These 10 Apps Will Make You A Better Musician In 2024

[@adrianholovaty]

You're missing Soundslice! Sheet music synced with real recordings, with a full editor built in, plus a state-of-the-art PDF scanner, plus lots of learning and practice tools.

[@taloweryus]

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately several of the spps are either out of date for recent versions of Android, or are only available for Apple devices. It would have been helpful if you had included this information as not all of us use Apple.

[@sega62s]

thanks Jeff, this is the most important lesson

[@taloweryus]

@sega62s I generally hate to encourage Apple by choosing tools that only work on Apple. I hate their whole "walled garden" approach to things. And the fact that they price their products 50% higher than they should be, just because they can, bugs me. Developers should develop for both Apple and Android. I don't want to start an apple vs Android range war here. I just want to know whether an app is limited just to Apple before I start searching for it.

[@sega62s]

@@taloweryus no sweat, I use both UI, and agree about Apple being dicks, but they have a monopole and they play that game , if you buy a ipad, you will sell it a a price where you don’t really lose, buy a second hand one, if you can’t find those app on android

[@brianswitzer]

Green text bubbles. Ew😂

[@timtully8015]

@@sega62s They don't have a monopoly, anyone can buy an android. They just control and limit what their gullible customers can do.

[@shanemadigan9011]

Scaler 2, and Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro.

[@NowakP]

Tom Quayle's and David Beebee's "Solo" shold be on there as well! An invaluable tool for someone who wants to take their first steps with soloing over changes.

[@steveechoesguitar3295]

Totally agree. Solo is a game changer 👍🎸

[@timtully8015]

Apple only? I'm not finding it on my android.

[@davidbrown3902]

Thank you so much for this information! It's soooo helpful ! Wishing you much continued success on your music journey!

[@GeniusJamtracks]

Special thanks for the fantastic video, Jeff! Wishing everyone a joyous new year filled with happiness and endless inspiration! Rest assured, we are committed to continuing our great work for the musicians' community. 😊 The Genius Jamtracks team 😊

[@_sonicfive]

It’s amazing the amount of negative comments here. It feels like a bunch of people have not had their coffee today. Jeff has done an amazing job at putting these videos together. Let’s cut him some slack. Who cares if they don’t work for android or whatever. Be thankful.

[@fathead1616]

Spoken like a true iOS user, lol! I agree, this is a great video with great information. Please understand this is a frustration android users go through often. There are by far more Android users worldwide, and yet for some reason it's the iOS users that act like they are the only ones that exist. Every content creator who uses Android and understands to label the OS when discussing apps. Why can't iOS users do the same? It begins to feel like iOS people are just snobs. So ya... This guy may be getting an unfair amount of hate... But understand he's at the butt end of a history of iOS people being snobby - and didn't break the stereotype.

[@supersquirrell2008]

Wow. I just found your channel. This was so, so instructive. Thank you!

[@diegodmitry]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@lorimfrancis1]

Hi Jeff, your excitement will keep me going as I learn in my spare time. I will try some of those apps out.

[@kennethhoneycutt4513]

Thank you so very much for the video I really enjoyed it and I am going to use some of these apps. I believe to become a better musician at least. I hope they will. And I have a couple of friends that might get some good use out of these 2. I have already forwarded. The link for this Video to them again. Thank you so very much. Happy new year to you have a blessed day

[@jailanwilliams4486]

Moises and Chet are also great iOS apps to use. Chet is for ear training and Moises is for separating tracks

[@bswisher52777]

Functional Ear Trainer sounds similar to Politonus. The positive is it helps relate the notes to the tonic. The negative is it doesn't have as good a system for the advanced portion of multiple tones at once

[@michaelmullenfiddler]

Wow, I gotta pick up a couple of these. That metronome is very cool

[@nicks931]

Thanks for this. As a total beginner some stuff was over my head but that's impetus to investigate further. Cheers!

Happy new year Jeff. Greetings from Madrid. 🎹

[@bedtr]

Good apps. Thanks. Happy New Year!

[@RockerProf]

Most useful KZbin I watched in a long time. Thank you.

[@PaoloC.]

for sure you need some kind of audio stem extraction program nowadays! I'm using Moises, so you can extract instruments from regular stereo files, it has a sort of mixer so you can mute single istruments, have an automatic bpm click track and so on.

