Sightreading Exercises3.3.10

Customized for instruments, including full orchestra settings:
Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Guitar, Bass, Clarinet (Bb and A), Oboe, Bassoon, Flute, Piccolo, French Horn (double horn setting F / Bb), Trumpet (C / Bb), Saxophone (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone), Trombone (Tenor and Bass), Tuba, Harp.

Complete your entire music learning journey by practicing in different modes: Flash Cards, Music Theory, Full Flow Sheet Music, and Practice Real Songs.

Features available in all modes:
- The app shows sheet music, listens to your playing, and provides feedback.
Even on grand stave with multiple notes at a time. This is called polyphonic detection system.
- Melodic Randomness: control how random the generated notes are
- Hints (instrument-specific)
- Keyboard (Piano)
- Fingerboard chart (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass)
- Fretboard chart (Guitar, Bass)
- Fingering (Clarinet, Flute; more coming soon)
- Pitch meter for intonation (Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Trombone)
- Intonation accuracy check for microtonal instruments:
- Green tick: perfect intonation
- Yellow tick: Acceptable hit but slightly out of tune
- Voice Control: restart the exercise without touching the screen

1. Flash Cards
- Levels 1 to 20 (beginner)
- Levels 21 to 40 (intermediate)
- Levels 41 to 60 (advanced)
- Custom levels (12 keys, all accidentals including double-sharp and double-flat)

2. Music Theory
- Scales
- Major scales (12 keys, up to 3 octaves)
- Harmonic minor and melodic minor scales (12 keys, up to 3 octaves)
- Chromatic scales (adjustable range)
- Chords (up to 3 octaves)
- Major Triad, Minor Triad, Major Seventh, Minor Seventh, Dominant Seventh, Diminished Seventh, Augmented Triad, Diminished Triad,
Suspended Seventh, Suspended Second, Suspended Fourth, Major Ninth, Minor Ninth, Dominant Ninth, Added Ninth, Major Eleventh, Minor Eleventh,
Dominant Eleventh
- Rhythms
- Note types
- Semibreve (Whole)
- Minim (Half)
- Crotchet (Quarter)
- Quaver (Eighth)
- Semiquaver (Sixteenth)
- Rests
- Dotted notes
- Triplets
- Time signatures
4/4, 2/4, 3/4, 6/4, 3/8, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8
- Intervals
- Exercises for faster recognition of any chromatic intervals in any keys
- Aural Training
- Rhythm & Metre
- Melody & Memory
- Intervals & Pitch
- Chords & Harmony

3. Full Flow Sheet Music (practice sight-reading with real sheet music. Hit the right note, or practice playing in rhythm with the metronome)
- Levels 1 to 20 (beginner)
- Levels 21 to 40 (intermediate)
- Levels 41 to 60 (advanced)
- Custom levels (12 keys, 8 time signatures, 10+ note types, all accidentals including double-sharp and double-flat)

4. Practice Real Songs (over 170 famous songs by different composers)
- Songs organized by
- Albums (13 music books)
- Composers (Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Handel, Chopin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Bizet,
Brahms, Vivaldi, Johann Strauss, Paganini, Pachelbel, Czerny, Rachmaninoff, Scott Joplin, Clementi, Edvard Grieg,
Ravel, Scarlatti, Weber, Sibelius, Saint-Saëns, Verdi, Puccini, Rossini, Erik Satie, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Antonín Dvořák, Edward Elgar, Jules Massenet, Richard Wagner, and more)
- Grades (Grade 1 to 7)

Tools for day-to-day practice are also available:
- Tuners
- Full-range chromatic tuner: A0 to C8
- Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Guitar, Bass, and tuners for transposing instruments, such as Clarinet, French Horn, Trumpet, and Saxophone
- Metronome (classic metronome that lets you adjust BPM by sliding the pendulum weight up and down)

Version History - Fixed an issue where Practice Mode options could be accidentally activated during middle C detection or tuning. 3.3.10 6d ago - Thanks everyone for your feedback on our rhythm training features.
We are glad to know that they have helped so many students develop a stronger sense of rhythmic accuracy.

