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MUSIC APPS

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Metronomes & Tools

Theory & Composing

Metronomes & Practice Tools

Metronomes

Practice+ for iPhone & iPad. My favorite! A metronome, and so much more: A complete practice and performance toolkit, with a sleek, clean design. Contains five separate modes including Tuner, Metronome, Recorder, Setlist and Loop Modes.	Smart Metronome for iPhone & iPad. A simple and very accurate metronome. Realistic pendulum animation. Easily set the BPM by tapping. Four sounds sets to choose from. Three modes: Normal, Repeat and Program.	Music Dictionary For iPhone, iPad. "Music Tools" is a comprehensive music dictionary with vocabulary in English, German, Latin, Italian and French. Plus a set of quick reference charts for abbreviations, symbols, & tempo markings.
Musicorum iPhone & iPad. FREE! Dictionary of musical terms and phrases from multiple music dictionaries comprising over 9,000 entries.	Andante Music Practice Journal: Set reminders, log sessions, track your mood & focus, write notes, record, track progress with charts, goals & streaks, and more!	IMSLP Browse the IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library of free scores in the public domain. Use the app to save your favorite scores, and add notes using the built-in score reader.
Henle Library for iPad. Get the most reliable Urtext editions in the world on your iPad! Purchase just the part you need to play without having to buy the complete score. Browse a store of over 40 Urtext editions; Instant download access, lots of great tools: annotate, save, print, record, metronome.	SuperScore SuperScore is the premiere app for viewing, managing, and interacting with your digital music library. Use SuperScore to study, practice, or perform. Turn pages with a Bluetooth or MIDI foot pedal, annotate your scores, purchase scores, listen to musical playback, use interactive MIDI features, and combine your PDF library with your SuperScore music library.	Piano Adventures Player iPad. Interactive play-along accompaniments for the Piano Adventures method books—practice with an orchestra, jazz ensemble and rock band! Access sheetmsuic and over 1000 songs from 13 levels of the Piano Adventures Lesson, Technique & Artistry, and Performance books. Free & purchases.
Decide Now! For iPhone & iPad. Sometimes students can't decide what they should do next in their practice, and end up repeating music over and over the same way without getting better. This app will help them create & use good practice strategies and solve problems while adding variety and preventing boredom. Customize your own wheel, or I'll send one to you - then spin the wheel to find your next practice strategy!	Voice Record Pro For iPhone & iPad. Great audio recording app! Use it to record sections while you practice, or an entire piece. Records in AAC/MP4/M4A format, and can be converted to MP3. Create names & labels for each recording, and share recordings easily with Google Drive, Dropbox, Facebook, YouTube, email or Bluetooth.	Anytune Pro+ for iPhone & iPad. Great for intermediate-advanced students: Use Anytune to listen to and practice any music at your own pace by adjusting the tempo of a recording. Play a difficult passage in slo-mo to really hear the details and understand complicated rhythms. Easy import of tracks from your iTunes library or Dropbox. Also: bookmark and loop sections for practicing, record and share, & more!
Composer of the Day Read concise, one-sentence biographies of classical composers, one per day, on the composer's birthday. Includes a link to iTunes for a sample of the composer's music!

