![]() Thats 247.49, or about the price youd pay for one mid-range priced boutique guitar pedal. iGig book app for indexing and viewing charts, 19.99. But if you want to produce backing tracks for you to record your own improvisation and if you want to get a good sound rendering, then you should go for Band In A Box. Chuck Sher New Real Book vol 1 (PDF), 22.50. In short, iRealPro is a very effective tool to work on scales and improvisations. It is true that iRealPro is really cheaper than Band In A Box. This function could be interesting in order to work on the basis of an example. Similarly, unlike BiaB, iRealPro doesn’t show a “soloist” feature (improvisation example broadcasted by the system). Styles are just midi file based (far below the RealTracks you can find on Band In A Box), but they still work very well for a homework session. The software also allows you to mix the volume of each of the backing instruments. Of course, you can adjust the tempo and repeat the grid as much as you want. Generally, it provides several scales (for example X dorian and X bebop minor on a Xm6 chord). On top of the backing track, iRealPro also displays on your screen the on-going chord and the scales you can use to improvise on it. Bare in mind that you will only have access to chord grids, not to melodies (probably protected by copyright). Thanks to the embedded forum, you have an easy access to a lot of jazz, pop and rock standards. IRealPro app is available on every platform (iPhone, iPad, Android, and also Mac and PC) and allows you to write your own grid and to play it using a (limited) choice of styles. Nowadays, numerous apps allow us to work our scales in a very easier way. And, of course, the apprentice had to adapt to the grids, style and tempo chosen by Aebersold. That was very useful, but the backing tracks chord grids were sometimes confusing. For example, there is a book on II-V-I showing different ways to work scales on this pattern and providing backing track on CD, in every key. Each book covers one theme and comes with the associated backing track. In the old days, jazzmen who wanted to work scales whith a backing track had to use the well-known Aebersold books + CDs or even audio cassettes. Software industry clealy brought tools that make music learnig easier. The unobtrusive live metronome guides you also without sound.IRealPro : a toolkit for improvisation learning. Or use the built-in metronome, which remembers and synchronizes to the tempo you choose. Search Spotify and YouTube with a single click. The app includes more than 1500 Spotify links for the pre loaded Real Book jazz standards. Fakebook is the ultimate tool for practicing. ![]() Thanks to the new lyrics support Fakebook is ready for any gig. ![]() When on stage, just swipe to the next chart or use a wireless foot pedal. Great on a jam or when taking requests! You can store and edit setlists, easily drag and drop songs to reorder, add and delete to create your own songbooks. ![]() The always accessible search bar, the browser and the list editor provides instant access to all songs. All charts and images can easily be shared using mail, Facebook, Bluetooth and more. Include your precious original songbooks or paper-napkin fakesheets using the phone's camera, import stored photos or PDF books from the web. iReal Pro / iReal b, ChordPro or ABC notation). Easily add and edit your own songs or import PDF, chord charts and lyrics from other formats (e.g. Instantly transpose the collection for Bb, Eb or F instruments, or transpose individual songs to suit the soloist or singer. The Fakebook music reader comes preloaded with chord progressions for more than a thousand of the classic jazz standards from The Real Book ed 1,2,3,4,5. Still, the Fakebook app gives you all the tunes you need. Sure, you love your well-worn Real Book, dog-eared at all the right places, sharpie-corrected at all the wrong, stained with coffee and beer.
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