PercussionTutor
“This is a must-have for anyone wanting an encyclopedia of world percussion rhythms at their fingertips.”
PercussionTutor is an educational app for dedicated world percussion enthusiasts. The app and its free creative commons licensed companion book feature a unique library of world rhythms and instruments played by leading percussionists and drummers. A time stretching feature and a metronome give the users the option to practice at their own pace. Sheets and notes are included for all the rhythms.
NO IN-APP PURCHASES! Make sure to buy the app now and get all the future content for free. We will release updates on a regular basis adding new rhythms and videos (for the iOS version we kept our promise since April 2012!).
PercussionTutor will allow you to approach South American, Caribbean and West African music in a different way. This app offers you more than a simple play-along. It includes standard notation, videos (COMING NEXT ANDROID UPDATE!) and specific claves. We also took the outmost care to capture the natural feeling of all those drumming traditions.
For the batá rhythms we even developed a random playback engine that will simulate an actual batá performance.
This app puts you in a live playing situation - just like you learned your mother language. You will sound more natural and more alive and you will awaken to new rhythmic possibilities. It's also a great tool for other musicians, dancers and performers who want to immerse themselves into centuries-old traditional languages.
FEATURES:
- Over 50 rhythms (over 100 if you include include the variations and the conversations)
- Rhythms from Cuba, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Peru, West Africa, ...
- All drums can be turned on and off individually
- audio time-stretching feature
- (videos coming in a update!)
- over 50 percussion instruments
- Sheets and notes of all the rhythms included in the app and in the free book
- MORE RHYTMS COMING: we are working on a lot more content to be released on a regular basis!
FEATURED MUSICIANS:
* Louis Bauzo, performed with Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, Paul Simon
* Greg Askew, performed with Tito Puente
* Luiz Ebert
* Jérôme Goldschmidt, performed with Tito Puente, M. Santamaria & Chico O’Farrill
* Marcos Napa, performed with Perú N.
* M. Monaco, performed with Al Di Meola
* Oswald Simmonds
* Reynaldo Alcantara
* Richard Byrd, performed with Babatunde Olatunji
* Rudy Walker, performed with Pharaoh Saunders, Randy Weston
* Victor Rendón, performed with M. Santamaria, Xavier Cugat Orchestra
* Laurent Peckels
FEATURED RHYTHMS:
**Cuba - Popular Music**
- Afro
- Bolero
- Cha Cha Cha
- Mozambique
- Pachanga
- Pilon
- Salsa 1, 2, 3, 4
- Songo 1, 2 & 3
- Timba
**Cuba - Folk Music**
- Abakua Havana
- Afra
- Guaguanco
- Iyesa
- Mozambique
**Cuba - Batá Drums**
- Lalubanche
- Latopa
- Ogun
- Auguere (part 1)
- Auguere (part 2)
- Imbaloke
- Babaluaye (part 1)
- Babaluaye (part 2)
- Kuru Kurubete
- Ewe Masiboroñu
- Borotitilawa
- Dada
- Oggue
- Agayu Part 1 & 2
- Oferere
- Ibejis
- Akete Obba
- Odudua
- Iya Mase
- Yacota
- Ñongo
- Chachalokafun
- Iyesa
- Echu
- Olokun
**Dominican Republic**
- Jaleo
- Merengue
- Pambiche
**Puerto Rico**
- Xica
- Holandes & Holandes fast version
- Plena
**Brazil**
- Baião
- Bossa Nova
- Samba Batucada
- Samba Enredo
- Samba Pagode
- Samba Reggae
**Peru**
- Festejo
- Zamacueca
- Vals Peruano
- Lando
- Afro
**West Africa**
- Fanga
- Saa
- Lamban
- Sounou
Category : Music & Audio
Reviews (16)
Very good app for learning cuban popular rhythms. I think, what the following will help to make your app better: 1) Please disable screen timeout. 2) Add more bata rhythms for Oggun and Chango 3) It would be better if changing the tempos did not stretch the tone of the samples 4) Add feature to change the volume of instruments independently
Great app! I'd give it full rating if more batá - rythms were covered, and the extra movie clip feature of the apple version were included on android too..
Such a comprehensive app full of history of ancient rhythms with technical descriptions but I don't see anywhere mentioned "son montuno" not to mention son or changui I would think "salsa" music came from New York to read the info.
Great tool for teaching, practice and learning rhythms that you otherwise can't find lessons for.
This app allows you to build an experience unique for you. The team is also willing to go out of their way to help! Would recommend!
I am so disappointed because this app doesn't have any counts for the Beats. No numbers whatsoever to understand where all those syncopations fall on the measures.
This app is quite simply superb. I would love even more Cuban folkloric rhythms and bata toques please!
GREAT app. *** What to IMPROVE ??? > ADD OPTION of DECREASE / INCREASE VOLUME per INSTRUMENT, instead of ONLY OVERALL VOLUME.
Really fantastic. Is it possible to add some Son in future updates?
legit and accurate
the best
My only problem is that I cannot use my pc to play this app the sound id to low to play along. Oh and I need some more bata songs.
My only suggestion: It would be better if changing the tempos did not stretch the tone of the samples. Otherwise, its great! Edit: Please disable screen timeout.
Simply the best. Only thing that's missing might be export.
It's one of the greatest apps for drummers.
wish I had this decades ago ... the ability to isolate each instrument... along with the genuine feel of the rhythms themselves are helping my mind and hands "get it" ... the feel, the groove, the heart and soul that happens when you're one with the music... that being the essence of it all ... this app gets me many steps towards that ultimate experience.