About Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer
Accelerate your sight reading skills with instant feedback on timing accuracy. Our carefully graduated levels, from beginner to professional, allow you to start at your optimal skill level and progress at your own pace....
Accelerate your sight reading skills with instant feedback on timing accuracy. Our carefully graduated levels, from beginner to professional, allow you to start at your optimal skill level and progress at your own pace. You'll improve more rapidly than practicing solely on your instrument. Practice anytime and anywhere. Many advanced features.
KEY FEATURES
DIVERSE EXERCISES
- Explore common and rare rhythms from 2 to 12 beats per bar (2/2, 3/2, 4/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 3/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8).
- More than 200 fixed exercises (100 (longer ones) on iPad).
- Thousands of random exercises.
- Suitable for absolute beginners as well as professionals.
- Challenge yourself with exercises involving rests, ties, syncopations, duplets, triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets.
- Add swing to quarter note meter exercises with varying degrees of swing intensity.
- Automatic count-off with one or two bars.
- Longer (random) exercises in landscape orientation.
PRACTICE & TEST MODE
- Practice mode: listen or tap along while the rhythm is played.
- Test mode: hear the metronome and read/tap the rhythm.
- Visual feedback instantly displays accuracy with each tap (color and position).
- Easily adjust metronome tempo by sliding or keypad.
- Two tap buttons for higher tempos or tapping with alternating fingers.
RHYTHM EDITOR
- Edit any exercise to suit your preferences.
- Intuitive editor with minimal taps.
- Includes an editor for ties.
- Unlimited undo.
- Add your exercises to favorites.
- Share exercises with others.
EXTRA CHALLENGES
- Expert mode: higher default tempo and more accuracy required.
- Endurance test (continuous reading).
- Speeding-up tests.
- Left- and right-hand independence: tap the beat and rhythm with two buttons.
- Note duration test.
- Count 6/8 in two (dotted quarter as the beat).
- Ear training function for rhythmic dictation.
- Maintain rhythm focus while notes from a chord progression are played.
REPORTING
- View a frequency chart of your tap results.
- Access progress reports for fixed and random exercises.
- Share your results, such as a 100% score graphic or progress reports, via email.
SOUNDS
- Choose from various percussive instruments for app player, metronome, and taps.
- Play chord progressions with guitar, e-piano, marimba, or bass.
- Optional stereo sound with taps in the right ear and metronome/player in the left ear.
- Optional beat-counting voice function.
MICROPHONE
- Utilize the microphone for an alternative to tap buttons.
- Play rhythms with hand claps, finger-snaps, or an instrument.
- Adjust sensitivity settings.
- Supports external microphones.
MIDI
- Receive taps from a Midi device connected via Apple USB camera adapter or USB-C (e.g., keyboard, guitar, drum kit).
- Automatic device detection.
- Touch-sensitivity support.
- Export any exercise as a MIDI file.
OTHER FEATURES
- Experience very low latency with instant response.
- Support for left-handed tapping.
- Choose between classical and flat interface themes.
- Support for dark mode (iOS13+).
- Universal app (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch).
- Supports all screen sizes.
- Tested on iOS and iPadOS 17.
Dec 12, 2023
Version 11.08
- Adds the famous Pachelbel's Canon chord progression in D major (Extra challenges menu).
- The Display menu includes color options for both the settings background and cells.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-27 01:28:10.
The latest version is 11.08 and it was updated on 2024-04-19 20:20:50. See below the changes in each version.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 11.08
Updated At: 2023-12-12
Changes: Dec 12, 2023
Version 11.08
- Adds the famous Pachelbel's Canon chord progression in D major (Extra challenges menu).
- The Display menu includes color options for both the settings background and cells.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 11.07
Updated At: 2023-12-01
Changes: Dec 1, 2023
Version 11.07
- Added some color options for the settings screens within the Display menu.
- Implemented textual changes and made various minor adjustments.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 11.06
Updated At: 2023-11-06
Changes: Nov 6, 2023
Version 11.06
Now you can personalize your 'light' interface style with a range of background color options. To get started:
- select the 'light' style from the Display/Theme menu in settings.
- then open the Display/Background menu.
- choose from a variety of light colors to create your ideal look.
Staff background: also new customization choices in the Display/Staff Background menu.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 11.05
Updated At: 2023-10-01
Changes: Oct 1, 2023
Version 11.05
iOS, iPadOS 17 adjustments (still supports iOS 12.1).
Chord progression function extras:
- arpeggio patterns. These can be effective for ear training or play-along purposes.
- a list of play-along tips, based on the experience of a group of students.
- some new chord progressions.
Mail current exercise (in Exercise options menu) attaches a second MIDI file, generated by the Chord progression function.
Hide staff lines option (in Display menu). This may be helpful when playing along with the chords.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 11.04
Updated At: 2023-06-12
Changes: Jun 12, 2023
Version 11.04
Chord progression function changes:
- Marimba added to instruments.
- Option to play the chord roots only.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 11.03
Updated At: 2022-09-18
Changes: Sep 18, 2022
Version 11.03
iOS, iPadOS 16 adjustments.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 11.01
Updated At: 2022-08-11
Changes: Aug 11, 2022 Version 11.01
MIDI technical update:
- Some MIDI devices bundle multiple MIDI messages in one packet. This is now supported.
- MIDI performance improved, preventing that MIDI messages are missed on slower devices.
- Improved support of the Note duration function (Extra challenges menu).
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 10.98
Updated At: 2022-03-15
Changes: Mar 15, 2022 Version 10.98
Option in Display menu of settings to have a black color for the barlines (white in dark mode). This may help in practicing at higher tempos.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 10.96
Updated At: 2022-02-09
Changes: Feb 9, 2022 Version 10.96
- Option to specify audio feedback for incorrect taps (displayed as X).
- For details, see the X-tap sound function in the Tapping menu of settings.
Rhythm Sight Reading Trainer version 10.95
Updated At: 2022-02-03
Changes: Feb 3, 2022 Version 10.95
- Fix for layout issue when app is started with the device in horizontal position.
