BandIB helps you practice your band instrument and improve your playing.
You place your iPad on your music rack, select your username, instrument, and exercise and play. BandIB listens to you play and scores your playing for note and timing accuracy.
BandIB can be used for the following instruments:
Piccolo, Flute, Treble Recorder
Oboe, Cor Anglais, Bassoon
A Clarinet, B flat Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
French Horn (in F), Trumpet (in Bb), Trombone, Tuba (in Bb)
The exercise and tunes are grouped into the following sets:
Sight reading exercises graduated in level for 10 levels.
Scales and arpeggios,Technical exercises to develop dexterity
Tunes for National Anthems, Traditional and classical music, Marches
Your progress is tracked and can be reviewed. You get a gold star for any piece played well, and points for each exercise you play. You must get more than 85 points in both note and rhythm categories to get a gold star.
The history of all of your playing can be reviewed.
BandIB helps band instrument musicians learn to improve their skills from early stage beginners through intermediate players. It also provides exercises that are useful workouts for even advanced players.
There is a tuner to allow you to tune your instrument to concert pitch (nominally 440 Hz, but this can be changed as needed). The tuner will also allow you to check your intonation on other notes.