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Managing your Sheet Music can be a Little Shop of Horrors !!

eto Music Practice Ltd has developed many music pieces both for instruments and songs and created these into single User Apps. These are available as Desktop, iTunes and Android for global or restricted territory markets.

We are happy to talk to you and discuss how your compositions can be globally or unique territory marketed as well as protected by the eto music player. Contact details below.

The eto music player is now being used in up to 3,000 schools in England and up to 150,000 ‘Voices’.

For any Publisher, Composer, Lyricist keeping your Rights protected and sheet music ‘out of the photocopier’ can be a nightmare!  Keeping your compositions within agreed territotories can be a nightmare.

Using our Music Player to distribute your compositions, music notation and lyrics will enable you to control and manage your Rights across Users and Territories without illegal copying or photocopying.

We have now produced a new eto music player just to handle audio (soloists/ harmonies/ backing tracks) and the Lyrics for songs and School Musicals. This can sit alongside our traditional Music Player that handles full music notation with the Unique Beat Counter.

Here is an example of the Lyrics and audio only Music Player:

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Here is an example of the full notation music player in use at a Young Voices Concert Rehearsal:

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The eto music player is now being used in up to 3,000 schools in England and by up to 150,000 ‘Voices’ through Single User Apps : https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/young-voices-music-ltd/id1149484128

The eto Music Player being used for School and Home Learning Instrument practice:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/eto-music-practice-ltd/id624151291

If you would like to talk to us about your Compositions, School Musical and Rights Management then please contact us for an informal discussion about licencing the eto Music Player.

email: [email protected]

Twitter : @practicemusic

Website for Desktop Music: https://etomusicpractice.co.uk/

Our 5 Star Award Jazz Trumpet practice App

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An amazing sounding, easy to use music app. This app thoroughly deserves a 5 star Certification and Educational App Store Recommended status.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/jazz-trumpet-level-1-dlp-bits/id860204058?mt=8

Teacher Review

Too many apps nowadays look great, with a host of unnecessary features, full social media options, and yet the actual content leaves a lot to be lacking. This app is the exact opposite of that. There are no silly distractions, as none are really needed because the quality of the concept and execution are brilliant.

As you may have guessed from the title, this is an app for aspiring trumpeters. When you load up the home screen you are presented with a selection of 3 songs. When you click on the songs you can see the sheet music and all you have to do is press play to get started. By far the most impressive thing about this app is the quality of the recordings. All the songs have been recorded live and the playing and sound quality is top notch.

The way it works is, the song plays with a beat counter that scrolls along the sheet music as the relevant portion of the song is being played. Then the user has the choice of playing along with the all the instruments, or taking out the Trumpet to play along with just the backing track. You can also remove the other instruments as well as the bar counter.

It’s this flexibility that really makes this a powerful tool. You also have the option to slow the song down in 10 bpm (beats per minute) increments. You can make the songs up to 40 bpm’s slower and it doesn’t have too much of an effect on the sound quality. Lastly, you can loop any section of the song, so if there’s one particular bit that you’re stuck on, you can slow it down and keep it on a loop until you get it right.

And that’s it – Simple, but highly effective. This setup is clearly the future of musical training. The next stages for the app are just to build on the amount of songs. For what it is, this app is perfect, but we’d love to see at some point, the addition of some theory lessons and possibly some tutorial videos, so a novice could learn to play using this app alone.

Overall we’re thoroughly impressed and would highly recommend the app for use in the classroom or at home.

Screenshots

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From the Developer

etoapps has added a new dimension to the Dallas School of Music dlp Jazz Books.

The app gives music students an incredible practice tool by allowing almost complete control of the playback on dlp’s backing tracks- including the melody only tracks.

The eto folks have done a great job of giving learners the ability to control their practice routines and practise at their own pace, working gradually up to each performance tempo.

The new app also allows users to isolate and even loop any trouble areas of a song and that makes music practice much more fun and productive.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/jazz-trumpet-level-1-dlp-bits/id860204058?mt=8

The app’s music basis is the tried, tested and well respected playalong material of the Dallas Music School (dlp) Jazz Book series; Trumpet Level 1.

This app contains the three Bits and Pieces songs with each version having its own variation of the melody and different backing track. A full, real live jazz combo is there with which you can practice and play 24/7.

The first, Bits and Pieces 1, has a range of notes from D to B (trumpet pitch) and is a really cool melody with swing 8s.

