Piano Apprentice

Name: Piano Apprentice
Rating: 3.4 (17 reviews)
Author: ION Audio

Music

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

17 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

ION Audio
Language

EN
+ 5 More
Size

78.2
MB

Learn to play piano the easy way with Piano Apprentice! Piano lesson videos are provided by The Piano Guy, a.k.a. Scott Houston. Just press “Piano Lessons”, pick the song you want to learn and he will show you how easy it is to play popular melodies. Start with the Right Hand alone, then the Left. Once those are mastered he will show you how to put your hands together! If you are using the Ion Piano Apprentice keyboard, the notes will light up along with Scott’s hands. Follow the lights and begin playing music instantly! Or, if you want to learn to read notes, select “Sheet Music” from the home screen. Then, you can choose to watch a basic tutorial on reading notes, or just dive right in to the song of your choice. Speed controls are provided for controlling the playback tempo, so you can learn at your own pace. Of course you can just have fun playing the piano and making up your own melodies by selecting “Piano Jam”.

Ratings & Reviews

3.4

out of 5

17 Ratings

Video doesn’t play (lessons) after iOS update
02/18/2021

Geo in PA
After applying 14.4 the video screen is blank on the lessons. You can hear the audio. Would love to get the update
Video doesn’t play (lessons) after iOS update
02/18/2021

Geo in PA

After applying 14.4 the video screen is blank on the lessons. You can hear the audio. Would love to get the update
Piano Guy and ION made best App ever!!!
05/15/2020

futureman123
Piano Guy is wonderful and helps me learn to play the Piano! He is the Teacher in the App.This App works with the little portable piano, very small and affordable.Great App! Highly recommended!
Piano Guy and ION made best App ever!!!
05/15/2020

futureman123

Piano Guy is wonderful and helps me learn to play the Piano! He is the Teacher in the App.This App works with the little portable piano, very small and affordable.Great App! Highly recommended!
Great concept and works well, but...
01/06/2013

kenoodle
Using it with the Ion keyboard works beautifully. It's very cool to see and hear the teacher say "these keys" and those keys light up on the keyboard as he plays them. The keyboard has two on-board speakers through which you hear the piano and the teacher, and the sound reacts to how much pressure you put on the keys. Pretty sophisticated for such an inexpensive product! The problem, for me, is the instruction.I have zero experience with piano and it would help to be able to slowly roll the instruction backwards to repeat just one segment… hand placement for a chord, for example. As it is now, you can stop/freeze the image on the iPad screen, and hit the play button to continue, but you can't "slow rewind"… it has to start from the beginning. Another problem for me… It's hard enough to learn the chords, but the finger placement is shown how it should be, but then adapted to fit the 15-key keyboard, making it very confusing.Another problem is the teacher. I like him and his easy-going manner, but he should have read from a script, or at least notes. He appears to be "winging it", because of all the times he corrects himself. (Why didn't they just edit out the bloopers?)All-in-all it's a brilliant concept and implementation, but the instruction is not well thought out. In any case, it beats trying to learn from a book.
Great concept and works well, but...
01/06/2013

kenoodle

Using it with the Ion keyboard works beautifully. It's very cool to see and hear the teacher say "these keys" and those keys light up on the keyboard as he plays them. The keyboard has two on-board speakers through which you hear the piano and the teacher, and the sound reacts to how much pressure you put on the keys. Pretty sophisticated for such an inexpensive product! The problem, for me, is the instruction.I have zero experience with piano and it would help to be able to slowly roll the instruction backwards to repeat just one segment… hand placement for a chord, for example. As it is now, you can stop/freeze the image on the iPad screen, and hit the play button to continue, but you can't "slow rewind"… it has to start from the beginning. Another problem for me… It's hard enough to learn the chords, but the finger placement is shown how it should be, but then adapted to fit the 15-key keyboard, making it very confusing.Another problem is the teacher. I like him and his easy-going manner, but he should have read from a script, or at least notes. He appears to be "winging it", because of all the times he corrects himself. (Why didn't they just edit out the bloopers?)All-in-all it's a brilliant concept and implementation, but the instruction is not well thought out. In any case, it beats trying to learn from a book.
No video only audio ☹️
11/01/2020

@When.I.Decided.To.Change
App was great on my iPhone. Purchased and iPad but after the most recent updates to iOS, app launches fine but when you click to watch any videos, you can only get audio. Keys also not responding. Need an update ASAP to fix this. App can’t be used if there is no video.
No video only audio ☹️
11/01/2020

@When.I.Decided.To.Change

App was great on my iPhone. Purchased and iPad but after the most recent updates to iOS, app launches fine but when you click to watch any videos, you can only get audio. Keys also not responding. Need an update ASAP to fix this. App can’t be used if there is no video.