IBone - the Pocket Trombone App Reviews

VERSION
1.5.7
SCORE
4.7
TOTAL RATINGS
18
PRICE
$2.99

IBone - the Pocket Trombone App Description & Overview

What is ibone - the pocket trombone app? -NOW ON SALE!- Winner of the 'Best Musical Instrument App' in the Best App Ever Awards and iTunes Rewind pick. Not just a tool for trombonists, anyone can play -- iBone shows you how!

"...a great tool for trombonists..."
- Robin Eubanks, Trombonist with EB3, Dave Holland, SFJAZZ Collective, 2009 Downbeat Reader's Poll 'Best Trombonist'

"Brilliant! ...great fun to play with too"
- Carol Jarvis, Trombonist with Seal and Sting, Founder Bones Apart

"Future of virtual brass?"
- Music Inc Mag

"...iBone is an interesting experimental blend of gameplay and utility."
- Wired, Game|Life

It's the Trombone plus more for your iPhone or iPod Touch. Play it anywhere. Waiting for the bus? Work a little slow? Friend to impress? Simply itching to learn? Whip out your iBone. Practice and learn scales and songs. Even play-a-long with music from your iPod library -- accompany the lead, or take the solo spot. Don't have a clue? Play-a-long with a tune from the iBone Songbook and let roboBone show you the way.

It's easy:
1. Touch or blow to make a sound.
2. Slide your finger to change pitch.
3. Raise and lower the bell to change volume.

With iBone, you can cover the Trombone's standard two and a half octave range -- slur up and down, slide in and out, and easily play way out of tune. It's the closest you'll get to the real thing.

No clue about the real thing? Pick a tune from the iBone Songbook, and let roboBone show you the way as you play along with the band accompaniment. Just tap the rings at the bottom of their fall to hit the right note at the right time.

iBone comes free with seven songs:
- 2001: Also Sprach Zarathustra with orchestra
- Aura Lee with piano
- Air (on a G string) with guitar
- Greensleeves with accordian
- Guantanmera with bass, bongos, guitar and drums
- Ride of the Valkyries with orchestra
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with piano

New in iBone 1.3, additional songs can be purchased and downloaded. Some of these include:
- Sloop John B with Rhythm
- Man of Constant Sorrow with Banjo
- Carol of the Bells with Brass
- First Noel with Ochestra
- O Silent Night with Strings
- O Little Town of Bethlehem with Organ
and more! With more to come.

Whether you play Trombone and need something more portable, or you've never touched one but want to learn, iBone.

Visit http://ibone.spoonjack.com to see it in action.

Have your own video to share? Comments? Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you. Please contact us at ibone@spoonjack.com.

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FAQ
Q. How do I play with my iPod music?
A. Start the song before loading iBone, and control it by double-clicking the 'Home' button.

Q. Why don't I hear anything?
A. You probably have left the 'Silent' switch on. It's located on the upper left side of your phone.

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App Name IBone - the Pocket Trombone
Category Music
Published
Updated 13 March 2017, Monday
File Size 18.56 MB

IBone - the Pocket Trombone Comments & Reviews 2024

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Totally fun music app!. This is great fun, and the trombone sounds swell. The play along song feature is super fun, and I love that you can download more music. This is the first app that was so cool I felt compelled to write a review for it!

Nice!. This app is awesome! I play the trombone and I can use it to actually practice and help myself. But what It needs a software that can use songs from your music app and play those! Try it!

Great;). I play trombone and this is like the real thing I certainly suggest u buy this trombone and not any other it's expensive-ish but worth it

Couldn't be better on iPod touch. I play trombone in real life, and I think this is amazing It is the  I taught myself a bunch of songs through trail and error, and I know the song new soul by watching the video If you play trombone, buy this app It is perfect to tinker around on and fun to try sheet music. The only thing I would add is instead of a blow feature, have it if you tilt the device, then it will be louder or softer, and have this feature able to be turned on and off. Then it would be amazing Another idea is to create a bar in the settings and that will coordinate the volume. PLEASE CONSIDER MY IDEAS TO MAKE YOUR APP THE BEST IT COULD BE     

I love this. I'd love this even if I never played trombone. Kind of makes me want to dust off the old one in the garage, because now I know more ... And the tone is quite nice, especially over speakers. my four year old has learned Star Wars and twinkle twinkle on it. just great!

iBone - the Pocket Trombone. This is an amazing app! That you could have all of the partials in all of the positions is awesome! It would be great, however, to be able to see where the notes are a little better, or have the option of making them brighter. Other than that... great job!

