Apps for Singing, Sight Reading, Ear-Training, Music Theory and Rhythm

MobileMusic · December 2021

Free and Paid apps for Singing, Reading, Ear-Training, Music Theory and Rhythm -

https://www.mobilemusic.us/forum/apps-gear/ios/323-apps-for-singing-sight-reading-ear-training-music-theory-and-rhythm

ksound · December 2021

Tonality is also pretty great for this. I’d love to see @TonalityApp add a sight reading quiz module.

Janosax · December 2021

Very nice thanks a lot for that list @MobileMusic

MobileMusic · December 2021

@ksound said:
Tonality is also pretty great for this. I’d love to see @TonalityApp add a sight reading quiz module.

Okay, added Tonality and Tonaly apps to the Paid Apps list.

TonalityApp · December 2021

@ksound Noted!

pedro · December 2021

My nephew was playing with a little app called chet the other day. It’s just a little game, but for ear training it can be fun, you have to identify notes, intervals, chords, etc, to progress. Oh and it’s free.

svrc · December 2021

Free app, Sing-o-meter - Perfect pitch! You can learn to sing with this app.

Plien · December 2021

Nice list, thank you! Gonna look into the apps I didn’t know yet

@ksound said:
Tonality is also pretty great for this. I’d love to see @TonalityApp add a sight reading quiz module.

I second this, got Tonality on sale last week and have been using it a bunch. Very helpful as a companion/reference app! The listening exercises also look quite good, but haven’t had time to try them out yet. Would also love to see a sight reading module some day

MobileMusic · December 2021

@pedro said:
My nephew was playing with a little app called chet the other day. It’s just a little game, but for ear training it can be fun, you have to identify notes, intervals, chords, etc, to progress. Oh and it’s free.

Yes, Chet and Ella from the same dev were already included in my Free Apps list.

pedro · December 2021

@MobileMusic didn’t notice, sorry

Poppadocrock · December 2021

Love tonality.

Here’s a few, some free some paid.

Poppadocrock · December 2021

Definitely Tonality which was already mentioned…

Vocal on stave I think it’s free

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vocal-on-stave/id1491699365

Singscope free with IAP for additional singing warmup lessons

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/singscope/id944309175

Pitch

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pitch-chromatic-tuner/id1169667039

Impulse - was free

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/impulse-metronome-rhythm/id1444796949

Sonogrid - went Free several months back

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sonogrid/id1409129549

Ear training university

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ear-training-university/id1354638884

Poppadocrock · December 2021

Ear Forge

Tunable

Cadenza

jonmoore · December 2021

Whilst EarMaster is a subscription app it’s the most comprehensive of the ear trainers and it has the advantage of being cross-platform. It covers most areas of ear training and really excels as a singing coach.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/earmaster-music-theory/id1105030163

Rising Software haS drill apps that cover both music theory and ear training. EarMaster is better on the ear training front but the music theory apps are decent and you can pick up the full set for under £12 (they're colour coded blue, the Auralia ear training ones are green). Much as EarMaster is better than Auralia, the subscription will cost you more so if you want to save money Auralia will get you by for less. But I'd recommend you download the desktop demo of EarMaster first, that's the best way to work out if the premium product is a better fit for your needs.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/musition-intervals/id974349404

NeuM · December 2021

Not free, but Rick Beato’s courses seem to come highly regarded.

MobileMusic · December 2021

@jonmoore said:
Whilst EarMaster is a subscription app it’s the most comprehensive of the ear trainers and it has the advantage of being cross-platform. It covers most areas of ear training and really excels as a singing coach.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/earmaster-music-theory/id1105030163

Rising Software haS drill apps that cover both music theory and ear training. EarMaster is better on the ear training front but the music theory apps are decent and you can pick up the full set for under £12 (they're colour coded blue, the Auralia ear training ones are green). Much as EarMaster is better than Auralia, the subscription will cost you more so if you want to save money Auralia will get you by for less. But I'd recommend you download the desktop demo of EarMaster first, that's the best way to work out if the premium product is a better fit for your needs.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/musition-intervals/id974349404

Already added EarMaster on the top of Paid Apps. It is deep.

However, EarMaster is not subscription based - its has Bundles and Workshops as one-time purchase items in its IAP store. The Beginner Bundle with 219 lessons plus Beginner Workshops with 22 courses cost $5.99 normally and cost $3.99 during sale which is dirt cheap. The free initial download of app comes with 20+ lessons of Beginner’s course.

jonmoore · December 2021

@MobileMusic said:

@jonmoore said:
Whilst EarMaster is a subscription app it’s the most comprehensive of the ear trainers and it has the advantage of being cross-platform. It covers most areas of ear training and really excels as a singing coach.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/earmaster-music-theory/id1105030163

Rising Software haS drill apps that cover both music theory and ear training. EarMaster is better on the ear training front but the music theory apps are decent and you can pick up the full set for under £12 (they're colour coded blue, the Auralia ear training ones are green). Much as EarMaster is better than Auralia, the subscription will cost you more so if you want to save money Auralia will get you by for less. But I'd recommend you download the desktop demo of EarMaster first, that's the best way to work out if the premium product is a better fit for your needs.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/musition-intervals/id974349404

Already added EarMaster on the top of Paid Apps. It is deep.

However, EarMaster is not subscription based - its has Bundles and Workshops as one-time purchase items in its IAP store. The Beginner Bundle with 219 lessons plus Beginner Workshops with 22 courses cost $5.99 normally and cost $3.99 during sale which is dirt cheap. The free initial download of app comes with 20+ lessons of Beginner’s course.

