Bagpipe Player vs Piper's Metronome

The Bagpipe Player is app for IOS uses very popular format BWW, BMW, ABC files for writing music of the bagpipe . Basic functions: show bww file as musical notes sheet, for playing and printing. The app useful for learning a new tunes and writing a new tune. Bagpipe Player play tunes like Great Highland Bagpipe with drones and embellishments. Authentic sound sampled from real GHB and Practice chanter. Ability to choose: - sound of the practice chanter or bagpipe ; - sound of the drones; - volume sound of drones and chanter; - duration of grace notes; - tempo change; - tone of sound on +- 5 halftone; - height of the music staff; - background for the sheet of notes; There is an ability: - create PDF, print it, send it email ; - create folders in main folder to store certain tunes; - to delay begin of playback for training; - highlight a section of the tune and repeat it; - turn on sound of the metronome; - use demo tuner; - create midi file of the tune and to send it to the email; - create own bww file in the graphical editor. The Bagpipe Player contains some .bww files for demonstration purpose. This is tunes from Tutor 1 and Tutor 3 The College of Piping and also my favorite tunes. Remember tap on button (i) you get info about control in the app. Your files can to download to iPad from a PC using iTunes file sharing or download from DropBox, attachment email, websites and etc. Posibility to sync files between devices using iCloud. Can to upload files from the app to the DropBox folder. Count of files is not limited. The preferred source to produce files .bww is a lot of network resources. I think, app Bagpipe Player will be useful for beginners and professional bagpipers for purposes learning new tunes and writing new tunes. The Bagpipe Player created for everybody who want, learn, plays and to loves sound of the bagpipe.

The Piper's Metronome™ is easy-to-use. Achieve greater control and precision with your playing with this one-of-a-kind, totally intuitive metronome packed with powerful tools built all styles of bagpipe music. The easy-to-follow, ring-style display makes playing along easy and fun. Smart Presets make it quick to get started with easy-to-understand, pre-programmed settings for every type of pipe tune and one-tap speed levels tailored for every tune type. Customize everything for your own personal look and feel. Learn and master the expression of your tunes with the powerful Pulsing and Rhythm settings. These ground-breaking tools allow you to adjust and customize the pulsing, pointing, beat-emphasis, and rhythmic stress to achieve the perfect feel for pipe style tunes, such as 2/4 marches, strathspeys, reels and more. Build, save and share custom sets. It’s easy to create sets for MSRs, Medleys, or any other combination of tunes with introductions, including pipe band style attacks. Add your tunes and customize the transitions with time signature and tempo changes, and any number of bars or beats. Save all of your sets and share with friends and bandmates in a single click. It's easy and quick to get started: • Press the button to choose your tune type (default is 4/4 March). • Set your tempo quickly using one of these ways: • Use the tempo adjustment slider. Make finer adjustments using the + and - buttons. • Tap in your desired tempo using the Tap button. • Choose a pre-set speed from the Level button (1: slowest, 5 is fastest) • Tap the Rhythm button to add additional rhythmic patterns. • Choose your Pulsing level to enhance your musical expression. • Press the play button. Enjoy! The Piper's Metronome™ is a powerful and full-featured metronome that will help you achieve better musicality and control. Try it out for free and then upgrade to the paid version to unleash all the super amazing features, including creating custom tune sets like MSRs and Medleys and sharing them with your friends.