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MusicTutor app for iPhone and iPad


4.9 ( 3729 ratings )
Music Education
Developer: VirtualCode.es
Free
Current version: 1.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 12 Jul 2011
App size: 11.24 Mb

MusicTutor helps you learn music - whether you are a student or a enthusiast, you will learn to identify notes quickly on a staff, on the piano, on fretted instruments, even on a trumpet.

This app is a quiz game, which makes questions. If your answer is correct, another question is made; if its wrong, try again until it is correct. The game counts the number of correct and wrong answers.

The main game screen has two panels: the top panel presents the question, the bottom panel is used for answering. The question panel shows a musical note (for example, on a staff with treble clef) and you have to answer telling what note is it (for example, using a piano keyboard).

There are two game modes:
- Timed, where you have a limited time to answer.
- Non-timed.

When you play a non-timed game, you can use the Learn mode, designed for cases where you dont know any answers. In such mode you play a note using the answer panel, and the correspondence in question panel is shown. This is a very useful feature for beginners, as you can study notes, and use this app as a quick reference if you dont remember some particular notes.

Music tutor features 3 free panel types:
- Staff.
- Piano.
- Note Panel (with note names in standard CDEFGAB notation).

Additional features may be purchased (through In-App Purchase mechanism):
- Full Staff: Key Signatures, Staff Range (Tessitura)
- Guitar Panel
- Trumpet Panel

There is a set of predefined games where you can:
- Study the staff, and learn to sight read, or the inverse process, writing music to the staff.
- Study notes on the piano, guitar, bass or trumpet, with or without staff.

You can also combine panels as you wish. All combinations of the five panel types are possible (except for the trumpet, which can only act as answer panel).

You can customize some options for the game. For staff games, you can select:
- The clef type (treble, bass or grand staff).
- The range of notes to be asked as questions (use a small range first, and use a bigger one as you learn). There are 6 choosable ranges for clef type.
- The key signature of the staff.

There is also a special quiz for learning key signatures (for example, 2 flats for Bb, 3 sharps for A).

For the fretted instruments, you can select between 3 instruments:
- Standard 6-string guitar.
- 4-string bass.
- 5-string bass.

You can also select the fret range, so you can study the lower part of the fretboard, or higher frets... Only standard tuning is supported.

With only a few minutes of daily practice, you can master the staff, or the fretboard, in a few weeks. Begin now!

Latest reviews of MusicTutor app for iPhone and iPad

Very Handy - Would Love HD Please...
Hi VirtualCode & Music Lovers; Please add HD support for THIS particular App so that we can use it on iPad where it is more practical due to the size of everything (especially when "Placing" notes or other more fine detail work). This is a handy App for constantly drilling yourself whenever time permits until everything becomes second nature or refreshes your memory when needed. If you add HD support Ill gladly give it the 5 full stars it will then most definitely deserve. Please do not make HD a separate, additional iPad App purchase as this format is what Im buying these upgrades for (use on an iPad) since its only currently only available in this iPhone/iPod touch App format (still works good on iPad for now though). High Definition will be greatly appreciated for this version especially after making the In-App purchases like a good & loyal customer who supports this one. HD also benefits the Retina displays as well so Im sure the current iPhone / iPod touch users will also appreciate this essential step-up in quality which will make its display appear as professional as its functionality - great potential with a little TLC... Thank you 
Awesome app for beginners and learning scales
Bought this app as a beginner/intermediate guitar student who still struggles with remembering what all the little black dots mean. Not only does it quiz you on the notes (with audio) but it lets you change the scale and instrument youre using. It shows you the note; you press the button with its letter name. Along with this, you can change the quiz to where you locate the note not by letter name, but on a little fret board. Now I can sit in traffic and drill myself on the relationship between those 2 for hours on end,
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Sh it
Its great and all but...
Im a bassist and this app is a great idea, but on the five string bass selection the lowest string is B when it should be E. I think you have it backwards, please fix!
Great app!
One of my fav apps! I use this a lot... Before I did not know how to read music.. I am learning to play the bass and I love the quizzes! With this app I have learned quickly and in a fun way. Worth every penny!
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