[@icarusi]

If you use tempo maps in a DAW, you can have your audio and/or midi gradually speed up and/or slow down over time, rather than have sudden discrete jumps in tempo. I used it to track a timing problem. I though I'd habituated to 120 BPM, but it was actually my quad speed playing. I was ok on single and double speeding, but as soon as I went into quad speed, I was rushing and coming out ahead of the beat. By 'quad speed' I mean the fastest tempo you normally can comfortably play at. It's worth knowing that in BPM. If you divide that figure by 2, and by 4, you get the upper limit BPMs you probably should stay within, unless you do some shedding at the higher rates, inc. switching comfortably between all 3.

[@corilfl]

This is a great list. I was expecting a bunch of apps I've already heard of, but most of these are new to me. Thanks!

[@robinmarwick1982]

Thanks Jeff this is really helpful.

[@ikeekwukoma3226]

Thanks a lot Jeff, really helpful list. Happy new year to you and yours

[@redbrown7355]

Great Video and thanks for the info.Very helpful. I liked and subscribed.

[@RoneySmithseedoflife]

Awesome video and I saw that there is a 3 app suite of ear training with the Politonus app on iOS! I have their app on Mac and iOS, but never saw their ear training apps before your video. Your ebook appears to be one that I will consider in greater detail because even though I have gear and apps that provide the same info and key signatures, I do not know of any resource that lists them all together. I really like the way you wrote the chords in a top down fashion which allows the reader to leapfrog themselves to infinity in creating chord progressions! So thanks for making and sharing this video! Happy New Year! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 p.s. I just went through the lessons of Sick Chords Vol. 1 and love the way you calculate the potential chords! Seeing the layout of basic chords and extensions with specific top notes is another great log 🪵 onto the fire 🔥 Finally, I was born in Jersey City, so it is indeed a small world after all! 🤯😂🎉☀️

[@michaeleaster1815]

great video! thanks so much... I'll check out some of these apps, esp. rhythm. In the same way that people say "tone deaf", I'm "rhythm deaf" in some form. e.g. I can never hear if people are behind/ahead of the beat. I just don't hear it.

[@jimlanpheer5281]

Take up a rhythm instrument. Any one will do. I'm a sax player and i took up the Indian tabla. I wouldn't recommend that PARTICULAR choice because it's a VERY intricate instrument to learn to play, but any drum will help. I found that learning the basic rhythm cycles of Indian music [tintal (16-beat), rupak (7-beat), dadra (6-beat)] dramatically improved my sense of time. Even clapping your hands to a metronome will help coordinate your body and tune your mind into rhythm more.

[@windysynth]

I like RipX. You can make stems out of your favorite recordings then export the tune with whatever instrument you want to play muted. Also a bunch of other features. ( I'm not affiliated, just a user)

[@MarcosRobertoDosSantosJF]

I agree! ripX is really good (I think is better than RX 10 music rebalance, that I have a license too). I use ripX to create minus bass versions and to isolate bass lines for transcribing.

[@alphaomega6062]

Interesting apps. Thanks for the chord charts, the explanation was very enlightening.

[@piktormusic2538]

Thanks Jeff. These are great suggestions.

[@dr.rolanddavis]

@JeffSchneiderMusic my fellow NewEngCnsrvtry alumnus. Thank you for your artistry and insights. You have inspired us with your playing, your lessons, and your passion. Thank you for a wonderful year of videos (I realize that it’s very time consuming and takes much energy). I wish you health and joy. And, many more rapturous musical moments in 2024 ! -Dr D

[@LuanneFose]

As usual, stellar stuff, Jeff. Thank you!

[@morphicmusic]

thank you for this helpful video!

[@mightyhammerhead]

Great job! Thanks✨️

[@keyboardtek]

Very useful! I wish this stuff existed when I was learning jazz back in 1972.

[@ianbenhamou]

Great video!! Thanks for the recomendtions

[@harimathur2191]

Great! Thanks! Do one with "These 10 apps will make you better at making videos"

[@devine_noise]

Great list. Never heard of most of these. Thanks Jeff.

[@Belquer]

Wonderful video Jeff, thank you!

