Bach Chorales
Free
5.6for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Bach Chorales
This App is a collection of four-part Chorales harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach. When first launched, the Chorale numbered to the current day of year is shown. You can then choose any of the 371 Chorales with the "Select Wheel" found on the second screen.
The "Text Switch" adds the title verse to the Chorale. The"Figured Bass Switch" replaces the alto and tenor voices with figured bass, thus highlighting the harmony and simplifying the music.
The "Transpose Wheel" on the far right shows the number of half-steps you have chosen to transpose the Chorale from it's original key (displayed on the left). Practicing in all twelve keys is ideal.
The "Text Switch" adds the title verse to the Chorale. The"Figured Bass Switch" replaces the alto and tenor voices with figured bass, thus highlighting the harmony and simplifying the music.
The "Transpose Wheel" on the far right shows the number of half-steps you have chosen to transpose the Chorale from it's original key (displayed on the left). Practicing in all twelve keys is ideal.
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.6
Last updated on Aug 7, 2021
Old Versions
Improved figured bass.
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Version History
5.6
Aug 7, 2021
Improved figured bass.
5.5.2
Aug 16, 2020
Fixed a bug that prevented text display for chorales 203 and 229.
5.5.1
Apr 7, 2020
Temporally recompiled with Xcode 10.
(Xcode 11 sometimes made chorale selection and transposition disappear.)
(Xcode 11 sometimes made chorale selection and transposition disappear.)
5.5
Apr 6, 2020
Minor changes to figured bass.
5.4
May 18, 2019
Improved figured bass for many chorales.
5.3
Mar 5, 2019
Minor corrections to the figured bass.
5.2
Jan 7, 2019
Apostrophes in the text have been changed to proper Unicode right single quotation marks.
5.1
Nov 17, 2018
Fixed text spacing issue when U+FF0C (fullwidth comma) is used.
5.0
Nov 11, 2018
Staves are now enclosed with brackets.
4.7
Oct 25, 2018
Minor corrections to Chorales 25, 60, 79, 197, 205 and 296
4.6
Oct 18, 2018
Update abc2svg version=1.17.9
Use of inverted fermatas.
Use of inverted fermatas.
4.5
Oct 1, 2018
Update for iOS 12
4.4
Aug 10, 2018
More figured bass corrections.
4.3
Aug 2, 2018
Eszett (ß) replaces double s when appropriate.
More correct figured bass.
More correct figured bass.
4.2
Jul 17, 2018
Over 100 minor corrections were made, mostly to the figured base.
4.1
May 27, 2018
Fixed an issue where some chorales were not displaying properly.
4.0
May 11, 2018
A text switch has been added to optionally display the first stanza of each chorale.
3.2
Apr 22, 2018
Improved chorale rendering by upgrading to the most recent version of Jean-François Moine's ABC to SVG translator @source: https://github.com/moinejf/abc2svg.git.
3.1
Apr 6, 2018
Several minor corrections.
3.0
Jan 31, 2018
Improved figured bass algorithm thanks to the music21 project.
Correct display of all Chorales (including 267).
Correct display of all Chorales (including 267).
2.3
Jan 24, 2018
Fixed chorales that had errors preventing proper display.
2.2
Jan 22, 2018
Fixed bug preventing display of certain chorales.
2.1
Jan 15, 2018
Typographical errors have been corrected in many of the chorales.
2.0
Dec 30, 2015
iOS Split View has been added on compatible iPads.
1.08
May 28, 2015
Transpose is now implemented for all of the Chorales.
Some errors in the figured bass have been corrected.
Some errors in the figured bass have been corrected.
Bach Chorales FAQ
Click here to learn how to download Bach Chorales in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Bach Chorales.
iPhone
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 8.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
Bach Chorales supports English
