Upon further review, I found that Tonara is limited is it's scope. The user is relegated to the music catalog. There is no way to upload or add other material. Secondly, the offerings are for persons who have a working knowledge of sight-reading music and playing from a written score. There are no offerings or drills for the novice. So I could not use this with my beginning student. There was also a glitch in the program that was due to the sensitivity of the speakers. The application does not discern the music being played from extraneous noises, therefore causing the Tonara Magic to respond to everything is "hears". This creates a conflict with the cursor that is following the score causing it to get stuck or rush ahead. There was also a lag with the page turner option. Several times the experienced student was forced to manually turn the page because the Tonara did not "hear" the correct placement in the measure.
For all intents and purposes Tonara is simply digital sheet music for the experienced musician. The features a limited, but, for the scores available Tonara can be used as a practice partner and for recorded feedback.
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