Solid vocal app with room for improvements.
Ive lately become a huge fan and user of Brett Mannings video lessons & website. The app doesnt replace you, your brain & your keyboard but its great for car and on the go practice. Each exercise sequence really can be turned into all kinds of exercises, its nice to have that piano going thru the keys & melodic sequences for you.
The user interface needs some work(though Ill admit I havent used it more than a few times yet). On the main page way too much dead space is created by having Bretts superb promo photo taking up most of the screen. Looking good Brett but all that space could be put to better use(just move the photo to the info section &/or simply use a much smaller, out of the way headshot. At the moment thats my only negative, the convoluted and hard to see user interface with buttons to different sections randomly placed.
Im less concerned about this but the exercise rhythms and time signatures seem to be a little weird at times(mainly when changing thru the keys), a click would be nice with the ability to add it in or take it away. Or at least more rhythmic cues between sequences while ascending or defending through keys. Maybe a solid block chord at each down beat going into the next key.
Hopefully with each update comes new exercises and maybe new piano performances for the current ones.
Love this app though, already nice and soooo much potential. Great job Brett.
David Cain about
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