DronePlayer vs GuitarParrot

DronePlayer is a fun, interactive practice assistant for improvising musicians. Playing over extended tonalities is a great way to develop your ears as well as your musical ideas. Long, sustained tones are generally known as drones. Drones have proven themselves quite useful for practicing. Many people use them to assist with intonation. Some enjoy playing scales over them. I personally have found them useful for practicing improvisation and improving my ears. Muting one of the drone voices is a great way to play with just a fundamental pitch. You can then improvise over this and focus on hearing how what you are playing relates. Adding a second drone voice just adds to the fun.

GuitarParrot® brings the classic "Follow the Leader" game to a whole new place - your phone or tablet! Start off easy, then increase the level as you improve! Work in all 12 keys, with many scale choices. Develop your abilities to hear notes and melodies and instantly land them on your guitar! Why is that useful? If you are a musician trying to improvise or learn songs, it becomes much easier as you connect your ear to your instrument. Any virtuoso musician will tell you that ear training is extremely important to musical growth. As an instructor, this is a game I play with students of all levels. I created this app to expand the game beyond what a normal human (me) could offer: Scale - choose from 4-note, 5-note, Major, Minor, and Custom scales. Keys - all 12 keys are available. Octaves - two octave settings let you explore the neck more completely. Levels - each level adds 4 notes to the melody. Level 10 is 40 notes long. Can you beat it? How about with a Chromatic scale? The "Custom" scale setting makes it possible to drill intervals, triads, or any other 1-octave arrangement of notes. The game can be played on iPad, iPhone or Silicon Mac, using the built-in mic or a guitar interface like iRig or a similar device. You can also use wired headphones with or without a built-in mic. Bluetooth playback is supported, but not Bluetooth mic. Although it is intended for Guitar, you can use any instrument or even sing. Instead of poking a note on the screen or touching colored lights in sequence, this app makes you listen and play your own instrument. There is no visual assistance, just rely your ear. This app is an incredible practice tool that should be a part of a complete program. A good instructor will show you how to apply the scales and notes to songs you may be learning. Visit www.guitarparrot.com for videos and more!