My favourite apps are:
- Yohondo! They have a series of ipad apps to help learn, practise and master ABRSM grade 1-3 piano pieces. Pianists can see someone playing their pieces, get helpful exercises and top tips for learning the piece, have bite-size breakdowns of the parts of it, listen to the piece, and record and assess their performance too! Their website is www.yohondo.com And you can find their apps at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/yohondo/id659088117?mt=8
- I also like Noteworks; it makes note-reading fun and you can tailor it to suit each pupil's level and they can progress as well : https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/noteworks-music-theory-note/id546003758?mt=8
- My pupils love Flashnote Derby; this is a race which teaches and tests note-reading. Pupils can use as many or as few notes as they like, go at different speeds and answer in a variety of ways. At Christmas the horses become reindeer as well! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashnote-derby/id453126527?mt=8
- Scalebox is an app that helps you learn, prepare and test your grade 1-5 ABRSM scales and arpeggios. It isn't just for piano but has other instruments as well, I use it for my cello practice. It encourages pupils to listen and assess their scale playing too. Rapidly becoming indispensable in my lessons, especially in the run up to exams: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/scalebox-for-abrsm-grades/id593299414?mt=8
- Speedshifter from ABRSM is so useful. It isn't just an iPad app but works on Android devices, laptops and Macs as well. As a piano teacher I use it to slow down CDs of pieces to a listenable speed, to slow down duet parts and to slow down ornaments so that we can hear exactly what's happening: http://gb.abrsm.org/en/exam-support/practice-tools-and-applications/speedshifter/
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