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100 FREE TOOLS FOR MUSICIANS

100 FREE APPS

for the

Everyday Life of a

Musician

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We have compiled this list of free apps and

software for musicians in July 2016.

The list contains apps that help you in every

stage of your musicianship: Learning,

Rehearsing, Recording, and Video and

Graphic Production for your albums and

music videos.

If you find something especially useful,

consider helping the developers of the app

by buying a premium version (if available) or

linking to their website.

You can find more useful resources for

musicians on our blog at:

http://blog.sofasession.com

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CHAPTERS

Learning Apps ......................................... 5 

Music Theory ........................................... 8 

Samples ................................................ 11 

Sheet Music .......................................... 14 

Production and Recording Software ...... 16 

DJing ..................................................... 20 

Design Software .................................... 22 

Music Video Production Tools ............... 25 

Music Players ........................................ 27 

Songwriting Tools .................................. 28 

Tuner ..................................................... 31 

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Promotion .............................................. 34 

Music Notation ...................................... 37 

DAW Plugins ......................................... 39 

Selling Music ......................................... 41 

Sources and Shoutouts ......................... 42 

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Category 1

Learning Apps

Uberchord - Learn to play the guitar with

chords. Free app for iOS.

https://www.uberchord.com/

Jamplay - Free Website and iOS/Android

App that let's you learn the guitar with

videos.

http://www.jamplay.com/

Yousician - Free App to learn Guitar, Bass,

Piano available for iOS and Android.

https://get.yousician.com/

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Pianist HD - Free App to learn songs on the

piano on Android.

http://www.rubycell.com/game_detail/Android/Pianist-HD/

Sing Sharp - Free App for learning how to

sing. Only limited songs available at the

moment.

http://www.singsharpapp.com/

Chords plus - Guitar chords and tabs free

Android and iOS app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.xssembler.ch

ordsplus&hl=en

Saxophone Fingerings - Simple

saxophone fingering chars for Android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=appinventor.ai_S

uhadisapari.Saxophone

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Saxophone All-in-one - Free iOS and

Android app with fingering charts, types of

saxophones, scales, tuner and more.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.saxophoneal

lin1pro

Viruoso Piano Free - Free iOS Piano App

for Singers, Saxophone players and more.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/virtuoso-piano-free-2-

hd/id304075989

Gamestar Perfectpiano - Free Android

Piano app, Perfect Piano.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamestar.pe

rfectpiano

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Category 2

Music Theory

Toby Rush - Music theory for musicians and

normal people – Nicely designed

infographics about music theory, perfect for

print-out.

http://tobyrush.com/theorypages/index.html

Skillshare - A bunch of free video classes

about music composition, education,

production and theory.

https://www.skillshare.com/search/?query=music&enrollmentTy

pe=free

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Circle of Fifths - Beautiful & interactive

circle of fifths.

http://randscullard.com.s3-website-us-east-

1.amazonaws.com/CircleOfFifths/

MusicTheory.net - Free music theory

lessons & exercises like ear training.

http://www.musictheory.net

Chordify - Turns any youtube, soundcloud

or deezer link to a song into a chord

progression.

https://chordify.net/

Songtive - Free iOS chord and scale

dictionary.

http://www.songtive.com/products/piano-companion

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Pitchimprover - Ear training exercise: free

pitch trainer.

http://pitchimprover.com/index.php?type=Perfect

MetronomeOnline - Free online

metronome.

https://www.metronomeonline.com/

MetronomeApp - Free metronome app for

iOS.

http://metronomeapp.com/

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Category 3

Samples

Incompetech - Collection of user composed

music for free download under Creative

Common License.

http://incompetech.com

Daft Club - Collection of Daft Punk samples

downloadable from their website.

http://daft.club/tagged/Daftabase

FreeSound.org - Collection of sounds for

free download and use in your production.

(Check license if author needs to be

credited).

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http://www.freesound.org

99sounds.org - Collection of free sound

samples for production.

http://99sounds.org/free-sound-effects/

Goldbaby - Free collection of sounds. Very

popular with hip hop artists.

http://www.goldbaby.co.nz/freestuff.html

Samplefino - 60 free drum samples.

http://samplefino.com/free-drum-samples/

Prime Loops - Prime Loops is a collection

of free sounds, samples, vocals, synth

presets and more.

https://primeloops.com/sounds/samples.html

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Noisli - Background noise generator.

http://www.noisli.com

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Category 4

Sheet Music

Petrucci Music Library - Over 100.000

works of music downloadable.

http://imslp.org/

Classtab - Classical guitar tablature works.

http://www.classtab.org/

Practicesightreading.com - Website to

practice sheet music reading.

https://practicesightreading.com/

Ultimate Guitar - Huge selection of guitar

tabs, also as app.