Note Reading

Note Reading

NoteQuest iPhone & iPad. The ONLY known app that covers note reading AND sight reading! With 2 main sections: Note Class and Note Fit for sight reading. Choose: Real Piano or Virtual Piano. Plus: Flash cards that hear you play!	Note Rush Apple / Google / Amazon devices. A fun game for practicing note reading on the music staff, while you race to earn stars and beat your best time! Students learn a strong association between notes on the staff and keys on your instrument by using your device's microphone to detect when you play each note. Select from fun note themes and preset levels, or create your own levels.	NinGenius for Apple & Android devices. Master notes, fingering & rhythms for every band and orchestra instrument through fun gameplay! Earn ninja belts as you increase speed and accuracy. STUDY MODE features a low-stress quiz option. TEST MODE ramps up intensity with exciting gameplay. Four built-in difficulty Levels help you progress from "Easy" to "NinGenius".
Flashnote Derby iPhone & iPad. A fun way for kids to learn and practice identifying music notes by name. Each race is a timed test in which the student identifies different notes in order to make their horse run towards the finish line. Answer quickly, and the horse goes faster; answer slowly and you'll fall behind in the race. At the end, students can review the notes they missed.	Staff Wars iPhone & iPad. StaffWars is a game designed to help beginning and intermediate musicians learn & practice note names of the treble, alto and bass clefs. Speed increases throughout the game, challenging the player to identify notes as fast as possible!	Treble Cat iPhone & iPad. Entertaining app designed to help students learn to quickly identify notes in the treble clef. Multiple levels, stages and challenges to unlock!
Bass Cat iPhone & iPad. Entertaining app designed to help students learn to quickly identify notes in the bass clef. Multiple levels, stages and challenges to unlock!	NoteWorks iPhone & iPad. A musical game designed to teach note recognition and improve sight reading skills. "Hungry Munchy" is eager to swallow elusive blue notes, and your goal is to help Munchy catch each note as quickly as possible. He makes very satisfying "crunching" sounds with each note he chomps! Entertaining game play. For all ages and levels. Students have a second chance to correctly name missed notes, to reinforce recognition. Really fun!	Piano Dust Buster iPhone & iPad. Use your own acoustic piano, or an on-screen virtual one, to play your favorite songs. The app listens to your piano while you play! Help "Granny" dust off the piano by playing the correct note in the correct rhythm. Collect points and bonuses to unlock more songs. Helps develop musical skills: note names, staff reading, rhythm, & piano key identification.
PianoMaestro iPhone & iPad. Featuring hundreds of famous & popular songs, Piano Maestro makes sheet music comes to life: place your iPad on the piano & play tunes along with a synchronized band soundtrack! Progress up in levels, collect skill points & unlock more songs! Students love learning their favorite tunes - all while improving their note-reading.	Poco a Poco iPhone & iPad. Specially designed exercises targeted to your skill level. Practice note reading and theory to improve your sight reading skills. Play the Challenge and see how long you can go without mistakes!	Piano Summer Games iPhone & iPad. Improve note reading while learning to play the anthems of the world. Use an on-screen virtual one or use your own real piano - the app just listens to your piano and you learn how to play! Choose from a growing list of over 40 national anthems and learn how to play them accompanied by high quality concert music.

Theory & Composing

Theory & Composing

Music Theory Pro For iPhone & iPad. Fantastic all-in-one app! Games to identify: Note Names, Key Signatures, Intervals, Chords, Scales. PLUS games for ear training: Tempos, Intervals, Chords, Scales. Easy to use, easily customizable to quiz just the material you want. Perfect for music exam preparation.	Tenuto iPhone & iPad. An all-in-one Theory and Ear Training app. With a collection of 15 customizable exercises, students can work on identifying notes, intervals, chords, key signatures, piano keys, plus ear training for notes, intervals, scales and chords. Perfect for supplementing weekly theory assignments, and for RCM exam preparation.	SproutBeat For desktop. SproutBeat contains 2500+ colorful and interactive worksheets and games, organized by topic, including: Intervals, Key Names, Chords, and much more! Built-in writing tools for worksheets, all assignments can be done digitally right on the device. Perfect system for online lessons. Printing optional. Free trial access and full access through teacher or subscription.
Music Resources for iPhone & iPad. Theory, worksheets & flashcards - over 200 lessons to choose from! Includes: blank staff paper, flashcards for symbols, vocabulary, notes, rhythms, games & puzzles, practice exams, and more. Documents are PDF, and you can print, email, or open in another app.	Theta Music Trainer iPhone, iPad, Android & desktop. Sharpen your musical ear with fun games! It has 43 games covering all major categories of ear training and music theory, including pitch, intervals, chords, rhythm & more. Improve your musical ear and learn to play & sing more freely!

musecore Free music notation software. (for desktop users)	ScoreCloud Express HD for iPhone & iPad. Straight from musical idea to music notation - wherever you are! You can: Play, sing or whistle any melody and instantly turn it into music notation! Features: edit a score, change playback sound, in-app and cloud-based storage of your songs, and share results by email, Twitter or Facebook!	NotateMe Now for iPhone & iPad. This free version is a simple composition tool, that lets you notate a single line melody. Fun for beginner composers! Quickly enter music notation with your finger or stylus - handwriting recognition will transform it into printed music on the staff. Email or print out your composition when you're done. Also includes a photo-recognition feature: take a picture of a printed score, and it will import it, allowing you to play it back and edit it.
Sibelius Music notation software, desktop & mobile versions. Free version available: "Sibelius First". Subscriptions available for additional features.	Notion for iPhone & iPad. Music notation program and playback tool - you can compose, edit and playback scores using real audio sound samples performed by the London Symphony Orchestra! Use an interactive piano keyboard, guitar fretboard or drum pad to easily input your musical ideas - the app transforms it into notation on a staff! Use drag & drop tools for adding more details: articulations, expressions, dynamics, lyrics. Share as a midi or PDF with email, iCloud and Dropbox.

