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Hello
I play the tenor sax and it's transposed to Bb.
When I see the suggested scales/chords they're always in Concert key.
I understand that a piano is in concert key, but as I use iRealB & iRealPro for my practice sessions, it would make sense to have a yes/no setting in case we want to see the chords/scales in our transposed key.
Thanks.
Stelios
Please compare the chord chart and the shown chord ... That is the problem i want to pinpoint ... that the chord helper despite having the app globally transposed to Bb, it still shows everything in concert key.
Hello,
It could be useful for multi-instumentists, and multiple instrumentists, to separate the chords pitch from the scale suggestions pitch :
A guitarist wants to learn the actual chords of a song, for example C Am F G.
A tenor sax would want suggestions for improvisation in D Bm G A.
This particular saxophonist does not care at all that the guitarist calls the chords C Am F G, not any more than the guitarist minds that the saxophonist calls them D Bm G A.
It could therefore be usegful to make one instance of the app help an accompanist and a transposing soloist both at the same time, by simply showing the chords in concert pitch, and the impro suggestions in transposed pitch. (or for a multi-instrumentist to learn the song once).
Of course you'll object that a real jazz cat learns the song in all 12 keys on every instrument they play, but not all of us are professionals, ... sadly :D and this modification is pretty benign, it's just about creating a new key/pitch variable if it does not already exist :
one for the chords, one for the scales
to modify the chord and scales code to use the old/new key variable, which is mostly a search&replace operation, and lastly to add a checkbox to enable that possibility, which shouldn't be too hard for the people who already programmed this great and complex app :)
Best regards!
Although not what you want, you can change the Font to guitar or piano. Then with global transpose set to the sax key, it will show the chord/scales in the sax chords. It is a very odd setting and can be confusing for any beginner if they inadvertently create it; and does not show the chords for the concert instrument.
I would think most would opt for separate devices for each player to show exactly what they require* or use a split screen (tablet) showing a PDF of the chart on one side (or print out a PDF!)
:)
(unfortunately there is currently no way to sync the tempo and playback of one device to another if you want each measure to highlight as it plays on each device)