MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round
Detailed App Info:
Application Description
A unique musical instrument. An interactive music theory medium. A universal MIDI tool. An amazing solmization machine. All in one. Choose tonic and mode. Watch the keyboard change. Play and listen to the "do re mi fa so" singing. Connect to your MIDI apps and devices. Load sounds and polyphonic pieces. Tune into your part. Hear its solmization. Discover improvising polyphonic canons. Follow the tutorials. Play and grasp music!
The keyboard:
Like the scale, the keyboard is circular resp. spiraled.
* You can play it from all directions. With friends, too! You can play a canon together and go around the keyboard.
* There are only 7 keys per octave, similar to the white keys of the piano. This makes it easy to improvise nice melodies and chords.
* Choose a tonic and mode. There are 12 tonics and 7 modes (church modes resp. major/minor), thus 84 configurations.
* The keys have labels for scale degree, note name and solmization syllable. The labels and sounds depend on the current configuration. A beam angel displays the positions of the diatonic tones in the chromatic scale and their step pattern.
* Change the kay. The ordering of the 84 configurations make related configurations easy to reach. Simply add a single alteration sign, shift the whole scale by a half tone step, switch to related church modes or jump directly to your destination.
* Still prefer normal keyboards? See our MIDI features!
The sounds/mixer:
The keys and incoming MIDI notes trigger pre-recorded solmization syllables (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti) and/or instrument sounds.
* Choose a small male-choir or synthetic Bruno.
* Install arbitrary instrument sounds.
* Freely mix instrument and solmization sounds. Listen to the solmization of the tenor, hear the bass as piano and the soprano as flute notes.
The music theoretical playground:
The app is based on Thomas Noll's Tonkreisel exhibit. Please, see also his mathematical-music-theoretical topics, examples and tutorials for this app!
* 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.
* Hide visual guides to test your knowledge.
* Improvise (with guidance) a four-part counterpoint canon note-by-note.
Solmization:
The syllables depend on the pitch, the chosen tonic/mode configuration and the solmization method.
* We visually and aurally support absolute solmization (Fixed-Do), relative solmization (Movable-Do) and scale degree solmization.
* Play notes, hear the solmization syllables and sing. Try it in different modes.
* Learn your part in a multi-voice piece. Switch on solmization only for one or two voices.
* Create scores that include solmization syllables as lyrics.
* Use the app as a Rosetta Stone of solmization.
MIDI features:
* This app both produces and receives MIDI notes and control commands.
* Selectivly connect to other apps and devices, e.g. another SolFa Mode-Go-Round, a MIDI piano (via adapter), sequencers, keyboard apps and use Garageband sounds.
* Simply record tracks, export, import and play midi files.
* Use the channel-based filters and settings. tune into specific voices and hear MIDI recordings analytically.
* Please, be aware that audio apps are demanding. There can be glitches when many notes, apps and devices are involved. Use the panic-button.
Special MIDI features:
* Notes are displayed on the keyboard. You can visually distinguish notes from different channels.
* The app sends and receives configuration changes commands.
* So you can make multiple classroom iPads modulate at the same time.
* You can also add bass notes with a notation program that make the tonic/mode configuration change.
Still not convinced?
Find documentation, background information and tutorials on the Tonkreisel and SolFa Mode-Go-Round website!
Have fun and let the mode go round!
The keyboard:
Like the scale, the keyboard is circular resp. spiraled.
* You can play it from all directions. With friends, too! You can play a canon together and go around the keyboard.
* There are only 7 keys per octave, similar to the white keys of the piano. This makes it easy to improvise nice melodies and chords.
* Choose a tonic and mode. There are 12 tonics and 7 modes (church modes resp. major/minor), thus 84 configurations.
* The keys have labels for scale degree, note name and solmization syllable. The labels and sounds depend on the current configuration. A beam angel displays the positions of the diatonic tones in the chromatic scale and their step pattern.
* Change the kay. The ordering of the 84 configurations make related configurations easy to reach. Simply add a single alteration sign, shift the whole scale by a half tone step, switch to related church modes or jump directly to your destination.
* Still prefer normal keyboards? See our MIDI features!
The sounds/mixer:
The keys and incoming MIDI notes trigger pre-recorded solmization syllables (do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti) and/or instrument sounds.
* Choose a small male-choir or synthetic Bruno.
* Install arbitrary instrument sounds.
* Freely mix instrument and solmization sounds. Listen to the solmization of the tenor, hear the bass as piano and the soprano as flute notes.
The music theoretical playground:
The app is based on Thomas Noll's Tonkreisel exhibit. Please, see also his mathematical-music-theoretical topics, examples and tutorials for this app!
* 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.
* Hide visual guides to test your knowledge.
* Improvise (with guidance) a four-part counterpoint canon note-by-note.
Solmization:
The syllables depend on the pitch, the chosen tonic/mode configuration and the solmization method.
* We visually and aurally support absolute solmization (Fixed-Do), relative solmization (Movable-Do) and scale degree solmization.
* Play notes, hear the solmization syllables and sing. Try it in different modes.
* Learn your part in a multi-voice piece. Switch on solmization only for one or two voices.
* Create scores that include solmization syllables as lyrics.
* Use the app as a Rosetta Stone of solmization.
MIDI features:
* This app both produces and receives MIDI notes and control commands.
* Selectivly connect to other apps and devices, e.g. another SolFa Mode-Go-Round, a MIDI piano (via adapter), sequencers, keyboard apps and use Garageband sounds.
* Simply record tracks, export, import and play midi files.
* Use the channel-based filters and settings. tune into specific voices and hear MIDI recordings analytically.
* Please, be aware that audio apps are demanding. There can be glitches when many notes, apps and devices are involved. Use the panic-button.
Special MIDI features:
* Notes are displayed on the keyboard. You can visually distinguish notes from different channels.
* The app sends and receives configuration changes commands.
* So you can make multiple classroom iPads modulate at the same time.
* You can also add bass notes with a notation program that make the tonic/mode configuration change.
Still not convinced?
Find documentation, background information and tutorials on the Tonkreisel and SolFa Mode-Go-Round website!
Have fun and let the mode go round!
Requirements
Your mobile device must have at least 18.89 MB of space to download and install MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round app. MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round was updated to a new version. Purchase this version for $4.99
If you have any problems with installation or in-app purchase, found bugs, questions, comments about this application, you can visit the official website of Dr. Garbers Softwareentwicklung Joerg Garbers at https://sites.google.com/site/solfamodegoround/app.
Copyright © 2012 Joerg Garbers
