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iPhone Apps?

I know a lot of you use your iPhones in the classroom with some really neat apps. I am a new iPhone owner and would like some of your suggestions of great apps to download! (free or not)
How do you incorporate them in your band room and in your teaching? Thanks so much!!!

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Permalink Reply by Russ Weaver on October 11, 2009 at 11:45pm

With the adapter you can show youtube videos with your iphone, but why when you have the ability to upload free to MSBandDirector.com and use it (unblocked) to show your classroom educational videos.

omni tuner: great little tuner
Karajan: Ear training Aural Skills program
Oscilator: great science
HT Recorder: simply the best stereo recording program for the iphone
iRealBook: Has all of the chord changes to jazz standards, plus it transposes for weird vocal keys.
Public Radio: Stream all of the good stuff... we play identify and classify during music app. with this app.
idrum: Makes playing scales fun and techno.... glorified metronome.
SPL meter: Great little DB meter for measuring the loudness of sound.
Metronome: Great for showing what a traditional metronome looks like.
Cowbell Plus: Has percussion instruments and it's loud. Used with a mic, actually sounds like the percussion instruments.
Thereminator: A digital theremin! Awesome and fun. Used in the piece "Godzilla Eats Las Vegas"... again, works with a microphone.

I'm sure there a quite a few more out there. I do my searching in the Summers so that there is time to incorporate. Always looking for some great ones and their updates.

Hope that helps.