There are very appealing and fun apps to study, but I was looking for something more than a game or a way to quickly learn to play a few pieces by ear. My fear was above all repeating mistakes that are consolidated over time or spending a lot of hours practicing and then finding myself illiterate in front of a traditional score, because I got used to the specific interface of an app. That's why I liked PS right away.
Unfortunately, I see that the iPad version still has big limits and there seems to be updates on the horizon. It's really a shame, because my fear is to subscribe to a service that does not grow.
Below in this forum section there is a topic that lists a number of features that would be important to have, I agree with them all. In addition I would have some other small request:
- In the version I'm using (I'm in the trial period) there aren't introductory video, but I was "catapulted" directly on the exercises. I do not think there is even a way to see them. I do not start from 0 but a little theory and seeing the exercise performed by an expert pianist could be very helpful.
- During the exercises various erorros are detected, but not if a note is kept longer than its value. I can keep a note where there should be a break without the app reporting anything.
- My piano has a better and more expressive sound than the one simulated by the app. I would like there to be the possibility to play with mine and that even the reference one in the exercise would play midi away on the real instrument.
- I would like to be able to set up volumes (piano, metronome, accompaniment, ...) and ambience directly within the lesson, without having to go out and enter a specific section of settings. It would all be faster and I would have immediate feedback, to keep changes or quickly change again.
- I would like there to be the possibility of using the Italian names of the notes, and not just the A ... G system. It is not essential, but I think it would not even be difficult to implement