Piano Sharp app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 3632 ratings )
Music Entertainment
Developer: Rambax, LLC
1.99 USD
Current version: 2.0, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 19 May 2009
App size: 10.81 Mb

*** Featured by Apple in the App Store in 2009 ***

Piano Sharp is a virtual piano that allows you to compose music, play your own MIDI files and record new songs in a simple way. It features a new innovative way to pre-record up to three parts of your song separately (with adjustable velocity and tempo) and then play/loop them while recording the main song.

You can record your songs in MIDI format then export to your computer for external editing/playing with your preferred audio application. Even if you cant play the piano, you can still enjoy listening to high-quality piano tunes, which can be imported into Piano Sharp as MIDI file.

Main Features:
- Five octaves of high-quality sampled piano sounds and low-latency
- Export your recorded songs or import MIDI files to play with high-quality piano sounds
- Create up to three loops or sequences to assist you while recording a complex song (double-tap on R1-R3 buttons to re-record or edit velocity/tempo/loop)
- Scroll keyboard left/right using Accelerometer
- Adjustable keyboard size
- Ability to change position and tempo of the song playing
- Slide your fingers to roll the keys
- Play up to five keys simultaneously
- Metronome

Some of demo songs included in the application:
- Arabesque #1 - Claude Debussy
- Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy
- Fur Elise – Beethoven
- Moonlight Sonata 3rd - Beethoven
- Pathetique Sonata, Movement 2 - Beethoven
- Canon in D major - Johann Pachelbel
- Symphony No. 5 - Bethoven
- Turkish March – Mozart
- Gymnopedie #1 - Erik Satie
- Fantaisie Impromptu – Chopin
- Etude Opus 10 No.4 – Chopin
- Nocturne Opus 55 No. 1 – Chopin
- Nocturne Opus 9 No. 2 - Chopin
- Passacaglia - Handel
- Symphony No. 40 I and III - Mozart
- Spring - Vivaldi
- Air on the G String - Bach
- Badinerie - Bach
- Bourree - Bach
- Swan Lake Scene 1 - Tchaikovsky
- Symphony No. 3 - Brahms
- Habanera - Bizet
- In the Hall of the Mountain King - Grieg
- Polonaise - Oginski
- Sabre Dance - Khachaturian
- Morning - Grieg
- The Poets Heart - Grieg
- Greensleeves - English folk song
- The Entertainer - Scott Joplin
- Gounod - Soldiers Chorus

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Pros and cons of Piano Sharp app for iPhone and iPad

Piano Sharp app good for

This app has really great potential after a few fixes and updates. There are a couple things I noticed that that will need to improvement. The app will crash when when I have more then 2 recordings - please fix. Also there is no way to delete a recording unless I start the app over. This can get annoying. I give this app four stars because finally someone came up with the idea be able to record in midi format. Also I think this I a great start but it will need some further work.
This is an iPhone app for which I have been searching - a MIDI file player, with adjustable tempo. My principal use of the app is to play simple MIDI accompaniment files for my music students. Thanks to this app, I can present an accompanist to any of my students at any time, and match the tempo to the students capability, without having to carry around and set up a laptop PC. Works great for me - I havent (nor do I need to) stress it with complex MIDI files or very fast tempi. I found it very easy to transfer MIDI files from my existing library. I have also used the keyboard and recording features. Really nice approach to keyboard management. My thanks to the developer.
What well thought of idea and sound so authentic keep up good work
I am no Piano expert nor am I an artist, but even I could appreciate how well this app is designed. Whether you are an expert or just love the sound of Piano, you are going to love Piano Sharp.
This is a great app. I would like to see an update where you can pause/slow down greatly the demo songs without visually loosing key placement, also the ability to rewind demo songs. This would aid a lot of us who would like to play these songs on our keyboards.
Its easy and fun to use and the recording options are nice. Im self-taught on piano, so its great to be able to practice anywhere and use the recording features to show my progress on new songs.

Some bad moments

Buggy and annoying. Tried using it side by side with instructional video and it still doesnt work. Annoyances include: No undo, tracks with metronome dont sync, no bpm display in tracks so no way to put them in guaranteed same tempo as recording... I really dont see why everyone loves this app so much. Its an infuriating pain to work with. I just want to tinker out song ideas on the fly before I lose them, but every time I try getting anything recorded on this app, Ill either never forget the song for playing it a million times, or Ill forget the song forever because I didnt have the patience to deal with the app. So basically, useless for my purposes. Waste of money and cause of much unneeded frustration and stress. Deleting.
This app was great but it hasnt been updated since 2011 and it appears that it no longer works with the current iOS as it freezes up - if you can get it to work at all. So sad as I really liked this app.