Great Teaching Tool

Anytune is a great way to systimatically learn music by ear. You can loop phrases to learn them, play them from slow to fast, resulting in great phrasing and accuracy. Before working with this application, my piano students who learned songs by ear in addition to by reading notation have had a better feeling for the music, more sensitive and expressive phrasing, and a better rhythmic flow. This has translated into their improvisations and compositions as more heart-felt expressions. Thus, I decided to encourage all of my students to learn songs by ear as well as by notation. For students who played correctly but have consistently had difficulty internalizing the music, this app has allowed them to develep their ear and feel for the music very rapidly. I have even had students play along with this app. after they learned the song through reading notation. Their phrasing improved very rapidly. I then asked them to improvise, and they had better phrasing with their improvisations as well. It is as if they included new sections of their brain - more senses and heart - into their playing. I hope you find Anytune as useful and fun as my students and I have. Blessings on your musical journey.

Contemplative Christopher about Anytune: Practice Perfected