Musix Review
Price: $4.99
Version Reviewed: 1.1
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Remember when you first discovered you could play simple songs, like "Mary Had a Little Lamb," on your telephone? I don't, because my family insisted on clinging to rotary-style technology until they were forced to replace it with pulse/touch-tone dialing.
Now, however, I can relive the tone-deaf days of my youth via Musix: A customizable, isomorphic musical keyboard for the iDevice. Before I forget continue, it should be noted that not only is Musix MUCH easier to use on the iPad, it's practically a completely separate experience apart from the iPhone altogether: Its large screen allows users to manipulate Musix' keyboard using multiple fingers, whereas real estate on the iPhone/iTouch, while still playable, is crowded. Unless you have hands like a ring-tailed lemur, you'll want to own or access an iPad to receive the full array of benefits Musix has to offer.
For the musically-challenged, Musix contains a comprehensive, built-in user tutorial, explaining everything from each layout and its attributes to instructional videos on playing chords and scales. That said, Musix was clearly developed for the music lover in us all: Its intuitive graphical user interface not only makes it surprisingly easy and rewarding to learn (or just play) music, it appeals to music lovers at every level, from novices wanting to learn and/or play music, to songwriters looking to discover new melodies and musicalrelationships.
Anyone who loves music, regardless of skill level, owes it to themselves to experience Musix. Simply exploring the app will open musical doors you never knew existed. It certainly did for me.