Bending Trainer

What's New!

June 2, 2023 v1.11.1 released.

Outline

Harmonica Bending Trainer supports bending practice for 10-hole diatonic harmonica.

Release history

June 2, 2023, v1.11.1

Minor bug fixes.

May 22, 2023, v1.11.0

Improvements scale-marks on pitch gauges.

October 4, 2022, v1.10.1

Minor bug fixes.

December 7, 2021, v1.10.0

Add number style tab to Tablature.

December 1, 2021, v1.9.0

Add Tablature.

September 9, 2021, v1.8.3

Minor bug fixes.

May 18, 2021, v1.8.2

Minor bug fixes.

May 4, 2021, v1.8.1

It revised the privacy policy.
Some bugs fixes.
It updates some libraries for iOS14.

January 25, 2021, v1.8.0

Add pitch needle to Harmonica-tab.

October 1, 2020, v1.7.3

Minor bug fixes.

September 7, 2020, v1.7.1

Add the name of the temperament-dot on the tuner.

August 27, 2020, v1.7.0

Add bending trainer for half-valved diatonic harmonicas.

July 7, 2020, v1.6.3

Minor bug fixes.

July 4, 2020, v1.6.2

Add the appearance of hole-buttons.

May 24, 2020, v1.6.1

Minor bug fixes.

April 23, 2020, v1.6.0

Add overbending trainer.

January 16, 2020, v1.5.1

It improves the performance of bending trainer on auto-mode.

January 14, 2020, v1.5.0

Add auto-mode to bending trainer.

December 30, 2019, v1.4.0

Add harmonica.
Add Marine Band compromise temperament.

November 18, 2019, v1.3.0

Add metronome.

October 30, 2019, v1.2.1

Add just intonation mark on the gauge of tuning meter.

October 2, 2019, v1.1.0

Add tuning meter.

September 20, 2019, v1.0.1

Fix hole-button layout for 4-inche device.

September 16, 2019, v1.0.0

FAQ

Q. Why does the metronome stop when I close this app?

A. I'm sorry. The metronome in this app is a function that assists in practicing bending. Therefore, playback in the background is not supported.

Q. English isn't supported in this app?

A. This app supports English and Japanese.

If you want to display English in this app.
Open Settings app.

Scroll down and look for Bending Trainer.

You can find PREFERRED LANGUAGE.

Please check English.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy covers your use of this application.
This app does not collect, store, or share any personal information, or anything related to your device. We do not collect any statistics, trends, neither do we track user movements.
The app allows you to open web URLs from the application. The URLs might be saved by Internet browsers on your device.
For information regarding the information stored by the application, please read the privacy policy of the internet browsers on your device.
Also, this app displays advertisement by AdMob. The advertising module may use your data. In this Privacy Policy, please refer to Privacy Policy by Google.

to You.

Thank you for the download.
If you enjoy using this app, would you mind taking a moment to rate it in AppStore?
And please send us any comments, bug reports, English mistakes, and suggestions.
When you contact me, please send mail to info@blowbend.jp.
In addition, you may not necessarily be able to answer to additional feedback from you. Your understanding is requested.
Thank for your support.

Bending Trainer

(1). Pitch Dot:
This goes up and down to match the harmonica pitch. When you lower the sound with a bend, it moves down.
Also, it sounds the note when you touch on manual mode, so you can check the pitch.

(2). Gauge of Pitch:
This is a measure of the pitch.

(3). Harmonica Hole Selector:
On auto mode, here is only displays with no button.
There are 10 buttons here on manual-mode.

(4). Settings:
Shows Settings Picker.

(5). Metronome:
Shows Metronome Picker

(6). Manual Mode Switch:

Settings Picker for manual mode

(7). Temperament:
The pitch of just intonation is calculated based on the following values.

The pitch of MB Tune(Marine Band compromise temperament) is calculated based on the following values.

(8). Volume:
Volume when pitch dot is touched.

(10). Key of Harmonica:
You can change the key of the harmonica.

Settings Picker for auto mode

(7). Temperament:

(9). Reference Pitch:

(10). Key of Harmonica:
You can change the key of the harmonica.

