Playing piano on your iPad: The apps that turn tablets into instruments


The range of apps for making music is increasingly diverse and many of these can be counted as full-blown instruments. — Catherine Waibel/dpa

Smartphones can do anything these days – they can even help you make music. “The number of apps for music is very extensive, ” IT expert Benjamin Lucks says.

Roughly speaking, there are three types of apps when it comes to making your own music, according to the expert: Apps which support you while playing an instrument. Apps that provide further musical education. And finally, apps that turn the smartphone or tablet itself into an instrument.

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