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PalkaScore

Finally an app that lets musicians play along with their own music.

Scan and play-along with your OWN MUSIC.  You don’t have to pay for and use someone else’s charts.
No extra per-score costs!  No in-app sales!

Combine the lead sheet of a simple tune, a backing track along with an XML file to create your own play-along.  Either photograph the lead sheet directly or Input it as a JPEG or PDF file from iCloud, Dropbox, Downloads, or other available locations on your iPad.

 

Backing tracks can be downloaded from YouTube or created by Band-In-A-Box or iReal Pro or purchased from Jamey Aebersold jazzbooks.com.

 

XML files can be downloaded from MuseScore along with PDF files.  They can be generated by ScanScore.  The notes can be typed in directly or modified in PalkaScore.

Now Available!

My name is Duane.  I am a senior citizen and the sole developer of PalkaScore.  I have no staff.

My wife used to play the flute but had a stroke in 2018.  I dedicate this app to her.  Since her stroke, I have become a full-time caregiver.  I develop this software in my spare time.  I also take one class in jazz improvisation every semester at the Eastman School of Music.  I play clarinet, alto saxophone and tenor saxophone.   I wrote this app to help me study improvisation.  Thank you for purchasing this app.  It helps to pay medical bills.

Because of my circumstances, I may not be able to answer all your questions about the app or to respond to problems you might have using it.  Please excuse me if I don’t give much support to whatever issues you run into.  However, I am interested in your suggestions about future development or problems you might encounter.  If you find a bug,  please give me a detailed list of instructions to replicate the bug.  That would help me a lot.

Thank you so much for purchasing the app.  I hope you enjoy it!
Also, donations are welcome to help my situation.
 
Thank you!
 
Duane

More features of PalkaScore:

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  • Change the playback speed with a simple slider.

  • Show the notes in each chord change.

  • Analyze the tune and suggest scales to play over chord changes.

  • Create patterns and match them to chord changes.

  • Input solos and match them to ii-V-I chord changes.  There are several already available.  Solos by Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown and Sonny Stitt.

  • Take a snapshot of a score.

  • Transpose to different keys.

  • Annotate the tune with sketches and text.

  • Extract tunes from compilations

  • Combine tunes into compilations.

  • Put tunes into folders and playlists.

  • Attach your data to a PDF version of your score.

  • Change display colors for notes, chords, staffs, sketches and text to whatever colors you want.

  • Input AND output XML.

  • Input MIDI

  • List songs within a compilation

  • Search for tunes.

  • Special folder for books

  • Automatically mark your place within books.

  • Keep a history of what you played.

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