iPracticePro vs Harmony Calipers

•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.

Harmony Calipers is a visual songwriting companion for musicians. Use the Circle of Fifths as a harmonic map to explore chord relationships, build progressions, arrange song sections, and export clean chord charts or PDF song packs. Harmony Calipers is designed for musicians working with a real instrument nearby. Sit at a piano, hold a guitar, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, or another chordal instrument, and use the app to organize harmonic ideas into playable song forms. What you can do with Harmony Calipers: Explore chord relationships Use the harmony wheel to see how chords relate across the Circle of Fifths. Select tonal centers, compare harmonic distance, and view relationship paths directly on the wheel. Browse suggested progressions Start from suggested chord progressions organized by musical function, mood, and relationship type. Color badges help identify functional harmony, stable diatonic movement, dominant tension, caliper-derived ideas, and progressions that may need review. Customize progressions Send any suggested progression into the Custom Progression builder. Edit the title, chord sequence, tonal center, mode, and harmony type, then validate the result. Build songs by section Use Song Builder to arrange progressions into song forms. Add sections such as Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Break, Interlude, and Outro. Reorder sections to shape the structure of the song. View chord charts Harmony Calipers includes piano keyboard charts, piano staff notation, combined staff/keyboard views, and fretted instrument charts for guitar, mandolin, mandola, ukulele, baritone ukulele, and banjo. Export your work Export full song charts, individual section sheets, traditional chord chart layouts, modern Harmony Calipers layouts, and PDF song packs. Designed for visual writing Harmony Calipers does not try to replace your instrument. It helps you see harmonic relationships, organize chord ideas, and create usable charts so you can play, revise, and develop songs with your own instrument. Good for: - Songwriters building chord progressions - Guitarists, pianists, and multi-instrumentalists - Music theory learners - Teachers creating chord examples - Players exploring the Circle of Fifths - Musicians who want clean printable chord charts - Anyone turning harmonic ideas into organized song forms New in this version: - Optional piano staff notation - Combined piano staff and keyboard view - Improved piano voicing display - great for beginners and all skill levels - Better piano chart exports - More reliable export pagination for staff/keyboard chart packs Harmony Calipers turns harmonic ideas into organized song forms.