Music Learning Lab Pro
© 2013 Generategy
Music Learning Lab pro attempts to teach fundamental music skills in a step-by-step fashion, starting with recognizing pitch and ending with making chords. The app can remember progress for individual children. There are four parts to the app. This app is more about ear training. It does not get into notation or traditional music. In the Learn Area, musical skills are presented in tutorial form. As children play they can unlock new lessons; including ear training where you attempt to match tones. The Create Area lets you apply your knowledge by dragging and dropping notes onto a non-conventional grid. You can change pitches or change instruments. More instruments can be earned in the Play Area. In this area, you practice skills learned in the lessons with three rather dry mini-games. Completing the games unlocks more instruments and backing bands. You can then see what a learner has accomplished in the Trophies Area. Our testers wondered why they couldn't advance faster in the app; finding the instructions to be repetitive, finding it boring. Note that ideally we'd like to test this app more extensively with more children. For very beginning students, it is a possibility.
$4.99, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch (iOS 5.0 or later)
Teaches: music, ear training, pitch
CTR Rating: 78%