BECOMING A SINGER: Module 4: Creative Practicing: Lesson 8: Tools For Practice

There are many helpful tools you can use in your practice - apps to sing along with, record, transcribe, or even create charts. The possibilities are endless and overwhelming. Which ones will be worth your time and money?
Software and apps come and go, but the best stick around because users love using them, and their developers make regular updates and improvements based on customer feedback. So they just keep getting better.
In this lesson from my course, Becoming A Singer, I’d like to share some of my favorites with you, starting with iReal PRO.
In this video:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 iReal Pro
01:09 Loading Charts Into iReal From The Forum
01:49 Selecting Songs
02:31 Choosing A Font
02:55 Seeing Where You Are In The Chart
03:21 Changing Keys
03:35 Changing Styles
05:31 Changing The Tempo
06:14 Mixing & Adjusting the Volume of the Backing Instruments
08:00 Changing The Instruments
09:02 Setting The Count-In
09:29 Repeating A Section For Practicing
09:58 Creating Your Own Arrangements
10:19 Sharing Your Chord Charts, Audio Tracks & Playlists
10:58 Using the "Find On The Web" Feature
11:12 But Where's The Melody?
12:00 Sheet Music Online
12:14 Music Notes App
13:45 Other Backing Track Ideas
15:20 Other Practice Tools For Singers
Find the page to this lesson here with the transcript.
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LINKS/GO DEEPER:
iReal Pro
www.irealpro.com/
iReal Pro for Windows
www.irealpro.com/windows
Sheet Music and Charts:
Sheet Music Plus
www.sheetmusicplus.com/
Sheet Music Direct
www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-U...
Music Notes
www.musicnotes.com/
More Backing Tracks:
Sheet Music Plus: Online Books and Audio
www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/cat...
Band In A Box
www.pgmusic.com/bbmac.about.htm
Recording Apps:
AUDACITY:
Audacity
www.audacityteam.org/FAQ/#fea...
KZbin Tutorial for removing vocal track
• How to Remove Vocals f...
GSnap: Audacity plugin for autotuning
www.gvst.co.uk/gsnap.htm
If you’d like to give GSnap a try, here’s a wiki how tutorial
www.wikihow.com/Manually-Auto...
GARAGEBAND
www.apple.com/mac/garageband/
Misc. Tools and Transcription Apps:
HearFones
hearfones.com/
Transcribe!
www.seventhstring.com/xscribe...
VLC: Free open-source media player for Mac & PC that can slow down an audio or video track without changing the pitch
www.videolan.org/vlc/download...
The Amazing Slowdowner
www.ronimusic.com/