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https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/

Songsterr - Guitar tabs that can be played

back will playing to them. Printing and

saving require a paid account.

http://www.songsterr.com/

Free Scores - Free Scores offers free sheet

music of different styles.

http://www.free-scores.com/

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Category 5

Production and Recording Software

sofasession - Free website to record and

jam with other musicians over the internet.

http://www.sofasession.com

Audacity - one of most popular free source

programs, recording and editing audio,

adjust pitch, bass and treble; simple

interface, set of tools, add effects; issues:

distractive editing.

http://www.audacityteam.org/download/

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Ardour - import video, report and edit,

prepare combination of individual tracks, no

built-in instruments & effects, you need 3rd

party software, not compatible with windows

(linux & mac).

https://ardour.org/download.html

LMMS.IO - Free software to produce beats,

DAW and sequencer.

https://lmms.io/

Reaper - Recording DAW. It's actually not

free, but let's you use it even after the trial

period.

http://www.reaper.fm/

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WarmPlace - Multitracrecorder featuing a

modular synthesizer.

http://www.warmplace.ru/soft/sunvox/

Audiotool - Music production studio right in

the browser.

https://www.audiotool.com/

Audiosauna - Music production studio in

the browser.

http://www.audiosauna.com/studio/

Voice Recorder Free (iOS) - Free Voice

recorder for iPhone.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-recorder-

free/id685310398?mt=8

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Voice Recorder Free (Android) - Smart

voice recorder free app for Android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrwq.recor

der&hl=en

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Category 6

DJing

Mixxx - Free DJ-ying software.

http://mixxx.org/

djay Free - Free DJ-ying app for iOS and

Android.

http://www.algoriddim.com/

edJing - Free DJ-ying app for iOS and

Android. There are paid features available.

http://www.edjing.com/

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Cross DJ Free - Free DJ-ying app for iOS

and Android. There are paid features

available.

http://www.mixvibes.com/downloads/

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Category 7

Design Software

Artwork Creator - Create your CD/DVD

cover; quite old looking though.

http://artworkcreator.duplicationcentre.co.uk/#?

Big huge labs - Make a personalized CD or

DVD cover, upload from Instagram,

Facebook, Dropbox or Flickr possible.

http://bighugelabs.com/cd.php

GIMP - Graphic Editor Programme, free

open source alternative to Photoshop.

https://www.gimp.org/

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Canva - Amazing tool for graphics of any

kind: Social Media, Blogs, CD's etc. Easy to

use online.

https://www.canva.com/

Inkscape - Drawing programme for vektor

illustrations - free open source alternative to

Illustrator.

https://inkscape.org/

Scribus - Create layouts for flyers and

album inlays - free alternative to Indesign.

https://www.scribus.net/

Hipster Logo Generator - Create a hipster

logo in 5 seconds. Super funny!

http://www.hipsterlogogenerator.com/

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Krita - Free sketching and painting program.

https://krita.org/en/

Pixlr - Free picture editor online, very similar

to photoshop.

https://pixlr.com/editor/

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Category 8

Music Video Production Tools

OpenToonz - Free Tool for creating

animation movies.

https://opentoonz.github.io

Lightworks - Video editing tool used by

professionals - free versions lets create

videos up to 720p.

https://www.lwks.com/

Rotor Videos - Create free artistic music

videos in the web app.

https://rotorvideos.com/

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Stupefix - Make videos out of photos,

videos, music and text.

https://studio.stupeflix.com/en/

Movavi - Free Video Editor, works like

iMovie or Movie Maker.

http://www.movavi.com/support/how-to/how-to-make-home-

movies.html

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Category 9

Music Players

VLC - Music player for desktop and mobile

phones that plays almost any format (video

and audio).

http://www.vlc.de/

iTunes - Create practical music library with

your tracks.

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

AIMP - Music player which supports 30+

audio formats and hosts internet radio.

http://www.aimp2.us/

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Category 10

Songwriting Tools

Autochords - Chord progression have

never been that easy. Choose style,

instrument and key and get a set of chords

as inspiration.

https://autochords.com/

CheatSheet for Songwriting - All about

progressions and keys.

http://i.imgur.com/k0F0EI3.jpg

Hookpad - Hookpad by Hooktheory. Let's

you create chord progressions in your

browser.

