# Habanera: See How Music Works — Classical music explained live

> Classical music explained live (iPhone/iPad app by Musemantik.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/habanera-see-how-music-works/id6790565534 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Musemantik](https://appshunter.io/developer/1267246149)
- Category: Education, Music
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0.0 · 50 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-15
- Data updated: 2026-09-14
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/habanera-see-how-music-works/id6790565534/reviews.md

## What is Habanera?

See inside the music you love.

Habanera plays twenty-one masterworks by Bach, Palestrina, Josquin, Victoria, Byrd, Tallis, Lasso, Purcell, Pachelbel, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Bizet, Bruckner and Rachmaninov before your eyes, while three colour-coded layers of professional analysis reveal what the music is really doing: the chord of the moment, the phrase-level line being composed out, and the deep structure underneath it all.

WHO IT'S FOR
• Music-theory and counterpoint students: every chord, suspension and cadence named on a real score, not a textbook fragment
• Choir singers: see the piece you are rehearsing whole, with entries, suspensions, and where your line is going
• Composers: study how the masters build tension, prolong a harmony, and close a form
• Parents and teachers: a guided, narrated way into great music, in your language
• And anyone who loves this music and wants to hear more in it

Writing or producing songs today? The harmony and voice-leading of modern music were worked out by these composers. Learn the mechanics here and you will hear them everywhere, including in your own writing.

WHAT YOU GET
• 21 annotated masterworks, from Renaissance polyphony to the Habanera from Carmen
• A moving line that keeps the score, the sound and the analysis in perfect sync
• Three layers of analysis (foreground, middleground, background) with plain-language cards explaining the moment
• Guided tours: a narrator walks you through every piece, spotlighting the notes as he speaks
• The score assistant: ask any question about the piece you are hearing and get a real answer
• Animated, narrated video tutorials, from Basic Concepts to The Working Vocabulary, that teach every idea the app uses, no prior theory needed
• Share the moment: turn any passage into a short video or link and send it to anyone
• Sung-lyric subtitles, offline mode, and a narrator you can choose

IN YOUR LANGUAGE
The whole experience is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Swedish and Traditional Chinese: analysis cards, guided-tour narration, the tutorial videos, definitions and subtitles.

FREE AND PRO
Free forever: six fully annotated masterworks (the Habanera, Chopin's E-minor Prelude, the Moonlight Sonata, Tallis's If ye love me, Bach's Invention No. 1 and Mozart's Ave verum corpus), the first two animated tutorials, and 30-second listening previews of everything else. Habanera Pro unlocks all 21 annotated scores, every further tutorial and the score assistant. 7-day free trial, then £4.99/month (shown in your local currency). Subscriptions renew automatically and can be cancelled any time in your store account settings.

No ads. No account required to start listening.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Habanera Pro | $4.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2.0.42 — 2026-09-05

Bug fixes & new app tutorial

### 2.0.27 — 2026-08-19

Bug fixes

### 2.0.25 — 2026-08-15

No release notes.

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