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Brynn Cropp
Jan 16, 2024, 8:58:54 AM1/16/24
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Thanks Deek - I'll check it out.
This is part of the forum post for the Apple app - It would be real nifty if I could find something like this in Android!
... This is a great app to learn and practice various roll patterns and one clawhammer pattern. You have the options of turning the banjo, bass and metronome off. .... can use this app if I just want to chill and just focus with just my right hand only especially if I'm watching TV. .... The app is $.99.
Thanks Deek - I'll check it out.
This is part of the forum post for the Apple app - It would be real nifty if I could find something like this in Android!
... This is a great app to learn and practice various roll patterns and one clawhammer pattern. You have the options of turning the banjo, bass and metronome off. .... can use this app if I just want to chill and just focus with just my right hand only especially if I'm watching TV. .... The app is $.99.
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Download File https://t.co/LU16dhCIPt
Another benefit is being about to display the chords by selecting the chords in either Songbook App while viewing the song. Very helpful for learning new chords, etc. Also, you can change the instrument in Songbook. Useful for me as I play both guitar and ukulele, and the chord shapes are different. It will also do that for banjo, and several other instruments.
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ARCHIVED TOPIC: iPad apps for banjo
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Does anyone have any recommendations for a good ipad (2) app for the banjo? I do not want play the banjo on the ipad, but I want it as a teaching tool, rather like Guitar Pro 6, but for the banjo. I would like to see (and create) tab music on the screen with cursor that that runs through the piece at varying speeds. I would like this as an aid to learning and not just a toy.
I use these 3 apps very, very often. Many times a day. By having these apps on my IPAD2 they are also on my IPHONE for no extra charges or fees. I will point out that using the PDF EXPERT on my IPHONE is for quick reference only..... at jams I use the IPAD2 for the larger screen for lyrics, etc. But the IPHONE duplication of that songbook is very nice to get a quick reference for chord progressions or lyrics away from the jam settings.
For $2.99, you can get their Chord Detector which will scan your track and show you the guitar chords as it plays (I just convert to banjo chords in my head). This in combination with the slow down function is great for beginners to play along with songs.
I realize this thread is about IPAD apps for banjo .... but all the apps I have talked about apply ALSO to my IPHONE. All the apps I have used on IPAD2 have automatically downloaded to my IPHONE for no extra fees. The IPAD2 is great for jams, practice, etc. ..... and the IPHONE is great for a quick reference to get an answer.
Another IPAD (&IPHONE) app that I have found pretty good: "BanjoChords". With this app you can see various chords - Majors, minors, 7ths, ..... 9ths, .... 13ths..... etc. You can enter the fretting and it will tell you what chord you have entered and/or you can ask for a chord ... Em for example and it will show you the various ways to get that chord or any other chord up and down the neck. I do not have the knowledge or expertise to absolutely guarantee that the author of that app has 100% accuracy but I will say that I have learned a lot about chords and the banjo neck with the app. Phil
The best app I have found is the "iReal b" app. This is a real-book with many chord charts. However it comes into it's own for practice and backing tracks. Writing a new chart is very simple. Once done, you can select the sound, ie: Bluegrass, and it will play through the tune as a backing track. I use bluegrass with the banjo turned off. You can change the tempo, transpose key etc. Very good for practicing with bass and mandolin chops behind you.
An added bonus is the "teacher" tab. You can pick your tune, select the tempo you want to start with and then tell it to increase by 5 or 10 bpm each time around. Great for getting your speed up.
Simple, no-nonsense app for practice and backing.
I write most of my own charts (takes a minute or so) and save them in my playlists. I have playlists for Bluegrass reportoire, Irish, my set, tunes to learn etc...
A REALLY good app I use a lot is actually called GuitarToolkit. It has a "banjo" mode, and you can find any chord or scale you want, in any tuning you can think of. Handy for finding alternative places to get those hard to find notes on easier to reach strings, etc...
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ARCHIVED TOPIC: Banjo roll trainer apps?
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The app includes a variety of different banjo styles, such as bluegrass, clawhammer, and old-time, and provides instruction on basic techniques such as strumming, picking, and fretting. Users can also practice playing along with popular songs and receive feedback on their progress.
Location-based service Banjo underwent a transformation today. It overhauled its mobile apps today across all devices, no longer curating content by individuals, but rather by events. The company has also redesigned the interface of its apps to make them more intuitive, building them from the ground up for iOS 7 and Android 4.4 KitKat.
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ARCHIVED TOPIC: best banjo apps for iphone: tuning and chords
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it has several tunings for banjo and can create custom ones too, and then will show you the fingering if you tell it the chord, or tell you what chord you're playing if you tell it the fingering.
Banjo, an artificial intelligence firm that works with police used a shadow company to create an array of Android and iOS apps that looked innocuous but were specifically designed to secretly scrape social media, Motherboard has learned.
