Sight Singing Pro: Solfege

This is a great app for beginner singers or people like me who haven’t read music in years and want to relearn. I appreciate the instant feedback from the virtual coach (which is always spot on with recommendations) and the many options to tailor lessons based on your preferences. I also love the daily trainings. It does heavily feature solfège. If you aren’t familiar with that, the app has some basic training. But it’s also not necessary to sight sing with solfège syllables in the app. The free version is probably enough for most beginners. I did purchase the upgraded version because I wanted more complex scores.

I have been using this app daily for around three months. It is an excellent tool to study sight singing seriously and I anticipate continuing for many months ahead. The app has multiple ways to learn, is progressive and highly customizable, gives rigorous attention to intonation and rhythm. Some may find the UI simple or even plain. I would say Satoru spends his time (and computer processing budget) on sophisticated and useful features instead of fancy graphics. Well worth the subscription price!

Props to the UX team. This is a strong yet simple tool which is perfectly designed for either the pro singer or the aspiring amateur. The app design is simple and elegant and pushes to challenge you. The feedback is quick and accurate and the challenges are very well designed. Exercises will throw curve balls and difficult jumps at you, rhythm will grow in complexity as you increase in skill. Most of the value can be found in the free version but it’s well worth paying for those extra features if you’re a professional looking to really keep your sight singing skills sharp.