iReal Pro - Music Book & Backing Tracks

by Technimo LLC
4.0 out of 5 stars551 customer ratings
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Languages Supported: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

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Latest updates

What's new in version 2024.4-amazon
  • - New Feature: customize common odd time signatures. Choose if 5/8, 5/4 should be played as 3+2 or 2+3 and if 7/8, 7/4 should be played as 4+3 or 3+4, by adding the text 2+3, 3+4... in the desired measure in the song.
  • - Improved song search by ignoring apostrophes: search for Im, Its, well... instead of I'm, It's, We'll...
  • - Editor: disable the chord quality button if there is no valid chord root in the current cell
  • - Editor: disable the staff text up/down buttons if there is no text in the current cell
  • - Editor: Single bar repeat symbol adheres to the S ‘small’ command to fit in a single space
  • - Fixed issue with exported Midi file containing volume data
  • - Added external keyboard shortcuts for Transposition (Ctrl ↑ ↓) and Style change (Ctrl ← →)
  • - Only show tooltips with shortcut info if an external keyboard is attached

Product Details

Release Date: 2011
Date first listed on Amazon: November 22, 2011
Developed By: Technimo LLC
ASIN: B006C67NP6
Customer reviews:
4.0 out of 5 stars551 customer ratings

Product features

  • It's a Book: Create, edit, print, share and collect chord charts of your favorite songs for reference while practicing or performing.
  • It's a Band: Practice with a realistic sounding piano (or guitar), bass and drum accompaniments for any downloaded or user-created chord chart.
  • Improve your skills with the included chord diagrams: display guitar, ukulele tabs and piano fingerings for any of your chord charts or scale recommendations for each chord of a song to help with improvisations

Product description

Practice makes perfect. iReal Pro offers an easy-to-use tool to help musicians of all levels master their art. It simulates a real-sounding band that can accompany you as you practice. The app also lets you create and collect chord charts of your favorite songs for reference.

One of Time Magazine's 50 Best Inventions of 2010.

“Now every aspiring musician has a backup band in their pocket.“ – Tim Westergren, Pandora Founder

Used by thousands of music students, teachers and some of the world’s top music schools such as Berklee College of Music and Musicians Institute.

• It's a Book:
Create, edit, print, share and collect chord charts of your favorite songs for reference while practicing or performing.

• It's a Band:
Practice with a realistic sounding piano (or guitar), bass and drum accompaniments for any downloaded or user-created chord chart.

FEATURES:

Have a virtual band accompany you as you practice
• Choose from the included 51 different accompaniment styles (Swing, Ballad, Gypsy Jazz, Bluegrass, Country, Rock, Funk, Reggae, Bossa Nova, Latin,...) and even more styles are available as in-app purchases
• Personalize each style with a variety of sounds including piano, Fender Rhodes, acoustic and electric guitars, acoustic and electric basses, drums, vibraphone, organ, and more
• Record yourself playing or singing along with the accompaniment

Play, edit, and download any songs you want
• 1000s of songs can be downloaded from the forums in a few simple steps
• Edit existing songs or create your own with the Editor
• The Player will play any song that you edit or create
• Create multiple editable playlists

Improve your skills with the included chord diagrams
• Display guitar, ukulele tabs and piano fingerings for any of your chord charts
• Look up piano, guitar and ukulele fingerings for any chord
• Display scale recommendations for each chord of a song to help with improvisations

Practice in the way, and at the level, that you choose
• Includes 50 exercises for practicing common chord progressions
• Transpose any chart to any key or to number notation
• Loop a selection of measures of a chart for focused practicing
• Advanced practice settings (automatic tempo increase, automatic key transposition)
• Global Eb, Bb, F and G transposition for horn players

Share, print, and export – so your music follows you wherever you need it!
• Share individual charts or whole playlists with other iReal Pro users via email and the forums
• Export charts as PDF and MusicXML
• Export audio as WAV, AAC and MIDI

Always backup your songs!

User Data Privacy

Developer has indicated that this app does not collect or transfer user data to third parties.

