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MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round
"MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round" is a versatile music app that combines several features and instruments into one interactive platform. It brings together the functionalities of "Musk MIDI Keyboard", "Musk MIDI Player", "Musk Diatonic Modes", and the "SolFa Mode-Go-Round" to offer various creative and educational applications. Users can play on a diatonic or chromatic keyboard, study scales, church modes, and the circle of fifths, explore improvising polyphonic canons, learn solmization techniques, and connect to MIDI apps and devices. The app also allows users to load sounds and polyphonic pieces and tune into their specific parts.
The app features a unique diatonically oriented spiral-shaped keyboard with 7 keys per octave, allowing for easy and melodious playing of melodies and chords in different modes. Additionally, there is a chromatic piano keyboard available. The app comes with a pre-installed General-MIDI sound font for instrumental sounds, and three octaves of solmization syllables ("do re mi fa so la ti") for studying church modes and solmization. Users can mix instrument and solmization sounds to their preferences. The app offers various tonics and modes through a touch circle of fifths, with the touch instruments changing accordingly. There are also interactive tutorials to help users understand the app's operation and the differences between different scales and modes.
In terms of solmization, the syllables depend on the pitch, the selected tonic/mode configuration, and the solmization method. Solmization methods include absolute solmization (Fixed-Do), relative solmization (Movable-Do), and scale degree solmization.
The app also has extensive MIDI features, allowing users to send and receive MIDI notes, play back MIDI files, record tracks, export MIDI files, and attach solmization syllables as lyrics to tracks. It can send and receive configuration change commands to keep all connected "MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Rounds" in sync. The app also supports synchronization with other devices and apps via MIDI, OSC, and OSC-Query.
Overall, "MIDI SolFa Mode-Go-Round" offers a comprehensive and interactive platform for musical exploration, learning, and collaboration. It provides users with a flexible and versatile tool for playing, studying, and creating music.