the Craic 4+

Mobile tunes in abc notation

Wil Macaulay

    • 4.6 • 5 Ratings
    • $7.99
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Carry your tunebook with you wherever you go! thousands of traditional dance tunes in abc notation on the internet, and create your own tunes, sets and collections.

Stop rummaging through paper tunebooks - turn your iPad or iPhone into a portable tunebook. Quickly search, display and hear thousands of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and other tunes for fiddle, flute, bagpipes, banjo, mandolin, concertina or accordion.

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- includes a selection of 76 commonly played session tunes (lots more on the Internet!)
- create, play and print sets of tunes
- create collections of your favourite tunes and sets, print them as tune books or as incipits
- import ABC notation via iTunes, cloud services like iCloud and Dropbox, email or the internet
- bagpipe notation for tunes with HP or Hp key
- search online or on your iPad or iPhone
- online search results can be quickly imported into your library
- simple playback with tempo control and looping
- choose flute, whistle, fiddle, banjo, guitar, piano, harp or accordion
- create and edit ABC notation on your iPad with a keyboard extension to simplify entry
- external keyboard fully supported
- print
- share via email as ABC notation or PDF
- open as a PDF in other applications

Use of the Craic is governed by the standard Apple Terms of Use. You can view this at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

What’s New

Version 3.5.1

Fixes for a couple of crashing bugs

Ratings and Reviews

4.6 out of 5
5 Ratings

5 Ratings

Longtall52 ,

Clear winner!!

Don’t think of using any other source and playback app for your trad music ABC files.
The Craic is a well supported, well thought out app for those wanting to build a library of music for their traditional music learning pleasure.
It is my go-to app for sourcing common and obscure tunes that I want to learn. And for the couple of years I have been using it, nothing else even comes close to how handy and easy to use this small footprint app is.
Wil is a great guy who listens and acts on users suggestions, making this great app even more useful than it was when first released.
By the way, I am just an ordinary paying user who gains nothing except satisfaction from giving this app and Wil a five star review.
They are just that good.
Colin
Tasmania

Developer Response ,

Hope you'll check out the new version - I've added the ability to change playback instrument.

Takna ,

Pretty good.

I bought this specifically for creating and sharing sets. It’s pretty good but two changes would make it truly excellent.
Firstly, I only make sets from Favourites (which in my world are tunes I can play). If I had the option of choosing JUST from the Favourites list it would save me hunting through thousands of tunes each time I want to add to the set.
Secondly, within a set it would be very desirable to have the option of rearranging the items rather than having to start again when the set isn’t quite right.
Otherwise the PDF creation is great as is the sharing. Money well spent. 👍

Developer Response ,

You can now pick sets from just the favourites. Also, if you tap the edit key in the set list you can drag tunes to rearrange them

Marna Fiddler ,

Must have app for the trad musician

I’m a fiddler in Vic Australia. I love this app. The ability to import any tune from the session website and to have it at my fingertips in any format - playback at any speed, standard music notation etc (and print direct from the app) is what I find most convenient. Simple and easy to use and does everything I need it to do. Brilliant stuff.

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