The news signifies an abuse of data by a government contractor, with Banjo going far beyond what companies which scrape social networks usually do. Banjo created a secret company named Pink Unicorn Labs, according to three former Banjo employees, with two of them adding that the company developed the apps. This was done to avoid detection by social networks, two of the former employees said.
"Banjo was doing exactly the same thing but more nefariously, arguably," a former Banjo employee said, referring to how seemingly unrelated apps were helping to feed the activities of the company's main business. Motherboard granted four former employees and another source close to the company anonymity because they had signed non-disclosure agreements with Banjo.
Motherboard found the apps developed by Pink Unicorn Labs included code mentioning signing into Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Russian social media app VK, FourSquare, Google Plus, and Chinese social network Sina Weibo.
"They were shitty little apps that took advantage of some of the data that we had but the catch was that they had a ton of OAuth providers," one of the former employees said. OAuth providers are methods for signing into apps or websites via another service, such as Facebook's "Facebook Connect," Twitter's "Sign In With Twitter," or Google's "Google Sign-In." These providers mean a user doesn't have to create a new account for each site or app they want to use, and can instead log in via their already established social media identity.
But once users logged into the innocent looking apps via a social network OAuth provider, Banjo saved the login credentials, according to two former employees and an expert analysis of the apps performed by Kasra Rahjerdi, who has been an Android developer since the original Android project was launched. Banjo then scraped social media content, those two former employees added. The app also contained nonstandard code written by Pink Unicorn Labs: "The biggest red flag for me is that all the code related to grabbing Facebook friends, photos, location history, etc. is directly from their own codebase," Rahjerdi said.
The Android versions of the apps are no longer available on the Google Play Store, but each of the three apps had install bases ranging from a minimum of 5,000 users up to 100,000 users, according to records on one Android app archive site. Motherboard also identified an iOS version of the EDM Fan App. Users of each app could follow events such as concerts or races, judging by screenshots of the apps in action on the Android app archive site.
"Banjo was secretly farming peoples' user tokens via these shadow apps," one of the former employees said. "That was the entire point and plan," they added when asked if the apps were specifically designed to steal users' login tokens.
"At their face value [of being sports or celebrity apps], those apps functionally were so far off from what our business model was that I can't see any way they were relics of a pre-pivot business model," a second former employee said.
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This is part of the forum post for the Apple app - It would be real nifty if I could find something like this in Android!
... This is a great app to learn and practice various roll patterns and one clawhammer pattern. You have the options of turning the banjo, bass and metronome off. .... can use this app if I just want to chill and just focus with just my right hand only especially if I'm watching TV. .... The app is $.99.
Thanks Deek - I'll check it out.
This is part of the forum post for the Apple app - It would be real nifty if I could find something like this in Android!
... This is a great app to learn and practice various roll patterns and one clawhammer pattern. You have the options of turning the banjo, bass and metronome off. .... can use this app if I just want to chill and just focus with just my right hand only especially if I'm watching TV. .... The app is $.99.
download banjo apps
Download File https://t.co/LU16dhCIPt
Another benefit is being about to display the chords by selecting the chords in either Songbook App while viewing the song. Very helpful for learning new chords, etc. Also, you can change the instrument in Songbook. Useful for me as I play both guitar and ukulele, and the chord shapes are different. It will also do that for banjo, and several other instruments.
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Other Banjo-Related Topics
Live Sound, Recording and Electronics
ARCHIVED TOPIC: iPad apps for banjo
Please note this is an archived topic, so it is locked and unable to be replied to. You may, however, start a new topic and refer to this topic with a link:
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good ipad (2) app for the banjo? I do not want play the banjo on the ipad, but I want it as a teaching tool, rather like Guitar Pro 6, but for the banjo. I would like to see (and create) tab music on the screen with cursor that that runs through the piece at varying speeds. I would like this as an aid to learning and not just a toy.
I use these 3 apps very, very often. Many times a day. By having these apps on my IPAD2 they are also on my IPHONE for no extra charges or fees. I will point out that using the PDF EXPERT on my IPHONE is for quick reference only..... at jams I use the IPAD2 for the larger screen for lyrics, etc. But the IPHONE duplication of that songbook is very nice to get a quick reference for chord progressions or lyrics away from the jam settings.
For $2.99, you can get their Chord Detector which will scan your track and show you the guitar chords as it plays (I just convert to banjo chords in my head). This in combination with the slow down function is great for beginners to play along with songs.
I realize this thread is about IPAD apps for banjo .... but all the apps I have talked about apply ALSO to my IPHONE. All the apps I have used on IPAD2 have automatically downloaded to my IPHONE for no extra fees. The IPAD2 is great for jams, practice, etc. ..... and the IPHONE is great for a quick reference to get an answer.
