Real Strings vs SmartScales

Imagine yourself playing a violin with an orchestra. Real Strings is "Air-Violin" application with graphical guides. It plays like a real violin. Just tilt, swing and slide your iPhone/IPod as guide bars fall. Control tempo, speed, and strength of your movement, then all the accompanying music will automatically adjust to your lead. Real Strings consists of three string instruments; violin, viola, and cello. You can play music with instrument of your choice. It's easy, enjoyable, and educational that anyone will instantly feel like playing a real violin without learning how. Here are titles of the songs currently available. ********************************************************** Classical Music Collection 1 - Salut d'Amour (Love's Greeting) - Elgar - Suite for Solo Cello No.1 in G major - Bach - Minuet in G WoO 10 No.2 - Beethoven - Violin Concerto in A minor Op.3 No.6 - Vivaldi - Chanson du Treador from Carmen - Bizet - Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor - Brahms - Minuet Op.11 No.5 - Boccherini - Liebesfreud (Love's Joy) - Kreisler - Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 - Mendelssohon - Air on the G String - Bach - Serenade Op.3 No.5 - Haydn - La Donna E Mobile - Verdi - Estudiantina Waltz Op.191 - Waldteufel - La Campanella - Paganini - Spring from Four Seasons - Vivaldi Folk Song Collection 1 - Oh, My Darling Clementine - American Folk Song - Santa Lucia - Italian Folk Song - Turkey in the Straw - American Folk Song - Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye - Irish Folk Song - Kalinka - Russian Folk Song Classical Music Collection 2 - Canon in D Major - Pachelbel - Habanera from Carmen - Bizet - Nocturne Op.9 No.2 - Chopin - Humoresque Op.101 No.7 - Dvorak - Voice of Spring - Strauss - Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No.2 - Bach - Serenade from Schwanengesang D.957 No.4 - Schubert - The Blue Danube Waltz Op.314 - Strauss - Swan Lake Prelude - Tchaikovsky - Autumn - Four Seasons - Vivaldi Folk Song Collection 2 - My Old Kentucky Home - American Folk Song - Korobushka - Russian Folk Song - Die Lorelei - German Folk Song - Greensleeves - English Folk Song - Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms - Irish Folk Song - De Colores - Spanish Folk Song - Lighthouser Keeper - English Folk Song - El Condor Pasa - Peruvian Folk Song - Washerwoman - Irish Folk Song - Swanee River - American Folk Song Songs for Kids - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Alouette - Bingo - Did You Ever See a Lassie - The Farmer in the Dell - Frere Jacques - Head Shoulders Knees and Toes - London Bridge - Mary Had a Little Lamb - My Grandfather's Clock - Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone - Old MacDonald Had a Farm - Row Row Row Your Boat Holiday Season - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Jingle Bells - Gloria - O Little Town of Bethlehem - Joy to the World - Silent Night - Deck the Halls - Noel - O Christmas Tree - O Holy Night ********************************************************** Real Strings is not for freestyle violin play. Instead, it controls timing, tempo, length, and strength of given notes just like many other rhythm games.

SmartScales makes practising scales and arpeggios interactive and fun! A collaboration between highly experienced music educators and leading music software developers, SmartScales ensures you’ll be making beautiful music thanks to specially-composed backing tracks in a broad range of styles. The graded exercise packs, available as in-app purchases, closely follow the syllabus of the ABRSM, the UK’s largest music education body and the world’s leading provider of music exams. Free content allows you to try exercises in each grade before buying. Content for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass available today, more instruments coming soon! • Follows the complete ABRSM syllabus*, including all exercise variations • Choice of music styles for every exercise • Fully interactive score follows the music • Adjustable tempo as you build towards ABRSM's suggested playing speed • Loop the exercise so the music goes on while you play • Built-in metronome helps you keep in time • Toggle lead, backing and metronome tracks on and off • Music can be used as jam along tracks * The syllabus on which SmartScales is based is © by The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music and is reproduced by permission of the copyright owner.