Tuba Fingering & Tuning vs Harmonics Practice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tuba Fingering & Tuning
This app provides a comprehensive interactive fingering chart for the tuba, offering standard and alternate fingerings with tuning suggestions. It helps musicians understand pitch tendencies and adjust notes for equal or just tuning.
- Interactive fingering chart
- Alternate fingerings
- Tuning suggestions
- Pitch tendency identification
- Color-coded fingerings
- Key chart with zoom
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The most COMPLETE intonation resource for students, private music instructors, and band directors! Fingerings, alternate fingerings, and tuning suggestions are compiled from years of research from the best in the profession. Tuba Fingering & Tuning Chart is an interactive, color-coded fingering chart for the full-range of tuba. Tap or scroll through notes on the staff to see its corresponding fingering as well as its inherent pitch tendency. In addition, each figure will display suggestions for alternative fingerings in order to play each note in equal tuning and/or adjust each note for just tuning. Black-color indicates regular fingerings; Green-color indicates suggested fingerings to add; and Red-color indicates suggested fingerings to delete. The app also identifies the best tuning notes for tuba, and the information-button provides helpful tips on tuning the tuba in relation to dynamics, air speed and direction, and embouchure. A detailed Key Chart allows you to zoom in on particular fingerings and note names. Some notes will display up to three suggested alternate fingerings.
Harmonics Practice
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Harmonics Practice helps brass players and other wind instrumentalists develop control, intonation, and awareness of the harmonic series. It plays a fundamental tone and harmonics which relative volume you can adjust. Play against the drone and check your tuning so that you are in perfect match with the harmonics. For best result use speakers or headphones. With the built-in sound engine, you can: - select the relative strength of each harmonic of the reference tone - make harmonics' volume undulate automatically and move in panning (left to right) - add small 'bumps' to give rhythmic diversity for the reference drone - select reference note, its octave and tuning Ideal for developing perfect intonation in chords. Designed for students, teachers, and professionals who want a focused way to practicing your tone and intonation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Harmonics Practice at Free against Tuba Fingering & Tuning's $3.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Harmonics Practice is free to download; Tuba Fingering & Tuning costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tuba Fingering & Tuning | Harmonics Practice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 43 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shelley Jagow | Tarmo Johannes |
In-app purchases
Tuba Fingering & Tuning
No in-app purchases
Harmonics Practice
No in-app purchases
Questions
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