- That's why we are proud to introduce a new "Clapping" mode,
allowing you to focus on rhythmic accuracy anytime, anywhere, without carrying an instrument.
Clapping mode is highly sensitive to rhythm.
It will help you develop precise rhythm skills.

- Whether you're on a train, waiting for a bus, or simply looking to pass the time, Clapping mode is the ideal training option. 3.3.9 Sep 28 - Improved rhythm detection for low-pitched instruments:
Guitar, Cello, Double Bass, Bass Guitar, Bassoon, Trombone, Tuba

- Increased text size and prevented overflow in the song list

- Added the new song "Danny Boy" to Grade 2 (free tier) 3.3.8 Sep 25 - Fixed a metronome sound latency issue.
The metronome sound is now perfectly synchronized with the visual beat in the score.

- The Music Theory section keeps getting better.
A new Interval Training category helps you build fluency in recognizing and identifying intervals.
The full chromatic interval set, up to an octave, is available:
minor second, major second, minor third, major third, perfect fourth, augmented fourth/diminished fifth, perfect fifth, minor sixth, major sixth, minor seventh, major seventh, octave.

Two modes are available:
(1) Playing Mode: play your instrument by calculating each interval from the preceding note in the score.
(2) Reading Mode: identify the intervals in any given chord.

Together with Aural Training, students can develop interval-recognition skills through both notation and listening.

- Increased text size in many UI controls without exceeding their bounds. 3.3.7 Sep 22 - Stabilized some settings for the new Aural section:
- Prevent playback from listening to its own echo.
- Better localization.

- Now you can turn the metronome sound on/off in rhythm mode. 3.3.6 Sep 16 - We added Aural Training to Music Theory to help students develop essential aural skills for major music examinations, including ABRSM, AMEB, Trinity, and RCM.

- Rhythm & Metre:
Develop the ability to hear pulse, accents, beat grouping, rhythmic duration, and metre independently of pitch.

- Melody & Memory:
Train short-term musical memory, melodic contour, and the ability to reproduce or recognise pitch sequences as meaningful phrases.

- Intervals & Pitch:
Focus on relative pitch: direction, scale degree, and the size and quality of intervals.

- Chords & Harmony:
Move from hearing simultaneous notes to recognising triads, inversions, harmonic functions, cadences, and chord progressions.

- Fixed a critical bug in the latency detection engine. 3.3.5 Sep 12 - We listened to user feedback:
The number of measures is now customizable in Custom Level, from 5 to 30 measures.

- Revised notation for some songs.

- If you have any enhancement requests, please send us an email or leave a comment in the App Store. 3.3.4 Sep 2 - Fine tuned some parameters in our polyphonic detection engine that tackle dissonant chords better.

- Revised notation for some songs.

- New songs added to Book 13 (Grade 1 and Grade 2):
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Aura Lee
- Debussy Clair de Lune (Easy Version)
- Grieg Concerto (Easy Version) 3.3.3 Aug 26 - More simple songs added to Book 13 for beginners to build solid foundation.

- All added to Grade 1 and 2:
- Frère Jacques
- Chopin Nocturne (Easy Version)
- Amazing Grace
- Hallelujah by Handel
- Apple Waltz
- Yankee Doodle
- Grieg Morning Mood (Easy Version)
- Beethoven Pathetique (Easy Version)

- Fixed a long existing localisation issue for Japanese and Korean.
If you see English words sometimes, this update should fix the problem. 3.3.2 Aug 22 - Extended upper range of guitar to classic nylon string limit B5 (sound) or B6 (written)

- Localised screenshots for a number of regions 3.3.1 Aug 18 - We are shipping this major update v3.3 with a lot of new and cool features.

