Very smart.
This is good.
It’s clever because the player controls the speed. The app tracks pace really smoothly. No fingering is given so you have to work out how to finger each exercise. It’s well thought out and progresses at a good pace.
This and ‘ReadAhead’ are the two best piano sight-reading trainers on the Appstore. It doesn’t force you to read ahead like ‘ReadAhead’ but it’s excellent for the note learning and coordination aspects of sight-reading.
It’s clever because the player controls the speed. The app tracks pace really smoothly. No fingering is given so you have to work out how to finger each exercise. It’s well thought out and progresses at a good pace.
This and ‘ReadAhead’ are the two best piano sight-reading trainers on the Appstore. It doesn’t force you to read ahead like ‘ReadAhead’ but it’s excellent for the note learning and coordination aspects of sight-reading.
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Would like to see a grand staff on here!
This would be the perfect app for piano sight reading too if there was a grand staff (treble clef above the bass clef) as if sight reading piano sheet music. I am also having trouble controlling the speed at which the notes move in the sight reading.
Response from developer
Thank you for the feedback. Giving bad reviews is definitely not the way to ask for features though: hurting the app will only result in less downloads and therefore less resources to add things. Grand staff will possibly be coming in a future mode, but for the speed at which the notes are moving, it's just depending on how fast you input notes. You can disable sheet music animation in the app settings if you don't want the notes to move gradually. Best, Stéphane.
Excellent learning and teaching app
This is a great way to learn how to sight read music notation. I’ve really increased in speed and learnt a lot. It’s also a great teaching aid that is really motivating. A great app and very good value for money. I highly recommend this for any musician. Particularly guitarist, like myself who spent many years missing many aspect of music theory and written notation. I wish this app existed years ago when I was learning to play. Don’t be chump. Use this app to learn notation and enter the exciting world of music theory, will really start to make a lot more sense and transform your playing and understanding.
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Interface with Piano
Nice application and fun to use. I have the app loaded on an iPad connected to my piano using a MIDI interface. This allows me to use the piano directly to respond to the notes scrolling in on the app. It took a few tries to get this working but I recommend it. Here are some details. My piano is an older Roland F50 with MIDI. The iPad is a newer model Version 7. I found my older equipment did not work. MIDI adapters come with USB A connectors. I had to get an adapter USB A to Lightning to connect to the iPad. The first MIDI interface I bought did not work. Finally I shopped for an interface that explicitly claimed to work with iPad, and this worked. There is one glitch; if the iPad goes to sleep it will disconnect from the piano and will not reconnect until the iPad is restarted. I have to do this each time I practice. I can live with this.
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Response from developer
Thank you for the feedback. The "sleep" problem will be fixed in next version. Best, Stéphane.
I wish I’d found it sooner.
I feel like I’ve wasted so much time trying to wrap my head around notation. This app is inexpensive and incredibly effective. Thank you!
The best to learn reading
This is the best application for learning piano and music notes more than any of the apps in this entire store. I truly love all the work you have done! I can finally play the piano without paying a yearly subscription.
Bluetooth not working
Every other app works with my Bluetooth but not this, otherwise I would buy it.
Response from developer
Thank you for the feedback. Can you please email me at hello@completemusicreadingtrainer.com so I can check with you what's happening? Best, Stéphane.
Good app with disappointing feedback
I started using this app as part of my kids music practice. They are at different levels of development, with three years between them, aged 8 and 11. My youngest never wants to learn music reading again, because the star rating and feedback does not reflect his own learning trajectory. He doesn’t get rewarded for his own improvement, and is rated against unsuitable benchmarks. It’s a big shame, because it’s otherwise a good learning tool.
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I’m finally able to read music
This app has been so great. I’ve tried other apps and flash cards but this is 100x better.
I’m focused on piano: I wonder if the app could also include chords one day.
I’m focused on piano: I wonder if the app could also include chords one day.
Does not seem to work with MIDI virtual ports
It seems like a good app, unfortunately it does not work with MIDI data from MidiGuitar 2, nor from MIDI Data from JamSynth , nor from MIDI data from A2M…….in essence it does not seem to recongnize any virtual port ( I also tried to create a bridge with Midiflow but again it does not show up as a MIDI output in Midiflow ). There is certainly a shortcoming in the code because other similar apps such as PianoNotes Pro seem to recognise any MIDI output you throw at it. So if you have an external controller it works ( I used it with a Yamaha Keyboard, an EWI and the Fishman TriplePlay Connect, and it recognises all of them ). I had a couple of mail exchanges with the developer but he took my original review personally and , either he is
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Response from developer
As I explained you, "normal" MIDI works fine, but MIDI through virtual ports is not (yet) supported in the app as it has not been tested. I sent you an email several weeks ago to offer that I take a look at implementing this feature, and I never heard back from you...
