Great... but
This app is great. I bought it to help my daughter and have been learning myself.
The only problem I have encountered thus far is the relative lack of guidance/direction once you get to Intermediate level. For example, I’m now being asked to move my hands on the keyboard but there is no video showing how to do this. It does seem like they started off really well (a lot of instruction) and then just “stopped”, and provided practice sheets /music only. (?)
The only problem I have encountered thus far is the relative lack of guidance/direction once you get to Intermediate level. For example, I’m now being asked to move my hands on the keyboard but there is no video showing how to do this. It does seem like they started off really well (a lot of instruction) and then just “stopped”, and provided practice sheets /music only. (?)
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It has potential..
I have some experience with piano. I have skipped around from app to app trying to find something with good piano lessons. Some apps are great, but cost money, and other are just plain bad. I thought this app was going to be good, since it has a professional introduction and it started off by teaching you two basic notes. However, when I started the first song, the app didn’t pick ANY of the notes I played. It was even worse when it stopped the song to help you play the note. I had to jam the key on my keyboard, and I don’t think that’s good for the keyboard. I don’t know if the problem is with me, the app, my iPad, or the keyboard, but I don’t want to waste my time basically hitting my keyboard. Other then that, this app is pretty great! :)
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Great at first
I started using this app almost a month ago with absolutely zero experience. It has been fantastic learning from square one with a gamified experience that gradually gets more like reading real sheet music as you progress. I subscribed after a few hours and had no regrets until recently.
I really only have one gripe - that you cannot redo certain sections of the songs. I am forced to pause - restart and wait for the section I am working on to come up. If I am lucky the section fits on one screen and I can pause it and just work on it while paused or take a picture with my phone. It is especially frustrating when the instructor has a small speech at the beginning, forcing you to hear his spiel over and over again before the music even starts scrolling.
All I want to do is rewind but I cannot. Early on I mastered the songs fast enough to not care so much but it takes longer and longer to master the songs as they get longer and more complex which means restarting a lot more. I cannot continue so inefficiently... I really feel invested in the app (not just monetarily) and want to use it.. but I’m done and moving to flowkey which lets you loop any section you want to work on.
I really only have one gripe - that you cannot redo certain sections of the songs. I am forced to pause - restart and wait for the section I am working on to come up. If I am lucky the section fits on one screen and I can pause it and just work on it while paused or take a picture with my phone. It is especially frustrating when the instructor has a small speech at the beginning, forcing you to hear his spiel over and over again before the music even starts scrolling.
All I want to do is rewind but I cannot. Early on I mastered the songs fast enough to not care so much but it takes longer and longer to master the songs as they get longer and more complex which means restarting a lot more. I cannot continue so inefficiently... I really feel invested in the app (not just monetarily) and want to use it.. but I’m done and moving to flowkey which lets you loop any section you want to work on.
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Response from developer
Hi. Thank you for writing to us. We keep updating our app to provide our customers with the best experience. I can assure you that the excellent feature that you mentioned is on our roadmap.
Best app ever!
This is the best app ever! It’s so good to learn with if your thinking about learning piano this is the app for you. I was thinking like I really want to learn piano. I found one app already but since I didn’t have it on my mom’s iPad I was trying to reload it. So I searched the app and this app popped up along with the app I was looking for. So i was looking at the reviews they were all good and I’m like why not give it a try I downloaded it and loved it. As soon as it downloaded I started playing songs I saw the intro and watched it. And I’m like cool a real piano teacher. As soon as I started I got hooked playing song after song looking for my favorite songs. I told my dad this is cool. I created an account so he could get my progress. I kept playing I totally love it! thank you so much. It’s a great app I am gonna
practice a lot now. If you wanna learn piano download this app please!
practice a lot now. If you wanna learn piano download this app please!
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Pretty much the perfect piano learning app
I've tried them all, and this is the best out there, what I really like is the songs feature singing, which means you don't have to learn the vocal melody, which let me say is an aweful way to learn piano... We want to learn how to play actual songs, not what the singer should be singing!! Playing along to an actual performance is very welcome and helps keep us motivated. It also teaches note reading in a fun way. To get the most out of this app with an acoustic piano, I'd say headphones are a must, this helps the app hear your notes clearly.. and stops the missed notes. However I bought a midi connector to connect my keyboard to my iPad pro and now it's perfect!! I can't wait to learn more!!
