PocketPipes

PocketPipes is an iPhone/iPad/iPod touch  player for bagpipe tunes  (abc and bww files) with lot of options. A vertical bar shows the note being played on the sheet music. PocketPipes is your partner for practicing, with your own tunes and statistics about recent playbacks help you to drive your training sessions. PLAYING OPTIONS - bagpipe chanter sound or practice chanter sound - defining a section of the tune for playback (to focus on few measures when training, with long press on the sheet music). The area outside the section is grayed. - loop mode - playing with or without drones or embellishments - C natural, or C natural + F natural - synchronized metronome with the current play - optional 5-7-9 attack before each play - tempo tuning for the current tune TUNES MANAGEMENT - importing tunes from a desktop with iTunes or Finder, a Dropbox(TM) account, or email attachements, or with Files App - file sharing : you can send tunes or sheet music as email attachments - file uploading to a Dropbox account (wav soundtrack and pdf sheet music) - sheet music printing - categorization (tagging) of the tunes allows to work on subsets within the personal tunes (i.e. Marches, Slow airs, To learn, Next performance ....). See guide on website. More flexible than folder hierarchy. When categorized, a tune appears in blue color. - searching by keys, crossed with categories - statistics on recent playbacks, crossed with categories - file edition in textual mode with revert capability to the previous file - PocketPipes contains six tunes for demonstration purpose (can be hidden) USER INTERFACE - contextual menu with a long press on the tune title or the sheet music - full screen and zooming on sheet music (important for iPhones) - ability to colorize some parts of the tunes (non standard feature) - keyboard for fun only - support of dark mode - embedded help book Nota: tempo setting and section marks are made persistent. Available ressources on the support web site: Packs of tunes, ABC tuturial, FAQ, link to abc software See FAQ for specific questions.