This app puts a hi-tech spin on practicing with sheet music
Whether you're dedicated to practicing with an instrument or just want to learn to play for the first time, diving into music can be daunting. One of the steepest learning curves for budding musicians is reading and understanding sheet music, the backbone of virtually any musical performance.
But, thanks to modern technology that learning curve might not be so steep for long. While it's still seldom a simple process, aids like Tomplay Interactive Sheet Music can not only speed up a student's learning but also offer some great accompaniment to already accomplished musicians always looking to sharpen their skills.
Tomplay works with almost two dozen different instruments, including everything from the biggies like the piano, violin, or guitar all the way to less prominent instruments like the oboe, harp or tuba.
Fire it up, select from the extensive archive of more than 18,000 titles covering pop, jazz, classical and more, then let Tomplay scroll the sheet music automatically on your screen, all displayed in time with the music itself.
Tomplay scores are designed to be appropriate to the skill of each musician from beginner to expert, allowing users to just follow the cursor and focus on the score, while working on their listening skills.
And the accompaniment isn't one of those mid-80s keyboard MIDI arrangements either. Each high-quality audio track was recorded by professional musicians or licensed from the original recordings, so you can hear how your playing sounds with true experts.
Students can slow down or speed up the pace as the learning advances and even record themselves so they can listen back to their playing and troubleshoot areas to work on. They can also get practice on a specific passage from a piece by playing it on a continuous loop.
Users can annotate the scores with their own notes or even print them to try playing the old-school analog way.
This one-year Tomplay Interactive subscription grants unlimited access to the whole Tomplay catalog, including scores for all instruments. It's on sale now at 50 percent off, only $49.99.
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