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https://www.hooktheory.com/hookpad

Suggester - Free iOS to suggest chords

and scales to your song. There is also a

Premium version.

http://www.mathieurouthier.com/suggester/

Futurelearn - How to write your first song

online course.

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/songwriting

Rhymer - Find rhymes easily.

http://www.rhymer.com/

Rhymezone - Find rhymes, synonyms and

definitions in one place.

http://www.rhymezone.com/

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Jam Maestro Lite - Free iOS app to

compose songs in tab or chord format.

http://www.jammaestro.com/

Chordbot Lite - Chordbot is a songwriting

tool / electronic backup band for iOS and

Android that lets you experiment with

advanced chord progressions and

arrangements quickly and easily.

http://www.chordbot.com/buy.php

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Category 11

Tuner

Guitar Tuner - Very simple and exact tuner

for the guitar on Android.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ovelin.guitart

una&hl=en

Guitar Tuna - Tuner for guitar, bass, ukulele

on iOS.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/guitar-tuna-ultimate-

free/id527588389?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ovelin.guitart

una&hl=de

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Pano Tuner (Chromatic Tuner) - Free iOS

and Android Tuner for every instrument.

https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/free-chromatic-tuner-

pano/id449780743?mt=8

Saxophone Tuner - Tuner For Saxophone

Plus Saxophone Metronome for iOS and

Android.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/saxophone-tuner-tuner-

for/id817159901?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SaxTuner.Th

ink

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Chromatic guitar tuner - Very precise tuner

for guitar and ukulele, iOS and Android

versions.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gismart.guita

r.tuner

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chromatic-guitar-tuner-

tune/id662890455?mt=8

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Category 12

Promotion

Dizzyjam - Create merch for your music with

this free online service.

http://www.dizzyjam.com/

Bandpage - Create a bandpage for free and

the info is then updated all over the web

including YouTube, Facebook, Google etc.

https://www.bandpage.com/

Reddit Music - Submit your songs and be

heard here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/

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Spotify - Share your music and get paid per

play.

https://www.spotifyartists.com/

Soundcloud - Share your tracks with the

world.

https://on.soundcloud.com/

Tunecore - Community of independent

artists. Sell your music on iTunes, Amazon,

Spotify and more.

http://www.tunecore.com/

Bandzoogle - Create customized websites

for merch, tickets, videos and more.

https://bandzoogle.com/

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Viinyl - Create song-based websites to best

showcase your music.

http://viinyl.com/#home

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Category 13

Music Notation

Blank Sheet Music – blank sheet music –

Create and print your own music sheets.

http://www.blanksheetmusic.net/

Guitar Tab Creator – Create guitar tabs.

http://www.guitartabcreator.com/

MuseScore – Create musical sheets for

free.

https://musescore.org/de

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Tuxguitar – Free Guitar Tab Editor for

Windows, Mac and Linux.

http://tuxguitar.herac.com.ar/

Noteflight – Create, view, print, share and

listen to professional quality music notation

on your computer, tablet or smartphone.

https://www.noteflight.com/login

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Category 14

DAW Plugins

Delamar - Selection of free VST Plugins for

your DAW.

http://www.delamar.de/musikproduktion/free-vst-plugins-800/

Dontcrack - Another Selection of free VST

Plugins.

http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/software.php/id/7037/audio/

Plug-ins/plugins/VST/

KVRAudio - Free Plugins ranked by highest

user rating.

http://www.kvraudio.com/plugins/free/highest-rated

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FreeSoundEditor - Free Virtual Instru-

ments.

http://www.freesoundeditor.com/incageneng.html?VSTSynthen

g.htm~main

Superdrumfx - Free Virtual Instruments.

http://www.superdrumfx.com/

Soundprism - Free Virtual Instruments.

http://soundprism.com/

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Category 15

Selling Music

Spotify Artist Insights - Spotify Artist

Insights to analyze your plays etc on Spotify.

https://artists.spotify.com/faninsights

Getty Images Music – Sel your music on

iStock.

http://www.istockphoto.com/music-clips

The Orchard - Distribution company which

helps you to sell the music around the world.

http://www.theorchard.com/

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Thank you!

Sources and Shoutouts

This list was compiled based on own

research, as well as hints from those great

people:

http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2015/02/26/free-resources-

for-music-producers/

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-recording-

software/

And of course or friends at Reddit:

http://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers

Compiled with <3 from the sofasession

Team.