[@wachiravichamorndachaphon5257]

Thank you Jeff. What is the last app called again?

[@filipposantoro8830]

Well done!

[@frederic_viennot]

awesome !!!!! thank you !!!!!!

[@JulianFernandez]

so good. thanks so much.

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

Thanks Dude, that's helpful....

[@tammyj2858]

Can you recommend apps for truly beginners

[@jarodandshanti3749]

Just need to get out of this place so I can play music again

[@urmero67]

Drumgenius

[@michaeldean9338]

Happy New Year to you and yours, Jeff. Thanks so much for all the information and valuable advise you make available. You're a great teacher. Continued success. Peace

[@Bradleybrookwood]

What microphone are you using in your audio in this video and how do you have your room soundproof or at the very least not as echoey? Are you in a recording studio?

[@marioborg4952]

That's Great! Thanks!

[@jazzzman1000]

No Transcribe! for iPad? Bummer. I do all my learning, practicing, using it.

[@rikkorussians4067]

This is GOLDEN

[@kitgroovemachine]

In ireal pro - playing along with the piano chord diagrams is helping me learn nearby chord voicing. You can also create your own songs using different styles.

[@mikezucker5593]

Hi Jeff, thanks for the video. I'm a 1st year piano player looking for a simple practice tool that will import sheet music and then let me slow down and loop sections to practice. That's all i need vs. something more robust. Any guidance?

[@Audio-apps]

Great video on the one subject near and dear to me, learning! The beautiful thing about music is that the only limit on your self expansion is yourself. So many great technologies and developed apps available these days. Thanks much for pointing out a few new to me.

[@tom76wawa]

Hi what is this last one, to write notes?

[@rizalomar4377]

great and helpful

[@richarddorrance3819]

How about apps that accurately identify the key(s) of a KZbin song? Thanks

[@autumnmakesmusic]

You can search on Google "song name key and BPM"

[@0e0]

I wish Politonus was for android

[@BritRael]

Transcribe doesn't work on Android, and is a paid app.

[@DixMusicStudio]

Ciao Jeff,per le backing track ti consiglio anche il mio canale! Ps.ho preso il tuo fantastico corso CHORD THEORY FOR R&B PIANO 🤩 Diego

[@davidolahmusic]

Thanks!

[@GuitarUniverse2013]

You studied with Charlie? I don’t think most people know that studying with Charlie is a kind of miracle in and of itself. he was a monster, and wonder if you could share with us how you were able to get him as a teacher? How long did you have to wait or did you have a special insidetrack?

[@TheMaartian]

FWIW, the first app mentioned, Politonus, is Mac and iOS only. Since I'm a Windows and Android user, I abandoned the rest of this video.

[@cindygrimsley4285]

Functional Ear training good android app

[@sergiodea.7703]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@fathead1616]

Love all this info. Keep android users in mind next time and you may earn yourself more subs 😁

[@stevenpatterson794]

Damn... now I have to buy an iPad 😢😅

[@robertomarega6499]

You will have a great time!

[@BeadsByAria]

Forgot session band and Anytune

[@ruben_____]

Oh man I was rushing just listening to that Gap click!

[@sppindrgreen1981]

Most of the stuff you were talking about I'm already good at or have an understanding of as music is literally an art that's a part of me. But that being said, I started to be like well I guess this video wasn't useful to me, nothing against you or your video because to somebody who may be just starting out or just curious about music it would be an actually very valuable video. Anyway, I'm saying all that to say I said all of that up until the point where you mentioned the app called iReal Pro. At that point I realized that I am very glad that I clicked on your video anyway, just because. Definitely got a thumbs up from me

[@johnvicaireiii5537]

Are these available for android users?

[@jimbonacum8917]

Hi, I thought this was really interesting. I was hoping that you might have a suggestion for me on sight reading. I am a self taught guitarist who has been playing for more than 50 years. I know some theory and I have some facility but I never learned to sight read. My problem is not so much note recognition as it is reading the rhythm. I know the note values and the rests but when I look at a score I still struggle with hearing how it goes in my head. Can you suggest any apps that might be helpful? Your pal, Jim

[@lindseyblair]

sightreading factory

[@Eeveecat]

I recommend a series of videos by Brad Harrison here on youtube all on sight reading! There are four videos of increasingly complex ways to practice sight reading, and includes a discount code for The Sightreading Factory, which is a good resource for practice!

