Music Learning Lab

I'm a piano teacher looking for apps to help supplement note reading and ear training. I like the pitch matching section of this app. The "make a song" section was not good because you can only place notes on lines (skipping the spaces), and yet what you hear are 2nds. So it would be incongruous with what little musicians already know: that notes moving up in 2nds are space-line-space or vice versa. Ill keep trying this app, but it seems only lightly educational.

I'm an elementary music teacher, and use this as a supplement for my 1st grade classes about every other week or so. They are into competing against each other to see which class can get the highest level, and all the kids participate to help the one who is at the iPad get the right answers. They really cheer when they unlock a new instrument or prize! The pedagogy is sound, and simple, yet involved enough that the kids have to work to train their ears. Recreating melodies from the radio really gives their listening skills a workout. By the way, it is completely worth it to get the Pro version; I upgraded soon after I downloaded this one. Hope someone will buy the Pro, and put a review there soon (I'm sure you will agree how good it is), because the Pro version isn't getting any reviews yet. No, not an employee, just a very satisfied customer!

I wish I had this when I was a kid! I stopped taking lessons because of poor instruction, but this would've kept me going. I'm using it now to pick up where I left off. The instruction is very well designed, and the animations will delight your children. If your children are used to playing games on an iPad, they'll really enjoy this app, and be all set for their future in music. You'll probably enjoy it yourself, too. Vicci Tucci, BCBA