Incredible App
This app has allowed me to go from having zero piano skills to playing my first pop song in about 2 weeks. I have a keyboard with a full 88-keys, so finding the correct keys on the keyboard, which is much larger than my iPad Air was a bit of an adjustment. However, certainly not the fault of the makers of the app, more of a heads-up of what to expect during the process.
The only thing that I found annoying but was told will be fixed in the next update, (emailed the app developers) is the ratio between the song time & real time. To help newbies learn a song, youre able to slow the beats down to as much as 10% of real speed and then keep speeding it up as you get better. However, the real time remains constant so youre not able to play an entire song unless you play at 100% speed. But again, I was told this is going to be fixed very shortly, which will make this app, hands down the best piano app to learn songs.
You wont learn music theory, but I really dont care about that, as I just want to play songs I hear on the radio. Its kind of the piano equivalent to Guitar Tabs. So if you want to learn how to play songs without having to first learn a bunch of theory, this is the app for you.
It also breaks each song down into lessons and has an easy version of most songs for newbies like myself, as the pro versions are very difficult but sound the most like the actual song. But the easy version still does as well, theyve done a great job in that as well.
I highly recommend this app and have to a bunch of my friends who have an interest in learning the keyboard. The app developers are also extremely responsive to questions, which is also a great plus.
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OnlinePianist:Play Piano Songs, v1.1.5