Tunebook 17+

Everyone in my fiddle group uses this and encourages newcomers to get it. It’s extremely handy and easy to edit (with some practice). I really wish I could create new songs from scratch. That would make it so much easier to add and share tunes with each other. Also not sure why I can’t just add a file that’s on my iPad (unless I’m missing something)

I have been using Tunepal for awhile and it works great for finding music people have posted online in the abc format. If you have your own collection of abc files or need reliable access to certain sheet music offline, however, Tunebook is indispensable.

Tunebook generally does a good job of displaying sheet music (and playing it back midi-style) as long as you give it well-formed abc. Given the limited screen real estate on an iPhone, it works best for short fiddle tunes and the like. (There is an example Bach concerto that comes with the app, but it seems to be cut off at the bottom. Doesn't concern me much as I would never feed Tunebook something that huge, but the author may want to look into it?) I imagine the iPad version would be better suited to those longer pieces.

The one feature I would really like to see in Tunebook, however, is the ability to transpose to a different key. I can't tell you how many times I've shown up at a gig and the singer goes, "Oh, I'd rather do this song in D." The guitarists all flip on their capos but I'm on a fiddle. I can sight read music, so all I need is that transpose function and I won't be left behind. Put this one feature in and I'll give it 5 stars! (Note: In desperation, I did once manage to transpose a song all on the iPhone by copying the abc source out of Tunebook, pasting it into a transposing web site in Safari, and copying it back, but that was arduous to say the least!)

Responsive developer amazing download of abc notation tunes just have to use a proxy site to load sites otherwise it won't load websites. Beautiful renditions of tunes, has tune books shows keys of songs and beats. Also can play songs with midi like player. Export and import songs easy. Top value and quality