Appcompanist

Appcompanist

By Appcompanist, LLC

  • Category: Music
  • Release Date: 2017-10-17
  • Current Version: 2.3.3
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 249.90 MB
  • Developer: Appcompanist, LLC
  • Compatibility: Android, iOS 12.0
Score: 4.51912
4.51912
From 183 Ratings

Description

Appcompanist gives classical and musical theater singers, voice teachers, choral directors, and choristers total musical control over thousands of beautiful piano accompaniments. Transpose, actively control tempo, blend melody in and out during play, hold fermatas, and more, all without affecting musical quality. You can even save your tempo and fermata changes to create your own custom versions. Over 850 Vocal Exercises are included in the FREE version, along with 11 complete sample accompaniments, all with full app functionality. The fast growing Appcompanist library includes thousands of arias, art songs, musical theater solos, jazz standards, spirituals, choral works and more. Hundreds of accompaniments are added each month by user request. Features: Transpose instantly to any key with no change in audio quality. Adjust tempo during play to suit any interpretation or set a new tempo at any time. Turn a melody guide track on or off any time during play in one of three octaves and adjust level against the accompaniment. Hold and sustain the accompaniment, then bring it back in with perfect accuracy for musical pauses, cadenzas, recitatives, and pickups. Check the next melody pitch when stopped and start in perfect sync with the accompaniment. Create Custom Versions that can be controlled just like the original accompaniment. Add markers, cuts, and loops for easy navigation and practice. For repeating vocal exercises, choose direction (up, down, or same key) prior to each repeat. Create video recordings from within the app while maintaining musical control. Set a countdown timer to delay the start of playback from any point in the accompaniment. Keyword search and sort the library list to find the perfect piece. Create and edit playlists and share songs, custom versions and playlists with other subscribers. Select one or more voice parts in choral accompaniments to emphasize against the accompaniment for easy part learning. Choral Director Subscribers can instantly create and share part-learning tracks that their choristers can play and control using the FREE version of the app. Subscription Details: Note: All prices shown are in US dollars. Prices in the app will reflect current exchange rates from US Dollars to your local currency. Musical Theater/Popular Titles Only US $9.99 per month / US $99.99 per year Classical Titles Only US $9.99 per month / US $99.99 per year Complete Collection of All Titles US $14.99 per month / US $149.99 per year • All of the above subscriptions come with a 1-month free trial for new subscribers: If you cancel for any reason within that period you will not be charged. If you continue, your paid subscription begins at the end of your free trial and renews automatically. Pick-Six Subscription US $3.99 per month Pick any 6 songs from the Complete Collection and access them as often as you like during your monthly term. You may change any or all of your selections at the beginning of each new monthly term. You can have a maximum of 6 selected songs during any monthly billing period. The Pick Six subscription does not include a free trial. Choral Director Subscription US $299.99 per year Includes: Unlimited access to the Complete Collection of solo repertoire and the Choral Library Unlimited sharing of part-learning tracks that can be played using the free version of Appcompanist. • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Use can be found at https://www.appcompanist.com/terms_of_service.html

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Reviews

  • New Update won’t let me access my subscription

    2
    By Sophia Silvers
    This app has been so amazing and helpful, but the new update made it completely unusable. After the update, I logged back in and had to recreate a profile. I tried purchasing the low cost subscription, but it told me I already had that subscription. When I click “restore subscription” nothing happens. When I try adding a song to my pick six monthly it says there’s a server error and they were unable to connect to my Apple ID. Please fix this! I was using this for auditions.

  • Phenomenal!

    5
    By KrissygiflH
    Just started taking lessons again, and WOW! I wish I would have had this tool during my undergraduate! I use this with my students, myself, and anyone that is a musician! Can’t wait to see how this app evolves! Can’t imagine it getting any better! THANK YOU!!!

  • Great selection, but features are lacking

    2
    By AdamMachart
    It’s great to see that this app has grown significantly since the last time I used it. I had it for a few years back when it first started, and I’m finding out why I canceled it now that I’ve decided to give it another go. The selection is pretty versatile, but the app isn’t great for self tapes. We typically use our phones for taping, and would be immensely more useful if they had a computer version of the app. The video feature they added is pretty rough and doesn’t solve that fix. The audio isn’t loud enough from the phone speaker, and if you plug into a speaker, the mic moves over to the speaker (which makes your recording incredibly track dominant). The custom song feature is also incredibly glitchy. The cuts rarely work and often revert. Would love to see improvements to make it easier for taping — it ends up being more cost effective to hire pianists to make custom tracks or find recordings on YouTube than pay for a subscription. For those who just want to practice along and learn songs in Appcompanist’s catalogue, 5 stars, so this review is purely for limited access on audition side.

  • Game-changer in my HS choir room!