[@jimbonacum8917]

@@Eeveecat thanks I will look into it!

[@ZzGeWizZ]

Good content 👍

[@mancavelegostudios9711]

Did you make the background track?

[@GizzyDillespee]

Um... do you think I could maybe do it in only 6 apps?🤣 I just gotta get used to this app-based timeline i seem to have slipped into, is all. Seems like it could be a different way to learn new songs. Ill have to try that sometime. Ive seen ads for soooo many. I don't need any beginner classes, for sure, but more advanced ear and transcription training is always welcome.

[@nztuber]

Great video, thank you for it! Interesting set of apps and it was also useful to hear about your weaknesses (and how you address/ed them). I love transcribe and ireal pro. (Loopy HD is my all-time favourite music app on iOS - a near-minimalist looping multitrack recorder with no distractions including (hopefully still) no editing/undo features. For me it's useful for creating sketches, or for creating quick versions of progressions to practice over. Crucially, it gets out of the way and helps you stay in the zone).

[@rikkorussians4067]

THIS ISS GOLDEN

[@JamesSpeiser]

great video you a bonafide Johnny Apple Seed mang

[@stogies3]

Signed the form for the chord scale chart but didn’t receive the link

[@joeamato2512]

Muse score is not a free app and it allowed me to do nothing as far as music notation on my iPad

[@hungryformusik]

Musescore is free as long as you don‘t want to download scores from other users.

[@jazzanarchy]

Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro > iReal Pro

[@lellomolinariBass]

Drum Genius

[@felixayala05]

Gap click is cool.

[@kassemir]

What's interesting to me is, I know I have seen some of these on other KZbin channels, but had no idea what their names were :) Actually very helpful :)

[@RONNYGUITAR1]

Bummer: Politonus only available for Apple? Oh well, 9 more to go... not even close to angry yet.

[@jwelsje]

Sibelius is not free, but the codes can be hacked easily. It's great for beginner, because it writes the notes down, while you play your Midi Keyboard.

[@luoxihuang9449]

What’s the last one? I didn’t find it.😂

[@alexsausl]

Did you read the video description? There are links to all apps.

[@lindagerard4723]

Muse score

[@VideoHero]

youtube app will make you a better player

[@angellovesjazz]

Its really annoying when KZbinrs don't mention what OS these apps are available on. Also not alot of people talk about band in a box on KZbin it would've been informative to discuss more then a split second mention about it using real instruments and then preceed to show the most vanilla example.

[@michaelvarney.]

The only OS that matters… iOS.

[@_sonicfive]

Go find for yourself

[@JonBjork]

Yeah, that Jeff dude just gives out great absolutely free information but he doesn’t cater to YOUR specific needs. How rude of him😂

[@timpullen4941]

Do you know that alot is not a word? You don't say adog ahouse alittle. It is 2 words. A lot. There is a word allot but that is a different subject.

[@prolifik302]

Its not android lol some is tho whew or theres usually an alternative

[@deseant]

This channel rips. Gap Click frikkin rules 🤘

[@randyzeitman1354]

ADHD?

[@sandeepsmatharu]

Congrats! This is the most useless video I have ever watched in my life

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Clickbait title for app spam, but I'm going to give you a shot. edit: Meh.

[@hungryformusik]

BS

[@TF242]

Politonus is garbage

[@garethde-witt6433]

Nope no they won’t, only practice and performance can do that.

[@patrickbodine1300]

No need for any apps to make music.

[@CraigLast-o9g]

Great video, thank you for it! Interesting set of apps and it was also useful to hear about your weaknesses (and how you address/ed them). I love transcribe and ireal pro. (Loopy HD is my all-time favourite music app on iOS - a near-minimalist looping multitrack recorder with no distractions including (hopefully still) no editing/undo features. For me it's useful for creating sketches, or for creating quick versions of progressions to practice over. Crucially, it gets out of the way and helps you stay in the zone).

[@SebastianDavis-q4p]

Great Video and thanks for the info.Very helpful. I liked and subscribed.