GuitarParrot® - Intense Ear Training!
Practice melodic listening, focus and playing abilities by playing "Follow the Leader" on iPhone/iPad/Silicon Mac and your guitar.
GuitarParrot® brings the classic "Follow the Leader" game to a whole new place - your phone or tablet! Start off easy, then increase the level as you improve! Work in all 12 keys, with many scale choices. Develop your abilities to hear notes and melodies and instantly land them on your guitar! Why is that useful? If you are a musician trying to improvise or learn songs, it becomes much easier as you connect your ear to your instrument. Any virtuoso musician will tell you that ear training is extremely important to musical growth. As an instructor, this is a game I play with students of all levels. I created this app to expand the game beyond what a normal human (me) could offer:
Scale - choose from 4-note, 5-note, Major, Minor, and Custom scales.
Keys - all 12 keys are available.
Octaves - two octave settings let you explore the neck more completely.
Levels - each level adds 4 notes to the melody. Level 10 is 40 notes long. Can you beat it? How about with a Chromatic scale?
The "Custom" scale setting makes it possible to drill intervals, triads, or any other 1-octave arrangement of notes.
The game can be played on iPad, iPhone or Silicon Mac, using the built-in mic or a guitar interface like iRig or a similar device. You can also use wired headphones with or without a built-in mic. Bluetooth playback is supported, but not Bluetooth mic. Although it is intended for Guitar, you can use any instrument or even sing.
Instead of poking a note on the screen or touching colored lights in sequence, this app makes you listen and play your own instrument. There is no visual assistance, just rely your ear.
This app is an incredible practice tool that should be a part of a complete program. A good instructor will show you how to apply the scales and notes to songs you may be learning.
Visit www.guitarparrot.com for videos and more!
I’ve been using Guitar Parrott for a few months. It’s great for sharpening your ear-to-fret board skills. Guitar Parrott creates and plays a random sequence of notes for you to play. When it’s your turn to replay the notes the fret board will be highlighted in green. If you played the sequence correctly the Parrott gives you a win and moves on to the next set of notes. Once you’ve failed the random samples 3 times, you’re out and you have to start over. The Parrott keeps score and has statistics for successful or failed attempts. For me, the Parrot wins most of the time. You can also select 4 note, 5 note or major scales to train with as well as changing Keys and tempos. Overall it’s a great tool for learning to play by ear.
Developer Response
Thanks for your review and for downloading my app! GuitarParrot was designed to be challenging, but don't give up! Start off with default settings and gradually increase the difficulty. My hope and desire is that you keep playing and begin to beat it at higher levels. A quick hint about gameplay: The different sounds (miss or not heard) indicate why you failed. If you get the Not Heard sound, it can simply happen because you simply played faster than the set Tempo expects notes. Try slowing down, or raising the Tempo. I personally like playing around 150 or 160. If you get the Miss sound, then it heard the wrong note. This can happen if you play two strings together (the strongest tone wins!), which happens to me when I get a little sloppy. Hang in there and have fun!
Ear and Memory Training in one
Data Analysis Cosby
This app is a great way to practice both ear training and memory training at the same time. It feels like playing a quick game, but can lead to real world benefits!
Fantastic Learning Tool
swidom
... and fun too. So much thought went into this App's design. So easy to use. Great help documentation. This is a must buy for any serious student! I can't believe it can hear me and know what notes I played. Its like Shazam only better!
Developer Response
Thanks for downloading GuitarParrot! I am so glad that you see value in my app! Shazam is quite different, but I greatly appreciate the compliment! To clarify for other reading this review, GuitarParrot plays notes, then listens to the notes you play back and makes sure they match. Shazam is able to identify any recorded song in the world by hearing a small sample, which is amazing in a totally different way. Truly, both are amazing, but that's where the similarities end.
Fun and useful
MeShellMum
Whether you are a guitar master or beginner, this app is fun and easy to use. No other guitar app like this!
1.1.3 adds features to the Settings screen. In addition to the gameplay adjustments, there are now settings for changing the event sounds (win, miss, etc.) and the instrument sound that GuitarParrot uses for a more personalized experience. It might even make it more fun! A reset button puts all settings back to defaults.
The "Continue" button has been renamed "Pop-Ups?" to make it more clear that this button turns the in-play pop-up messages on and off. Pop-Ups are now Off by default.
As always, the app is can be played with any device orientation for maximum convenience. Available for iPhone, iPad and Silicon Mac.
Version 1.1.3
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Information
Seller
Hineman Music Services, LLC
Size
47.1 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