Buy it. Really fun man. And you can download more music from the store, or play your ipod songs. Nice features and great sound. Very cool. Must have on ipad. You can use it with your on blow and control even better the sounds. Love it!!

Awesome. If you are a bone player.. Just get this app (seriously). Everything is excellent! - the blow function needs some repair work though

Scam. Dosent really work, waste of money

Awsome!. It's the best trombone app so don't waste your money on other apps. It would be cool if you could look at a picture while playing so you could read music.

Fun App. Love it!!! Love being able to get more songs. Thanks! The sound is the best music app sound I have heard. I completely recommend it. I am a sax and clarinet player and have not found a music app that compares with this one. I knew nothing about the trombone before this app. Now I can play lots of songs. My friends that are trombone players think it is great too. They just don't have iPhones, so they play on mine.

Awesome. Ok, so I don't play trombone or anything like it but this app is awesome. Having tried a couple of music apps already, I must say this is the best one. Really enjoy playing along to the tunes as well as my own iTunes library. You haven't heard Metallica's Seek and Destroy until you've heard it with the iBone :-)

Imazing. Fun app! I do think it should have more songs and more trombones so that u can play lower and also like I saw in another review it should have peddle tones. Take it from a trombone player

Amazing.. I play real trombone and baritone... Aka trombaritonieuphonium. Worth way mire than the price, This is the best app on my iPod, I would suggest making more instruments like trumpet or baritone :D

Awesome. Incredible app! The only improvement would be to increase the range in both high and low directions.

This app is great!!. I'm learning to play the trombone and I have a hard time knowing what some notes are supposed to sound like. This app helped a lot!! Gracias!!

Great, but 1 question. Ok...I play trombone in real life and this is great. One question...how to play along with music in my library? I cant seem to find the button. Any help?

Awesome. I play second trombone at my school (soon to be first) and I have tried another trombone app. Nothing can beat this app!!!

Still the best app!. Worth every penny

The most awesome app I've ever bought!!!!. Invaluable app for working on your trombone improvisation skills!!!!! Helps dramatically improve your t bone skills!!

I love this app!!!. i am a beginner trombone. and this app has helped me with scales, note names what position its in and is a whole lot of fun! it give you a choice of songs to play such as aura lee, greensleeves, ect. but i love this app and if yor a musician or not youll love this!

Only few songs you must pay too much. It is not worth its price, because you get only 5 or 6 songs if you buy the app. Moreover the additional songs for it are rather expensive: 2 new songs for 1$! For the price of this app I would expect at least 20 songs, and for a dollar I would expect 5-6 songs at least...

Great!. Pros: -As a Trombone player, this app is completely accurate! -It's easy to learn! -It actually could teach you more about the trombone! - Sound Quality is Good. -Not Expensive! Cons: - I don't know about you guys, but on my Trombone, I can hit C2-F5 (no trigger)where as this app only has E2-D5. Suggestions: -What if you could add in many more types of Trombones. Such as the Bass Trombone, the valve Trombone, the Alto Trombone, the Soprano Trombone, and the piccolo Trombone. But with additional charge of course because I am definitely willing to fork over some more money over to this app!

Amazing. I haVe played bone for three years and thought that no one would ever give the trombone any attention. This app proves me wrong and does it with style.

Awesome but not working. My friend had this and showed it to me about a week ago. It was awesome so I ended up getting it, but much later. By the time I bought the app it had broken. It has no sound. No point in a music app that has no sound. I hope this is fixed soon. I will give this 5 stars anyway because I know it will be fixed and once it is, it is a great app

Like it. Great app! Developer went to some detail to make the sound accurate. For example, on a real trombone when you play notes in alternate position they have a different timbre than in the primary - this happens on the iBone too. There's even a bit of corrosion on the lower outer slide tube right where it would be with a real trombone. This app is a great way to annoy your bandmates without actually having to get a trombone out. Or have chops or anything like that. :)

Well done!. Amazing app!!! Great sound, great fun. Can't wait to dig up some music and play along with some old band recordings. Well done developers.

