Boo premium
Response from developer
Hi there! I can understand that you would like to have more course lessons for free. You can also learn one of our eight free songs that we have. This, you can definitely finish. Hope, you'll give it a second try.
Nearly perfect
Overall, I’m enjoying it and took out a subscription. It would be great to see a couple of features in the future:
1. Less App interaction, as in less pressing next or play, i want to keep my hands on the piano more.
2. Instead of just a green tick, show something like a gold star if you hit the note perfectly and in time. The green ticks can be false positives if you hit 3 notes before the right one or your timing is off.
3. The courses don’t seem in order of complexity. Sometimes it feels more advanced then it goes back to being easier.
Other than that, i recommend trying the App, for me this one works and i spend a good hour practising every day and in a week I’m feeling more confident.
Great resource for intermediate and advanced players
The only thing that would make this app 5stars for me would be the ability to print the sheet music which would avoid having to scroll to the the bit I want to practice each time.
Thanks Flowkey, great app!
Very poor note recognition
Also, perhaps a niggle but why are the count ins not consistent? Sometimes there are 4 Beats in, sometimes just 3, and on the quarter note rest exercise in Chapter 1 there are 5. This will be extremely confusing for beginners.
And as for the slowed down exercises. Whose idea was it to time stretch the audio file? It's an awful sound! All the artefacts of poor time-stretching make listening to it hard on the ears. Either pay for a far better algorithm or actually play it half speed, please!
So far then, some good points, and it works far better via midi, which I think you ought to acknowledge and recommend to buyers. Your poor excuse (and stock automated response to the issue when raised by others) about different tunings doesn't stand up given the huge advances in pitch recognition software from Antares, Melodyne and others.
We'll see how well it copes with more polyphony later...going to give it until the end of my paid month and take stock then. Playground has been recommended by some, but dissed by others so we'll see.
Response from developer
Sorry to hear that the note detection didn't work well for you. In case you have an acoustic piano, it might be tuned differently (our app is tuned to standard pitch). However, we are already brainstorming on possible solutions for acoustic instruments. I'll also pass your feedback regarding the count ins on to the song team.
Needs updated to become Piano Teacher
Ok, been working with it about two weeks now
First of all, it only works with an internet connection so if you expect to take this to a studio somewhere and use it off line, you will be disappointed.
Secondly, the courses are good, but uneven with no directed progression. There is no way to gauge your current skill level and start from there.
Third, I wish there was an option to show the whole score of a piece. You either practice it their way or not at all.
The keyboard showing the notes is fine, but it would be nice to have more suggested fingering notations on the musical score.
And an option to name the notes on the score, rather than having to divert your attention to the keyboard above the score.
Fourth. I am really only interested in classical. There should be significantly more easy to intermediate pieces in the program. Most of this stuff is public domain, so why not?
I wanted to make a commitment so I bought a years worth. Now I am regretting it. I didn't spend enough time during the Trail period figuring out that it wasn’t really for me.
Updated Review
Update...I got it to work now. Works with streaming lights and wait mode at same time only if the piano is not accessing the microphone. Great email tech support. The only thing that would help make this a 5 star app is if I could play the background music while playing the piano like with the Yamaha smart pianist app. The only issue with the smart pianist app, and why I’m looking at this app, is that the smart pianist app only has 50 pop songs.
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Response from developer
We're sorry to hear that! May we ask if you have an acoustic instrument or an electronic one? An acoustic instrument could be slightly out of tune or tuned differently, so our note detection has problems recognizing the notes you play since our app is tuned to standard pitch. If you have an electronic instrument, I highly recommend our MIDI option. To use the note detection via MIDI, please connect your instrument via MIDI to USB cable (or a regular printer cable, if your instrument has a so called "to host" jack) with your laptop or tablet. When you use an iPad, you also need a Camera Connection Kit which will serve as adapter, since the USB end of the cable is too big to fit in your iPad. Once your instrument is connected with your device note detection will work via cable which is much smoother and more reliable than via microphone. Could you give that a try? If you need any further help, please get in touch with our support team via our in-app messenger or via e-mail: support@flowkey.com
If you’re looking for “the app to learn piano” -Congrats! You just found it. Yeyyy
Last year, for the reasons which I still don’t exactly know, I suddenly decided that I want to learn to play piano. Somehow I kidda figured that ”nothing difficult here and I don’t need a teacher”, so I went researching web.
Few months later “the theory basics” were mostly covered, but next then next logically following question came up “Well, that’s all great, now I know it and what do I suppose to do with all of that now??”
So the point I’m trying to make here is: If I wouldn’t accidentally found this app I’d probably still be “mastering to play scales” or just simply gave up on all of this “piano nonsense” and would have missed the whole FUN I’m having now.
Premium does not unlock after paying
Response from developer
Thanks for reaching out! I'm sorry to hear that Premium wasn't unlocked automatically. Usually, we reply within 24 hours to every message we receive. So I'm sorry if the message you sent didn't reach us. What you can do to solve this, is to use the option "Restore Purchases" within the flowkey app. On an iPhone, please click on "My Songs" at the bottom of the screen. In the section "My Songs", please click on the cogwheel icon in the upper left-hand corner. A window will open where you can select "Restore Purchases" . On an iPad, you'll find the cogwheel icon in the lower left-hand corner when you enter the app. Clicking on "Restore purchases" will unlock Premium immediately. I hope this helps. And if there is anything else we can do for you, feel free to get in touch again.
