This year on Nov 6 will be my 4th year of owning this App. Originally on the iOS it was called “Percussion” but today it’s called “Percussiontutor”
As a music educator for 30 years I have used many Apps that claimed to be authentic and were not, they were very pretty cheesy.
“Percussiontutor” is an excellent tool for teaching various Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian Rhythms. This particular App is authentic in its presentation.
Being able to print a pdf of the percussion parts and to see the rhythms being perform by Masters and profesional musicians makes this a fenomenal resource for the music educator, students, instrumentalist and dancers.
I have used it to teach 3-5 year olds, pre-k thru 5th grade, middle school, high school and college students.
When I compare the rhythm to recording tracks, my students make a connection to the rhythms on the “Percussiontutor” App. Watching the videos helps them to have access to how to execute the different percussion parts.
In class we are able to eliminate certain percussion parts and the students can listen how different combination of instruments work together to form the rhythm section. My students also have purchased the app as a required tool for the music class. They learn basic patterns in isolation when practicing at home or in the practice room.
The 4.5 Stars and not 5 star is due to the inability to increase the tempo with out loosing the quality of the original recording of the rhythm. Also a volume control, found in other cheesy apps, would definitely kick-it up a notch.
Developers, things to consider for improvement:
1. Tempo adjustment with-out loosing the quality of the original rhythm
2. Volume control within the App itself
3. As we continue to improve technology, a counter or digital tempo would kick it up a notch
4. Better graphics or authentic photos of the instruments, would bring it to iOS 13.6 level
5. Add the ability to connect to Garage band or any other DAW App. It would make this an ultimate foundation builder for recording on a digital platform.
If non of these suggestion can be added, I will continue to use it as a teaching tool. With its limitations, Percussion tutor is a great thought out App.
Shout-out to Victor Rendon, Luis Bauzo and many others who kept the teaching of these traditional rhythms and instruments alive at the old Boys Harbor Music School in Spanish Harlem USA.
Again, thank you to the developers and master musicians who participated in creating this well thought-out and well executed Percussion Tutor.
I highly recommend it for students, music edu, all percussionist, instrumentalist and dancers.
It’s worth every cent and more !!!
¡Un Millón de Gracias!
(A million thank you)
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