Practice
This is not just a practice app it gives you the motivation to play. As a banjo player all the help is appreciated
A great way to practice
I always hated practicing music in a void, as music is meant to be played with others. This is a great way to practice alone! Looking forward to seeing how far they take this app. Well worth it. Also helpful to pull up a chord chart for someone if you are playing and they don’t know the chords.
No Longer Login -fixed
Updating- support was awesome and got me logged in, and next day updated the app.
After updating today I can no longer log in using the app subscription function… and I’m at a festival! Pretty disappointing.
Otherwise when it worked, it’s a great practice aid.
After updating today I can no longer log in using the app subscription function… and I’m at a festival! Pretty disappointing.
Otherwise when it worked, it’s a great practice aid.
Response from developer
I’m very sorry about this! Many users were logged out as an unexpected side effect of a necessary migration. I apologize for the interruption. Please email us if you haven’t already and we’ll help you get logged back in ASAP.
Must download for Bluegrass players. The only app you will need
I’ve been using backing tracks for 10 years mainly off of YouTube. Downloaded countless apps. None have the ease of use of this app. It’s simple. Yet you can edit settings change strum patterns to every instrument. Mute instruments if needed. However the one thing I hope to see them add is the ability to change the instruments for an individual section of a song like after so many bars you could have a light strum to the guitar or just have the bass play but then go back to the normal settings. Please make this happen Luke
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Phenomenal!
What a joy! The adjustments you can make to the instruments is remarkable, like the amount of swing, anticipating or dragging the beat, types of walking bass; great for jamming and also for teaching and demonstrating these musical subtleties. Thank you!
Great app
Great app for practicing with. Thanks.
My soulmate for sure!
I use this every day. It is simple to use. It was recommended by a friend. We have spread the news. Luke answers any questions one might have, almost instantly. My music teacher is so pleased that I constantly make use of such a great tool.
It’s my practice companion
I was an early user, and Luke is absolutely the best developer that I’ve ever experienced. He’s a bluegrass musician, so he knows how the app should function from the users perspective. Always squashing bugs quickly and delivering timely feature enhancements. You won’t be disappointed.
Excellent Customer Service, great practice tool.
I would like to give this App 5 stars, however, I am not a fan of the subscription model. Aside from that an excellent practice tool.
Love this app
I hate subscriptions, but I’ve made an exception with Strum Machine. I’m working on my mandolin chops, and Strum Machine has been really helpful getting up (lol) to speed!
Messed up rhythm..
The beat is all messed up on my iPad but it works on my iPhone.The new update won’t download either.
Response from developer
Please write me at support@strummachine.com and include the model and iOS version of your iPad. The latest update includes a fix for the audio/rhythm issues that some users were experiencing on their iOS devices recently, so it’s important that they’re able to download the latest update, and I’m sorry to hear you’re having difficulty doing this. Hoping that you will get in touch so we can get this resolved for you. Thanks!
Best Practice Tool
This is the best ever practice tool! Band is with you playing along. So much fun.
Game changer
A real game changer for practice and learning new material, getting it up to jam speed…highly recommend
Spoil me Rotten
Love this strum machine…it has spoiled me rotten. Been playing Banjo for two years n it adds a whole new dimension to my picking. Easy to navigate. Any questions n Luke gets right back to me. Sounds like a band backing me up. Thankyou Jim Panky for mentioning it on you tube. I will never leave home without it. Well done, Luke!
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Easy to use
This is a must have app if you are learning new tunes, or even polishing up your old tunes.
Amazing app!
TL;DR - for the bluegrass or folk/old time musician, Strum Machine is much better than iReal Pro
I recently came to bluegrass from a jazz background. As you can imagine I had iReal Pro and, since I already paid for that app, I tried to use it for bluegrass as well, but the experience wasn’t great. Then I heard about Strum Machine and that it is made specifically for bluegrass so I decided to get the free trial and… I was instantly hooked! For folk, old time and Bluegrass there is absolutely no comparison, Strum Machine is 100X better than iReal.
I recently came to bluegrass from a jazz background. As you can imagine I had iReal Pro and, since I already paid for that app, I tried to use it for bluegrass as well, but the experience wasn’t great. Then I heard about Strum Machine and that it is made specifically for bluegrass so I decided to get the free trial and… I was instantly hooked! For folk, old time and Bluegrass there is absolutely no comparison, Strum Machine is 100X better than iReal.
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Such a Great App.
I have been using this app in demo mode for about an hour and have just subscribed. I was probably sold on it within the first five minutes. Interface is simple and streamlined, making it very easy to use. The variety this machine can give is downright incredible, from strumming patterns, cross-picking, syncopation, key changes, and much more. I’m excited to see the rest of the song library. Even if you don’t play bluegrass, this thing is a tool you should really have!
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Perfect app!
This app is literally amazing. It's a perfect backing track app but not only is it a backing track app! It has so many songs that other sites find difficult to get the correct chords/rhythm. And then you can adjust the rhythm, adjust the tempo, take out instruments, add instruments, adjust volumes of instruments, adjust the pan from left to right of certain instruments, change the strumming style of instruments, update songs to suit your own playability (or in my case how the family played it wrong for many years but still sounded OK haha), change chords within an existing song or create your own for backing tracks. The owner is constantly updating things and is actually reachable by email which is unheard of!!! This is worth the monthly subscription people... seriously.
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Awesome
Great practice tool!
Long time user
I have been using this app for over 3 years and up till then I was using different backing tracks of varying degrees of quality. I still use Steve Kaufmans workout tracks but mostly it is strum machine.
The flexibility of this app is amazing, the control over tempo and volume control for all the instruments is perfect.
Luke seems to have a keen eye as to what the average player wants or needs. The ability to record your backing tracks for off line practice is great, the different rhythms have allowed me to add jigs and reels and even the odd polka to my practice routine. If I was asked what has helped me the most in my playing it would be strum machine, it really is one of the most useful apps on here.
The flexibility of this app is amazing, the control over tempo and volume control for all the instruments is perfect.
Luke seems to have a keen eye as to what the average player wants or needs. The ability to record your backing tracks for off line practice is great, the different rhythms have allowed me to add jigs and reels and even the odd polka to my practice routine. If I was asked what has helped me the most in my playing it would be strum machine, it really is one of the most useful apps on here.
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