BrassTune vs Embou

BrassTune is a focused practice companion for brass players. It brings the tools for intonation, timing, warm-ups, scales, score work, class progress, and personal review into one clear routine. LIVE BRASS TUNER See the detected written note, octave, cents, frequency, confidence, and whether you are flat, centered, or sharp. BrassTune shows estimating, unavailable, interrupted, and denied states honestly instead of inventing a reading. PRACTICE TOOLS - Run guided warm-ups and visual routines. - Practice major, natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor, and chromatic scales. - Choose one, two, or three octaves when the range fits the selected instrument. - Use a configurable metronome for tempo, meter, subdivisions, accents, count-in, sound, and haptics. - Play reference tones, drones, and intervals. SCORE PRACTICE Import a PDF or photo from Files or Photos, review each page, add focus measures and passage notes, set a target tempo, and start a manual guided all-notes routine. Score files stay on the device unless you explicitly export or share them. CLASSES FOR STUDIOS AND ENSEMBLES Join multiple classes by code or invitation. Students see their own aggregate practice progress and control whether timing and pitch summaries are shared. Class owners can review aggregate minutes, sessions, tuning trends, and activity signals; assistants receive a private read-only view. Recordings, reflections, scores, and individual session detail are never exposed through Classes. PROGRESS YOU CAN TRUST Review saved sessions, reflections, practice totals, pitch summaries, and completed routines. Guest practice works without an account. Optional account and class features are clearly separated from local practice. PRIVACY-FIRST AUDIO The microphone runs only when you start a listening feature. Native recordings stay on the device unless you explicitly export or share them. BrassTune does not use advertising trackers. BrassTune supports trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, horn, trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, baritone, and tuba profiles with written-pitch and transposition-aware feedback. CREATED BY Kelvin Guo and Arya Salem.

Turn pitch practice into a game you'll actually want to play. Embou listens as you play your instrument, then scores your intonation in real time — helping brass players build the ear that makes every note ring true. Playing your part is one of the oldest, most proven tricks in the book for improving intonation on a brass instrument. Embou builds a whole practice routine around it, so band students and community band players alike can train their ear anywhere, anytime — no teacher required. Pick your instrument — French horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, or tuba — and Embou shows you real engraved sheet music in the correct clef and transposition, every time. No guessing, no generic notation. Choose from a 12-song library of classic melodies spanning easy, medium, and hard difficulties. Slow things down with an adjustable tempo slider (or type an exact BPM), lock in with the metronome, and play along to algorithmic piano backing. As you play, a live on-device tuner shows your note against the target pitch, judging your accuracy in real time. Earn note combos, climb XP levels, and chase S-to-F song ranks, with confetti and crowd cheers waiting on the results screen when you nail a performance. Make it yours with accent color themes and light or dark appearance, and track your best ranks over time on your personal profile. Best of all, everything happens on your device. There are no accounts to create, no ads interrupting your practice, and no data collection of any kind — your microphone audio never leaves your phone. Whether you're prepping for chair placements, warming up before rehearsal, or just want to improve your pitch, Embou makes ear training feel like a game instead of a chore. Download Embou and start training your ear today.