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I went to college for music education. One of my classes was conducting. I had worked on many songs and understand how to conduct. But now you can do it via your iPhone.

Bravo Gustavo is the conductor of the LA Philharmonic. A pretty active conductor, it’s always been fun to watch him. So when I heard about this iPhone app, I was intrigued.

The program is simple: You pick the song and you either tap the screen or wave it in the air like a baton. As you do that, the song progresses. The program comes with 2 songs (or at least parts of the songs) and you can purchase more.

I have to admit, I was disappointed with this application. While I didn’t expect the world from this, I did expect it would work a little better. It really doesn’t show people how to conduct at all. If anything, it’s just an application of pictures and music.

If you don’t know the music, you can get lost in the clip provided. I ended up using the “4 finger tap” method, which sped up the song immensely. I think if I did that for my orchestra, they would coup.

At least the application was free….