Love it!!. C'mon!! Who doesn't want an iBone?? I just did a concert tonight and the guitar player showed me the app and I immediately downloaded it. It works perfectly and is easy to control. We were totally goofing around and did a duet while backstage during the intermission. I'm thinking of actually playing it on my next show for fun. I actually play trombone for real so this is just awesome!! I showed 20 other people tonight ;) A few ideas: I wish it went a little higher as the range is a fourth low based on most professional players. Up to a high F would be nice but it's obviously great as is. Maybe adding low pedal tones would be cool too. Oooh, and an option for vibrato on/off with control of how much or how little vib. Great app hands down!

Must buy this!. ! I play the trombone in real life and the accuracy and effects are amazing and is worth $1.99 all the way. Even if you don't play it, this is easy to do and the songs already show you were to press. I also love that you can play along to your own iPod songs

Maybe the coolest app I've bought. I've played trombone for years and this app is eerily intuitive. A great buy.

Elegant and works. I am a trombone player and love this app. I only wish it had the low B flat register. More songs would be cool too. Make one for trumpet!

Great. Was great but randomely deleted itself for no reason whatsoever. I'm mad because to get it back I'll have to pay again.

Love it!!. I play trombone in real life and this has a great sound! I love the play along mode and when I saw it had Greensleeves (one of my favorite songs to play) I bought it right away. My only complaint is the notes are kinda small and close together; very easy to misplay. Also more play along songs ASAP, more difficult pieces as well :)

Great help and fun!. Every once in a while whenever I was not able to hit a note, I would open up this app and see what it sounded like. Also whenever I was on the go without my trombone I would be able to 'practice'! 5/5

Many ways to play!. Love this app! You can play along Guitar Hero style, freestyle, or just mess around. My kids love using the slider. I'm not a musician but this app makes me feel like I'm a pro!

Excellent!. I play 1st t-bone at my high school. This app really helps me with extremely high or low notes who's positions I don't always no. This app is REALLY useful. Definently worth the money.

Amazing!. I am a professional trombonist and this app is the best tool for learning alternate slide positions I have ever seen. I have a whole new perspective of how the horn is laid out now

Music Dictation Tool for Trombonists. I use this app as a handy tool to dictate music that I want to play with my trombone. As I listen to music, I touch iBone with my left index finger, and write the music with my right hand. It works very well. At home or outside, I can play music on my iPod Touch and use iBone at the same time so that I can check the key or play along.

Brilliant Concept. I've played Trombone for 20 years and this app is amazing. I would recommend this a MUST have for any novice trombone player. If you learned trombone by memorizing positions that your teacher wrote for you on the music, this is the app for you!

Well worth it. This is a great tool for beginners, as well as others who want to learn the trombone and how it works. I like how it can do the gliss as well as other slurs. I highly reccommend this app!

Amazing App. I really play the trombone and this sounds like a real trombone not like one of those poorly recorded sounds. You can also play along to songs like Greensleves. Well worth $2.99!

THANK YOU!. Well, at the time, I was in 6th grade beginner band. I didn't really know anything, but then I looked on the App Store, found this, bought it, and loved it! This app is so accurate! I did some studying with this app and my essential elements 2000 book and now I know how to play any scale up to the high D that is way on the very top of the screen 9 octaves high in first position (it is so high you can't see the note name, but you can play it). I am now way advanced and way ahead of the kids in my grade (7th grade), and I impressed my band director so much back in the 6th grade. Since I play percussion also I have to read the mallets notes and play them, so I use iTrump to study the treble clef. Thank you so much spoonjack! Keep up the good work! :D Best apps ever!

Amazing. I play 1st trombone at my school and this app is fun to play my music on and show all my jealous trombone playing friends. :P. Haha the only thing is I had a hard time buying it because of the cost an I think lowering it slightly would bring in more non trombone players who aren't as interested in trombone playing.

