Doesn’t cover Concertinas!
Good over all, but does not cover concertinas, especially CG Anglo Concertinas!
Err
App does import complete abc collection files properly. Not all abc tunes get imported.
Unique and Indispensable, with some glitches
Must have for anyone with more than a handful of tunes, and a great help when learning them - particularly for the musically challenged like myself. There’s nothing else quite like it on i(Pad)OS, and the latest version finally supports collections.
Would love to give 5 Stars but there are some nags:
- setting markers when selecting parts/bars for playback is unintuitive and capricious
- selections that start with pick-up notes don’t loop properly (there’s a short pause that messes up timing). Please fix!!
- multiply editing and saving a tune can create multiple copies
- GUI could be a bit more intuitive/standard in some places, although it by and large works really well.
Would love to give 5 Stars but there are some nags:
- setting markers when selecting parts/bars for playback is unintuitive and capricious
- selections that start with pick-up notes don’t loop properly (there’s a short pause that messes up timing). Please fix!!
- multiply editing and saving a tune can create multiple copies
- GUI could be a bit more intuitive/standard in some places, although it by and large works really well.
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Pretty good.
I bought this specifically for creating and sharing sets. It’s pretty good but two changes would make it truly excellent.
Firstly, I only make sets from Favourites (which in my world are tunes I can play). If I had the option of choosing JUST from the Favourites list it would save me hunting through thousands of tunes each time I want to add to the set.
Secondly, within a set it would be very desirable to have the option of rearranging the items rather than having to start again when the set isn’t quite right.
Otherwise the PDF creation is great as is the sharing. Money well spent. 👍
Firstly, I only make sets from Favourites (which in my world are tunes I can play). If I had the option of choosing JUST from the Favourites list it would save me hunting through thousands of tunes each time I want to add to the set.
Secondly, within a set it would be very desirable to have the option of rearranging the items rather than having to start again when the set isn’t quite right.
Otherwise the PDF creation is great as is the sharing. Money well spent. 👍
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Response from developer
You can now pick sets from just the favourites. Also, if you tap the edit key in the set list you can drag tunes to rearrange them
The Craic
Been using this for the last few years as I’ve gone down the rabbit hole of Old Time fiddle music. So many tunes to learn and so little time... Love the ability to do online searches and download straight from the program. Love having an easily portable memory bank cause I sure can’t remember all these tunes. Love being able to alter notes, add bowings, fingerings, ornamentations. Love being able to save a PDF or print it out to share with friends.
My only issue is when I’m editing first and second endings, I often do something that makes the program freeze up. But it’s not the end of the world. I just close out the program and boot it up again.
My only issue is when I’m editing first and second endings, I often do something that makes the program freeze up. But it’s not the end of the world. I just close out the program and boot it up again.
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Great except one thing
I love this app for learning tunes and keeping up my tune library. I only wish there was a way to sync with iCloud so that when I add a tune on my iPad, it is automatically in my iPhone’s version of the app the next time I open it too instead of manually adding it there also.
Great traditional music app
It’s so cool to be able to carry around a library of tunes in my pocket and to hear them play, import new ones and see the dots. Thanks Will for developing this app and helping me to learn new folk and traditional tunes- a big shout out to the developers of the ABC standard too!
No bagpipe option
I just bought it for bagpipes and it’s not in the instrument selection.
Must have app for the trad musician
I’m a fiddler in Vic Australia. I love this app. The ability to import any tune from the session website and to have it at my fingertips in any format - playback at any speed, standard music notation etc (and print direct from the app) is what I find most convenient. Simple and easy to use and does everything I need it to do. Brilliant stuff.
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Great App got better
I started with the old app and loved that I could take my new tunes with me on my phone to learn and practice anywhere.
The new features made it that much easier. Now I can hear the tunes “at speed” (as I’d eventually play them) with the note stress feature. I’m also using it on my iPad to notate as well. Bravo Macaulay!
The new features made it that much easier. Now I can hear the tunes “at speed” (as I’d eventually play them) with the note stress feature. I’m also using it on my iPad to notate as well. Bravo Macaulay!
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