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Good, Could be better
I never write reviews but since I’ve been using this app for over a month now I thought I should. What I love about this app is that I have noticed progress in my playing since I started. I only have time for 30 minutes three times a weeks and I surprise myself every time I come back at how much progress I have made. My only criticism is that if I want to practice a specific part that I am struggling with, I have to start at the beginning. I wish you could rewind a few bars or print the sheet music so you could isolate difficult parts of the song you’re learning. Maybe that’s something you guys could look into? Anyway, good app all around. Definitely would recommend it. 👍🏽
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Awesome!
This game galuchat me
Response from developer
Thank you for sharing the love. You’re AWESOME! 😘
My piano skills have improved greatly!
I am in my 30s and have always had the desire to play piano. I have tried several attempts throughout the years but just couldn’t stick with it. However after doing this app for about two months now, I am playing Music in ways I thought I never could. I really appreciate this app and I’m so thankful for it. One suggestion I have is if we could see the full sheet music so that way we can practice on the areas that we may have problems on instead of having to start the whole song completely over and wait until we get to that part. That’s a little annoying. Also I’m not into secular music. I enjoy learning with the classical pieces much better. But I know you can’t please everyone with the music selections LOL. I will also email my suggestions as the app developer has suggested because I really want to stick with this app to improve my piano skills it has help me tremendously.
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3 week review (newbie piano player)
I really like this app. I am now really learning piano! I do have a few wants with this app though:
I can’t tell you how many times I have to pause the song I’m on to learn where my hand should be and try to slow down the songs myself. I wish you could select the tempo of the songs.
Also I wish I could just scroll back a few measures and play them over and over again. Even scroll forward through easy measures to get to harder measures. I’m still flustered when playing both hands and the song goes too fast. Like I said I’m new to piano.
Sometimes when there is an instructional video it takes forever to buffer too and it’s not my internet trust me we’ve got the best internet we can get and we check the speed regularly. Only this app buffers and it’s annoying.
I like how he teaches theory though! Very good and broken down for anyone to learn. I already know treble clef because I also play trumpet but I have to really think on bass clef! All Cars Eat Gas , Good Boys Do Fine Always...
I can’t tell you how many times I have to pause the song I’m on to learn where my hand should be and try to slow down the songs myself. I wish you could select the tempo of the songs.
Also I wish I could just scroll back a few measures and play them over and over again. Even scroll forward through easy measures to get to harder measures. I’m still flustered when playing both hands and the song goes too fast. Like I said I’m new to piano.
Sometimes when there is an instructional video it takes forever to buffer too and it’s not my internet trust me we’ve got the best internet we can get and we check the speed regularly. Only this app buffers and it’s annoying.
I like how he teaches theory though! Very good and broken down for anyone to learn. I already know treble clef because I also play trumpet but I have to really think on bass clef! All Cars Eat Gas , Good Boys Do Fine Always...
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A good app but no convenience to me
When I originally got the app on my old phone, it was wonderful, It was a good experience in going over what I had learned before and learn new things now.
However, I recently just switched to a new phone and I downloaded the app again, only to find that when I play It would not register the played note, I even tried increasing the volume from my piano and force restart etc. but still nothing. I had to drop the app as there is no reason for me to continue using it, I still have it in the background though so until I can find a solution or you find one and fix it I can’t use it sadly, though I do recommend it to anyone thinking about getting it.
In conclusion, This was a great app for me but not so much after I switched phones.
However, I recently just switched to a new phone and I downloaded the app again, only to find that when I play It would not register the played note, I even tried increasing the volume from my piano and force restart etc. but still nothing. I had to drop the app as there is no reason for me to continue using it, I still have it in the background though so until I can find a solution or you find one and fix it I can’t use it sadly, though I do recommend it to anyone thinking about getting it.
In conclusion, This was a great app for me but not so much after I switched phones.
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