Enjoy playing 5 note chords for your favorite songs by touching a chord pad/tab one at a time. Playing piano chords or other instrument on your mobile device has never been easier. For learners the corresponding note numbers are also displayed on the white keys as you play the chords. Additional notes can be normally played by touching the keyboard keys while playing chords. It is best to use wired headsets for better stereo sound quality enjoyment. Users can also record and playback performances by pressing the corresponding buttons while not using a headset.

Features added on previous version (1.6) are:

* Audio Recorder
* Media Player
* Acoustic folk guitar
* Nylon/classical/spanish guitar
* Electric guitar clean sound
* Electric guitar crunch distortion
* Bandurria/mandolin
* Tenor Sax duet unison
* Synth brass
* Sawthooth Synth
* Electric piano with mild wah effect
* Bright acoustic piano
* Two choir/human synthesized voices

Strings and Piano Keyboard is a simple but responsive Android musical keyboard application that features realistic sounds for the following instruments: Orchestral Strings Violin Cello Pizzicato Orchestra Hit Grand Piano and additional instruments sounds for Electric Piano Brass Trumpet Sax Flute and Organ and drums and percussion . The musical keyboard application features five (5) octaves and a maximum of thirteen (13) note polyphony where users can play thirteen notes simultaneously without loss. The sounds are generated using audio streams and sound parameters cannot be changed as compared to real synthesizer keyboards. The tuning is preset at 440 kHz standard tuning or ISO 16 and cannot be changed. While it is intended for personal entertainment purposes or as a pocket musical toy this application can also be used as a reference tool to tune physical instruments to identify notes while studying unfamiliar tunes.

Device Compatibility and Features:

Strings and Piano Keyboard application is tested and optimized for 4 inch and larger screen size smartphones and 7.8 inch Android tablets running on Android version 4.1 – 4.3.1 Jelly Bean and version 8.0 Oreo in landscape mode. The layout of octave and instrument selection controls is designed for one touch quick access while changing preferences and parameters and achieved by simply touching a button. Changing octaves is simple and is achieved by touching the corresponding octave range at the keyboard overview located on top of the keyboard keys. Changing instrument sounds is achieved by touching the sax icon on beside the sustain button.

Strings and Piano Keyboard features four (4) keyboard layouts to choose from. One row keys layout which is the default layout which consists of thirteen (13) or twenty five (25) keys with a default instrument set to Piano and default octave set to play from C3 to C5. The other layouts are two rows of keys consisting twenty-five (25) or fifty (50) keys. Octaves can be set to play a range of notes from C2 to C8 corresponding to a 74 keys full keyboard

Staccato playing style for Strings Violin Cello and Grand Piano is now supported. Sustain function is now supported in the latest version and can be achieved by pressing the sustain button. Duration of notes for Strings Violin and Cello is limited to a range of 3.6 to 4.00 seconds and can be prolonged by pressing the corresponding key if needed.

Main Features:

• Chord pads realistic sounds for acoustic and electric guitars sax synths reed (accordion/bandoneon) piano and electric piano.
• Realistic sounds for the following instruments: Orchestral Strings Violin Cello Pizzicato Orchestra Hit and grand piano.
• Four keyboard layout options; 13 or 26 keys one row layout and 25 or 50 keys two row layout.
• Five (5) octaves and a maximum of thirteen (13) note polyphony.