Technical details

Size: 80.4MB
Version: 2024.4-amazon
Developed By: Technimo LLC
Application Permissions: ( Help me understand what permissions mean )
  • Access information about networks
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • Open network sockets
  • Read from external storage
  • Record audio
  • PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming
  • Allows sending in-app billing requests and managing in-app billing transactions
  • Allows verification of Google app Entitlements
Minimum Operating System: Android 8.0.0
Approximate Download Time: More than 5 minutes

Customer reviews

4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5
551 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the learning and compatibility of the app. They say it's an excellent, useful product that serves its purpose very well. They also appreciate the vast array of song changes and the ability to change the key and tempo. Customers are also satisfied with the value, flexibility, and quality. However, opinions are mixed on ease of use.

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80 customers mention "Learning"80 positive0 negative

Customers find the app a great practice tool and learning aid for all levels of musician. They say it's one of the best jazz training tools, and the most satisfying program they have. Some say the app is amazing, and has proven useful for jazz rehearsals and individual practice.

"...and many more.The teaching mode is very useful...." Read more

"...This is probably a great tool for musicians, but I can't use it, or open it. It was just $23 and some change I cannot get back." Read more

"...This app is great...." Read more

"I love Jazz standards. This app has helped me learn some of my favorites and even some new ones...." Read more

27 customers mention "Compatibility"25 positive2 negative

Customers find the compatibility of the mobile application excellent, useful, and perfect. They also say it serves its purpose very well, is a very nice tool, and works flawlessly.

"I do like it. It works and is a good practice tool. No complaints. Room for improvement. Yes. Too heavy on jazz and not enough depth in other genres...." Read more

"...but it serves its purpose very well." Read more

"Just Fabulous, especially for jazz standards. You can change the key and the tempo (and even instrumentation) for instrument or vocal practice...." Read more

"this app is so well done and usefull!..." Read more

22 customers mention "Melody"17 positive5 negative

Customers like the melody of the mobile application. They say the vast array of song changes available is awesome, there are lots of song charts available on the forums, and the included practice tunes are excellent. The number of songs available is huge and growing every day. Customers say it's an ideal product with all the standard tunes plus a transpose feature. They also appreciate the cool new tunes added by users. They mention that the volume of songs in the catalogue is enormous and that they can make their own music loops.

"...Their included practice tunes are excellent...." Read more

"...I was able to easily create playlists of all of the tunes in the set list, in the keys that the vocalist had selected, and using the global..." Read more

"...It's a great feature and wonderful when practicing both the chart, and any lead...." Read more

"...Finding a song is quite fast by typing any word of the song, not just the first word!..." Read more

17 customers mention "Keys"17 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the keys of the mobile application. They mention that it allows them to change the key and tempo easily. They appreciate the wide range of tempos and the ability to transpose pieces.

"...The capacity to transpose the pieces and change tempo are great to have...." Read more

"...The teaching mode is very useful. It can be programmed to increase the tempo by a specified amount every chorus...." Read more

"You can adjust the style very quickly. I was introduced to this app by my piano teacher. We use it quite often in our lessons." Read more

"...It has a large library available for free download, a variety of rhythms (there are more available for additional cost.)..." Read more

11 customers mention "Value"11 positive0 negative

Customers find the value of the mobile application to be well worth the price.

"...This is a great practice tool for all levels of musician. Well worth the price." Read more

"...say enough good. things about this app. Just get it...it's. worth the price." Read more

"As a jazz musician, this really helps to have a copy of. It's cheaper than a real book, and it helps me get the changes of a song down much faster...." Read more

"...Easy to use and write quick chord charts. Well worth the investment. Wish there was version for the PC. Maybe soon???" Read more

9 customers mention "Flexibility"9 positive0 negative

Customers like the flexibility of the mobile application. They mention that it has a huge library, massive versatility, and lots of options. The music playback gives you all the style options you want. The built-in band with different style options and tempos is extremely convenient for practicing. Customers also say that it's loaded with features.

"...It takes up way less space, is much easier to carry and brings the same feature set..." Read more

"...It's a GREAT instructional tool with lots of flexibility and helpful add-ons...." Read more

"...The built in band with different style options and tempos is extremely convenient for practicing soloing...." Read more

"...~ could be a little more intuitive~huge library~massive versatility" Read more

6 customers mention "Quality"6 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the quality of the mobile application. They mention that it is an excellent product, great for kindle fire, and a good addition for their iPhone4.