- Another notation upgrade to our sheetmusic render engine : ability to change clef to reduce excessive use of ledger lines.
1. The very first application is all the scale and arpeggio exercises in Music Theory section.
- transition between bass and treble clef for grand stave instruments (piano and harp).
- transition between alto and treble clef for viola.
- transition between bass and tenor clef for cello, bassoon and trombone.
2. Also included clef change in a number of songs.

- Grand stave (both hands) is now available for chromatic scale exercise for piano and harp.

- Introduction of 'intonation accuracy' for microtonal instruments : violin, viola, cello, double bass, trombone.
We understand that beginners often cannot play perfectly in tune.
You will not be punished because your intonation is not perfect.
Instead, the app will show you a yellow tick.
- Green tick : Perfect intonation
- Yellow tick : Acceptable hit but slightly out of tune
The achievement dashboard will also show you your overall intonation accuracy.

- We have added Book 13 with a number of Grade 1 and Grade 2 songs to help user build a solid foundation.
1. Jingle Bells
2. We Wish You a Merry Christmas
3. Liszt Liebestrume (easy version)
4. Scarborough Fair
5. Oh! Susann
6. Bach Petzold Minuet in G Minor 3.3.0 Aug 13 - We have significantly improved our polyphonic detection engine and harmonic cancellation algorithm.
Detection in songs (both hand) and chords is now faster and more accurate.

- Added 'Happy Birthday' to Grade 1 and Book 12.

- Fixed a UI bug. 3.2.13 Aug 9 - Stretched the upper range limit for a number of instruments so that 3 octaves can be used in scale and chord exercises.

- Further improvement on rhythm detection.

- Better A0 and B0 detection in chromatic tuner. 3.2.11 Jul 29 - Improved polyphonic detection engine and latency correction algorithm.

- We applied our up-to-date low pitch detection algorithm to all tuners.
Following tuners have become much more efficient:
Full Range (low), Cello, Double Bass, Guitar, Bass, Saxophone (Tenor and Baritone), Trombone, Tuba

- 3 octaves are now available for all scale and chord exercises (if note range is allowed for selected instrument), which benefit students who are preparing for Grade 4 exam or above.

- Accidentals and half-step smart spelling have been applied to labels on fingerboard, fretboard and pitch meter.

- We have also optimised detection for extremely high pitch, especially for violin and piccolo. 3.2.10 Jul 25 - We applied our up-to-date low pitch detection algorithm to all tuners.
Following tuners have become much more efficient:
Full Range (low), Cello, Double Bass, Guitar, Bass, Saxophone (Tenor and Baritone), Trombone, Tuba

- 3 octaves are now available for all scale and chord exercises, which benefit students who are preparing for Grade 4 exam or above.

- Accidentals and half-step smart spelling have been applied to labels on fingerboard, fretboard and pitch meter.

- We have also optimised detection for extremely high pitch, especially for violin and piccolo. 3.2.9 Jul 23 - Intonation accuracy requirement is now adjustable by users.
Low: minimum accuracy acceptance while still ruling out complete out of tune.
Medium: higher accuracy acceptance for day-to-day intonation practice.
High : performance level accuracy is required to pass the note detection.

- Intonation hint is now also available for trombone.

- Improved low pitch detection further.

- Fixed spelling of accidentals for many scale and chord exercises.
(We are also planning to enable smart spelling for note labels on pitch meter and fingerboard hint in future version) 3.2.8 Jul 19 - New feature 'intonation' hint is added in this relese.
For microtonal instrument learners such as violin, viola, cello or double bass, pitch accuracy is indispensable.
You can now slowly develop this skill through our new intonation hint function.
A pitch meter will help you identify whether you are playing slightly lower or higher than the expected note.
We so far made the requirement of pitch accuracy slightly higher in this mode so students can focus on their accuracy check.
In future version, we will make it adjustable by users.
We will support this feature for trombone in next version. Stay tuned.

- We have generally improved note detection speed so the rhythm timing can be slightly tightened to give you better rhythm accuracy check, especially for low pitch instruments.

