Maestro App Reviews

All this app does is show you the conducting patterns, most of which arent completly correct either.

This app conducts. It animates. It is a metronome that conducts as well as clicks. I dont understand the review that it only shows you the conducting pattern. Maybe they didnt understand how to start it. - (Press the start button.) Max Rudolfs patterns arent completely correct? I dont want to appear defensive, but Im just very confused and curious to know which patterns mandyg233 thinks are wrong? I am also curious as to whether mandyg233 ever conducted live musicians. This app is extremely flexible to accomidate what a musician might need. Be it a tiny ball to the side, or a large ball moving across the entire screen. By adjusting the transparency of the pattern, ball, and background, you can customize this app to fit your specific needs.

This was my quick fix for not having a metronome that I could play through headphones while I practice my drums. This program does exactly what I needed, and Im not sure why people have said the conducting patterns are wrong. As a former music student, and current music enthusiast, I can say with certainty that those are the correct patterns. This program would be very helpful for those looking to spread their conductor wings and fly their way through a piece of music. Thanks for the App Mr. Kelly! *One minor suggestion. Since this App is marketed as both a "Conductors tool" and a "Metronome" it would be nice if the program came with subdivision in the program, and not simply the down beats. (E.g. Eighth notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth-sixteenths, etc.)

This is the best of all of the metronome apps out there because the conducting patterns contain so much information - you can tell which beat of the measure you are on with just a glance at the motion of the "baton" out of the corner of your eye, and you can even tell where you are WITHIN each beat. Except for the staccato and reduced patterns, the half beats are clearly indicated by the motion of the baton, and with practice you can recognize where other fractional beats are in the pattern. The conducting patterns are the result of CENTURIES of experience on how to transmit timing information to musicians. The standard visual cues for metronome apps - flashing lights, counting numbers, bouncing balls, or virtual pendulums - contain far less information than the movement of the baton. If you already know how to play under the direction of a conductor, this is the metronome app to have. If you havent learned with a conductor, give this app a chance, practice with it, and you will understand. Check out the iOS versions, too.