Bits and Pieces 2 pushes you to play E to D (trumpet pitch) with a more rhythmically sophisticated melody in a Latin feel with straight 8s.

The third Bits and Pieces 3, has a Latin straight 8 feel first time through and a cool swing second time. The note range is the same as Bits and Pieces 2 but you are extended because there is a more chromatic flavour to the new melody….introducing you to to some sharps and flats.

Don’t worry …as was at the beginning you can slow up the melody and the backing track, isolate difficult sections and work at your own pace…with or without the melody playing, with or without the accompaniment playing.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/jazz-trumpet-level-1-dlp-bits/id860204058?mt=8

– See more at: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/eto-music-practice-ltd/id624151291

The eto Music Player featured on BBC News

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Here is our Music Player and Best Selling Gwlad Gwlad Welsh Anthem App featured on BBC News

This is also a great description of how to use our Apps from Schools to professional Choirs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-29462475

#Jazz #Trumpet #cornet practice #musiced #musictechnology

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eto designs & publishes innovative #trumpet apps for the marching world & supports excellence in music education.

Solo from So What – Miles Davis

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/so-what-trumpet-solo-learn/id992478193?mt=8

There are many practice facilities in this app that can be customised to suite individual needs. Of particular value are the ability to slow down the solo and the rhythm section accompaniment without losing quality and the real time Beat Counter which shows where you are in the bar.

The sound of the trumpet is not Miles. A trumpet sample has been used. This makes sure that there is no loss of quality at the slower speeds. This will help you keep in tune and hit the right notes.

The balance of the trumpet sound to the band is such that you can hear the solo as you are practising. When you are ready you can switch off the trumpet sound.

Miles plays at 135bpm. You can start practising at 60 and you can build up by 10bpm bar by bar, phrase by phrase, with or without the sound of the trumpet or rhythm section.

Practise so that you can play the correct notes, perfectly in tune and in time. THEN you can imitate the note bends and half valve techniques that Miles uses. You also will be building up a bank of phrases that you can use in your own solo playing. Copying and studying the greats of the past is an ideal way of learning and gaining the confidence to develop your own style.

Eto Music Practice offer this app as a practice tool; a means to an end. The aim is that you practise efficiently and improve quickly. This will result in you being better prepared to enjoy performing with fellow musicians.

All the Trumpet Practice apps:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/eto-music-practice-ltd/id624151291

 

11 Facts about Music Education #music #musiceducation #mused #musiced

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With thanks to DoSomething.org and all Citation and Resources at the bottom of page:

  1. Children who study music tend to have larger vocabularies and more advanced reading skills than their peers who do not participate in music lessons.
  2. Children with learning disabilities or dyslexia who tend to lose focus with more noise could benefit greatly from music lessons.
  3. Music programs are constantly in danger of being cut from shrinking school budgets even though they’re proven to improve academics.
  4. Children who study a musical instrument are more likely to excel in all of their studies, work better in teams, have enhanced critical thinking skills, stay in school, and pursue further education.
  5. In the past, secondary students who participated in a music group at school reported the lowest lifetime and current use of all substances (tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs)
  1. Schools with music programs have an estimated 90.2% graduation rate and 93.9% attendance rate compared to schools without music education, which average 72.9% graduation and 84.9% attendance.
  2. Regardless of socioeconomic status or school district, students (3rd graders) who participate in high-quality music programs score higher on reading and spelling tests.
  3. A Stanford study shows that music engages areas of the brain which are involved with paying attention, making predictions and updating events in our memory.
  4. Much like expert technical skills, mastery in arts and humanities is closely correlated to a greater understanding of language components.
  5. Young children who take music lessons show different brain development and improved memory over the course of a year, compared to children who do not receive musical training.
  6. Schools that have music programs have an attendance rate of 93.3% compared to 84.9% in schools without music programs.

Sources

  • 1Arete Music Academy. “Statistical benefits of music in education.” Arete Music Academy. Accessed July 17, 2014. .
  • 2Arete Music Academy. “Statistical benefits of music in education.” Arete Music Academy. Accessed July 17, 2014. .
  • 3National Center for Education Statistics. “Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1999-2000 and 2009-2010.” National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 24, 2015. .
  • 4Arte Music Academy. “Statistical benefits of music in education.” Statistical-Benefits-Of-Music-In-Education. Accessed July 17, 2014. .
  • 5VH1: Save the Music. “The Benefits of Music Education.” VH1: Save the Music. Accessed February 24, 2015. .
  • 6The National Association for Music Education. “Music Makes the Grade.” The National Association for Music Education. Accessed February 24, 2015.
  • 7Hille, Katrin, et al. “Associations between music education, intelligence, and spelling ability in elementary school.” Adv Cogn Psychol 7 (2011): 1–6. Web. Accessed February 24, 2015. .
  • 8Baker, Mitzi. “Music moves brain to pay attention, Stanford study finds.” Stanford Medicine. Accessed February 24, 2015.
  • 9Trei, Lisa. “Musical training helps language processing, studies show.” Stanford News. Accessed February 24, 2015. .
  • 10National Association for Music Education. “The Benefits of the Study of Music.” National Association for Music Education. Accessed July 17, 2014. .
  • 11The National Association for Music Education. “Music Makes the Grade.” The National Association for Music Education. Accessed February 24, 20

The eto music practice apps for all levels and ages: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/eto-music-practice-ltd/id624151291

The eto Music Learning Practice #music #musicdownloads #musiconline #freemusic

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Our Music Practice Apps are specifically designed and produced to help all students of any age to begin to read learn practice and perform music. The Apps are available for Desktop, Android and iTunes Apple for both Tablets and Phone.

We welcome your suggestions for new content, instruments and feedback on how you use the eto music player practice system.

Our current content can be found here : https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/eto-music-practice-ltd/id624151291

 

Benefits of Music Education;

A Music education prepares students to learn

1. Enhances fine motor skills

2. Prepares the brain for achievement

3. Fosters superior working memory

4. Cultivates better thinking skills

B Music education facilitates student academic achievement

1. Improves recall and retention of verbal information

2. Advances math achievement

3. Boosts reading and English language arts (ELA) skills

4. Improves average SAT scores

C Music education develops the creative capacities for lifelong success

1. Sharpens student attentiveness

2. Strengthens perseverance

3. Equips students to be creative

4. Supports better study habits and self-esteem

Source: Arts Education Partnership http://www.aep-arts.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Music-Matters-Final.pdf

 

Eto Flipped Learning Music Practice #flipclass #flippedlearning #musiced

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Flipped Learning

Hashtags: #FlipClass, #FlippedClassroom, #FlippedLearning, and #Flipped

We are all familiar with severe budget cuts in schools and community funding. This has mostly hit the Arts and Music sectors very hard.

The cost of private tuition in the meantime has had to keep pace with inflation and could prove too costly for many parents to maintain a regular weekly schedule.

One of the main key issues that the eto music practice player and content tries to address is that Learners can indeed practice in their own time. The #etomusicplayer provides valuable notation learning as well as a unique Beat Counter and the ability to control the practice tempi.

Many tutors will be familiar with their students attending each lesson just to practice, having not done so between each lesson. Our aim is to provide music practice that is accurate, professional but above all FUN !! Thus the student is progressing with each lesson and not just practising.

Eto works with musicians, schools, music publishers and Youth Bands and Orchestras to produce content that is suitable for their experience levels and requirements. We also produce vocal choir practice for individual clients.

The Eto music player is available for Desktop, tablet and phone versions across android and Apple ranges.

The current iTunes range of Eto’s own range is now being used in some 35 countries globally.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/eto-music-practice-ltd/id624151291

Flipping the Classroom originally a teaching approach that entails having students listen to online lectures at home so they can prepare for an upcoming lesson in which they implement their new knowledge through activities and discussions — that is, what would be homework in a typical classroom setup — at school.

Traditionally, flipped instruction meant teachers recorded lectures and students engaged with them at their own pace as homework.

Now with Eto we hope all music students of all levels and ages will benefit from our unique practice methods.

Robert Winter

[email protected]

@webpractice

#mused #musiced

Education Groups and How to Connect #edtech #musiced #ukedchat #AussEd

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What is a hashtag?

A word or phrase preceded by a “#.”

How do hashtags work?

Twitter can be a busy place with lots of tweets–and thus lots of “noise.”

A #hashtag is a way to aggregate tweets that are appended with a hashtag. Picture it like a magnet that attracts all messages categorized by that topical word or phrase.

Who can use hashtags?

Anyone. When you tweet and want your message to be part of a larger conversation beyond just your own existing  followers, add a relevant hashtag from the lists below to the end of your message, and you’ll automatically reach anyone who is monitoring the same hashtag. Cool, yes?

What else do I need to know?

