RILS Project: Tonara

Tonara application for iPad was created to enhance the learning curve for learning and memorizing musical scores.  By adding a digital score reader, a musician could enlist a digital practice partner for recording and real-time feedback.

Quite a few issues were encountered.  The student selected to review Tonara was a proficient musician, however her primary instrument was Mellophone.  Secondly, the student had to borrow the iPad from the instructor which created a conflict for sharing the recorded exercises.  Both parties must have access to iPads as there is not PC version of Tonara.  Interestingly, Tonara is not available for iTouch or iPhone which created a similar problem for sharing the files.  Collaboration and feedback can only occur if all parties have iPad and the Tonara app.

I plan to continue to use for personal musical feedback.  Otherwise, Tonara is a good start for a digital practice partner, but not for general collaboration at this time.

Educator Studio: Tonara