I haven’t started using this app with students yet but will be experimenting more with it in the future. This is especially good for focusing on tuning the correct harmonic, specifically on reed instruments with very dense tone like the bass clarinet. This app has a spectrum analyzer, which allows you to analyze the harmonic content of the tone. I was introduced to n-Track Tuner app by Danny Dorff. As far as range goes, a tuba player noted that Tunable continues to recognize pitches at the low end of the tuba’s register, past the point where Cleartune conks out. An out of tune note makes the screen red, and the more in tune and steady your pitch is, the more of the screen turns green. It has adjustable vibrato settings, and utilizes color (but no smiley face) to indicate how well you are able to sustain a pitch in tune. Like TonalEnergy, it allows you to set the difficulty level from beginner (within 10 cents of the pitch) to advanced (within 2 cents) and has different temperament settings as well. Tunable (iOS – $2.99 Android – $1.90) is another combo app, incorporating a tuner, tone generator, metronome, and recording capabilities in a very simple and clean design. This app also has a metronome, will sustain a pedal, and has recording capabilities. You can choose the graphic representation of the sound wave. The students like it because it becomes a lot like playing a video game as they try to keep the pitch in the center of the screen. It has a nice, clear graphic to show the variations in the vibrato. I use this app when I am working with students on vibrato. I was introduced to this app by some friends from Wildacres and the Flute Society of Washington. iStroboSoft™ offers the unmatched accuracy of a mechanical strobe tuner for the highest degree of precision available in a software tuning application. Peterson’s iStroboSoft (iOS – $9.99 Android – $9.99) Peterson Strobe Tuners’ popular StroboSoft tuning application for the iPod touch® and iPhone™. One draw back might be that students have to be taught how to read this tuner unlike some of the other apps. I remember using the strobe tuner in my high school band room back in the day. It is very responsive and extremely accurate. I have used this app to tune the piano in my home studio and it is the app I use to tune my flute ensemble. This app is a bit pricier than the others but it is the app version of those really expensive strobe tuners made by the same company. Features include the target tuner display, a dedicated string tuning screen, eight octave keyboard (iPad only), chromatic wheel, and a tone generator that includes high quality multi-sampled instruments for symphonic brass and woodwinds, which is unique among all other tuning applications. TonalEnergy Chromatic Tuner and Metronome (iOS only – $3.99) The tuner responds to all instrument types in the pitch range from C0 to C8. We could all use a little encouragement from time to time right? I also love the green smiley face that appears when a note is just right. The interface is a bit difficult to get used to but well worth the time. A really useful app for working on tuning intervals and scales! The ability to adjust the settings to different tuning schemas is also useful for period tuning etc. The ability to have the app sustain a pedal tone is great when working in the Taffanel and Gaubert. The smiley face is always appreciated by my students, young and old. This app is my choice for tuners when working with my students. The Advance version adds additional customization options and nice little touches like the ability to control the volume of the app independent of the phone’s volume. It offers the usual range of features, from a variety of time signatures and compound meters to saving of custom rhythm presents and the ability to keep the metronome going even when your device is locked or running another app. Tempo (iOS – $1.99 & Android – $.99) and its more full-featured sibling Tempo Advance (iOS only – $2.99) is another popular metronome app. It is very easy to use and has enough features to make having the “Dr.Beat,” unnecessary and way over priced, although I still love the “good Dr.” when I am practicing at home! This is my favorite metronome app in my studio and on the road. What you prefer and what apps you prefer is a bit of trial and error. Most of these apps have multiple uses but I have my own favorites that I use in different situations. The following list are apps and software I use everyday regularly. ![]() With new apps or software popping up every day, it’s hard to decide what to introduce into your student’s practice routine.
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