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Musica Touch

4.61 • 7 Ratings

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Musica Touch offers music education (ear training, music theory/note reading, counterpoint) and composition tools (play a tune on the screen piano and see it notated, write a lead sheet, prepare a chorale or quartet), let the app invent a musical idea). Each of the 45 activities is sold individually so you need buy only the parts that interest you. Free (non-saving) versions of several of the writing tools are included, plus a free beginning exercise in rhythm tapping (Easy Rhythms) and a simple exercise in pitch reading (Single Pitches). The free Songbook Sampler shows you a few of the singalong tunes found in the Songbook activity (great for kids). In the purchased activities music can be exported as a printable pdf, or as a MIDI file, or shared with a friend for hearing/viewing in Musica Touch. Now with MIDI in/out capability for those would like to connect an external keyboard, Musica Touch can be used with iPads running iOS6, but we recommend iOS7 or later. In-app purchases (descriptions of each available in app): Writing activities: Free Idea Generator (free, doesn't save/share files) Idea Generator Free Composition (free, doesn't save/share files) Composition Free Leadsheet (free, doesn't save/share files) Leadsheet Free Tune Notater (free, doesn't save/share files) Tune Notater Ear training activities: One Bar Rhythms Hearing Intervals Hearing Triads Hearing Sevenths Hearing Progressions Pitch Errors Pitch Patterns Rhythm Patterns Pitch Dictation Rhythm Dictation Melodic Dictation Complete Ear Training Set Music Theory/Note Reading activities: Easy Rhythms (free) Single Pitches (free) Songbook Sampler (free) Songbook Rhythm Reading Pitch Reading Melody Reading Rhythm Band Degrees Playing Intervals Playing Chords Seeing Intervals Seeing Chords Complete Theory/Reading Set Counterpoint activities: 1st Species 2 Parts 1st Species 3 Parts 1st Species 4 Parts 2nd Species 2 Parts 2nd Species 3 Parts 2nd Species 4 Parts 3rd Species 2 Parts 3rd Species 3 Parts 3rd Species 4 Parts 4th Species 2 Parts 4th Species 3 Parts 4th Species 4 Parts 5th Species 2 Parts 5th Species 3 Parts 5th Species 4 Parts Palestrina 2 Parts Palestrina 3 Parts Palestrina 4 Parts Complete Counterpoint Set Complete Activities (all the above)
What’s New
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Fixes MIDI compatibility with earlier iOS like 7 and 6, fixes support link for latest systems.
Version 2.0.1
Version History

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Ratings and Reviews

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4.61
out of 5
7 Ratings
  • Micahb2, 14.03.2017
    Perfect
    Though the App Store does not recognize that I do own the complete app I want to say this app is perfect for it's activities and it's over all aim. I have been using Ars Nova products for decades. They have never disappointed. Show more
  • Graying guitar man in WA, 18.01.2016
    Like having a tireless teacher!
    When it comes to music, I am a slow learner. I also get discouraged quickly, and flit around between doing scales and learning tunes. This app is perfect for me, because it helps me work on any skill for as long as I want, and I actually get better. Practice lessons for sight reading, especially rhythm reading, are well thought out, and get more complex as you go. It's like having that excellent teacher who always knows what to show you next, and never yells at you for making mistakes. Bring this into your practice room and get ready to improve. Show more
  • Xtkzgre, 19.11.2015
    Musica Touch
    Great program. Easy to use, instant feedback and scoring makes it fun to learn.
  • Phosphoer, 20.09.2015
    Great!
    Really enjoyable to do a lesson or two each day using this.
  • Lcat28, 08.08.2015
    Something for everyone and then some
    This app has an amazing amount of stuff in it. I haven't gotten around to trying out all of the activities (and I may never be up to trying the Counterpoint set) but the ones I have looked at are really useful and well worth a try. It took me some time to get used to the notation features but once you know how it works it feels pretty natural. There are plenty of instructions if you have the patience. Some instructional videos would be welcome. The music training activities are expertly done. I expected that they would be since the app is made by the same folks who produced Practica Musica for the desktop. "Easy Rhythms" is free and fun to play with. The rhythms you tap produce a melody complete with harmony (not always entirely successful). Unfortunately, the free activity is limited to just half notes and quarter notes which led me to get the paid version. The rhythms got pretty hairy in the advanced level of Rhythm Reading. I recommend this app to anyone involved in music. Show more
  • KymberlyFunFit, 05.08.2015
    love it
    Huge amount of stuff here and it's very well done.
  • Greg Langmead, 01.06.2015
    Solid core, poor implementation
    The closest app to this one that I am familiar with is Tenuto. By contrast, this one's interface is completely horrible and surprising for an iPad app. I am glad that they seem to have brought a subset of their desktop app to the iPad, and that is why I purchased all the content right away. But it really is a prototype with an engineering UI, possibly in the hope that the musical lessons are strong enough to carry it. But it's lazy and not to 2015 expectations. All that said, I do find myself learning from the core material that is here. It just shouldn't be as awkward as software from 1987. Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    Free
  • Size
    40.01 MB
  • Provider
    Ars Nova Software, LLC
Languages
English
Copyright
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