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Tenuto

Tenuto

Theory exercises and tools

667 ratings
354 reviews
#9 in paid Music
📚 Education
🎵 Music
$4.99

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Released
August 30, 2011
Updated
April 28, 2026

Developer

musictheory.net
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About

Enhance your musicality with a comprehensive suite of 24 customizable theory exercises and six essential musical calculators. Practice note and chord identification, ear training, and construct musical elements. Tools include accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices.

✓24 customizable theory exercises
✓Note and chord identification
✓Ear training for intervals and scales
✓Musical construction exercises
✓Accidental calculator
✓Interval calculator
✓Chord calculator
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What users say about Tenuto

Reviews of Tenuto are mostly positive: the Music app is rated 4.7/5 from 667 App Store ratings. What users like most: essential for musicians, great app. Top complaints: wrong billing, piano tone is so bad. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 🚀Essential for musicians
  • 👍Great app
  • 👍Perfect app
  • 👍Wonderful app
  • 👍Highly recommend
  • 👍Fantastic app
  • 👍Excellent app
  • 👍Best app for beginners
  • 👍Superb
  • 👍Brilliant
  • 👍Awesome
  • 👍Excellent for learning
  • 👍Incredibly useful
  • 👍Best music theory app ever
  • 👍Cannot say enough good things about this app
  • 👍Tremendous app
  • 👍Ideal, just what I needed
  • 👍Fantastic Theory App
  • 👍Perfect
  • 👍Must have app
  • 👍Invaluable tool for musicians
  • 👍Excellent for ear training
  • 👍Best in App Store
  • 👍Great teaching tool
  • 👍Very Useful
  • 👍Awesome app!
  • 👍A sound program of exercises
  • 👍Fantastic Application
  • 👍Great app for learning
  • 👍Absolutely fantastic!
  • 👍Superb for beginners or advanced

Negative things

  • 🐛Wrong billing
  • 🐛Piano tone is so bad
  • 🐛Not good
  • 🐛Great but buggy
  • 🐛All sounds stopped working
  • 🐛Not good for guitarists
  • 🐛Terrible and misleading
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What's New in Tenuto

5.1

April 28, 2026

- Updates the app icon used in Dark, Clear, or Tinted modes. - Fixes several layout and drawing issues when running as a Windowed App. - Fixes an extremely rare crash when Challenge Mode is enabled.

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Top Paid

📊 9

Music

The app has maintained its position at 9 recently.

Last updated on November 1, 2026.

Top Paid

📈 49+1

Global

This app rose +1 position in Global chart.

Last updated on November 1, 2026.

User reviews

Most RecentHighest RatedLowest Rated

Fantastic

Best app purchase I have ever made. If you are a music student, there really isn’t a reason not to have it!
LLincolnium

Great app but one huge issue

Everything accessible on this 5 dollar app is accessible on the website version as well for free, they don’t throw in any features for paying customers unfortunately.
A-Allison Burgers -

Decently structured

It’s pretty good, I wish it had an option to see the note in written form than press the corresponding fret. Overall I like the app
ATA random person’s thoughts

Practice makes perfect

I highly recommend Tenuto for beginners. Its game-like exercises make learning fun while repetition and instant feedback reinforce memory and build faster note recognition.
JJhbarnes

Love

Love this app. Plz make chord identification mode available with grand staff (option of 1 or 2 notes in bass)
SRSean Rubin
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

5 issues

Sound cuts out

Bug

Unresponsive at times

Bug

Freezes up

Bug

Doesn't work well for guitar

Bug

Incorrect chord/key associations

Bug
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Requested Features

20 requests

Cadences and inversions for ear training

Feature

Chord progressions for ear training

Feature

Melodic and harmonic minor modes for scale recognition

Feature

6th, 9th, 11th and 13th chord extensions for chord recognition

Feature

Melodic dictation

Feature

Rhythm exercises

Feature

Fretboard reverse identification

Feature

Chord inversions for chord identification

Feature

Scales written on staff using various clefs

Feature

Rhythm, melodic, and harmonic dictation exercises

Feature

Part writing exercises

Feature

Exercises for form, cadences, etc.

Feature

MIDI support

Feature

Autoplay function

Feature

Ability to input notes/chords on fretboard

Feature

Chord progression ear training

Feature

Inversion options for chord and interval identification

Feature

Melodic and harmonic minor scale identification

Feature

Extended chord identification

Feature

Rhythmic dictation

Feature

FAQ

What does Tenuto do?

Tenuto is a music theory application that offers 24 customizable exercises designed to improve musicality. It includes tools for identifying notes, intervals, scales, and chords, as well as ear training modules. The app also features six musical calculators for accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices.

What are the key features of Tenuto?

Key features include a variety of identification exercises (notes, key signatures, intervals, scales, chords) on staff, keyboard, and fretboard. It also offers construction exercises for these musical elements, ear training modules for listening comprehension, and six specialized calculators for musical analysis and computation.

How much does Tenuto cost?

Based on the provided information, Tenuto is a paid application. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating a one-time purchase model for full access to all features.

What kind of musical concepts can I learn with Tenuto?

You can learn to identify and construct notes, key signatures, intervals, scales, and chords. The app also supports ear training for these elements and provides calculators for accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols, and twelve-tone matrices, covering a broad range of music theory topics.

Who is Tenuto designed for?

Tenuto is designed for anyone looking to enhance their musical understanding and skills. This includes music students, aspiring composers, and practicing musicians who want to strengthen their theoretical knowledge, ear training abilities, and compositional tools.