DroneTone Lite 4+

Name: DroneTone Lite
Author: James Roberts

High quality reference pitches

James Roberts

Designed for iPad

- Free

Description

New version! Completely rebuilt from the ground up to include highly requested features such as volume control, chords, and pitch adjustment.

Drone Tone Tool is an app created by professional musicians and music educators providing high quality reference pitches with the rich overtones of real cellos. We encourage musicians of all abilities to experience the benefits of reference tone practice!

Why real cello drones?

There are many electronic tone generators, and while they are better than nothing, they lack complexity of overtones and can be painful to listen to. Our cello drones are pleasing to the ear, rich in overtones and contain layered octaves to facilitate practice in all registers.

Purpose and benefit of reference/drone tones:

A reference (or drone) tone provides a center of harmonic stability. Our ears are able to discern the way that multiple pitches interact while strengthening our internal sense of pitch. By playing with a movable pitch (instrument or voice) relative to a fixed pitch (drone tone) we can start to perceive truly consonant perfect intervals, and 'shades' or 'colors' within Major/Minor intervals. This heightened awareness of relative pitch leads to artistry through intonation.

18 Dec 2023

Version 2.2.1

Resolved an issue where the app would not produce sound while the silent switch was on. Tones will now play even when the silent switch is on!

The developer, James Roberts, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.