Octavian Pro is the Swiss Army knife of music theory apps! Featuring 550+ scales and 100+ chords, with deep options for viewing, listening, and cross-referencing, Octavian is the ultimate reference, learning, and teaching tool. Essential for all musicians, students, composers, and songwriters! As seen in Keyboard Magazine (Jan 2010): "It's a cheat sheet no keyboardist should leave home without." • SCALES - 550+ scales from around the world and through history. View any scale with any root note, in any mode, and examine the chords and harmony within the scale. • CHORDS - 100+ chords including sevenths, elevenths, ninths, thirteenths. Invert chords and browse scales that include the chord. • PROGRESSIONS - Compose 12-step chord progressions, with inversions, transposition, and added sevenths for each step. • MODULATION - Find pivot chords for the current scale and discover possible modulation destinations for each scale degree. • DICTIONARY - Enter notes on the keyboard to find the scales and chords that contain the notes! • DISPLAY - Configure the note labels to show notes, intervals, degrees, steps, or solfège (iPad only). • PLAYBACK - Choose tempo, octave, and repeat options for 12 high-quality instrument sounds to suit ear training, practice, or just hearing new harmonies. A video tutorial is available at http://www.bitnotic.com/octavian.html
Versatile but lacking some practical tools
1. Needs in-app manual or at least on-demand wizards 2. Needs way to save notes, chords and progressions you play and to output this as midi file 3. Would also be nice to output midi from within app Aside from that, get ready for a voyage of discovery.
United StatesLove the new update
Glad to be able to use this app again. If you can make an option to have dictionary mode play individual note sounds as we touch/add them that would be handy. Thanks!
United StatesHooray!!
I can now upgrade to IOS 11. Was avoiding doing that solely for this app!
United StatesEven Better sheesh!
I was so upset when I updated to iOS 11 and couldn’t use this app. :( I was wondering what the heck is taking them so long to update??, My apologies... I’m not even mad anymore. they were simply making things even better. Bravo Team! Freakin Bravo!
United StatesUPDATE THE APP
Cant use since they haven’t updated the app with ios 11
United StatesAwesome! Great if interested music theory
Sound is working just fine people! Not sure why the review says that. EXCELLENT APP exactly what anyone who knows music theory would want if learning piano. Very few people don't learn both together so this app was perfect for me. If you don't already know music theory this app might not help you but if you know it or are learning it you really couldn't ask for much more. I plug in my MIDI iRig iPhone keyboard and chord away! If you want an app that stays out of the way but isn't missing any detail this is it.
United StatesFix sound.
Not as useful without sound. Please fix. Should of had read the comments before paying 2.99 for it.
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• Modulation - Find pivot chords for the current scale • "Ghost" scale notes when showing chords in Scales or Modulation • Fix display issues with some buttons in Settings
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