MusicSense

Write it. Practise it. Come back to it.

Write a section, then play it. A song section with its chords, lyric and notes, playing.

MusicSense keeps a song and the practice that goes with it together. Write each section's chords, lyric and notes, play it back, then rehearse it at a speed you choose until it sits right.

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Rehearsal

Rehearse at your own pace.

Choose a speed, a count-in, how many times to play it through and whether to loop. A repetition only counts when the whole section plays through, or when you mark it done yourself.

The songs, chords and lyrics on these screens are sample material made for development.

MusicSense rehearsal settings for Verse 1: practice speed 75 percent of the saved 96 BPM, giving 72 BPM; a one-bar count-in; a repetition target of 3; Loop section selected; a note that a repetition counts only when the section plays through or is marked complete; and a Start button for 3 repetitions at 75 percent. — Setting up a rehearsal: speed, count-in, repetitions and loop. Android development build; cropped to the practice settings.

Writing and practice together

One room for the whole idea.

Chords, words and practice usually live in different places. MusicSense keeps them with the song, so the tempo you write at is the tempo you practise at.

Practise in the song's time

The metronome opens at the song's own tempo and meter, here 92 BPM in six-eight, so practice matches what you wrote.

MusicSense song metronome for Riverlight Sketch Chorus 3 at 92 BPM in six-eight time, playing, with tempo buttons, beat markers and time signature choices. — The metronome at the song's own 92 BPM in six-eight. Android development build, sample song.

Pick up where you left off

Home brings back the song you were shaping, down to the section, with the tuner, metronome, library and recorder a tap away.

MusicSense Home with the song workshop card for Riverlight Sketch, nine sections saved on this device, Continue at Chorus 3 and New song, plus Tuner, Metronome, Library and Recorder. — Home picks up the song you were working on. Android development build, sample song.

Accounts

Signing in isn't open yet.

MusicSense works without an account, keeping your songs on your phone. Signing in will let a song follow you to another device; the online service behind it is still being prepared, and accounts aren't open to the public.

How accounts, saved work and deletion are handled is set out in the MusicSense privacy notice.

Where it stands

In development.

MusicSense is in development for phones and isn't available yet. The screens come from Android development builds with sample songs. Sound is part of the app, but a picture can't show it.

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