Instrumentation Tutor

The app's 'Instruments' section contains detailed instrumentation for 30+ orchestral instruments. Range, transposition, registers, timbre, clefs, tuning and foreign names are all included.

The 'Reference' section displays general knowledge, topic explanations and quick-reference summaries. The latter are perfect for score reading and transcription.

The 'Quiz' section provides a customised learning experience where you select the instruments, ensembles and topics you need to memorise.

The full list of included instruments is below.

Woodwind: Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Oboe, English Horn, B♭ Clarinet, A Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon.

Brass: Horn, C Trumpet, B♭ Trumpet, Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, Tuba.

Pitched Percussion: Timpani, Chimes, Glockenspiel, Xylophone.

Unpitched Percussion: Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbals, Tam-Tam.

Plucked Strings: Harp.

Keyboards: Piano, Celesta.

Bowed Strings: Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass.