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MUSIC APPS

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Metronomes, Scores & Tools

Theory & Composing

Metronomes, Scores & Tools

Metronomes

Practice+ for iPhone & iPad. My favorite! A metronome, plus: 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.	Musicorum iPhone & iPad. FREE! Dictionary of musical terms and phrases from multiple music dictionaries comprising over 9,000 entries.
Music Dictionary For iPhone, iPad. "Music Tools" is a comprehensive music dictionary with vocabulary in English, German, Latin, Italian and French. Quick reference charts for abbreviations, symbols, & tempo markings.	IMSLP for iPhone & iPad. FREE! Browse the IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library of FREE scores in the public domain. Save your favorite scores & use the built-in score reader.	Henle Library for iPhone & iPad. Get the most reliable Urtext editions in the world! Purchase just the piece or 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.
Sheet Music Direct iPhone, iPad. Instantly access over 2.2 million premium sheet music scores! Purchase and print, or save as PDF and read on your device.	MuseScore: sheet music iPhone & iPad. Free + in-app purchases. Play FREE music scores! Includes large sheet music archive, interactive practice with score, learn with video courses.	forScore iPhone, iPad, Mac. Go paperless! Organize all your digital scores in the app: save scores, annotate, practice tools, share.
SuperScore Music for iPad. SuperScore is the premiere app for viewing, managing, and interacting with your digital music library. Read digital scores for study, practice, or performing. Turn pages with a Bluetooth or MIDI foot pedal, annotate, purchase scores, listen to musical playback, MIDI keyboard connection, import your PDF library.	Piano Adventures Player iPad. Free + in-app purchases. Interactive play-along accompaniments for the Piano Adventures method books—practice with an orchestra, jazz ensemble and rock band! Access sheetmusic & over 1000 songs from 13 levels of the Piano Adventures books.	Decide Now! For iPhone & iPad. Your ultimate decision maker! When students can't decide what they should do next in their practice, or feel stuck repeating the same way, use this! Add variety and prevent boredom by customizing your own wheel with practice ideas. Spin the wheel to randomly find your next practice strategy!
Andante Music Practice Journal: Log sessions & time, set reminders, track your mood & focus, write notes, record, track progress with charts, goals & streaks, and more!	Voice Record Pro For iPhone & iPad & Apple Watch. FREE. Professional audio recorder, that's a step up from the basic Voice Memo. Unlimited recording in MP4/M4A/WAV format, change playback speed, microphone controls, bookmarks, effects, notes, and export/import from device Music Library and with iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, YouTube, email & iMessage.	Anytune Pro+ for iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch. Free + add ons. 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. Import your music from the Files app, Dropbox, WiFi, and copy-paste. Also: bookmark, loop, 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. Boost your note reading AND sight reading: Play your instrument and the app listens to you! Game drills for notes, intervals, and sight reading. Real Piano or Virtual Piano modes.	Note Rush Apple / Google / Amazon devices. Drill note reading by playing your instrument! A virtual flash-card deck that listens to you play each note, while you race to earn stars and beat your best time! Fun note themes and preset levels, or create your own levels.	NinGenius for Apple & Android devices. Master notes, fingering & rhythms with exciting gameplay! Earn ninja belts as you increase speed and accuracy. Study mode & Test mode. You can progress through levels from "Easy" to "NinGenius".
Flashnote Derby iPhone & iPad. A fun way for little 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. Students can review the notes they missed at the end.	Treble Cat iPhone & iPad. Learn notes with a cat? Perfect! Students learn to quickly identify notes in the Treble Clef with multiple levels, stages and challenges to unlock!	Bass Cat iPhone & iPad. Learn notes with a cat? Perfect! Students learn to quickly identify notes in the Bass Clef with multiple levels, stages and challenges to unlock!
Staff Wars iPhone & iPad. 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!	NoteWorks Only iPad. 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! All ages and levels.	Piano Maestro app Only iPad. From a single note to complete pieces, students master sight-reading, rhythm, technique, & playing sheet music with both hands. Featuring 100s of famous, popular & classical tunes. Play along with a synchronized band soundtrack! Progress up in levels, collect skill points & unlock more songs!

Theory & Composing

Theory & Composing

Music Theory Pro For iPhone & iPad. Fantastic all-in-one app for Theory & Ear Training! Games for: Note Names, Key Signatures, Intervals, Chords, Scales. PLUS games for ear training: Tempos, Intervals, Chords, Scales. Easy to use & easy to customize: 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 24 highly-customizable exercises including: note identification, intervals, chords, scales, key signatures, piano keys, plus ear training. Perfect for exam preparation.	SproutBeat Web-based app. SproutBeat contains 2500+ colorful and interactive worksheets and games, organized by topic covering all aspects of music theory and reading. No printing - all 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 app_edited for iPhone, iPad & Mac. Over 200 educational documents to choose from! 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.

