![]() But I found the easiest way to look for a song was just to google “song name iReal Pro” and if there was one in the iReal Pro forums, my search results would give me a link that takes me right to the song so that works really well. One thing I did want to mention is that while you can browse the user forums and search for songs within that interface, I found it a bit clumsy to use (I may also just have been too lay to get familiar with it □ ). Given that the songs are user contributed, you may need to edit the one you download to your liking (transpose it, modify chords etc) but that is simple to do. iReal Pro chord charts are user contributed, and there are THOUSANDS of users constantly contributing more – at the time of this review, look at how many songs in different genres are available: iReal Pro Songs Keep in mind that these are just some default playlists of popular songs to get you started – there are thousands more songs that you can download chord charts for. If you click the globe in the top left and then click “Main Playlists” you will see this screen where you can either browse these playlists and download songs one at a time or you can just grab the whole list (I downloaded the pop and blues playlists so I immediately had over 400 songs on my device): iReal Pro Default Playlists These are just pre-chosen chord charts of popular songs from various genres – they don’t take up alot of space, and this way you can search the songs on your device instead of having to search them online and download one at a time. To get started, the best thing to do is download some default playlists that iReal Pro has assembled. ![]() And you can buy additional style packs such as Blues for around $5 if you like. So you get style categories like Jazz, Latin and Pop, each of which have many sub styles within so you can customize how you want your song to sound. When you buy iReal Pro and download it to your device (I paid around $21 CDN so about $16 US), you get access to all of the chord charts in the database, and you also get access to the default “styles” for playing back your song. Screen Shot Of iReal Pro on iPad How Does It Work (And How Much Does it Cost)? display piano, guitar, ukulele chord diagrams or music notation of chords in real time (great for learning!).export your song as a PDF chord chart to share with others.export your song to an audio file (.WAV) to use as a backing track. ![]() transpose to different keys (you will see the chords change accordingly).choose from quite a few instrument choices for backing and adjust the mix or even mute some (guitars, keyboards, bass and drums).create your own chord chart from scratch.download a chord chart for a song from a massive library (and you can edit it if you like).There are some things that are still present in the app including some “jazz-centric” notation that I’ll be talking about so let’s get into it. iReal Pro was originally developed as a tool for jazz soloists (guitarists, pianists, horn players, etc) that would play a jazz chord progression for them to practice their soloing over. So what is iReal Pro? It is an app that at this moment in time is available for iOS, Android and Macs, and I will be reviewing the iOS version that I use on my iPad. This is my review for the iReal Pro backing tracks app this is a super cool app that you can use to download chord charts for songs, create your own chord charts from scratch, and then use the app to play backing for you in multiple styles with various instruments.
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