Improvisation Trainer vs iPracticePro

„Improvisation Trainer - the music learning app everybody has been waiting for.“ Improvisation Trainer is the perfect practicing companion for both beginners and professionals in music out of every music field. Due to it’s incredible flexibility you can use the app no matter what style of music you prefer.  It is the perfect practicing tool for custom, creative and level-based exercises - no matter if you are a rookie or a professional musician. It is a indispensable tool for music teachers and provides an ultimate platform for practicing harmonic and melodic instruments. Just get started with one of our presets to give you an idea about the endless possibilities the app can do! With Improvisation Trainer you can: EFFECTIVE PRACTICING! RANDOM CHORD MODE • practice improvising on your favorite chords • practice improvising within random given chords out of a defined chord pool • define your own chord pools specially designed for your needs • diatonic mode: practice improvising only within a specified key • chromatic mode: practice your skills on all bass notes of the chromatic scale • modal mode: chord symbols will randomly change, but only on one bass note • custom mode: practice your chords on personally specified root notes (i.e., C and F) • set the chord duration for each chord (i.e., 2 bars) • set a loop to create perfect practicing exercises for you • tell the app in which meter you want to improvise (3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 7/8, …) PROGRESSION MODE • practice all your favorite chord progressions in the progression player • here are some progressions that are included:  • II-V-I • I-VI-IV-V-I • I-IVm, … • custom progressions: practice your progressions only in specified keys • chromatic progressions: practice your progressions in all 12 chromatic keys • completely individually shape your own exercises or just use the given presets to start practicing! CUSTOM MODE  • generate your own sequence of chords for fast creating of truly unique exercises • choose the length of each chord using the specified interface • use one of many styles to playback your exercise IT’S ALL A MATTER OF STYLE • choose from a variety of different playback styles: Rock, Pop, Swing, Bossa-Nova, Disco, Country and many more • choose your individual playback tempo • tell the app in which meter you want to improvise (3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 7/8, …) SAVE AND SHARE YOUR SETTINGS • you can save all your custom settings to get started quickly • you can easily share the settings with friends, students or other people using e-mail MANY DISPLAYING OPTIONS FOR EFFICIENT PRACTICING • define which accidentals you want to see (#,b or random) • practice while using a regular music sheet layout with your generated chords • simple mode: only display three chords at a time • short time hint: display the next chord only a short time before you hear it ADVANCED FEATURES • practice chords with a lot of extensions like G7(#9,b13) • create endless material for you to practice on • improvise in odd time signatures • loop-mode: transpose your exercises after a certain number of loops • loop-mode: create uneven loops to practice odd bar phrases • progression mode: define exactly which chords you want to hear on each degree (i.e. only m7 on II and only 7(b9) on V) • use the included mixing desk to adjust the volume of bass-notes, chords and drums EAR TRAINING • You can also use the app as a ear-training program. Just define which chords you want to be played and don’t look at the display or use our „only time“ preset!

•Drones• The first part of the app allows you to play all chromatic notes in tunings from 432Hz to 444Hz in many different sounds. The notes sound continuously and it´s a perfect way to practice intervals, chords and scales. You also have the possibility to play the notes randomly in an adjustable period of time. The app supports quarter tones if you´ve chosen expert mode. Sounds: organ, piano, electric piano, strings, guitar, double bass, bassoon, clarinet, oboe, flute and sine •Chords• The chord section contains 5 chords in standard mode more than 45 chords in expert mode. The metronome allows you to practice in tempos from 30bpm up to 300bpm. It can be set to different time signatures like 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 7/4, 9/4, 11/4, 13/4. You can also select or deselect the downbeats and offbeats separately. You can listen and play to all chords in all twelve keys, see which notes are the chord notes and scale notes and read information about the chord and the corresponding scale. In addition to that, all chords can also be played randomly. You can choose to just randomly change the root or the root and the chord type. The app lets you filter the chords, which allows you to only randomly play the chords of for example the modes of melodic minor or harmonic minor. 45+ Chords: ▵7, 7, -7, ø7, o7, 5 69, ▵7#11, ▵7#5, ▵7#5(11), ▵7#9, ▵7#9b13 7sus4, 7susb9, 7#11, 7#5, 7b913, 7b9b13, 7b13, 7alt -6, -▵7, -▵7b13, -7b13, -7b9, -7#11, -∆7#11, phryg, ø713, o7b2b11 major, major/3, major/5, major/b9, major/9, major/b3, major/11, major/#11, major/b13, major/13, major/7, major/▵7 minor, minor/b3, minor/5 augmented, diminished Sounds: electric piano, piano, organ and strings •Progressions• In this section you can practice more than 50 chord progressions in all twelve keys. The metronome, with all its setting options, is also included in this section. The volume of the root note, third and septime or rather the tensions is adjustable. If you press one of the two random buttons, the app picks a random root or a random progression and root. 50+ progressions: II-7 V7 I▵7, II-7 V7alt I▵7, II-7 bII7#11 I▵7, II-7 V7b913 I▵7, II-7 V7b9b13 I▵7, II-7 V7susb9 I▵7 IIø7 V7 I-, Coltrane Changes and so on…see full list on my website. Sounds: electric piano, piano, organ and strings •Pad• Using the pad you can put together your own intervals and chords. You have four octaves and five sounds to choose from, with which you can select up to five tones. The tones can sound both simultaneously and one after the other. The metronome, with all its setting options, is also included in this section. You can choose out of these sounds: electric piano, piano, organ, strings and sine •Fingerings for saxophone and reed adjustment for saxophone and clarinet• There are fingering charts about standard fingerings, false fingerings, altissimo and quarter tones and information about reed adjustment of sides, table, tip, shoulder and heart. If you don´t play the saxophone, you can hide this part of the app. •Features• * Stealth Mode (Ear Training Mode). You can use stealth mode in drones, chords and progressions. This will hide the currently played chords and display them afterwards. * A practice timer that informs you when your set practice time has expired. * Landscape mode. * Light- and dark appearance (Night Shift). * You can set if you play a C, Bb, oder Eb Instrument. * Are you an advanced player? The expert mode offers you additional information which could be confusing to unexperienced musicians. If you have no idea what C▵7#5 means or if you have never heard of quarter tones you probably should choose the standard mode. * All sounds can be played from 432Hz to 444Hz.