Music master! Windows 8 apps that help you learn to play instruments

To to master a musical instrument to perfection, in addition to dedicating yourself to practicing with it for hours and hours, you need a training to which many times we cannot access due to lack of time. Now, thanks to the Internet and new technologies, we have new resources at our disposal that will facilitate our learning process.

We show you several applications for Windows 8 that will help you learn to play instruments Both beginners and advanced musicians will find in these useful tools, the ideal complement with which to start your training or improve your technique.

Play Guitar! and Rock Guitar!

These two applications will be especially useful for all those passionate about the guitar. With them they will be able to learn and practice the basic main chords on their computer or tablet with the Windows 8 or Windows RT operating system. Both applications have the same options but while Play Guitar! is oriented to classical guitar, Rock Guitar! it is on electric guitar.

So Much Rock Guitar! like PlayGuitar! they are free but if we purchase the paid versions, which cost a little less than €2, in addition to removing it we will access new more advanced chords.

Beginner Guitar Lessons

And continuing with the guitar, we are going to talk about Beginner Guitar Lessons. An application that provides us with excellent theoretical training with which we can learn to play this wonderful instrument from scratch. The course consists of 4 levels (the first of which is free), divided into 52 lessons explained by a professional guitarist. To facilitate learning and understanding, in each lesson we will find on-screen graphics and up to 60 videos in high definition.

Practice Your Music

Practice Your Music allows us to practice with our favorite instrument accompanied by a virtual orchestra This application has a wide catalog of songs so that We choose according to our level and instrument.While we see the score on the screen, we can control the volume of any of the band members in order to play their part. It is ideal for those who want to practice playing together with other musicians instead of solo.

Piano Time Pro

Piano Time Pro shows us on the screen a multi-touch piano with 36 keys and four selectable octaves. In addition to being able to configure the metronome, it allows us to record our compositions in MP3. As we have said, Piano Time Pro is multi-touch but we can also use it with the mouse or select from various keyboard configurations.

There is a free version of this application that offers the same features as the Pro but contains . Piano fans will find other alternatives with similar functions in the Windows Store, such as Piano8 or ElectricPiano8

Note Trainer

One of the most important things when playing any instrument is our ability and speed when reading sheet music With Note Trainer we are going to develop this ability by playing instead of with the classic and boring memorization method. As we progress, the level of difficulty and the speed at which the scores are displayed will increase.

At any time we can consult our statistics to see what we usually fail at, our records, or the achievements we have unlocked by reaching certain objectives. Note Trainer is a simple application at first glance but it has turned out to be a useful tool that allows us to learn to read music in a very enjoyable way.

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