Bass Sight Reading Trainer5.01 - App Store

Sight-reading skills open the door to reading written music and familiarizing yourself with various music styles. Sight-reading is not a daunting task, and with sufficient practice, anyone can develop this valuable skill.

Our app is designed to help you quickly identify notes across every part of the fretboard, with a special focus on positional playing.

By enhancing your sight-reading abilities, you'll find it easier to focus on other musical aspects like harmony and rhythm.

Features:

PRACTICE & TEST MODE

- Four different modes of use:
1. Locate notes on the fretboard based on the notes in staff.
2. Locate notes on the fretboard based on note name and pitch.
3. Find the names of notes on the staff (without the fretboard)
4. Identify the names of notes presented on the fretboard.

- Automatic detection of problematic notes.
KEY SIGNATURES & SCALES

- Key signature support, from 1 to 6 sharps or 1 to 6 flats.

- Automatic selection of the enharmonic notes for each scale to prevent double sharps or double flats in the key signature.

- Scales include major, minor, melodic minor, harmonic minor, blues, pentatonic, and all modal scales.
FRETS, STRINGS & NOTE SELECTION

- Support for 4, 5 and 6 string bass guitars.

- Frets are grouped to limit the number of notes to practice and test.

- Predefined fret groups, e.g., 0-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 0-12, 13-17, etc.

- You can define custom fret groups.

- The highlighted fret group is displayed on the fretboard.

- Your sight-reading progress is tracked per fret group.

- The longest streak record per fret group measures your sight-reading accuracy.

- You can select specific strings for the highlighted area.

- Test notes can be limited to naturals or notes from a selected scale.
READ AHEAD

- Reading ahead is a crucial skill for effective sight-reading.

- You can adjust the number of notes to read ahead.
OTHER

- Several alternate tunings are available for 4, 5, and 6-string bass guitars.

- Optional extra treble clef for iPad.

- Support for left-handed bass guitars.

- Option to display the fretboard in perspective (in landscape mode).

- A universal app compatible with iPhone, iPhone Duo, and iPad.

- Supports all screen sizes.

- No ads or in-app purchases.

- Dark mode support (iOS 13+).

- Tested on iOS and iPadOS 27.

Version History Added iPhone Duo support and various layout refinements. 5.01 2d ago Fixes a text display issue on iOS 26.4. 4.71 Mar 26 - Updated for iOS 26 and iPadOS 26.
- In iPadOS 26, the app supports proportional scaling. iPadOS saves your layout in both orientations automatically. 4.69 09/12/2025 - iOS 18.6 adjustments. 4.68 08/11/2025 - iOS 18.5 adjustments. 4.63 06/16/2025 - Some text improvements. 4.62 02/27/2025 - Performance improvements for older devices. 4.61 09/26/2024 - Minor adjustments for iOS 18 and added support for new devices. 4.59 09/16/2024 - Minor adjustments and bug fixes. 4.58 11/30/2023 iOS, iPadOS 17 adjustments. 4.57 10/12/2023 New iPad only option:
Some 6 string tunings have very high notes, resulting in many ledger lines. Now a treble clef can be included to improve the readabilty for such cases. The option can be found in the Tuning menu of settings. 4.56 02/13/2023 iOS 16, iPadOS16 adjustments. 4.55 09/21/2022 Minor adjustments for iOS, iPadOS 15.5. 4.54 06/23/2022 - Fix for layout issue when app is started with the device in horizontal position. 4.53 02/03/2022 Sound of the app is no longer switched off if the silent mode of the device is on (because users may not be aware of this). 4.52 10/24/2021 - Fix for a problem with screen rotation. 4.51 10/02/2021 iOS, iPadOS 15 adjustments. 4.50 09/29/2021 Lock/unlock button in main screen to disable or enable fretboard scrolling.

Advantages of disabled scrolling:

1. Taps are not missed because of unintentional dragging.

2. The tap sound is produced on touch down instead of touch up.
This works best while trying a bass line or scale in practice mode. 4.49 07/30/2021 - Minor improvements.
- iOS / iPadOS 14.6 tested. 4.48 06/25/2021 - Some textual adjustments.
- iOS 14 tested. 4.47 09/27/2020 - Minor bug fixes. 4.46 06/28/2020 - Fix for a sound glitches problem with some bluetooth headphones. 4.45 05/19/2020 - High B tuning for 6 string bass added (B E A D G B). 4.44 04/14/2020 - Textual adjustments and some performance improvements. 4.43 02/13/2020 - On request, an extra fret group: frets 10 - 14.
- Some minor corrections. 4.42 01/12/2020