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thomasross20 · December 2014

Anybody else use this? I think it's great and the "free" version is great. Hope the site never goes down!

mart · January 2015

Yep, another happy user here. The tabs aren't perfect, but it's a very handy resource. Unfortunately since I downloaded the app they seem to have changed the terms. My son downloaded it, and it seems he has to pay a regular subscription in order to have the access that Ive got.

thomasross20 · January 2015

Is the paid version any better?

matt1973 · January 2015

I use a bit, but for learning song material nothing clan beat iReal pro. If you're learning a solo or complex passage I imagine it could be quite useful.

thomasross20 · January 2015

Need an iPad/iMac for that?

mart · January 2015

thomasross20 said:

Is the paid version any better?

I'm pretty sure I paid for my copy, although I can't get iTunes to tell me for definite. And judging from the most recent reviews the only payment option is a £3 monthly subscription, without which you get no songs.

I just had a look at iReal Pro, and it looks a very different beast, and very much slanted towards jazz rather than pop/rock which is where songsterr seems to be aimed. iReal seems to provid a good backing track to jam along to, whereas the sounds in songsterr are a joke.

matt1973 · January 2015

thomasross20 said:

Need an iPad/iMac for that?

I use it on an iPad yes. You get very clear transcriptions that are either self-written in an editor or downloaded from the public domain. Fortunately they're usually pretty good and you can change the key to whatever you want on the fly. I play in a couple of cover bands where the sets change with perplexing regularity and requests are pretty common too. This app has bailed me out countless times.

thomasross20 · January 2015

Damn, I've not got apple devices. Are the songs covered pretty good (wide range etc compared to songsterr)?

songsterr does sound naff and the tabs aren't perfect but they're a great start. I don't pay for it.

RedRabbit · January 2015

iReal pro is on android as well. Unless it's changed from when I used it it's just chord sheets which can be handy but finding songs could be a pain (unless it's a jazz standard - they were plentiful) and I found entering my own chords sheets a frustrating experience so went back to pen and paper.

matt1973 · January 2015

There's quite a few pop standards on there these days. I guess a lot of function band players must have adopted this app. It's definately worth noting that there's no notation or Tab just chord charts but I find these much more useful for what I do. Much better than those God awful lyrics sheet with the chord symbols above the text.

Handsome_Chris · January 2015

I found that it's alright, but I prefer Guitar Pro 6. With GP6 I can download tabs and mess about with them a lot more. This includes such things as correcting tab and slowing them down to learn licks.

d8m · January 2015

Has anyone had any experience with the GP app for iPad?

daveyh · January 2015

Yeah I use it all the time

d8m said:

Has anyone had any experience with the GP app for iPad?

sunshinewelly · January 2015

is the free version still available on the ipad

also whats the GP app?

Handsome_Chris · January 2015

GP = Guitar Pro

Handsome_Chris · January 2015

@sunshinewelly, here a link for the trial version of GP6.

sunshinewelly · January 2015

cheers for the link,

seems that songster on the ipad is no longer free

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