Complete Music Reading Trainer

Boglarka

I am a teacher looking for an app for students of all age. I couldn't test all functions since it's locked, but tried level 1. I like the idea that is is repeating notes, but very confusing that it is highlighting the next note, when the one they are learning should burn in their minds. With physycal printed cards i show them one note so they can absorb. I know it is difficult on an app, but more octaves would help. Sometimes i test all 5 C's, and every practice focusing on different tasks.

May 29, 2024 06:25:33

Peter Rae

As a complete beginner, I can now read music. The app breaks down each element of music theory into bite size chunks with exercises that test and challenge your memory and reaction time to key change. The none payment allows you enough access to test it out however the paid version is more than worth it. This is clearly a well thought out and tested professionally built app that has the potential to be a main resource for all musicians at any level.

May 28, 2024 21:14:52

A Google user

All this and MIDI, too! I have a Galaxy Note 9 running Android 10. My review reflects my experience running this app on this phone and this OS version. Your experience might be very different. I've had an Android phone since the beginning of Android phones. I've never written a review before because none of the apps have really impressed me except perhaps those of Google and Microsoft and I don't think those relentless giants need any help from me. It turns out, Complete Music Reading Trainer is not only the perfect app for my needs at this point in my self-teach process of learning to play the piano, I discovered it to be WAY better than I'd hoped. For me, it has just the right characteristics necessary to pound the basic ability to read sheet music into my thick skull which is highly learning-resistant. The app has its own methodology for progressive teaching. It gives you something new like a note on a staff or an accidental or a key (like F major for example) and off you go with the app to beat your memorization of this musical tidbit into submission. EXACTLY what I was looking for because I am of the opinion that the beginning of learning piano is basically rote memorization for a couple of hundred hours and only THEN are you ready for any refinement. Like learning the alphabet in first grade. Keep your eye on the statistics and you can tell how accurate and fast you're becoming. Progress you can SEE with hard numbers. I'm doing great with the treble clef. I get 100% accuracy and less than one second average reaction time already. That's more progress in sight reading then I made in the previous forty years. FACE and Every Good Boy Does Fine can go straight to… well, YOU know. I started to get a little disappointed because the phone screen just wasn't really big enough to represent the notes AND a keyboard to play them with enough octaves. NOT the software's fault, of course. Just not enough acreage. Then I found out that Complete Music Reading Trainer does MIDI. I bought a 5 pound, 61 key, USB bus powered keyboard for less than a hundred dollars, turned on MIDI in the app, connected the phone and keyboard together, and everything worked instantly right out-of-the-box. My jaw about hit the floor. My phone powers the keyboard, and the app runs me through drills (ON MY FULL-SIZE KEYBOARD) until I've gone blue in the mouth. I turn on my Bluetooth headphones and nobody hears me banging away. I've got a complete sight reading training system, keyboard and all, that goes with me anywhere, works perfectly, and I am in heaven. And all for right at $100 counting cable and everything. I LOVE Complete Music Reading Trainer! I'm not a Mac person so I don't know what's available there, but I can tell you I've had no luck finding an app as good as this one on Windows. And at this point, I don't care!

May 27, 2024 21:50:05

Jawad Seddar

Great app to learn and practice sight reading! The fact that it's a game with levels and high scores is a great idea. The difficulty increases in a natural way so you don't feel overwhelmed in a new level. I love the USB MIDI feature! I can plug my phone or tablet to my digital piano and I can play directly on there instead of using my phone screen. I reached out to the developer at some point and they were very helpful and friendly. I definitely recommend this app. Worth every penny!

May 27, 2024 09:55:21

el Biter

Really useful, along with a MIDI keyboard. It's really improving my poor sight reading one level at a time. I wish it could tell me the recommended finger position for each drill, since I have to figure them out myself, and I'm never sure to be using the right fingers... but still, this is an excellent app. And absolutely worth the 3.99 of the full version.

May 26, 2024 18:54:25

Rebecca Swafford

Very easy to use for a beginner. I recommend turning on the "show note for correct answer" option so you can make strong associations. After the first basic section, it's 3.99 as a one time purchase for the entire app. It's worth it. Try out the free part first! Note to dev: it would be helpful to have the picture of the note on the staff before clicking on the drills.

May 26, 2024 14:56:24