Metronome Picker

(11). Accent:

(12). Accent Volume:

(13). Play Start/Stop:

(14). Tempo(beat per minute):

(15). Master Volume:

Bending Trainer

Overbending Trainer

- This is a trainer for over-blow and over-draw.

(1). Pitch Dot:
This goes up and down to match the harmonica pitch. When you higher the sound with over-blowing(or drawing), it moves up.
Also, it sounds the note when you touch on manual mode, so you can check the pitch.

(2). Gauge of Pitch:
This is a measure of the pitch.

(3). Harmonica Hole Selector:
On auto mode, here is only displays with no button.
There are 10 buttons here on manual-mode.

(4). Settings:
Shows Settings Picker.

(5). Metronome:
Shows Metronome Picker

(6). Manual Mode Switch:
NOTE: In auto mode, you cannot use 3-hole over-blow and 8-hole over-draw. This is because it conflicts with the range of the other holes.

Settings Picker for manual mode

(7). Temperament:
The pitch of just intonation is calculated based on the following values.

The pitch of MB Tune(Marine Band compromise temperament) is calculated based on the following values.

(8). Volume:
Volume when pitch dot is touched.

(10). Key of Harmonica:
You can change the key of the harmonica.

Settings Picker for auto mode

(7). Temperament:

(9). Reference Pitch:

(10). Key of Harmonica:
You can change the key of the harmonica.

Metronome Picker

(11). Accent:

(12). Accent Volume:

(13). Play Start/Stop:

(14). Tempo(beat per minute):

(15). Master Volume:

Bending Trainer

Half-valved Bending Trainer

- This is a trainer for bendings that are specific to the half-valved diatonic harmonica. The common bendings for diatonic harmonica should be used for the ’Bending’ tab.

(2). Gauge of Pitch:
This is a measure of the pitch.

(3). Harmonica Hole Selector:
On auto mode, here is only displays with no button.
There are 10 buttons here on manual-mode.

(4). Settings:
Shows Settings Picker.

(5). Metronome:
Shows Metronome Picker

(6). Manual Mode Switch:

Settings Picker for manual mode

(7). Temperament:
The pitch of just intonation is calculated based on the following values.

The pitch of MB Tune(Marine Band compromise temperament) is calculated based on the following values.

(8). Volume:
Volume when pitch dot is touched.

(10). Key of Harmonica:
You can change the key of the harmonica.

Settings Picker for auto mode

(7). Temperament:

(9). Reference Pitch:

(10). You can change the key of the harmonica. :

Metronome Picker

(11). Accent:

(12). Accent Volume:

(13). Play Start/Stop:

(14). Tempo(beat per minute):

(15). Master Volume:

Bending Trainer

Tuning Meter

(1). Gauge of Pitch:
A little dot on the scale indicates the target pitch of each temperament.
It always points to zero on equal temperament.

(2). Harmonica Hole Selector:
On auto mode, here is only displays with no button.
There are 20 buttons here on manual-mode.

(3). Settings:
Shows Settings Picker.

(4). Manual Mode Switch:

Settings Picker

(5). Temperament of the dot on the gauge:
The pitch of just intonation is calculated based on the following values.

The pitch of MB Tune(Marine Band compromise temperament) is calculated based on the following values.

(6). Reference Pitch:

(7). Key of Harmonica:
You can change the key of the harmonica.

Bending Trainer

Harmonica

(1). Harmonica:

(2). Volume:

(3). Settings:
Shows Settings Picker

Settings Picker

(4). Temperament:
The pitch of just intonation is calculated based on the following values.

The pitch of MB Tune(Marine Band compromise temperament) is calculated based on the following values.

(5). Reference Pitch:

(6). Key of Harmonica:
You can change key of the harmonica.

NOTE: This harmonica is not polyphonic. This harmonica has no chord.

Bending Trainer

Tablature

(1). Harmonica Buttons:
I'm sorry. This harmonica has no sound.

(2). Picker for notes:

(3). Staff and Note:

(4). Settings:
Shows Settings Picker

(5). Tablature:

Settings Picker

(6). Tablature Style:

(7). Key of Harmonica:
You can change the key of the harmonica.

(8). Musical key on Staff: