street layouts. Fun and creative app!
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Similar to Garage band, but allows you to import Midi files. Lite
version is free.
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My favorite notation app.
You can pick from instrument categories: strings, woodwind, brass, keyboard,
guitar, percussion and vocals. (Some instruments cost extra)
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Basic composition app
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Composers/Music History
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Interactive learning family
of instruments. (Piano is in the string room in this app) Lite version
includes 1 room.
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Interactive story of the
Carnival of the Animals
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An interactive music app
where students can learn more about instruments, composers, classical music,
etc.
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Learn about the different
instruments and their families
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Practice your conducting
skills with this app!
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Includes games and
activities
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Learn all about the orchestra.
Includes quizzes and Games
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Early Childhood and Pre-Reading
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Scales and pitch recognition
using solfege. Lite version free.
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Keyboard Geography Tetris
style
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Play songs and record
performances.
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Based off of the Kinderbach
program these are video lessons and games that can be supplemented for the
beginner student. First two lessons and first game are free. (Lessons can be purchased individually, by level or
the complete school version with all levels) (Tip: Many times the classroom version is discounted up to half off.
Like their FB page to stay updated)
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Music for Little Mozarts-
based on the MLM series. Great for young kids. Reviews concepts such as
high/low, up/down, loud, soft
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Fun making music with
different instruments and patterns
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Keyboard Geography
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Notes,
rhythm and pitch. Listen to notes, copy patterns and learn to recognize
pitches; Learn about rhythm, short and long notes; Play with a drum, cymbals,
triangle, maracas or egg shaker; Learn to read music and create songs by
moving notes on a staff
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Tap the bunnies to the beat.
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Ear Training
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Aural Book for ABRSM (Be sure to download all 8 levels!)
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Real time analysis of
singing pitches and volume, clapping rhythm and intensity with comments
offered simultaneously. Over 200 aural test questions including echo singing,
clapping, listening, etc.
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Ear Training with the blobs!
(Silly game kids might enjoy)
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Ear training with solfege!
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Intervals, chords, scales,
relative pitch. (Lite version is free)
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Save the town from the
spaceship by correctly identify notes in the Major scale.
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Ear Training with Chords
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Ear Training with Intervals
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Ear Training with Melodies
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Ear Training with Scales
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This app is a compilation of
Chords, Intervals, Melodies and Scales in one app (versus individually above)
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Ear/Note dictation game.
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Ear Training matching game
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Ear Training tool
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Melodic and Relative pitch
trainer (lite version is free)
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Call and response with
Intervals, melodies and chords
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Has a Listening game and a
Play for Two which is a unique feature where two players can play a listening
game with eachother
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Lite version is free
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Same/Different, small
intervals
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See above, plus larger
intervals
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Fun Tools
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A free whiteboard app
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The possibility is endless
for you and your students with this interactive whiteboard app.
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Create your own musical
journeys from street layouts. Fun and creative app!
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Fun tools to use for
students to practice a section more then once, adding parts to the potato
guy.
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Interactive whiteboard that
also records your voice. Upload to online community or share privately
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Good tool for group lessons
or camp settings. You can set it from
as low as 2 players up to 30 players.
You can even use it as a number generator (up to 30).
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A fun tool you can use to
create composition/improvisation ideas.
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A tool to inspire composition
ideas
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Internet
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Free up to 2GB. Allows you
to share files between computers/iPhone/iPad and/or share publicly.
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If you have a Mac, you may
already be familiar with iMovie. Create movie trailers and more from your
video and picture stills.
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An app that allows you to
view FLASH! (Audio could be slightly delayed.)
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Instruments
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Piano Synth and more!
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Compose music with lights
and sounds
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Blow into your iPhone/iTouch
to make the sound
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Flashcards that has pictures
of music instruments with their sounds and the instrument name.
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Metronomes and Tuners
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A metronome that counts for
you!
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Lite version is free.
Pendulum metronome
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Besides tempo, can change
accents subdivisions, meter, sound, has tap tempo
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Chromatic instrument tuner
and pitch pipe using the built in mic. (Lite version is free)
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Basic metronome; Manual and
Tap (free)
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Advanced metronome. Can even
set it to stop after a certain number of bars.
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Teacher mode is what sets
this app apart. Gives scores based on rhythm accuracy.
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Midi
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Music Slow downer app
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Can slow down audio files
without changing pitch. Lite version is free.
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Based on the software. Allows students to play along with
accompaniment midi files. Will even turn your pages intelligently.
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Can slow down audio files
without changing pitch
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Backup MIDI or style data on the digital musical instrument to the app,
or restore data to the instrument from the app.
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Music Reader and Music Downloads
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Includes free public domain music. Scan YOUR own pdf files and download from
IMSLP- the free public domain music library right from within the app. Allows
you to highlight, type notes, etc. Compatible with AirTurn and PageFlip
pedals.
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Included app on the ipad and
iPhone. Can download your own pdf
files and download them in iBooks to view.
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Search, Play, Listen and
Print over 200,000 public domain classical scores. Works with Bluetooth
pedals.
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Play your favorite pop songs
and more with hands free page turns accompanied by backing tracks and
vocals. App is FREE, but each song is
$3.99.
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Music readers- browse,
purchase, view
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Turn the page with the turn
of your head!
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Classical music +score
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Comes with two free pieces
of music, additional are $3.00 each.
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Note Reading
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Bass clef recognition
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Notes or solfege
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Note and pitch recognition
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Horse Race Derby style note
drill game. Can customize what notes
to drill.
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Space arcade style game, can
have up to 3 notes at the same time.
