At our
annual MTABC (Music Therapy Association of BC) business meeting I was struck by
something that one of the presenters said. “We
need to focus on abundance and less on lack," she said. Those words
have stayed with me all week.
I was
there to present my favourite iPad apps and how they can be very helpful tools to
music therapists. There truly is an abundance of great apps helpful for
music therapists, and some of these are even free. I was happy to share
my favorites, and to explain why I found them to be so useful.
I'd like
to continue sharing the abundance of these great tools, so I thought
I'd post my favorites here too. I invited all music therapists in attendance
to post their favorites as well. That way everyone benefits!
Here is a list of
our favourite apps for music therapists from MTABC. Many of these apps can
be used across multiple populations. I have done my best to put them in categories according to appropriate population benefit.
Enjoy!
Multiple Populations:
iGuitar
iAutoharp
Noteshelf
Celtic Harp
Accordeon
Virtuoso
Garageband
Recorder HD
History of Rock
History of Jazz
Small Talk Phonemes
Adults: Mental Health,
Brain Injury, Geriatrics and
Speech and Language
Speech and Language
Trivia Tunes
3D Brain
Small Talk Dysphagia
Small Talk Oral Motor
Toddlers:
Baby Chords
Piano Pals
Children/Teens:
Songify – Turn Speech Into Music
iXylophone
Dust Buster
Wild Chords
Pic Card Maker
Endless ABC
Vid Rhythm
Harmonizer
Magic Piano
Falling Stars
Glee Karaoke
Beatwave
Music Therapists: Helpful Tools
Turboscan – quickly scan multi page documents into high-quality
PDFs
DeepDish GigBook – Organizing all your songs
Capo
iReal b – Music Book and Play along
NoteStar
