▶️ Flashnote Derby (Pitch Recognition)

Read more about why this is one of my favorite apps here.

▶️ Music Theory Lessons (Theory Tutorials and Drills for Ears and Eyes )

Here’s the companion app to one of my favorite apps, Tenuto. Theory Lessons offers 39 pocket-sized animated music lessons. They cover a broad spectrum of concepts from the staff and clef signs to Neapolitan chords.

▶️ NinGenius Music (Pitch and Rhythm Recognition Drills)

The app drills pitch recognition. You can never get enough of these types of apps as it’s good to change things up. You can easily customize drills to suit your needs. There’s also clever drills for rhythm reading—perhaps my favorite feature of the app.

School Edition: allows unlimited players using all musical instruments, and includes note naming with Treble, Bass, and Alto clefs.

Studio Edition: allows unlimited students to play with one instrument (choose at startup, not one different instrument per student but one instrument to be used by all students). For a single player you can get the STUDENT Edition at a much lower cost. For unlimited players with ALL instruments you can get the SCHOOL Edition.

Student Edition for iPhone: for up to three players learning or studying a single instrument. Additional instruments are available through in-app purchasing.

▶️ Note Quest (Pitch and Interval Identification)

Read more about why I prefer to use this app here.

▶️ Note Works (Pitch Identification)

NoteWorks is designed to teach note recognition and improve sight reading skills. Hungry Munchy is eager to swallow elusive blue notes. Your goal is to help Munchy catch each note as it turns blue.

▶️ Staff Wars (Pitch Recognition)

Interested in a fun contest for students to improve pitch recognition skills? Use Staff Wars and challenge them to earn the highest score possible in treble staff mode. Then ask them to beat that high score in bass staff mode. Ask students to post their high scores on your studio white board. Seeing their peers’ scores will motivate them to reach even higher levels.