- New composer added: (Our very first ragtime composer)
Scott Joplin

- New songs added to Book 12:
1. The Entertainer by Scott Joplin
2. Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
3. The Seasons - April (Snowdrop) by Tchaikovsky
4. The Seasons - October (Song of Autumn) by Tchaikovsky 3.2.7 Jul 7 - New composer added:
Sergei Rachmaninoff

- New Book 12 is added:
1. Kurfürsten Sonata first movement by Beethoven (A vibrant piece written when he was 12 years old).
2. Kurfürsten Sonata second movement by Beethoven
3. Theme from Violin Concerto No.4 by Mozart
4. Romance from Piano Concerto No.20 by Mozart
5. Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 by Rachmaninoff
6. Adagio sostenuto from piano concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff (Celine Dion's 'All By Myself' was based on this melody)
7. Opening theme from piano concerto No. 3 by Rachmaninoff
8. Minute Waltz by Chopin

- Re-arranged:
1. Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 by Chopin (more advanced version)
2. Voice of Spring Waltz by Strauss (fixed notes alignment)
3. Emperor Waltz by Strauss (fixed notes alignment) 3.2.6 Jun 18 - New composer added:
1. Sibelius

- Songs added to 'Book 11':
1. Theme from Violin Concerto by Sibelius
2. Oh, My Darling Clementine (American Folk Song)
3. Waltzing Matilda (Australian Folk Song)
4. Theme from La campanella by Paganini 3.2.5 Jun 10 - Restore Purchase:
To avoid further confusion to many users, we added a 'Restore Purchased Item' function to clearly indicate that our app is one-time purchase only.
This is mainly for the following situations:
1. Users who have purchased and re-installed the app on a new device.
2. Users who want to sync their purchased item across iPad and iPhone signed-in with the same Apple ID.

- New composers are added:
1. Edvard Grieg
2. Maurice Ravel

- Songs added to 'Book 11':
1. Morning Mood from Peer Gynt by Grieg
2. Bolero by Ravel 3.2.4 May 30 Critical: fixed a button responsiveness issue on some iOS versions. 3.2.3 May 22 - We have further tightened all songs to fit the range of any instruments.

- New composers are added:
1. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
2. Erik Satie

- New album 'Book 11' is added:
1. Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov
2. Aquarium from 'Carnival of the Animals' by Saint-Saëns
3. Pathetique Sonata 2nd movement by Beethoven (Probably one of the most heart-touching melodies by Beethoven. Good for intermediate learners to practice sight-reading due to the double-voice on both staves)
4. Gymnopédies No.1 by Satie
5. Gnossienne No.1 by Satie
6. Theme from Hungarian Rhapsody No.6 by Liszt
7. Consolation No.3 by Liszt 3.2.2 May 20 Fixed bug and stabilised the 'Melodic Randomness' algorithm. 3.2.1 May 17 - We are proud to introduce a new feature called 'Melodic Randomness', which allows users to control how notes are
generated in Full Flow Sheet Music mode using advanced machine learning algorithm. Lower coefficient gives the practice more natural feeling and sounds a lot more
like real music. This feature also helps users build stronger common pattern recognition skill.
On the other hand, higher coefficient helps users develop fast speed of random note recognition and reaction.

- We have also made great improvement on note detection.
Detection speed for low pitch instruments has been significantly improved by supplementing FFT with YIN algorithm.
- Instruments that benefit from boost of note detection efficiency:
1. Cello
2. Double Bass
3. Bass Guitar
4. Bassoon
5. Trombone
6. Tuba 3.2.0 May 13 - Fixed a type of rest duration mismatch issue for a number of songs.

- New composers added to the list:
1. Weber
2. Scarlatti

- New songs available across different albums:
- Allemande, Op. 4 No. 2 by Weber
- Waltz in A major, J 146 by Weber
- Sonata in D minor, K. 9, L. 413 by Scarlatti
- Sonata in C major, K. 159, L. 104 by Scarlatti
- Emperor Concerto 2nd movement by Beethoven
- Der Dichter spricht by Schumann 3.1.9 Apr 29