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If you’re a music teacher and you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, here are some great apps that I think you’ll love:

Stay In Tune - This chromatic tuner is perfect for tuning band instruments. I always have my iPhone in my pocket throughout the school day, so I can take it out and open this app during band rehearsals and lessons. It works in any direction so you can point the mic at the instrument and still read the tuner right side up. There are many tuners in the app store, but this is my favorite. It’s reliable and accurate.

Dr.Betotte TC - This metronome app is really similar to the Dr. Beat we all own as band directors. This has all the functions of Dr. Beat, except for the voice for counting the beats. There are so many features and options, there really is no need for me to use my Dr. Beat at school anymore. I can use my iPhone speaker or I can plug it into and amp for extra volume. This is another app I use daily with my band students. Again, there are other metronome apps in the store, but this is by far the best.

Attendance - This app keeps track of attendance for as many students and classes as you need. I use this app everyday to record lesson attendance. If you’re a band director, you know how important it is for students to come to lessons. In my school, I have lessons in multiple locations, but now I don’t have to carry around a bunch of papers with me to keep track of my students. I always have my records in my pocket with my iPhone. The app automatically saves your records and includes a feature to email the data so you can enter it in an excel file. Wonderful app.

iNoteTrainer - This app will help your students to learn how to name the notes on the staff, treble or bass cleff. It puts a note on the screen and the student has to identify it out of three options. You set the range of notes and exercise duration. I use it in lessons when a student is having a hard time naming notes. I’ll let him/her play the game on my phone while I work with other students. The kids love it and actually want to beat each other’s high score.

Musictionary Music Dictionary - You know there are times when a student asks you what a musical term means and you simply don’t remember. Having this app readily available in your pocket is really useful.

Instruments In Reach Basic - This is bacially a fingering chart for every instrument in your pocket. I don’t use this app very often, as my students are required to have their fingering chart in their folder at all times. But, just in case, it’s nice to have.

Rhythm In Reach - This app is great to help students practice both basic and advanced rhythm. Just like the note trainer, I’ll give this to a student that is having difficulty with rhythm while I work with others. Again, students love it and actually try to beat each other’s scores.

I keep all of these apps on my iPhone at all times. They are all readily available at all times. I’ve searched through many music related apps and these are definitely my favorites. I encourage you to check them out. Once you get them, or if you already own them, please leave a comment in this post to let me know what you think or just to share your thoughts on music education and the iPhone. Also, please let me know if you know of any other music education apps that you use.

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