Best. App. Ever.. Amazingly well-made and easy to use, this app has provided HOURS of entertainment for those times when whipping out a real trombone just isn't possible. The best $2.99 on the Internet!

Very well done.. I am a doctoral trombone student and I find this app to be very well done. I would recommend, however, making the image of the trombone semi-transparent and placing the bell over the fourth position as that would be more visually accurate. Thanks for a very fun app!

Great practice tool.. I'm in my school's jazz band and this will help improve my improvisation skills. A very useful tool indeed. I would highly recommend this to any trombone player.

Amazing little trombone!. I've actually used this app for several years now and it has continued to hold its position right on my main screen of apps. What we really get a kick out of is the song book. Imagine guitar hero but for a trombone. The app tells you where you should be tapping and when to play a song. This is a riot when you get a group together and everyone tries to keep up with one of the faster and more difficult songs! This app is what it would look like if Apple themselves added a trombone to garage band. It has that level of polish.

Hands Down The Best App in The App Store!. After playing ibone for a minuite i fell in love with it. Ive purchased $10 apps and they were ok but this app is the best! it beats all of the best apps in the app store! I play the trombone and this is sooooo accurate, i tune with this and play some of my more dificult pieces with it. Thanks to this app i can learn my smphonic band music on the go without my trombone!Without a doubt in my mind the IS the best app in the app store!

Amazing app!. This app is fantastic. It covers a range from low E to double high D (to play above double C, just move your finger as far up as you can; there's a nearly invisible extra partial). I thikk it's worth more than the price; a great deal.

Love the app. I used to use this all the time on my 3G, but now that I upgraded to iPhone 4, the sound of each note articulation is very percussive. I've never noticed this before, and I'm not really liking that sound, please fix? Thanks, and I still love the app

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Worth the money. This is very good has notes and a few songs that it can play

Trombone app. Great app 4 teachers that not no how to play trombone Like me

Awesome. I play the real thing and this is almost as good! $4 vs $1000 If you're not serious about playing and just love the sound, this is the app for you.

Love the iBone. Love the iBone. Love that the slide reflects actual positions. Love that if you don't quite hit the spot, the intonation is off. Would love some more iBone tunes in the next update. Bravo!!

Awesome. I love this app, it's killer and tons of fun. The only thing that would make it better is line 6 midi mobiliser compatability so I could play these awesome sounds with a full size instrument. Put the thing through some nice big speakers and it's beautiful.

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Pretty good... Please add support for turning the iPad. It only loads in one direction which is always upside down based on my iPad case. Otherwise a very cool app.

Très cool. Je suis un tromboniste et je trouve cette application très utile quand je n'ai pas mon trombone. Le seul défault c qu'il n'y a pas les notes en français.

Learning the trombone. I can't play a trombone , but now I can play some of the basics , it's fun ,entertaining + just great learning thx.

Wow!. I love this app. I am a trombone player, first off. Playing this iBone "makes sense." You have all 7 slide positions, and all partials up to high Bb. So playing it is like second nature. I did like in the video, fired up a song in iTunes, and had a blast playing along. This app actually helps me "see" patterns in the position/partials as I use different scales. Oh and it actually sounds great. I would like "in app" iTunes controls, and a volume slider to adjust the ibone volume to match my tunes. I recommend all trombone players get this. If you're not a trombonist, you may still enjoy this.

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Very nice!. Now all we need is iTuba!

Awesome. The best trombone app ever!!!

Seriously? Removing iPad support?. Terribly uncool. If you have an iPad, don't download this update!

Not worth it. If you get this for higher than 99cents than you are dumb

Sound. I'm disappointed with the tone quality of the trombone, it definitely sounds like a computer trombone not a real one

Very much fun. Love the app-More songs, please.

Maryland. Several of us trombone players have not been able to play the notes using the correct positions on the slide. Are we technically challenged or the trombone is not set up to do this? The sound itself is excellent.

NEEDS PETAL TONES!!. maybe you can have different trombone selections, a strait trombone, f trigger, bass, not just a strait trombone. needs some low note action

Wow.. Best pocket trombone I've found for ios.

