App Detail » Music Theory Advanced

Published by: Patrick Kelly

iPhone App - Designed for iPhone, compatible with iPad

Price: $4.99
Current Version: 4.0
Released: September 18, 2012

What's New

Major update for compatibility and functionality. Compare incorrect answers to the correct answer. More note values in Rhythms.

App Description

Music theory covering Notes (Notation / Piano), Key Signatures, Intervals, Chords, and Rhythms, that tests basic musicianship at an advanced level.
Includes a 'Grade Book' list of all saved results that you can print or send.

• Notes, Intervals and Chords include an Ear Training mode that quizzes by audio only, while Rhythms is customizable from easy to nearly impossible.
• All pitched quizzes support Treble, Alto, Tenor and Bass clefs.
• Interval and chord roots can be random or user set for each question.
• Set a specific number of questions or grade only the number answered.

Notes module tests music notation and piano keyboard knowledge.
Key Signatures covers major and minor keys as well as the seven diatonic modes. Set separate maximum number of sharps or flats for the quiz.
Intervals includes simple and compound intervals played harmonically, melodically up or down. Intervals covered are major, minor, diminished, augmented 2nds, 3rds, 6ths, 7ths, and diminished, perfect, and augmented 4ths, 5ths, and octaves.
Chords include triads and seventh chords played harmonically, melodically up, down or broken. Triads are major, minor diminished and augmented. Seventh Chords are dim7, min7(b5), min7, min(maj7), dominant7, maj7, dominant7(#5), maj7(#5).
Rhythms tests your rhythmic and polyrhythmic skills. Develop hand independence with two lines of rhythms.
- Customizable options include; up to 16 measures in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 or 5/4, one or two lines of rhythms, each with up to 3 pitches, include specific note/rest values, and exclude grading durations (for percussionists).
- Included note/rest values: Whole, Half, Quarter, Eighth, Sixteenth, Dotted Half, Dotted Quarter, Dotted Eighth, Triplet Half, Triplet Quarter, and Triplet Eighth.

The Grade Book is filterable by name.
Grades include the name, date and time the quiz was taken, all relevant settings (clef, number of questions, etc.), and score (percentage and letter grade).