The app itself allows one to use their subscription login details to unlock all features. The added benifit here is that you can sync the complete set of features across web, macOS, iOS, and Windows. It's not listed in the IAP's as you can't purchase a subscription via the AppStore. More details here:

https://www.earmaster.com/

Foleslaw · December 2021

@MobileMusic said:

@jonmoore said:
Whilst EarMaster is a subscription app it’s the most comprehensive of the ear trainers and it has the advantage of being cross-platform. It covers most areas of ear training and really excels as a singing coach.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/earmaster-music-theory/id1105030163

Rising Software haS drill apps that cover both music theory and ear training. EarMaster is better on the ear training front but the music theory apps are decent and you can pick up the full set for under £12 (they're colour coded blue, the Auralia ear training ones are green). Much as EarMaster is better than Auralia, the subscription will cost you more so if you want to save money Auralia will get you by for less. But I'd recommend you download the desktop demo of EarMaster first, that's the best way to work out if the premium product is a better fit for your needs.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/musition-intervals/id974349404

Already added EarMaster on the top of Paid Apps. It is deep.

However, EarMaster is not subscription based - its has Bundles and Workshops as one-time purchase items in its IAP store. The Beginner Bundle with 219 lessons plus Beginner Workshops with 22 courses cost $5.99 normally and cost $3.99 during sale which is dirt cheap. The free initial download of app comes with 20+ lessons of Beginner’s course.

Do you know whether it allows practicing rhythym with a midi pad controller?

jonmoore · December 2021

@Foleslaw said:

@MobileMusic said:

@jonmoore said:
Whilst EarMaster is a subscription app it’s the most comprehensive of the ear trainers and it has the advantage of being cross-platform. It covers most areas of ear training and really excels as a singing coach.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/earmaster-music-theory/id1105030163

Rising Software haS drill apps that cover both music theory and ear training. EarMaster is better on the ear training front but the music theory apps are decent and you can pick up the full set for under £12 (they're colour coded blue, the Auralia ear training ones are green). Much as EarMaster is better than Auralia, the subscription will cost you more so if you want to save money Auralia will get you by for less. But I'd recommend you download the desktop demo of EarMaster first, that's the best way to work out if the premium product is a better fit for your needs.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/musition-intervals/id974349404

Already added EarMaster on the top of Paid Apps. It is deep.

However, EarMaster is not subscription based - its has Bundles and Workshops as one-time purchase items in its IAP store. The Beginner Bundle with 219 lessons plus Beginner Workshops with 22 courses cost $5.99 normally and cost $3.99 during sale which is dirt cheap. The free initial download of app comes with 20+ lessons of Beginner’s course.

Do you know whether it allows practicing rhythym with a midi pad controller?

It uses hand claps for rythyms.

Foleslaw · December 2021

@jonmoore said:

@Foleslaw said:

@MobileMusic said:

@jonmoore said:
Whilst EarMaster is a subscription app it’s the most comprehensive of the ear trainers and it has the advantage of being cross-platform. It covers most areas of ear training and really excels as a singing coach.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/earmaster-music-theory/id1105030163

Rising Software haS drill apps that cover both music theory and ear training. EarMaster is better on the ear training front but the music theory apps are decent and you can pick up the full set for under £12 (they're colour coded blue, the Auralia ear training ones are green). Much as EarMaster is better than Auralia, the subscription will cost you more so if you want to save money Auralia will get you by for less. But I'd recommend you download the desktop demo of EarMaster first, that's the best way to work out if the premium product is a better fit for your needs.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/musition-intervals/id974349404

Already added EarMaster on the top of Paid Apps. It is deep.

However, EarMaster is not subscription based - its has Bundles and Workshops as one-time purchase items in its IAP store. The Beginner Bundle with 219 lessons plus Beginner Workshops with 22 courses cost $5.99 normally and cost $3.99 during sale which is dirt cheap. The free initial download of app comes with 20+ lessons of Beginner’s course.

Do you know whether it allows practicing rhythym with a midi pad controller?

It uses hand claps for rythyms.

Thanks!

Blipsford_Baubie · December 2021

+1 for EarMaster

How I wish David Lucas Burge’s relative pitch super course was available as a download. That’s where I started it all years ago, and even tho I’m using the modern tools such as EarMaster and Tenuto, I still employ some of his practice techniques. He was very encouraging too. Reminded me of a Bob Ross of Ear training.

Blipsford_Baubie · December 2021

I still have quite a way to go theory-wise, but looking ahead on some of these apps, or even looking on the web, I never see the subject of chord melodies being addressed.

I’m guessing this is because it’s a creative and subjective process and there’s alternatives when it comes to harmonization?

I’d like to know up to what level of harmonization I need to solidify for me to determine on my own which inversions will work and what notes may be omitted for basic chord melodies. It’s easy to learn the inversions, but I assume with chord progressions, you need to think ahead for the resulting resolution, or modulation, ect. I know this will differ whether you’re considering keyboard finger positioning or guitar fretboard, but I’m more concerned with composition right now.

I’m open to text book suggestion as well. Thanks.

TonalityApp · December 2021

@Blipsford_Baubie I'm always trying to improve features pertaining to chord/scale relations. You're right though that part of the issue is how creative, subjective, or dependent on genre the process is. Feel free to PM me if you want to discuss more.