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Discover Musical Instruments app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 7344 ratings )
Games Education Educational Music
Developer: Mathieu Brassard
1.99 USD
Current version: 1.6.2, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 03 Nov 2010
App size: 41.56 Mb

Let your kids discover musical instruments and become famous chief conductors!

Reviews for full/free version:
"Kids love it! ***** We bought Discover Musical Instruments for our kids (1 1/2 years old and 3 1/2 years old) on our iPod. They are captivated by all the different sounds it produces. Many instruments to discover (even for us, parents!) and really easy to use. My personal favorite educational app so far! :)" By Plumedor / Canada

"Great for young children ***** My three year old now prefers this app over all others. He loves making the instruments all play together. I love how it will say the instrument name when he touches the word, teaching reading as well. Its a great flashcard. Ive taught him the instruments, but I would be hard-pressed to find a better way to teach him the instrument sounds of so many instruments in such a fun way. 5 stars!" by technolingua / U.S.

"What a fantastic idea ***** I show this to my three year old, and it was facinating how he kept going for the next and the next. The fact that you can hear the instrument was like a discovery for him. He kept clicking the banjo and the bell and the drums, haha i guess he will be in a band some day. Very instructive." by The_X3 / U.S.

This educational game offers an extensive collection of 60 high quality musical instruments pictures and sound clips to give your kids a rich and fun learning experience about the wonderful musical world. It will also help them discover their sense of rhythm!

This app can be easily used by children as young as 6 months old, when they express a desire to touch everything! The combination of visual and auditory contents makes this application ideal for learning musical instruments vocabulary.

In portrait orientation, an instrument and his name is shown. Touching the picture will reveal the sound clip and touching the name will play its diction. We can navigate through the instruments using arrows or simply by sliding the pictures with a finger like in the photos app.

Landscape mode will fascinate your kids by giving them access to multiple musical instruments at the time on the screen. Being able to scroll through all of them and touching multiple instruments at a time will allow your child to create an all new symphony that will enchant everyone!

A customization module allows you to change instrument names and record custom sounds and pronunciation. You can even record the voice of your child to show him how hes good!

Pros and cons of Discover Musical Instruments app for iPhone and iPad

Discover Musical Instruments app good for

I really liked. When I was a kid I always dream about a software like this!
We bought Discover Musical Instruments for our kids (1 1/2 years old and 3 1/2 years old) on our iPod. They are captivated by all the different sounds it produces. Many instruments to discover (even for us, parents!) and really easy to use. My personal favorite educational app so far! :)
Excellent photos and audio depiction. Excellent for building vocabulary with visual and auditory info.

Some bad moments

I show this to my three year old, and it was facinating how he kept going for the next and the next. The fact that you can hear the intrument was like a discovery for him. He kept clicking the banjo and the bell and the drums, haha i guess he will be in a band some day. Very instructive.
My kids really enjoy this app. Beside a little French accent, it is two-thumbs up. Please add more instruments!!!
I bought this for me, not the kids. Good sound bites and picks. Not sure I agree that a whistle is an "instrument", though. Only added value I would suggest are - Longer sound bites, and - Video vs. still pics of instruments. Huge potential in this app!
Love the pictures and sounds. I only wish that you could touch an instrument and go to that card rather than go through all of the cards until you get there. Unless Im missing something.
Im a preschool music teacher and the kids LOVE this app! Its such an easy way to introduce instruments and the sounds they make to young children.
I love this app but wish it had longer sound bites. The flute only has about a 4 note example. My son loves this application and Im glad I have it!