Tonara Sheet Music app review: interactive sheet music created by musicians for musicians

Introduction

Musicians rejoice! Learning and playing sheet music is now easier than ever before. With automatic page-turning and thousands of scores to explore and learn, you simply won’t believe how much this will streamline and accelerate the learning process for musicians.

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I’ve never really had the will, or should I say patience, to learn how to read sheet music fast enough to play it in real time.

Having said that, with apps like Tonara Sheet Music in the App Store I think we’re likely to see a far greater number of musicians developing the mastery which undeniably comes from being able to fluently read musical scores.

Note for Note

When you first start using this app, you’ll notice that the developer has been kind enough to include a whopping 400 musical scores absolutely free of charge, and there are literally thousands more which are available for download via in-app purchase.

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The technology that has gone into this app is nothing short of breathtaking, and I’m frankly amazed by what an incredible resource the developer has managed to provide to musicians around the world.

Tonara Sheet Music actually listens to you while you play, and is able to keep track of where in a score you are so that your position remains constantly marked which enables you to easily backtrack and find which bar you were up to when you revisit a score.

 

Pitch Perfect

This serves to facilitate the learning process like never before, especially when you consider that the pages are also turned automatically as the app listens to you play, so you can keep on playing without having to stop every few measures.

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Another thing I really like about this app is that the developer hasn’t claimed a monopoly on the musical scores in the sense that you can upload PDF documents from other sources so that you have a single point of reference for all of your sheet music.

You’ll also be pleased to know that you can import and edit documents from Dropbox, Google Drive, and email, making it even easier to store all of your scores in a single convenient place.

 

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Listens to you play while marking your position within the musical score
• 400 interactive scores provided free of charge with thousands more available via in-app purchase
• Import PDF documents from other sources such as Dropbox, Google Drive, and email

 

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

I’m the kind of person who has a great deal of appreciation for tools that further the cause of musicianship and artistry in general, which are things I feel are slowly waning in our society, so an app like Tonara Sheet Music is definitely one that I would like to encourage you to use.

This is a fantastic tool for learning music and it definitely receives a very strong recommendation from me.