RUN IT DOWN
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Run It Down

Song form & bars · iPhone

Play a song or record one. RUN IT DOWN writes the road map: key, tempo, meter, and every section with its bar count, in the words your band already uses.

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First 3 songs free · then $0.99 one time

Your song · the road map

G · 92 · 4/4

×½ 46 · ×2 184 · or EmPickup +1

The line

+1 · INTRO 4 · V1 16 · PRE 4 · HOOK 8 · V2 16 · PRE 4 · HOOK 8 ×2 · BRIDGE 8 · VAMP 16 · OUTRO 4

The strips

  1. Intro4A0:00
  2. V116B0:11
  3. Pre4C0:52
  4. Hook8D1:03
  5. V216B1:24
  6. Pre4C2:05
  7. Hook ×28D2:16
  8. Bridge8E2:58
  9. Vamp16F3:18
  10. Outro4G4:00

In musicians' words

  • Intro
  • V1
  • Pre
  • Hook
  • Post-hook
  • Bridge
  • Breakdown
  • Solo
  • Instrumental
  • Interlude
  • Vamp
  • Tag
  • Outro
+1 beats of pickup before bar one
×2 the same section, played twice in a row
A B C the same letter means the same music
V2 7! red means give that count a listen

What it does

Listen

Tap LISTEN and play: the band, a speaker, a rehearsal. It hears the song through the mic, soft playing counts, and it can stop by itself when the band stops.

Add song

Bring in a file from Files, a Voice Memo or a video, or send one straight over with the share sheet: Share, then RUN IT DOWN.

Count it off

Bar one in the wrong spot? Tap 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 on the real one. Your first tap is the one, the spacing of your taps is the tempo, and every section re-counts from there.

From the top

Play it back from the top with COUNT IN, one bar of clicks before the record starts. CLICK keeps a metronome locked to the record, with bar 1 accented.

Fix it

Rename a section and every repeat follows. Add or take away bars, split, merge, set BAR 1, switch the tempo ×½ or ×2, or flip to the relative key.

Music stand

Put the whole road map on one big screen for the stand. COPY SHORTHAND drops the line into the band text. SAVE SET keeps tonight's songs in order, SETS brings them back, CLEAR empties the pad.

It stays on your phone

  • No account
  • No sign-in
  • No ads
  • No tracking
  • Works in airplane mode

Your songs, recordings and road maps never leave the iPhone. The app has no networking code at all. Read the privacy policy.

The price

$0.99One time. That's it.

Try it free on your first 3 songs. Then one $0.99 purchase covers every song after that. No subscription, nothing renews, and songs you've already counted stay open either way.

Get it on the App Store