  • Don’t hashtag spam–if your tweet doesn’t add to that hashtag’s topic, discussion, or user base, don’t add the hashtag.
  • Use more than one hashtag if it applies to more than one topic, but choose wisely. If you want that hashtag’s community to value your input, take care to keep that twitter stream nice, tidy, and free from “visual debris.”
  • For Example add : #musiced #school #choir #songs

Meeting Times

Many of the hashtags have “meeting times” where educators agree to “meet and tweet”–that is, send out messages on a topic at a certain time on a certain day.

Twitter and Facebook can be like ‘Rolling News’. Not even your own Followers will be looking at you just when you send out your posting. So, make sure you post at the times each day they are mostly to be seen ( say, lunchtime or early evening ) and if suitable, to a group chat time as found with the different weekly #hashtag groups that you are interested in.

Use a free Robot such as Socialoomph to pre programme your postings during the day/night and if you are talking to groups/schools for example in different time zones, then at the best premium time for the posts to be seen in their country/Time Zone.

If you do participate at the agreed upon time, you’ll see the tweets stream in live and participate in said conversation (via twitter) in what is nearly real-time. But if you can’t make it, the great part about a hashtag is that it does the sorting for you. You can search for messages assigned to a given hashtag anytime–tomorrow, Sunday night, or during your planning period next week.

Note, this list of hashtags will be updated periodically, including reorganization, and functional linking on all hashtags.

Updated: Added #edcamp, #ukedchat, #whatisschool

Popular EDUCATIONAL Hashtags

  1. #lrnchat (social media and education)
  2. #edchat
  3. #blendchat (blended learning)
  4. #mlearning
  5. #elearning
  6. #ipadchat
  7. #pbl/#pblchat (project-based learning)
  8. #passiondriven
  9. #ntchat (for new teachers)
  10. #gbl (game-based learning, from serious games and simulations to video games and more)
  11. #edtech (education technology)
  12. #ukedchat
  13. #edtech
  14. #elearning
  15. #mlearning
  16. #web20
  17. #flipclass
  18. #edchat
  19. #BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
  20. #iPaded (iPads in education)
  21. #EdApps (education and learning apps
  22.  #k12
  23. #cpchat
  24. #highered
  25. #21stedchat
  26. #whatischool

Trends: These are currently popular

  1. #flipclass
  2. #digped
  3. #byod
  4. #1:1
  5. #mlearning
  6. #blendedlearning
  7. #flatclass
  8. #ipad

General

  1. #earlyed
  2. #elemchat
  3. #middleschool
  4. #highschool
  5. #commoncore
  6. #cchat
  7. #edreformtribe
  8. #edreform
  9. #parentpower
  10. #edpolicy
  11. #teacherquality
  12. #eddata
  13. #schoolchoice
  14. #putkidsfirst
  15. #parentalchoice
  16. #edleadership
  17. #eduleaders
  18. #achievementgap
  19. #edgap
  20. #inquiryed
  21. #ibpyp
  22. #edcamp

Content Areas

  1. #engchat
  2. #litchat
  3. #arted
  4. #musedchat – also #Mused  #Musiced #musiceducation
  5. #math
  6. #mathchat
  7. #science
  8. #scichat
  9. #sschat
  10. #histedchat
  11. #historyteaching

Digital Citizenship

  1. #digitalcitizenship
  2. #edtech
  3. #edtechchat
  4. #privacy
  5. #21stedchat
  6. #digcit
  7. #parenting
  8. #ettipad
  9. #internetsafety
  10. #cyberbullying

iPad Specific Resources:

  1. #tablet
  2. #mobile
  3. #byod
  4. #ios
  5. #ios6
  6. #ipad
  7. #ipadgames
  8. #ipaded
  9. #ettipad
  10. #ipadedu
  11. #mlearning
  12. #edtech
  13. #ipadapps
  14. #apple
  15. #apps
  16. #edapps

Good Chatting !!

Robert Winter

https://etomusicpractice.co.uk/shop/

http://@WebPractice

The secret of clear crisp and fast trumpet tonguing !

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The Trumpet Tonguing Exercises
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app-bundle/trumpet-tonguing-exercises/id1095107098?Mt=8
 
 
 
The way to practise triple tonguing:
 
A combination of Arban’s Exercises and Solos and eto Music Practice Tools.
 
Suitable eto Apps are:
  • Arban, single, double, Triples and slurs :  https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/arban-triple-tonguing-exercises/id1021099892?mt=8
  • Carnival of Venice
Practising along with eto’s Beat Counter and the recorded sound will ensure your triplets are absolutely even. This will make your playing clear and crisp as you get faster.
 
