Music Theory Pro App Reviews

This is my favorite game. Granted, Im a music major, but I just love tightening up my skills and trying to beat others! I do not play games as a whole. Not even Words With Friends (lol). But this game is FUN and I keep returning to it. I dont usually spend money for any app, but this one is worth it! Glad I spent the money. The new format looks beautiful and I like that you can look ahead to the next note on the note names game. If you are a "music nerd" and want more to a music app than learning middle C, buy this app!

pleasant surprise to see app devs removing in app purchases in my opinion

I am an alum of USCs Jazz Studies program, and am proud a fellow Trojan made this app! I use it with my sax students all the time. I especially love the ear training tempo section... Im trying to become less dependent on drummers when counting off tunes! As a suggestion... Maybe you could do a random rhythm and/or melodic sight reading section... Like where an audio clip plays a short (1 or 2 bar?) passage, and you have to pick the correct multiple choice notation and/or rhythm that was played over audio. That could be cool. It could even extend to 3 or 4 bars! Also, you could do a "Simon Says" sort of section, where the app plays 3 notes, then you play it back plus 3, then it plays back your 6 notes and adds three, then you have to play back its 9 notes plus three, etc. That always really helped my ears. You could even get a microphone algorithm so that people could sing into the mic instead of using the piano, or a sax player like myself could play into it. Also, I would totally pay for extra content if it were reasonably priced, an truly worth the money! So many possibilities, keep up the good work!

I am working on my ear training every day while commuting to work. This app has become the main tool I am using. Its definitely worth the money it costs

As much as I miss the older version just a tad bit, the app is still nice for me to use to practice and enhance my knowledge of scales, chords, key signatures, and other necessities when it comes to music theory. The only thing that I would suggest to improve this app would be in the Ear Training section for the scales;I would really love that section more if it went up and down the scale instead of just going up and not even hitting the octave, like in previous versions. Going up and down the scale made it easier to identify it. Its a lot harder to identify if you just hear it going up and only up. Also the fact that the information button is gone in the sections now; there is no separate section anymore that explains anything, like in previous versions, they had a little question mark icon that explained how to read notes, or how to recognize a major from a minor, etc. I feel that by removing that, beginner musicians would have quite a bit of trouble understanding some of the music theory involved in this useful app. As a high school musician that has a lot of experience with music and is involved in many of the music programs at my school, I would definitely recommend downloading this app if you need help learning to read notes, recognize key signatures, and much, much more.

On many of the jazz chords, the piano sample does not match the chord shown. This would be for 9th intervals and higher from what Ive noticed, potentially more. Sometimes it sounds like more than one audio sample being played at the same time... But its definitely and obviously not whats notated.

Ive been using this mostly for ear training and it works wonders. Totally worth it for quizzing your ear and other musical knowledge.

I have been a music student and Music Theory student for many years. This app is absolutely wonderful for sharpening a persons musical skills and knowledge. It is enjoyable to use therefore I use it to stay sharp. I am very glad to have this!

At the risk of sounding like an old man (39) the staff is now too small. Mostly the accidental within the staff are tough to make out clearly. This was never an issue before. I think you sacrificed function for style. Also, since the latest update, the sound during ear training comes out the speaker of my phone even while plugged in to my headphones. No other app on my phone has this issue. No more private ear training on my daily commute to work. Still a great app but may have slipped a bit backwards.

Use it every day

Just reopened this app after a while. Very nice after this last update. Neat interface and nice layout. Thought went into it. Well done.

Its a wonderfull tool to learn music theory!

As a musician who was formally a music major (before switching), this app works very well as a refresher and trainer. Ive had a couple of theory courses, so this is perfect for me. If you are new to theory, this will do only ok for you, but youll probably want a book or website or another app to explain what all the symbols mean. If they incorporate that idea into this app - then it would be really great! Either way, download it!

Though the format of the app has visually improved it has lost its value by getting rid of the music theory review. Before, the app had review inside the app which was very useful for a quick review but now, one must go to the website and watch videos. PLEASE BRING BACK THE REVIEW IN THE APP. Its much more convenient and helpful.

Ive only taken 1 semester of music theory and this app is boring to me. The answers for the key signatures are in the order of the circle of fifths, so you dont really have to know the answer. I can read music so I obviously dont need the note name section, the only useful part is probably the ear training.

Boring, bad interface. Read a book or get a different app or go to school. Let this one go.

This app is by far the best iPad/iPhone app Ive worked with. There are others like Music Tutor but its only limited to just note naming. Music Theory Pro is just like the name says, its a pro at aiming towards teaching theory without a headache. Provides a fun challenging way to learn all the aspects of theory. Youve got everything from note naming, to chord naming and ear training. And its all broken down step by step so that once you master note naming, you can move on to key signature naming. Just the best app in my opinion and I highly recommend downloading it. Cant wait for the midi compatibility for the Mac version! Thank you!!

The app is great, I just dont understand how the global scores work. There are people in the millions plus range and I can only get in the 100 thousands point range on the 100 question test. But i remember on the old version, you used to be able to go up to 500 questions. Is it because those people are still using the old version where you can go up to 500 questions?

All I get is this cancel or okay option. ????? Doesnt make sense please fix. I like this app wish it worked properly.

This app will help you get caught up on things that might be a struggle in your Theory I studies. Has EVERYTHING you need and all levels of direction. Scales, intervals, note identification, chording--classical, jazz, orchestral--major and minor--even ear training exercises. It helped IMMENSELY with my grades. Its a MUST HAVE APP!!