Wolfram Music Theory Course Assistant

The Wolfram Music Theory Course Assistant is now available for $1.99 for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is supporting English language. It weighs in at only 3.1 MB to download. It is highly advisable to have the latest app version installed so that you don`t miss out on the fresh new features and improvements. The current app version 1.0.2 has been released on 2014-11-20. For ensuring consistency with the device you should take into account the following app compatibility information: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later
More Info: Find more info about Wolfram Music Theory Course Assistant in Wolfram Alpha LLC`s Official Website : http://products.wolframalpha.com/courseassistants

I gave this app a try because I thought even with the terrible reviews if it is close to what the developer describes it to be it s worth the 5 bucks It s completely prefect I have been playing music my entire life and have yet to master one instrument because I just can t get the music theory Regular tutorial based lesson apps are too boring for me to pay attention to long enough I just want to play and write music This app is the perfect reference to super quickly look at the sounds I m working with to build the chords learn the scales and notes I can put together with them and hopefully FINALLY actually learn key signatures I hope Wolffram Alpha people try it and give it good reviews for it s value of what it s actually built to do                     Exactly what I needed Perfect companion reference for anyone studying and practicing music J. Awesome 9457310

This is a good example of what happens when software engineers overreach I am one I understand the failing This is a weird mix of dictionary ish articles and obscure stuff that reminds me of the feeling of reading the CIA Factbook A buffet of random facts that does little to educate Perhaps hiring a music teacher who can product manage a redesign would help         Weak duplicate_id

Do not waste your money Cumbersome interface with in my opinion little useful content It needs to talk to the mother ship to do something as simple as the playing a single note The dictionary implementation is simply ludicrous Not worthy of the Wolfram name which I have great respect for review written Jan 13 2014     Useless JmarioCV

Not detailed enough to be helpful with college level music theory I expected so much more     Too elementary Lkmorris

Stick with mathematics Wolfram No one does it better Since math and music are inextricably linked I wrongly assumed that Wolfram s music theory app would be as thoughtfully organized as their other sub apps calculus algebra etc Not even close I deleted this memory sucker pretty quickly since I already have access to Wikipedia So please make this app free or better yet in an update of this app make it music centric instead of as another reviewer so aptly called it a smaller dictionary         Thoughts from a musician and a music teacher hollyfigueroa

This is without a doubt the single most useless app It s a dictionary that s it Though it aggregates a collection of words relative to music to define there are no examples It defines a fugue as both a dissociative psych disorder and a style of composition Thanks wolfram for a smaller dictionary     Garbage GTU3

Not worth your trouble even before the latest update which breaks it so it won t even launch     Trivial and update broke it laconic2

I think that the app is a bit misnnamed I don t see it much of an assistant but instead more of a almost mathematical reference tool Look up something like C Major scale and you will be given the obvious information such as the names of the notes in the scale a drawing of it on a staff But then you start to get into the less common info alternate names frequencies of the pitches in the scale midi note numbers and diving into the esoteric results of various set theory operations As a music teacher this is not an app that I would likely use But as a composer some things are quite interesting There is an almost encyclopedic set of scales that are fascinating to explore Some areas are very disappointing The section entitled Science of Music turns out to be merely a tiny dictionary of a handful of technical terms all with brief definitions that would teach little to the average musician Likewise for the section entitled Song Types For instance I would expect a definition of gavotte to speak more of the typical rhythms involved and what a missed opportunity in that no examples were offered I was surprised that this same section didn t have an entry for gigue The interface is annoying at times To look up a word you must first identify its category is it a style of music or a song type and then find the word in a picker menu If you can not find the word you may be left wondering if it is in another category It is also very limiting that you must have a web connection in order for the app to work Frankly I do not see enough information presented by the app to merit an Internet connection The contents could easily be downloaded And there does not seem to be any complicated aspect of the interface that would be served well by centralized processing This is not an app that I expect to use although I might pick it up once and a while to explore its scales I am not sure what Wolfram had in mind for this app Perhaps they expect to grow the knowledge base online over time so that the app will evolve to a comprehensive knowledge source In the meantime I d recommend waiting before purchasing it             Not sure what to think NAZ Music

Great app especially the many scales                     Wonderful Newmexico12345

I have always held the Wolfram software company in high regard ever since the early days of Mathematica so I had admittedly high expectations for this app Unfortunately this app disappoints on all fronts It is painfully slow It is of surprisingly little substance It requires a network connection for every feature Apps like this are a vivid reminder of why I hate Apple s no refund policy     Disappointed Cognisense

Poorly designed Definitions copied out of a non music dictionary Others poorly worded or just wrong Pitch and interval sections are too laborious for anyone to learn anything It takes 4 steps just to get to middle C This app is of no help and a waste of money     Terrible Camas Band Nerd

As with many Wolfram Alpha powered apps this is not even as good as just going straight to Wolfram Alpha which is free Why pay for something which just accesses Alpha     Oh man Dranorter

Sound doesn t work     Broken rkmark

Right after download I was very satified even though I could not understand why it would keep accessing the web for each request It took longer than I wish and it would improve a lot if it could work offline But then Now it is really hard to get response from the servers 99 of the time I get a timeout and end up empty handed A shame I hope Wolfram fixes asap     Slow and unstable Marcelo::Miranda

Most information is nonmusic specific and this app really has no theory which was I was looking for Not worth 1 99 for the scales which is more or less its only good feature             Not very helpful abertsch

Not much here yet especially when compared to other Wolfram apps The ability to play notes and scales is a nice addition though         Meh chadequate

This app is amazingly non music specific Definitions of terms are not specific to music and do not include musical notation examples very general For example the scales search does not include the Melodic Minor form one of the great 48 every musician learns hmmmm Don t buy wait for something written by music instructors     Shallow Information Enricochet

I love it                     Good app VietNamWar

I wish all intervals did not start at the middle c octave I wish you could lower the octave and the look at different intervals         Wanting more functionality Marcussssssss

Nice app but I would ve liked to see a bass clef representation in the calculation I m a native trombone player and I read bass clef normally so it would be a lot easier to have that rather than transposing treble clef Overall it s a fantastic application though                     Great app mart1373

And not very user friendly         Way too slow liumiemie

Wolfram has been an interesting supplier for years but this one does not measure up during initial tests S L O W for starters Clearly a low poriority computation on Wolfram s servers I experienced several connection time outs awaiting results for mundane queries on Saturday evening such as C diminished triad display As mentioned in other reviews it s just a skin for connecting to Wolfram s computation engine I want to use this in lessons and rehearsals but it s nowhere near fast enough Another thing I could learn to dislike intensely is this you set up a query you press Compute you wait the result comes back it s nice but nowhere in the result is there an indication of what chord interval scale you asked for Labeled results are a pretty darn basic scientific and musical behavior especially when it takes 15 30 seconds to receive the results I expect that Wolfram will need to upgrade this app in the near future Wait befor buying iOS 4 0 2 iPhone 3GS lightly loaded WiFi         Bleh spearhead7

Why a great app lovin it                 Wonderful chrisstephens1

Have it compatible for iOS 3     Have it compatible for iOS 3 ajnethery

It s an okay app It s basically just consolidating all things music from wolfram alpha into a single app As a beginner to music theory it s kinda handy But not a must buy             Okay ruchrana