Introducing Tomplay
Interactive sheet music with more than 40,000 arrangements
with backing tracks
Tomplay is
an intuitive resource of digital sheet music, available on PC or as an app on iPhones and Android devices. There is a catalogue of over 40,000 arrangements for all instruments, which automatically scrolls in time with the music. I particularly like the way that even on a small screen, before you get to the end of one line the beginning of the next line appears the other side of the whited out area.
The sound quality is beyond those awful midi tracks of long ago with professionally recorded tracks by real musicians. It comes with a host of user friendly options to enhance your practice such as changing the tempo.
Although not my personal favourite, for those who like to see a visualisation you can see the instrument keys in action in real time with the score. I personally think this doesn't help sight reading skills, but if that's your thing then it can be activated.
More useful is the ability to loop a bar or more for repeated practice, without having to constantly rewind an audio track.
You may also find it useful to make notes on the score, something easily done with the annotation feature that enable a variety of fonts, sizes, colour etc.
Equally helpful is the option to play just against a metronome, or with the orchestra, or just against your solo part.
And it's not just classical music, there are thousand of tracks from more popular culture too, such as this example of Yiruma's "River Flows In You"
All of this is available with unlimited access for a completely free 14 day trial, and even if you decide to subscribe after this period, it would cost a fraction of buying the sheet music, let alone the benefits described above. So with a free trial period you have nothing to lose, and I'm sure after trying it you'll understand the vast amount of resources available along with the invaluable intuitive platform that can enhance your music practice.
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Word of caution about the Tomplay App. They don't send a subscription reminder or request consent to renew. They just take money and send a receipt. This can be frustrating if you've not used it and forgotten about it or you entered the free trial and didn't cancel on time. Also not compliant with most consumer protection legislation that's trying to stop this practice. Oh, they also don't give refunds just offer a gift voucher!
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