Rhythm

Rhythm

Rhythm Swing for iPhone & iPad. Outsmart the sneaky crocodile by tapping rhythms correctly - tap in time and keep the monkey swinging, but miss a beat and the hungry crocodile is waiting to catch the monkey! A variety of levels lets you gradually progress. Each level has "Learn", "Practice" and "Play" modes, with lesson videos, tips, and fun game play. Helpful feedback shows you where you made mistakes & how to fix them. Fun background tracks - feels like playing in a band!	Rhythm Cat Pro for iPhone & iPad. A fun game that helps students develop rhythm understanding and accuracy. Includes 60 levels that get progressively more challenging. Players tap the rhythm patterns in time to the beat - the more accurately they match the rhythm, the more points they earn, allowing them to unlock the higher levels.	Rhythm Lab iPad only. I LOVE this app! Learn & practice rhythms in so many fun ways! Includes 10 levels of 1 or 2 hand rhythms, with LOTS of customizable settings. Use the "listen" mode to learn the sound of the rhythm before testing yourself in "Play" mode. Record it, or copy, save & share rhythms - send in an email for practice at home, or open it up as a pdf & use it as a worksheet. Composer section provides patterns from real music by each composer!
Rhythm Training HD iPad only. Improve your counting, rhythmic accuracy, and develop a stronger feel for the beat with these short exercises! Free version has 10 levels, each with 3-5 measure examples. Dots appear next to the rhythm as you tap, to show your accuracy. Customize features: adjust tempo and instrument sounds.	iMimic Retro "Simon" game-style! Fun way to practice your visual/audio memory of patterns.

Ear Training

Ear Training

Blob Chorus Ear Training For iPhone & iPad. Kids LOVE the silly "blob" sounds that each blob makes! A fun, entertaining way to introduce children to pitch and improve their musical ear for notes. Each of the blobs in the chorus sings a note, and then the "king" blob sings his note; you have to identify the blob who sang the same note as the king blob. With easy (3 blobs) to harder (8 blobs) options, students can gradually increase the difficulty.	Ear Cat for iPhone & iPad. A fun game to develop your musical ear, with 80 levels that get progressively more challenging. Learn to recognize intervals, improve solfege, and identify pitches.	Ella FREE. A sight-singing ear-training app that helps you improve your musical ear with fun and engaging exercises! Using the microphone, it detects the pitch of your voice & provides accurate evaluation and feedback to help you improve your accuracy.
Ear Trainer For iPhone & iPad. Filled with over 230 individual exercises covering intervals, chords, scales, relative pitch, and melody. As you progress through the exercises, statistics are collected so that you can see your progress. Perfect for ear training preparation for RCM exams!	Music Theory Pro For iPhone & iPad. Fantastic all-in-one app! Games to identify: Note Names, Key Signatures, Intervals, Chords, Scales. PLUS games for ear training: Tempos, Intervals, Chords, Scales. Easy to use, easily customizable to quiz just the material you want. Perfect for music exam preparation.	Tenuto For iPhone, iPad & iPod touch. An all-in-one Theory and Ear Training app. With a collection of 15 customizable exercises, students can work on identifying notes, intervals, chords, key signatures, piano keys, plus ear training for notes, intervals, scales and chords. Perfect for supplementing weekly theory assignments, and for RCM exam preparation.
GoodEar Pro for iPhone & iPad. Get all the exercises from Good Ear Intervals, Chords, Melody, and Scales here all in one!	My Ear Training for iPhone & iPad. Learn to identify by ear: Intervals, chords, progressions, scales, and melodies. Use the preset exercises or customize your own. Play answers with the keyboard or multiple choice. Also includes a reference list of songs associated with each interval and video links to hear them. Free, with some in-app purchases for upgrades.	GoodEar Intervals for iPhone & iPad. Ear training for beginner-advanced levels. Quiz all intervals in a 2 octave range, ascending, descending or harmonically. Play your answers on the touch keyboard, or use multiple choice. You can fully customize your exercises to practice exactly the intervals you need, and follow your progress with the live statistics as you play. Great for exam preparation!
GoodEar Melody for iPhone & iPad. Ear training for all levels. Customize your exercises to identify melodies with your choice of intervals, length of melody from short (2 notes) to long (11 notes), and level of difficulty from easy, medium or hard. Play back your answers on the touch screen keyboard. Great for practicing "playback" melodies for exams!	Good Ear Chords for iPhone & iPad. Ear training practice for all musicians. Create your own exercises to quiz: triads & inversions, 4 note chords, and more. Play answers on the touch screen keyboard, or with multiple choice, and watch your progress with live statistics. Great for exam preparation!	GoodEar Scales for iPhone & iPad. Ear training for all levels. Identify by sound up to 38 different scale types, including modes, harmonic & melodic minor, pentatonic, whole tone, and more. Play answers on the touch screen keyboard or with multiple choice. Customize your own exercises to quiz what you want to learn, and watch your progress in live statistics.
Theta Music Trainer iPhone, iPad, Android & desktop. Sharpen your musical ear with fun games! It has 43 games covering all major categories of ear training and music theory, including pitch, intervals, chords, rhythm & more. Improve your musical ear and learn to play & sing more freely!