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Note drills in flashcard
style. Can customize what notes to
drill. Hot Potato game is a favorite!
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Another flashcard app for
beginners, includes solfege
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Drills notes and chords
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LOVE! Drill notes by playing
the note shown on your acoustic piano! Currently saves for up to 7 students.
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Notes, Rhythms, Intervals
and Symbols
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Fun note drills. This game reminds me of the gopher game at
the arcade where you try to hit the hammer with the gopher before it goes
down. The only thing I would like to
see with this one is to have both treble and bass clef note drilling at the
same time.
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Help Hungry Munchy catch
each note as quickly as possible. Totally customizable AND I LOVE that you
can add unlimited players keeping track of their progress. I wish all apps
would do this!
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Cute, can customize notes to
drill
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Note flash cards with
interactive piano keyboard
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Choose the right answer in a
multiple choice format.
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Identify notes names,
reading staff line notation, rhythm, hand-eye coordination, etc.
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Note and pitch recognition
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Starts with one note and
adds notes as you advance. Help Princess piano dance her way back to the
cloud kingdom to rescue her family. Great for those little princesses in your
studio!
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Think Guitar Hero meets
Piano…
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Treble clef recognition
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Note (including chromatic)
recognition
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Practicing
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Practice journal with
metronome
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MIDI compatible app to
record manage, archive and share your recordings.
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Rhythm
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AuralBook for ABRSM (This is also under ear
training. Be sure to download all 8 levels!)
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Real time analysis of
singing pitches and volume, clapping rhythm and intensity with comments
offered simultaneously. Over 200 aural test questions including echo singing,
clapping, listening, etc.
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Everything in this game
moves rhythmically. Tap the beat to sneak and solve puzzles
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Clap rhythms you can echo
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Drag rhythm on staff, if
note values match within time signature it will play.
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Similar game format to
Guitar Hero but with fun Dr. Suess songs and creative instruments.
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A “copy cat” rhythm game
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Copycat game; lite version
is free.
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Rhythms up to sixteenth and
triplets.
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Rhythm exercises with
soundtrack background. Lite version is free.
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Rhythm exercises
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Rhythm exercises
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“Simon” type game, lite
version is free
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(Shows up as ReadRhythm
after downloading) Tons of exercises! 7 difficulty levels for 4/4, 4 levels
for the 6/8 random generator and 3 levels for swing eighths. I even have used
this app during interviews for transfer students.
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Rhythm drills (free)
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Keep Gina “happy” by playing
hand clapping games (can get tricky)
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Tap Tap Revenge 3 (and 4)
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Similar game to Dance Dance
Revolution, players tap in rhythm with popular tunes.
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Run, jump, roll to the beat-
very fun!
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Learn, practice and perform
basic rhythm patterns with above plus triplets
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Learn, practice and perform
basic rhythm patterns through sixteenth notes, triplets.
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Sight-Reading
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Fun Sight-reading app
similar to Piano Wizard (or Guitar Hero). Students can play on the iPad or on
the “real” piano.
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Created by makers of Piano
DustBuster (JoyTunes) with pieces from different countries
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Created by JoyTunes,
includes the grand staff
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Another practice note drill
app for the iPad. What I like about
this one is the student is drilling their notes to a steady metronome beat.
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Sight-reading trainer,
includes 20 student profiles to set up.
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Midi keyboard support
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You see the score and the
upcoming notes are highlighted for you to play on the built-in piano.
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Starts with one note and
adds notes as you advance. Help Princess piano dance her way back to the
cloud kingdom to rescue her family. Great for those little princesses in your
studio!
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Comes with a few free
pieces, but then you have to purchase if you want more.
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Keeps track of users
progress and scores, motivating, interactive with piano (using iPad mic)
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From the makers of SightRead
Plus!
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Notes will go across the
page and students are asked to find a particular note or series of notes in a
timed setting.
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Theory
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Flashcard style drilling
symbols, key signatures, treble and bass clef
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Great Music dictionary
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Plays and gives notes to
scales, chords, and harmonies; including modes. (Free version available)
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Interval recognition
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Space invasion game drilling
inversions.
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Play, view and challenge
jazz scales (lite- free)
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This app is jammed pack and
well worth the price. First you choose
game mode. Lesson or Quiz. There are
22 lessons, 5 tutorials and 5 tests that cover all the major theory topics:
staff, note names, treble and bass clef, rhythm, time signatures, intervals,
expression, slurs and ties, pickups and repeats, scales, accidentals,
syncopation, tempo and more!
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Covers Notes, Key
Signatures, Intervals, Chords, Scales. In addition to Ear Training with
Tempos, Intervals, Chords and Scales
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Theory exercises and drills.
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Helps
piano students to practice the fingering of diatonic and arpeggios scales for
all keys in the circle of fifths.
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Interactive scale exercises
up to grade 3
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Interactive scale exercises
up to grade 8 (lite- free)
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Information on every type of
scale and mode you can think of!
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Interactive tutorials and
practice
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Staff based exercises
(notes, key signatures, intervals, chords), Keyboard based exercises
(identification, interval, chord), Fret board based, Ear Training (interval,
scale chord), Calculators (accidental, interval, chord, analysis, matrix)
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This is a series of apps:
Deluxe, Treble and Bass, Intervals and
Ear Training, Rhythm, Triads, Keys and Scales.
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Recommended products for iPad
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Page Turn Pedal
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New Trent Keyboard
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Wireless keyboard/case
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Page Turn Pedal
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Printopia
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Allows you to print to your
printer from your iPad. (This is program you download on your Mac computer)
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Updated 09/10/13
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