    5
    By ChoirTeacherMrsP
    As a high school choir teacher with limited piano skills, Appcompanist has been a game changer when it comes to rehearsals and sectionals. The versatility of the app allows for me to run sectionals more effectively, gives a little extra help in full rehearsals and assists my rehearsal accompanist to cover every part AND the accompaniment when I ask for the impossible. I've been using Appcompanist regularly this school year and I have seen real results as students use the choral shares to solidify their parts in their own time. I use the app during sectionals since I don't have a piano player in every section. My accompanist and I can "travel" from section to section to assist and guide while the students without one of us still have a solid recording to work with. During full rehearsals, I've had my accompanist play the accompaniment while using the app over speakers to assist with parts when needed. The fact that I can turn those parts on and off as we go is amazing. We are able to slow things down when needed and the consistency of the recordings is a huge help. In the past, my accompanist would spend hours making parts recordings that the students might use. With appcompanist, they have easier access to the recordings, there are never any glitches or mistakes and the sound is clear and consistent. More of them use the app than the recordings we made because of the flexibility they have now over our own recordings. My accompanist is also freed up to work with students individually or in small groups, rather than the hours spent making recordings. As the app's choral library grows, using it is easier than ever, though I also thoroughly appreciate the option to send music to them to be added. After just this short time of using Appcompanist regularly, I can't imagine going back to the way I did things before.

  • Keeps saying it can’t access my subscription when it clearly shows songs I used last month

    2
    By ionaNC
    I love this app. But only when it works. At least once a semester so far, it disconnects from my Apple ID and then tells me I’m not connected to my Apple ID when I clearly am. I have restarted my phone, restarted the app, deleted the app and redownloaded. Nothing works. The last thing I tried, which was deleting the app, caused it to fully log out of my subscription with accompanist. I clicked restore subscription and it says it can’t connect with servers, again because of my Apple ID. I checked my Apple ID and it clearly states that I still have access to my subscription. It’s clearly not my fault, and I need this fixed ASAP. Otherwise, the app is great. Love it but when it doesn’t work it’s ridiculous and infuriating. I get it, if you’re doing updates maybe that make the app not work for a bit or something, but if that’s what this is at least let us know.

  • Edited review (was two stars, now five)

    5
    By TrueOpera
    The below review was my first experience with Appcompanist. As you can tell, I was deeply disappointed. However, since writing the review and an email, Appcompanist reached out again, genuinely apologised for their initial response, and kept me informed about what happened, how it happened, and when they anticipated the fix to be included in an update. That this error slipped through should stand as a warning to us all about where we source our material from. Even with the best of intentions, free providers cannot actually replace libraries and the expert knowledgable librarians have to offer and share. Finally, I still stand by my original choice to select Appcompanist. It does everything I needed an app to do (the ability to choose different keys, easily hold a “fermata” with the touch of the screen, change tempo, and change the melody/piano track mix). So, from two stars to five. Appcompanist really stepped up their game. While they gave this user a bit of a bumpy intro, their subsequent customer service communications have been nothing short of stellar. —————— Old review I was prepared to give a FIVE star review for (what I consider to be) a most brilliant app. Then I encountered an error and their customer service. First, the good. After spending an inordinate amount of time looking at apps, I settled on Appcompanist. It did everything I needed an app to do (the ability to choose different keys, easily hold a “fermata” with the touch of the screen, change tempo, and change the melody/piano track mix). Now, the bad. I (excitedly) purchased a subscription specifically for the piece “Fairest Isle” by Purcell with the intention of eventually upgrading to the higher level subscriptions as teaching in person picks back up. By the 4th second (or third measure) there was a problem. The track had a huge error. Not just once, but repeatedly throughout. The piece makes use of a flat seventh tone. Yet the accompaniment (in both melody and piano tracks) ignore this and play the seventh without the flat accidental. I immediately wrote to customer service (specifically holding off writing a review) to alert them to this error in the tracks and their quality control. I even spent time searching for and then sending links with examples of how it’s supposed to be played. Their response was “That’s unfortunate” and “you’re stuck with that one note until the next update”. Again, this isn’t just “one note” it is repeated all over both piano and melody tracks rendering it useless to me, even though I’ve paid for a subscription. No compensation was offered. While I would really LOVE to give this a five star review, because of the customer service experience so far, sadly I cannot.

  • Sometimes good. At other times wildly incorrect

    1
    By fred1962
    I’ll just focus on one aria ( although several have similar problems). Your accompaniment of Sarastro’s aria, “ O Isis Und Osiris “ from Mozart’s Magic Flute has an abrupt tempo change right before the lyrics “ Lasst sie der Prüfung Früchte sehen “. Not good. But it gets worse because your tempo continues to grind even slower over the next few measures. The effect is that the second half of the aria is twice as slow as the first. Mozart did not write this and you will not hear a professional recording of this. I’m lucky: I know my rep and have great coaches. But this is not fair to young or new singers. Please correct these musical errors.

  • Can’t live without it!

    5
    By narchamb
    Such a great product! I use it every day and my students use it too. Love it, wish I had it when I was young singer.

  • Extremely Useful and Unique!

    5
    By SexyPrimes
    So many unique features that make it great for practicing without a real accompanist. Much better than just using a recording.

  • Truly amazing resource

    5
    By Bonthebuilderhascome
    Appcompanist saved my degree in my undergrad! Being a voice performance student during the pandemic made it so hard to have thorough online lessons and create recital recordings on my own. Appcompanist solved this problem by providing accompaniment from REAL pianists that is completely customizable. From tempi and key, to articulation and personal musical choices, Appcompanist has had no trouble keeping up with my music advancement. Not to mention they now do Choral works and allow for part sharing with students! This is a must have music tool for both soloists and choral directors alike!

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