  1. Choose your starting Tempo and your Start and End bars and work your way through: the slower the better…
  2. The secret of clear crisp and fast triple tonguing is making each tu; tu; and ku sound like a crisp single tongue…YES especially the Ku
  3. You can repeat one bar and then two, you choose
  4. Increasing the number of bars you can sustain as you get stronger…….
  5. You can increase the Tempi by 10 beats a minute increments from 40 to 230 bmp….don’t be tempted to skip an increment.
 The Trumpet Tonguing Exercises: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app-bundle/trumpet-tonguing-exercises/id1095107098?mt=8
 
 
You will need to put in the hard work BUT your efforts will be more efficient and better rewarded
The results will be felt and heard and you will be so encouraged to practise more and more.
 
All the eto #trumpet music practice apps: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/eto-music-practice-ltd/id624151291
 
 
 
 
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How to learn to play recorder and read music!

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If you want start again, or start from fresh, these apps teach and encourage practice and how to read music. You may be 8 or you may be 80, but learning and playing music is great fun and great for the brain cells!#

The eto RECORDER PRACTICE PACK

How to use our Apps for best practise

The three basic starter levels:

Level 1.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/recorder-level-1-recorder/id959389734?mt=8

Level 2.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/recorder-level-2-recorder/id961435765?mt=8

Level 3.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/recorder-level-3-recorder/id961436971?mt=8

 

Level 2 & 3 Discount Bundle:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app-bundle/recorder-level-2-3/id966134759?mt=8

How to use the Practice App

Our app is very straightforward:

Choose the part that you want to practice from the drop down menu top left of the screen

Choose Instrument ( Recorder )

Choose Tempo: the speed at which you want to practice.

Press Play: the music will start from the very beginning.

Menu Choices

These are the choices that you can use in ANY combination.

Beat Counter: It is your ‘personal conductor’. It keeps you in time and reminds you of the rhythm of the notes. You do have the choice of switching it off but for practice purposes you will be best to keep this box checked.

Start Bar and End Bar: There are bar numbers at the beginning of every stave of the music notation. You can Choose where you want to start by entering the appropriate bar number. The Beat Counter and the sound combination you have chosen will fade up one bar BEFORE your chosen bar. This will give you a ’count in’. There will be a fade down during the End Bar.

Repeat: By checking this box the section you have chosen will be repeated until you Stop. You can work your way through the whole song section by section with ANY combination of Menu Choices.

Volume Slider: This gives you some control of the Master Volume

 

Anyone of any age !

Anyone of any age who wants to start making music will find this App invaluable and really enjoyable.

eto is the most effective way of learning to read music……learn as you play note by note.

Learn and improve more quickly because you’ll want to practise more often.

Music reading and music theory skills will be developed and can later be transferred to another instrument or be used to carry on and explore the wonderful Recorder repertoire.

Start with one note and a great accompaniment.

The Beat Counter will show you where you are on the music page and keep you in time.

The sound of the recorder playing along with you will help keep you in tune.

When you are ready, switch off the sound of the recorder and become the soloist.

Practice at slower speeds and repeat any section of the music.

When you can play the one note go onto the next.

A proven method which gives you the experience of true music making right from the start.

The tunes are listed in the Main Menu and you are shown which notes are in each tune.

It’s so easy to use:

 

  • Tap the Note Buttons to bring up a diagram which shows where to place your fingers

 

  • Tap on a tune name when you are ready to practise.

 

  • Press Play to listen to the tune being played at the final tempo (speed)

 

  • Tap the – sign to lower the tempo.

 

  • Practise all the tune or section by section,
  • Increase your practice tempo when ready.

 

  • Go on to the next tune.

ENJOY!

 

Level 1 Recorder has 10 tunes. Here is a list of the tune titles and what notes each uses:

B Happy – B

Star Code – B

Go for A Walk – A

Two Note Blues – A, B

GEE! – G

A Quiet Salsa – G, A

Old RockDonald’s BAG – B, A, G

The Banjo BAG – B, A, G

Be Happy Again – B, A, G (this tune also can be used as a duet for B Happy)

Level 2 Recorder has 10 tunes. Here is a list of the tune titles and what notes each uses:

High CD Rock – C^, D^

Bing Bong – G, A, B, C^, D^

Bing BongED – E, D (and a duet to play Bing Bong in two parts)

BeachED – E, D (extra practice to help cover all the holes)

Old RockDonald – D, E, G, A, B

F# and G Polka – F#, G

Sharp Sailing – E, F`#, G, A, B

Banjo – E, dD F#, G, A. B, C^, D

Giant Leaps – C^, D, D^, E, E^, G, G^

Jingle Bells – D, E, F#, G, A, B, C^, D^, E^, G^

 

Level 3 Recorder has 5 tunes. Here is a list of the tune titles and what notes each uses:

 

C# and D Polka – C#^, D^

Jac y Do – E, A, B, C#^, D^

Natural Beach – F, G

On the Beacxh – D, E, F, G, A, B

Flat Blues- G, A, Bb

 

There is nothing more serious than having fun!

