Overall good - PDF export issue
For a different reason to help reinforce and learn a tune — unbeatable, frankly. Visuals, timings and a vast amount of tunes to readily search and add. My challenge is in using the inbuilt PDF export feature. No matter if my phone is in portrait or landscape, the export to PDF is so crushed, that it makes it unintelligible. If a solution to this is out there, I’m more than happy to go the whole hog give this app a 5* review
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Help
Not sure where to go to ask for some help. Could you let me know please? Can we upload other songs other than what comes with the app?
Response from developer
Yes, of course. Visit the website app-bagpipe-player.site
Not User Friendly
Bought this to write pipe music, but it is far from user friendly - when opened you get a list of already written out tunes but no apparent instructions on how to compose. Waste of money at this point.
Response from developer
Too bad you didn't have enough patience and perseverance. At any age you should be able to learn and try to ask questions to the developer and users who use the app with pleasure.
Every piper and drummer needs this app
A great app that every piper and drummer should have. Thousands of tunes are available for download and, I haven't used it much, you can use the built in tune writer. It is like having a teacher to play with any time. Everyone in the pipe band has this app now and some even bought ipads just because of this app.
I can't wait for the optical sheet music recognition update but no word when, or if, that will happen.
I can't wait for the optical sheet music recognition update but no word when, or if, that will happen.
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Had Higher Hopes
I have several thousand tunes in BMW and BWW format. I manage them on my PC with the full Windows version. I was hoping to use this player on my iPad. Got it installed but it doesn’t work very well. Gave up.
Response from developer
Hi, can you describe in detail what you don't like about the app, I think users of the app would be interested in what it means: “very well”
Doesn’t quite work
This app seems really promising, because it will be really useful to be able to read and play .bww files on my phone and iPad, but it doesn’t quite work. I can download files from Dropbox, to the app, but the file organization scheme is poor, and if I try to open any files that didn’t come with the app, it either freezes or crashes. I feel like I have wasted so much time trying to get it to work, so it has both cost me money, and time, without any benefit. Alas. I hope it is improved to actually work in the future.
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Awesome!
I’ve had the bagpipe player on my computer for years. I’m so happy I have it on my phone!!!! Cheers!
Fantastic Versatile
Excellent app with extremely useful functionality and the ability to add an infinite number of new tunes to. Am getting back into piping after some time away from it and this app has helped a great deal bringing me back up to speed.
The individual who posted the negative review about the limited number of tunes available in the initial download may not yet have understood the app’s ability to import BWW files from a wide variety of free sources. It has taken me a little while to figure this out but I assure you one could add literally thousands of tunes to this app if one so desired.
Keep up the good work, Alex, you are performing a great service for the bagpiping community.
The individual who posted the negative review about the limited number of tunes available in the initial download may not yet have understood the app’s ability to import BWW files from a wide variety of free sources. It has taken me a little while to figure this out but I assure you one could add literally thousands of tunes to this app if one so desired.
Keep up the good work, Alex, you are performing a great service for the bagpiping community.
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Great helper App for piping.
Trying to interpret a bagpipe music sheet is made easy by this app.
Extremely useful app for new bagpipers
I love this app, it has helped me tremendously in learning new tunes both as a beginner and a pipe band member. I use my Dropbox to download the bands tunes to the app, plug one earbud up to my phone or iPad and the other to my electronic chanter then hammer away at learning tunes playing along with the app and built in metronome. I slow it down at first and work my way up to tempo. I’ve had an occasional issue with certain tunes not playing right but the developer is extremely responsive to fix it. I still have an occasional issue with certain notes hanging up (sorta a digital distortion sound) but it isn’t consistent enough to nail down the problem and the tune continues after the hiccup. Also if I have a 2 to 3 tune set loaded into the app and flag just the first tune to play on repeat, it tends to not recognize the repeated measures. A slight annoyance but manageable enough to work around.
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Donwloading tunes
I have a problem downloading tunes called support they have not made any attempt to help me
Great app...excellent support
This is a fantastic app. Eliminated my huge music folder and replaced it with my iPad.
Excellent
This app is great for all musical needs
Very useful
I’m just starting learning playing the bagpipes and this app has been very useful!!
I wish it comes with more documentation on how to write files myself!
I wish it comes with more documentation on how to write files myself!
Works OK
I have purchased this and with the tunes that come with it it works fine, however once I connect to my Dropbox account it does not want to transfer them over. I have sent messages to the developers on Facebook and their own site and never had any reply.
Response from developer
I was far away from civilization and internet... :) I've answered in the facebook.
Excellent - fun to practice with
I was looking for an iOS app for practice and learning and this is it. Lot’s of features for playback and editing. Simple integration with Dropbox for adding and storing files. Easy to use with adjustable tempo etc. Now I need to find a .bww exchange site. Kudos and thanks to the developer - good job!
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Must have app for bagpipers
This is a must have app for anyone who is learning to play the bagpipes. Being able to have the music with me wherever I am allows me to practice whenever I want. Having the music play while I am practicing helps me learn the notes and the timings as they should be played.
Features keep being added on a regular basis and the developer is very responsive to questions.
I fully recommend this app.
Features keep being added on a regular basis and the developer is very responsive to questions.
I fully recommend this app.
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This is the app I was looking for
It is so stupid simple, but keeps those BWW files all organized... AND it has a lot of more complicated feature, such as metronome and adjusting of many aspects of playback. It comes with a good set of songs and easily integrates with Drop Box to add your own collection(=
Crashing
Anything I try and edit, the app crashes, consistently. A bit disappointed.
Waste of money
Only 90 tunes on the App. I wish I knew that ahead of time. No Balmoral. Complete waste of money. wish I knew how to get a refund.