Wellness

Wellness

Mindful Powers for iPhone & iPad. FREE + in-App purchases. Helps young minds learn & practice mindfulness so they can respond more effectively to stressful situations. Features: • Mindful Play = voice-guided mindfulness sessions; • Focus Time = a task timer. Mindful Powers helps grow skills for: • Calmness & relaxation • Stress & anxiety reduction • Concentration & focus • Navigating big emotions • Getting along with others.	Mind Yeti Apple Podcasts. Mind Yeti is a research-based digital library designed to help kids and their adults calm their minds, focus their attention, and connect better to the world around them. Guided audio sessions invite listeners to practice mindfulness techniques like deep breathing, stretching, and emotional self-regulation.	Stop Breathe Think Kids for iPhone & iPad. FREE + subscription. Designed specifically for kids ages 5 - 10, the app makes meditation and mindfulness easy and fun for kids. With 15 free mindful activities for every situation, it helps kids deal with: + Sleep + Over excitement + Stress & worry + Disappointment & sadness + Caring & connecting.
Smiling Mind for iPhone, iPad, Android. A FREE mindfulness meditation app developed by psychologists & educators to help assist people in dealing with the pressure, stress, and challenges of daily life. Programs for Adults, and Kids & Youth, covering topics on: Focus, Awareness, Stress, Sleep, and Mindfulness.	Calm iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Android. FREE + subscription. Calm is an excellent mindfulness app for beginners, with guided meditations, breathing programs, stretching exercises, & sleep stories. Topics include: Calming Anxiety; Managing Stress; Focus & Concentration; Calm Kids, and more.	iBreathe for iPhone & iPad. FREE + in-App purchase. iBreathe guides you through deep breathing exercises, whether you are struggling with stress, anxiety, insomnia, or are trying to meditate and relax. Learn about the benefits of deep breathing, and try out different modes: 4-7-8, box, ujjayi, or customize your own.
Breathe 2 Relax for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android. FREE. Teaches diaphragmatic breathing, a technique that has been documented to decrease the body’s ‘fight-or-flight’ (stress) response, help lower heart rate, lower blood pressure, and promote relaxation.	Headspace for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android. Free + in-App purchase. Headspace is a guide to everyday mindfulness in just a few minutes a day. Hundreds of guided meditations on: managing stress & anxiety, sleep, productivity, exercise & physical health. Check out: 2-3 minute mini-meditations for a quick mental reset! AND exercises for kids, with sessions on Calm and Focus.	Insight Timer for iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch, Andreoid. FREE + subscription. Insight Timer provides guided meditations & talks from the world's top meditation & mindfulness experts, neuroscientists, psychologists & teachers. Deep breathing can help calm the mind, reduce anxiety, manage stress, & improve focus and concentration.
Ten Percent Happier iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Android. FREE + subscription. The app aims to demystify meditation and offers simple hacks “for fidgety skeptics." Created by Dan Harris, the author of "10% Happier", the app includes how-to videos, guided sessions, and advice for how to apply mindfulness lessons throughout your day.

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