Another IPAD (&IPHONE) app that I have found pretty good: "BanjoChords". With this app you can see various chords - Majors, minors, 7ths, ..... 9ths, .... 13ths..... etc. You can enter the fretting and it will tell you what chord you have entered and/or you can ask for a chord ... Em for example and it will show you the various ways to get that chord or any other chord up and down the neck. I do not have the knowledge or expertise to absolutely guarantee that the author of that app has 100% accuracy but I will say that I have learned a lot about chords and the banjo neck with the app. Phil
The best app I have found is the "iReal b" app. This is a real-book with many chord charts. However it comes into it's own for practice and backing tracks. Writing a new chart is very simple. Once done, you can select the sound, ie: Bluegrass, and it will play through the tune as a backing track. I use bluegrass with the banjo turned off. You can change the tempo, transpose key etc. Very good for practicing with bass and mandolin chops behind you.
An added bonus is the "teacher" tab. You can pick your tune, select the tempo you want to start with and then tell it to increase by 5 or 10 bpm each time around. Great for getting your speed up.
Simple, no-nonsense app for practice and backing.
I write most of my own charts (takes a minute or so) and save them in my playlists. I have playlists for Bluegrass reportoire, Irish, my set, tunes to learn etc...
A REALLY good app I use a lot is actually called GuitarToolkit. It has a "banjo" mode, and you can find any chord or scale you want, in any tuning you can think of. Handy for finding alternative places to get those hard to find notes on easier to reach strings, etc...
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Playing Advice: Bluegrass (Scruggs) Styles
ARCHIVED TOPIC: Banjo roll trainer apps?
Please note this is an archived topic, so it is locked and unable to be replied to. You may, however, start a new topic and refer to this topic with a link:
The app includes a variety of different banjo styles, such as bluegrass, clawhammer, and old-time, and provides instruction on basic techniques such as strumming, picking, and fretting. Users can also practice playing along with popular songs and receive feedback on their progress.
Location-based service Banjo underwent a transformation today. It overhauled its mobile apps today across all devices, no longer curating content by individuals, but rather by events. The company has also redesigned the interface of its apps to make them more intuitive, building them from the ground up for iOS 7 and Android 4.4 KitKat.
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ARCHIVED TOPIC: best banjo apps for iphone: tuning and chords
Please note this is an archived topic, so it is locked and unable to be replied to. You may, however, start a new topic and refer to this topic with a link:
it has several tunings for banjo and can create custom ones too, and then will show you the fingering if you tell it the chord, or tell you what chord you're playing if you tell it the fingering.
Banjo, an artificial intelligence firm that works with police used a shadow company to create an array of Android and iOS apps that looked innocuous but were specifically designed to secretly scrape social media, Motherboard has learned.
The news signifies an abuse of data by a government contractor, with Banjo going far beyond what companies which scrape social networks usually do. Banjo created a secret company named Pink Unicorn Labs, according to three former Banjo employees, with two of them adding that the company developed the apps. This was done to avoid detection by social networks, two of the former employees said.
"Banjo was doing exactly the same thing but more nefariously, arguably," a former Banjo employee said, referring to how seemingly unrelated apps were helping to feed the activities of the company's main business. Motherboard granted four former employees and another source close to the company anonymity because they had signed non-disclosure agreements with Banjo.
Motherboard found the apps developed by Pink Unicorn Labs included code mentioning signing into Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Russian social media app VK, FourSquare, Google Plus, and Chinese social network Sina Weibo.
"They were shitty little apps that took advantage of some of the data that we had but the catch was that they had a ton of OAuth providers," one of the former employees said. OAuth providers are methods for signing into apps or websites via another service, such as Facebook's "Facebook Connect," Twitter's "Sign In With Twitter," or Google's "Google Sign-In." These providers mean a user doesn't have to create a new account for each site or app they want to use, and can instead log in via their already established social media identity.
But once users logged into the innocent looking apps via a social network OAuth provider, Banjo saved the login credentials, according to two former employees and an expert analysis of the apps performed by Kasra Rahjerdi, who has been an Android developer since the original Android project was launched. Banjo then scraped social media content, those two former employees added. The app also contained nonstandard code written by Pink Unicorn Labs: "The biggest red flag for me is that all the code related to grabbing Facebook friends, photos, location history, etc. is directly from their own codebase," Rahjerdi said.
The Android versions of the apps are no longer available on the Google Play Store, but each of the three apps had install bases ranging from a minimum of 5,000 users up to 100,000 users, according to records on one Android app archive site. Motherboard also identified an iOS version of the EDM Fan App. Users of each app could follow events such as concerts or races, judging by screenshots of the apps in action on the Android app archive site.
"Banjo was secretly farming peoples' user tokens via these shadow apps," one of the former employees said. "That was the entire point and plan," they added when asked if the apps were specifically designed to steal users' login tokens.
"At their face value [of being sports or celebrity apps], those apps functionally were so far off from what our business model was that I can't see any way they were relics of a pre-pivot business model," a second former employee said.
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