"...Just finished a Christmas music rehearsal with it too. Great Product. Thanks" Read more

"Great product for your kindle fire. Broad range of rhythmic patterns, instruments and music to choose from. Easy to use and write quick chord charts...." Read more

"Good addition for your iPhone4." Read more

"Happy with this item. Works great, and seems to be of good quality." Read more

27 customers mention "Ease of use"16 positive11 negative

Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the mobile application. Some mention it's very easy to use, quick to learn, and manageable. They are also impressed by the user-friendly interface. However, others say that it'll take a while to become fluent with it, is frustrating, and confusing.

"...It's also easy to supply melody on/off or even user-selectable instruments... check out Thomas Dolby's excellent Headspace project!!..." Read more

"...quickly scroll down in the app to catch the last few chords, It’s very frustrating, so much to the point I find it less burdensome to still bring an..." Read more

"...This app is exactly what it says and it quite well programmed to get the most out of it." Read more

"...VERY EASY! This.app is great for looking up changes or if someone calls a.tune that you don't know. It can be great for ear-training also...." Read more

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Red
5.0 out of 5 stars Great app for musicians.
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2017
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I just got this 2 days ago and haven't had time to explore all you can do with it, but what I've seen is quite amazing. Their included practice tunes are excellent. They don't use the actual tune names, probably because of copy-write rules but 2 of the practice pieces are Coltrane's Giant Steps and 26-2. The supplied chord charts are accurate and the backing band is quite realistic. The capacity to transpose the pieces and change tempo are great to have. The user blog gives you the ability to add 1300 additional songs - mostly from the Real Book. This is very valuable if you're on a gig and a tune is called that you don't know. Apparently there is the capacity to create your own chord charts but I haven't had the time to try that out. Could be a very valuable tool to aid in composition.

This app only works on android and ios devices - not pcs, Hopefully they'll make a version for PC soon. It runs well on my Amazon fire tablet. Very highly recommended.
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Shawn G. Graham
5.0 out of 5 stars So Useful For Jazz Musicians
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2013
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The useful aspects are 1) many songs that can be downloaded easily from the forum 2) wide range of tempos 3) ability to cut out an instrument 4) change keys, 5) change style of backing (med. swing, bossa or whatever) and many more.

The teaching mode is very useful. It can be programmed to increase the tempo by a specified amount every chorus. It can also be programmed to change the key by a specified interval every chorus. I personally like the tempo feature for practicing a head starting off slowly and speeding up.

One problem is that if you want to learn the head of the tune, you need to have the music from somewhere else. I can't think of any way for iReal b to solve this problem. Another small nit is that there is no Windows version. I bought an android tablet for the purpose of using iReal b. If there was a Windows version I would have used my laptop. The advantage of the tablet I bought (Samsung Galaxy 2 tab 7") is that it is easy to carry around. And I can just put it on the music stand.

I have only been using it for a couple of days. There are many features I have yet to discover and utilize. I don't think you will be disappointed.
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Herman Lai
4.0 out of 5 stars Works better than a metronome.
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024
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You can adjust the style very quickly. I was introduced to this app by my piano teacher. We use it quite often in our lessons.
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bix
1.0 out of 5 stars I do not have a device this app is compatable with, and I can't find out our to get a refund
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024
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A friend has this app on his smart phone and I was so impressed I asked him to help me put it on my computer. When he opened it up, it put it on a Kindle I own, but it is in another states, and it didn't come up on that one either. This is probably a great tool for musicians, but I can't use it, or open it. It was just $23 and some change I cannot get back.
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Urban Achiever
5.0 out of 5 stars Great app for casual gigs and jazz standards
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2012
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I played a casual gig for the first time in many *many* years on New Year's Eve (just for fun). Needless to say, I was expecting to be very rusty, and would not have remembered all of the chord changes, etc. to all of the jazz standards that I used to play regularly as a kid. I was also expecting my on-the-fly transposition skills to be rusty, which *could* have been an issue since I am a horn player and since we were playing with a vocalist who wouldn't necessarily have wanted to play those tunes in their original keys (basically rendering my fake books useless for the evening).

