iReal Pro

IMO, IReal Pro is essential for all singers/musicians. As a singer, we tend to learn music differently (playing by ear) than musicians with an instrument. Because of this, there tends to be gaps in the learning music process. When I bought the iReal Pro app, I quickly realized those music gaps were filled- for example, charting. Full disclosure-I did take a recent irp class. Alot of the class was focused on the edit mode/charting. After I got used to the edit mode and creating my own charts (in a small amount of time), I found this process very easy and fun. The irp cons would be to put more detail in the step-by-step instruction videos per device and slow down each step please. I found even stopping the video/s and rewinding each step ended up taking longer. I say all this because this was the reason I took the class-to get a better irp understanding. Also, a longer template would be helpful. Is it possible to create/add as many bars as the tune calls for? 😃 Maybe in the future, irp could expand to a window desktop version other than a 3rd party version ? Recently I had a few irp troubleshooting issues and Warren, one of the support team members worked with me throughout the day via email to get them resolved. He was very e-mail responsive which I appreciated. I was relieved that it was the same person I was dealing with too. Warren was very helpful ! Cost of app is reasonably priced which is very much appreciated too. All in all, I’ve had a great experience with the iReal Pro app and the support team . Highly recommend! Thank you so much for creating this wonderful app! 👍🙏👍

There’s no question that there are similar products on the market but the versatility of iReal Pro allows the practitioner of music or the producer the ability to not only create but continue to grow as a technician. I personally have found the app useful in production not being a keyboardist by training. Additionally, it is a great and useful tool to practice new material or theory by soloing over changes or melody as well as having a set list available to distribute to musicians in a band. and of all of the things listed what has not been mentioned is having this in your back pocket when impromptu performing when you don’t know a song you have a roadmap at your fingertips which is incredibly useful and I’ve used dozens of times whether it’s on a professional gig or just sitting in when I did not know the tune. The only drawback to this wonderful app is that it only allows rhythms on the one on the downbeat and nothing on the upbeat. There would be so much more possibility if you could have portal rhythmic phrasing on eighth notes or 16th notes instead of just on quarter notes. This is something that I as well as others perhaps have suggested however for whatever reason it is still not available. Other than that one area it’s an amazing product for the price and I find it highly useful.

Solid Playback, compositional accompaniment and practice tool with multiple applications. But doesn’t come with any music but there’s a great form or you could download the court changes to thousands of popular tunes and experiment by changing the styles. It’s like band in a box, and someways more versatile, but with less tweak ability in regards to the accompaniment. If you want to gig and you don’t know key changes, this is the app to have. I’ve seen so many professionals with them. You can also export midi, and whatever style you want. It’s help me to compose new songs. The interface is a little tricky, but there’s plenty of tutorials and helpful for him literature, as well as templates and options. This is probably the most comprehensive tool of its kind, and although there’s no real audio, if you’re not happy with the sounds of styles, export the midi, or if you like what you hear you can export the audio. For example, I found a tune template with some key changes I liked. Tweaked and changed some of the form and chords with ones I was hearing. Changed up the style. Wrote the developers and ask them if they could add an option to record. Not only did they respond, they did. Unbelievable. That was five years ago. There are still regular updates... it and it is absolutely a go to app that is One killer practicing, especiallyif you are a student of jazz, Bluegrass, blues, this will help you gain levels. I even use it on gigs if someone has a song request that is too obscure to find a backing track. It’s all about just getting from Milyer with the controls. Being tasteful and thinking creatively. It also is a plus, having the technology on hand to stream Bluetooth audio.