Fingering Strings vs Croche

The highest rated and most comprehensive fingering guide available for Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass (Simandl and Rabbath positions). Includes double stops! Decide which hand position would be best for the interval or passage. Instantly switch between written note and piano key at the touch of a button. Support for Key Signatures to more easily find a fingering in the music you're working on. • Hand Positions: 15 positions on the Violin, 15 positions on the Viola, 16 positions on the Cello, and 12 Simandl positions or 6 Rabbath positions on the Double Bass. • Display "beginner tape" on the fingerboard as well as string names and colors. • Notate one or two notes in Treble, Alto, Tenor or Bass clef. How to Use: Pick a written note (touch the staff) and have the fingering displayed and concert pitch played. Touch a button and reveal the note on the piano. Play a concert pitch on the piano, and have that pitch's fingering displayed. Touch a button and reveal the transposed note written on the staff. Written and concert pitches are the same for all but the double bass, which transposes, sounding an octave below what is written. • Use the ‘Play' button to repeatedly hear the note or interval being displayed. Selecting a Pitch: Using the Staff (transposed for the current instrument): Simply touch and slide up and down on the staff to select the note, slide to the right or left of the note for sharps and flats. Using the Piano (concert pitch): drag in the area below the keyboard to move the keyboard, touch to play notes, touch & slide to change the pitch. When you glissando up the keyboard, notes will be notated as a raised value (sharps), when you glissando down, notes will be notated as lowered values (flats). Use the up and down arrows to move chromatically up and down without touching the music staff or piano keyboard.

Croche teaches you to read music in small daily doses, with exercises that adapt exactly to your level. THE CORE: SIGHT-READING Notes scroll across an animated staff. Name them or play them on a mini-keyboard before they reach the reading line. The scroll gently slows to give you time to answer — never a hard "game over," just a pace that adjusts to how fast you actually read. A FULL CURRICULUM, NOT A GIMMICK - Treble and bass clef, from anchor notes to ledger lines - Rhythm: pulse, eighth notes, quarter notes, rests, syncopation, compound meters - Intervals, by eye and by ear - Accidentals and key signatures — real sight-reading, not just "tap the right key" - Scales, keys, chords (major, minor, diminished, augmented, inversions) - A real ear-training pillar: recognize a played note, an interval, a wrong note in a melody A REPERTOIRE OF REAL MUSIC Well-known public-domain melodies built right into the path, so you're reading actual music as soon as you're ready — not just abstract drills. A PROGRESS LOOP THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO COME BACK Daily streaks, XP, gems, unlockable mascot cosmetics, timed challenges (endless sight-reading, relative ear training, sudden death), a built-in metronome with multiple tones. WHO IT'S FOR From complete beginners to players who already read but lack fluency — a placement test drops each profile exactly where they belong on the path. Croche is available in French, English, and Spanish. Termes of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/