Last app for the day: the IMSLP app. How is this app free??? I don’t even know! Not only does it provide an easy place to search, download, and store any of the hundreds of thousands of out-of-copyright music PDFs available from the IMSLP website, it also allows you to easily upload and organize your own music in any number of ways. Annotating, combining in folders, adding to set lists… seriously, I don’t know how this app is free. #ViolinTeaching #MusicLessons #Violin

The next app isn’t even music-specific, but my young students love it!! It’s the Decide Now app, with a wheel to spin to randomize results. I’ve created several wheels specifically for music, and my Suzuki book 1 kiddos love spinning the wheel to see what song they’re going to review in their lessons! I have another wheel set up for the pitch clock, to randomize keys for advanced scale review for older students. #ViolinTeaching #MusicLessons #Violin

https://decidenow-app.com/

Next app is also a metronome app: Time Guru. I refer to this as the Evil Metronome app, and it fills one crucial niche that TE doesn’t provide: it has the ability to randomly silence some of the beats! You can choose what percentage get silenced, and whether that’s gradual or right away! #ViolinTeaching #MusicLessons #Violin

Ok, I’ve been meaning to make a list of my favorite apps to use while teaching. Let’s do this!

I feel like all pros know this one, but it’s so excellent & versatile: the Tonal Energy tuner & metronome.

Things I love: the visualizer helps students understand cents in their pitches, so they start to get that pitch is not as simple as “I’m playing this note or I’m playing that note.” Also the metronome settings are so flexible. #ViolinTeaching #MusicLessons