Many would feel that if you’re having fun, enjoying yourself, the value of whatever you are doing is diluted.

Of course this is not true…and eto Music Practice does everything it can to make sure that practising with their Apps is always enjoyable.

We believe that the more enjoyable practice can become the more you will want to practise.

The more you practise the more you will improve.

Here are some of the ways in which practice is enjoyable with eto Music Practice:

The recorded sound of the music to be practised ‘keeps you company’ as well as keeping you in time and in tune. You have to listen …which engages you and time flies.

Accompaniments are there for you 24/7. You are practising with others.

being able to slowdown the sound of the solo part and accompaniment makes practise enjoyable even when you need to repeat difficult sections at the slower tempo. In other words you are performing as you practise.

There are eto Music Practice Apps available for Desktop, IPad and Android.

Teachers……

A whole class can also be taught in front of an Interactive Whiteboard in the Classroom.

Smaller groups or individuals can practise in front of a single computer at their own pace. Tell your pupils to Register and they can practise at home.

Parents: Really useful computer activity. Start on the Recorder, learn to read music in preparation for learning other instruments. What a start!

The first tune B Happy introduces one note and has, like all the other tunes, an exciting accompaniment. New notes are introduced in tunes that follow

‘Pupils will learn and improve more quickly because they’ll want to practise more.

Each tune can be practised with or without a full accompaniment.

The sound of the Recorder can be heard which helps with keeping in tune and playing the correct rhythm.

A Real Time Beat Counter appears above the music notation to act as a conductor and helps with the timing of each note

Each tune can be practised at slower speeds.

Start and End bars can be chosen so that each tune can be practised bar by bar, section by section.

The speed of practise can be increased until the whole piece can be played perfectly.This is a video of Alis on her second lesson as you can see she is enjoying what she has achieved in just two lessons. The next step for her is to practise at home getting to the right tempo and in the next lesson she will move on to the next tune.

Making Practise Fun !

According to Don Cherry, the great Jazz Trumpeter……

There is nothing more serious than having fun.

Many would feel that if you’re having fun, enjoying yourself, the value of whatever you are doing is diluted.

Of course this is not always true…and eto Music Practice does everything it can to make sure that practising with our Apps is always enjoyable.

We believe that the more enjoyable practice can become the more you will want to practise.

The more you practise the more you will improve. Here are some of the ways in which practice is enjoyable with eto Music Practice:

The recorded sound of the music to be practised ‘keeps you company’ as well as keeping you in time and in tune. You have to listen …which engages you and time flies.

accompaniments are there for you 24/7. You are practising with others.

being able to slowdown the sound of the solo part and accompaniment makes practise enjoyable even when you need to repeat difficult sections at the slower tempo. In other words you are performing as you practise.

Of course there are some who have been blessed with natural gifts BUT with practice anybody can raise the standard of their playing. Without practice there would be NO improvement however natural your gifts.

 

This is why eto Music Practice is committed to making you WANT to practise…….making your practice sessions as efficient and enjoyable as possible.

 

I read the phrase of this blog’s title in book The Practice of Practice by Jonathan Harnum………well worth a read.

‘The more I practice, the luckier I get,’ is a well known phrase attributed to Arnold Palmer or Gary Player the golfers…and many more:)

If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.

“I really feel that if you’re gonna be good, you gotta practice… Practice whatever the hell you do.”

― Ray Charles

Be encouraged….but perhaps they are being a little modest:

“What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.”

― Johann Sebastian Bach

We at eto Music Practice are committed to making your practice sessions as enjoyable and efficient as possible…so that you will WANT to practise more and more. Whether you use a Tablet or Desktop .

 

Other Instruments and Music Apps available from:  https://itunes.apple.com/gb/developer/webpractice/id624151291

These include Piano, Sax, Clarinet and Trumpet.