MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round for iOS

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A unique musical instrument. An interactive music theory medium. A universal MIDI tool. An amazing solmization machine. All in one: "MIDI SolFa...

A unique musical instrument. An interactive music theory medium. A universal MIDI tool. An amazing solmization machine. All in one: "MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round" unites and extends the possibilities of the apps "Musk MIDI Keyboard", "Musk MIDI Player", "Musk Diatonic Modes" and the "SolFa Mode-Go-Round". Therefore there are many creative and didactic use cases. Play and grasp music!Use cases:==========* Play on the diatonic or chromatic keyboard.* Study or teach scales and church modes.* Discover improvising polyphonic canons.* Learn Movable-Do and Fixed-Do solmization.* Connect to your MIDI apps and devices or play with connected "SolFa Mode-Go-Rounds".* Load sounds and polyphonic pieces.* Tune into your part. Hear its solmization.Touch instruments:==================* The app features a diatonically oriented spiral shaped keyboard with 7 keys per octave. (Tone circle)* With it you can easily play well sounding melodies and chords in major, minor or other church modes.+ Besides it, there is a chromatic piano keyboard. (iPhone: Landscape orientation, iPad: double tap piano-button)Sounds:======* Instrumental sounds: a General-MIDI sound font is pre-installed. (See also "Musk MIDI Keyboard" for more options.)* To study church modes and solmization, the syllables "do re mi fa so la ti" where recorded in 3 octaves.+ Freely mix instrument and solmization sounds. Listen to the solmization of the tenor, hear the bass as piano and the soprano as flute notes.+ Choose a small choir ("Erlebnisland") with warm sounds or synthetic Bruno, who really sings to the point.Music theory:=============* The touch instruments change according to the selected tonic and mode.* There are 5 mathematical-musical base modulations.* Get a fine feeling for the character differences between the diatonic scales Major (Ionian), natural Minor (Aeolean) and the church modes Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian and Locrian.* Understand how they are interrelated.+ Improvise up to five-part counterpoint canons "note-by-note": You play the melody and the canon assistent shows how to proceed.* You can also invent normal canons. Just play in half notes.+ You can change labels on the tone circle, e.g. to test your or your students knowledge.Solmization:============* The syllables depend on the pitch, the chosen tonic/mode configuration and the solmization method.* They are shown on the tone circle and can be heared.* Solmization methods: absolute solmization (Fixed-Do), relative solmization (Movable-Do) and scale degree solmization.MIDI features:==============* With this app, you can send and receive MIDI notes and play back MIDI files.* All features of "Musk MIDI Keyboard" and "Musk MIDI Player" are available. (See "Related Apps" in the App Store)+ Record tracks and export midi files.+ During recording of notes, the related solmization syllables can be attached to the track as lyrics. These can be shown by any MIDI-Karaoke player.+ This app sends and receives configuration change commands. You can keep all connected "MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Rounds" in sync.+ You can also add bass notes with an external notation app. These will trigger tonic/mode changes.Still not convinced?====================* Then, find documentation, background information and tutorials on our websites!* Google for "SolFa Mode-Go-Round", "Tonkreisel", "Musk MIDI Player", "Musk MIDI Keyboard".Because of limited space, we could not mention all features that are borrought from our other apps.* Features marked with "*" are available in other apps.* Features marked with "+" are only available in this app.Have fun and let the mode go round!We love to hear feedback.