There should be a link that you can click which downloads all of the tunes instantly! (It’s split into four links for Android). To download 1300 jazz standards for free, (yes really) click on the “Forums” button, choose “Jazz” and then click on “Jazz 1300 standards”. Like what you read? This amazing app can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play for around £5 – an absolute bargain for what has come to be recognised as one of the very best practise tools around. I recommend iReal Pro to anyone who teaches, too, as practising playing along with a band is not only beneficial but is great fun! IReal Pro is brilliant for jazz musicians who want to go and join in at jams as thousands of tunes are easily downloadable from an online forum completely free. You can also replace the drums with a click track if you so wish. There is also an inbuilt mixer, so if you want to turn up or down the guitar, piano, bass or drums then you can with easy sliding bars. One of my favourite functions is iReal Pro’s ability to store playlists, so you can make set lists for gigs, repertoire lists and lists of your favourite tunes and store them all in one place. You can tell iReal Pro to display minor chords as m instead of the jazz default of - but the rest of the symbols cannot be changed. Even more amazingly, you can type in your own chord progressions and play them back too, which means that it’s a brilliant device for composers! The app simulates a real-sounding band, so it’s a great tool for singers who want to practise with a band but don’t have one to hand. As I mention in the video above, iReal Pro does use jazz notation symbols for chords, so you will need to get used to those (but it’s not that big a deal and hey learning is fun). Not only can you use it to store and view chord progressions, but you can also play them back at any tempo, key and feel. IReal Pro is an app for iPhone, iPad, Android and OS X that is jam packed full of useful functions for musicians.
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