Flat: Music Score Editor iPhone & iPad. FREE + in-app purchases. Music notation app to create, edit, play & share sheet music. Export to audio, MusicXML or PDF to print.	ScoreCloud Express HD only iPad. Free + in-app purchases. Straight from musical idea to music notation, you can: Play, sing or whistle any melody and instantly turn it into music notation! Edit a score, change playback sound, in-app and cloud-based storage of your songs, and export/share.	NotateMe Now for iPhone & iPad. FREE. Single-staff version of NotateMe: a simple composition tool that lets you notate a single line melody with your finger or stylus. Handwriting is converted into printed music on the staff. Email or print out finished score. Includes PhotoScore Now: take a picture of a printed score to import it, allowing you to play it back and edit it.
Notion iPhone & iPad. FREE + in-app purchases. Music notation program and playback tool - 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! Drag & drop tools for adding more details. Export as a MIDI, PDF, MusicXML, wav, mp3.	MuseScore Studio macOS. Free professional music notation software. (for desktop users)	ScoreCloud Studio for PC & Mac. FREE! Music notation software: Sing or play to turn your songs into sheet music! Score from single instrument or voice, then edit & arrange into a finished score.

Rhythm

Rhythm

Rhythm Swing 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, with "Learn", "Practice" and "Play" modes, lesson videos, tips, and fun game play.	Rhythm Cat Pro iPhone & iPad. Learning rhythm with a cat theme? Perfect! Students develop rhythm understanding and accuracy while tapping with fun backing-tracks. Play to unlock up to 60 levels that get progressively more challenging.	Rhythm Lab iPad only. I LOVE this app! Learn & practice rhythms in so many fun ways! Includes 10 levels, with 1 or 2 hand rhythms, and LOTS of customizable settings. Use the "listen" mode to learn rhythms before testing yourself in "Play" mode. Record, 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!
iMimic iPhone & iPad. Retro "Simon" game-style! Fun way to practice visual & audio pattern memory.

Ear Training

Ear Training

Ear Cat iPhone & iPad. Ear training with a cat theme? Perfect! A fun game to develop your musical ear, with 80 levels that get progressively more challenging. Recognize intervals, improve solfege, and identify pitches.	Ella iPhone & iPad. 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 complete exercises, statistics are collected so that you can see your progress. Perfect for ear training preparation for RCM exams!
Music Theory Pro iPhone & iPad. Fantastic all-in-one app! 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 24 highly-customizable exercises, students can work on ear training for notes, intervals, scales and chords. Perfect for RCM exam preparation.	goodEar Pro iPhone & iPad. Get all the exercises from Good Ear Intervals, Chords, Melody, and Scales here all in one!
My Ear Training iPhone & iPad. FREE + in-app upgrade. Learn to identify by ear: Intervals, chords, progressions, scales, and melodies. Use preset exercises or customize your own. Play answers with the keyboard or multiple choice. Includes reference list of songs associated with each interval and video links to hear them.	goodEar Intervals iPhone & iPad. FREE! Ear training for beginner-advanced levels. Quiz all intervals in a 2 octave range, ascending, descending or harmonically. Play answers on the touch keyboard, or use multiple choice. Fully customize your exercises to practice exactly the intervals you need. See progress with live statistics as you play. Great for exam preparation!	goodEar Chords iPhone & iPad. FREE! 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. See your progress with live statistics. Great for exam preparation!

Wellness

Wellness

Mindful Powers for iPhone & iPad. FREE! Helps young minds learn & practice mindfulness so they can respond more effectively to stressful situations. Voice-guided mindfulness sessions and a task timer. Helps grow skills for: • Calmness & relaxation • Stress & anxiety reduction • Concentration & focus • Navigating big emotions • Getting along with others.	Smiling Mind for iPhone, iPad, Android. FREE: A mindfulness and mental fitness toolkit developed by psychologists & educators. Content for Adults, Youth, & Kids, covering topics on: Focus, Awareness, Stress, Sleep, and Mindfulness.	Mind Yeti Apple Podcasts. A research-based digital library designed to help kids & their adults calm their minds, focus their attention, and connect better to the world around them. Guided audio sessions with mindfulness techniques like deep breathing, stretching, & emotional self-regulation.
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.	Insight Timer for iPhone, iPad & Apple Watch, Android. FREE + subscription. 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.

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