This app is great. For the Gen-X'ers who started playing jazz in the 90's and maybe even had a few practice tools on their old DOS/Windows PC's, it reminds me of a touch-screen/on-the-go combination of Band-in-a-Box and Encore. I was able to easily create playlists of all of the tunes in the set list, in the keys that the vocalist had selected, and using the global transposition function to convert all of the charts from C to Bb (for tenor sax, trumpet, etc.). I didn't spend a lot of time using the built-in accompaniment function, but I expect it too will be very useful (when my device is plugged into external speakers) for practicing chord changes on-the-go.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Scaling and zoom desperately needs a fix
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2023
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If you expand the app window or full screen in windows 10/11 it increases the size of the font and still leaves you stuck with an unnecessary “page turn.” On iPad and iPhone it does its best to put all of your changes on one page in a single view. Tunes that fit all the measures on ipad just fine require you in windows to scroll down at the very bottom for as little as a single extra bar even on dramatically larger screen. It basically puts on the additional stress of having to memorize the changes before soloing on an unfamiliar tune unless youre gonna stop playing at the last 3-4 measures and have time to quickly scroll down in the app to catch the last few chords, It’s very frustrating, so much to the point I find it less burdensome to still bring an additional iPad for the chart even tho I have a monitor and pc already running piano vstis and my goals of streamlining my rig for live performances has been unsuccessful given this fatal quirk. I’ve tried a couple different portable monitors, resolutions, windows settings, even orientations and nothing fixes this problem for me. I really wish I had known this makes the app nearly worthless if you already own it elsewhere and I would have spent my money getting an apk to work on an android emulator. Hope this gets fixed.
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James Powell
5.0 out of 5 stars It really help me with cord leaning and rhythm.
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2024
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Love It!
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David Mullens
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Practice
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2013
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I love Jazz standards. This app has helped me learn some of my favorites and even some new ones. It also helps as I try to learn how to do jazz improvisational since it will play through the chart with drums, piano/guitar, bass. You are able to alter the volume of each of the instruments as well. I've read that some use this to do live gigs if they don't have a live band with them. It's a great feature and wonderful when practicing both the chart, and any lead.

Some have down rated this app because it doesn't include lyrics or melody line. There is a reason for this that, perhaps most, musicians know: Lyrics and Melody lines are copyrighted. Chord progressions do not have copyrights. If the lyrics/melodies were included, I'm sure the price of this app would be much higher.

I recommend this app to those who want to get rid of the big binders of music or those who want to have a convenient way to practice.
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Tinvi
5.0 out of 5 stars BUALÁ...
Reviewed in Spain on March 14, 2024
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Shopper
5.0 out of 5 stars Good App, But Better FREE!
Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2016
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Good App - better when it's free! (note this app frequently goes on promotion for free).
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Amazon カスタマー
5.0 out of 5 stars 使える
Reviewed in Japan on April 22, 2019
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十分使えるが、ピッチコントロール機能があるとさらに良い。
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5.0 out of 5 stars O melhor do gênero pra celular
Reviewed in Brazil on December 29, 2015
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Ótimo aplicativo para prática e improvisação de temas musicais. Deveria só melhorar os ritmos brasileiros... Os ritmos Ainda estão muito quadrados.
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Piero Guiducci
5.0 out of 5 stars App ben fatta e molto utile
Reviewed in Italy on February 16, 2016
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Ottima appena, davvero ben fatta e molto utile, sia per lo studio, per l'elaborazione, l' esercitazione, che per l'impiego live. Ottime le varie opzioni che offre. L'unico neo, a mio avviso, è il fatto che non essendo prevista la funzione "Save", ogni modifica apportata rimane attiva alla chiusura del brano, quindi se queste erano momentanee, prima di chiudere occorre riportare manualmente il brano alle condizioni originarie. È auspicabile, perciò, un prossimo aggiornamento che includa la funzione Save. Appena consigliabilissima.
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