Cool. Hey awesome but can you make it sound more like a real trombone? And get some low notes like pedal Bb? Thanks

Haha. 2 things 1 naming this app ibone is a total thats what she said moment. 2 ipad users if you have enough money to go blow away on an ipad im sure you have enough to get ibonexl, so stop whining P.S i got this last year when it was $0.99 haha

Awesome. I'm Trombone n00b and it is wicked fun especially the sng and reality mode :)

Great app, but it crashes. This is a great app to simulate trombone positions, but whenever I go into "settings" it crashes. Needs a new update

Move it. MOVE TH FRIKIN INFO BUTTON I CAN'T PLAY D WITHOUT TOUCHING IT

Less flat please. I play the real trombone this is a good app well just make it less flat

OMG! This is fun.. Now I can't stop playing my iBone. And... The other passengers on the plane LOVE hearing it.

Well...... It doesn't seem it's as good as it could be and maybe there should be some higher octaves and better sounds

Great funn app. Sugestions Add more songs Delete the top to rows of notes and make the other rows larger for more accruacy or make it so u can control the size and note range yourself

Wouldn't work. I tried to open this app and it is not working

Maybe the coolest app I've bought. I've played trombone for years and this app is eerily intuitive. A great buy.

Nice. This app is great.

Still Great. This great app saves me a lot of money on concert tickets.

Pro. I'm a 7th grader and I've played trombone for 5 years. But I can't say it's the best trombone app. That's only because it's the only one! Haha great app.

Awesome!!!!. You do not have to play an instrument to play this game......easy to learn how to play and easy to play!!!!

Wow!. Hands down my favorite app!

buggy. keeps getting stuck on a note and has to be restarted

Best app EVA!!!!. The best trombone app out there, worth every penny

Very nice. Its a very nice app. I use it in my jazz band practices to help myself and younger ones with it. Also helps find alternate positions!!

I love it.. Nice work.

Love it!. I play trombone and this app really helps with my slide positions any trombone player should have this

This is amazing!!!👍. This is a great way for me to make sure I'm playing licks correctly and to experiment with improv. Every trombone player should have this!

The best. This is one of the best game I've played

Silent!. This app won't make any noise! What is the point of a trombone app if it doesn't make sound!? I am very disappointed😥😨😡😠

Awesome!. I like it, but they should add more free songs.

Over-rated. This is way out of tune. And they make it so u can play an F in 5th pos. (not posible)

make a baritone. no wait make a whole band

Great app but .... how do I empty the spit valve? This is a fun app, but my reflexive spraying of the slide leads to less than optimal performance of the iPhone.

Wow............ I'd give this  stars if I could!!      

Perfect for all trombone players!. I got this app when it first came out. It is truly fantastic!

Yes. I'm a trombone player and I love this app. Only one recommendation, have the ability to input notes and have the trombone play them. 

Great app!!!. Wouldn't it be better if the trumpet's bell was pointed out facing the same direction as the iphone/ipod speaker giving that "away" sound effect??

love it. this is great!!

Cool.. I dont know how to play but its fun to mess with ;)

Great App. I like this app and it's great for when your memorizing solo. It helps improve note memo. But, I wish there was an easier way to slur

Nice. This is a great app for trombone or none trombone players would recommend this to anyone.

Nifty. Cool and pretty realistic!!

Awful. This app is terrible. It doesn't sound even close to the real thing. I play the trombone and this is just a discrace.

No Verizon support. I don't know if it is because I have a Verizon iPhone or my firmware version but when I go into settings (the i) the app crashes.

Great!. I am getting ready to play trombone, so this is a great introduction.

Trombón melancólico. A guapear con el iBone!

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Language English
Price $2.99
Adult Rating 4+ years and older
Current Version 1.5.7
Play Store com.spoonjack.iBone
Compatibility iOS 7.0 or later

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The application IBone - the Pocket Trombone was published in the category Music on 04 March 2009, Wednesday and was developed by Spoonjack, LLC [Developer ID: 306629303]. This program file size is 18.56 MB. This app has been rated by 18 users and has a rating of 4.7 out of 5. IBone - the Pocket Trombone - Music app posted on 13 March 2017, Monday current version is 1.5.7 and works well on iOS 7.0 and higher versions. Google Play ID: com.spoonjack.iBone. Languages supported by the app:

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