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iKotoVersion: 3.2 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)

$1.99
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4.5 out of 5 mice Reviewed Jun 5, 2009 Reviewed Version: 3.0
276 user reviews

Developer: GClue

Age rating: 4+

Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone OS 2.2 or later

Filed Under: Music

iKoto is an application for playing Koto（Japanese Harp） on iPhone.
Koto is a Japanese traditional stringed musical instrument that can produce oriental tone.
Recording, playing, and demonstration functions are installed.
There are tone scale change and pitch-bend functions.
If you like Harp, you will like Koto too.
Enjoy Japanese traditional sound.

The following three pieces of sample music are installed.
-Sakura
-Rokudan
-Fur Elise

Recording data can be stored up to three.
iKoto has a function to output recording-data into PC as WAV-file via WiFi.

The following eleven tones scale are preset.
Hira,Kumoi,Hon-Kumoi,Han-Kumoi,Kata-Kumoi
Nakazora,Iwato,Akebono,Nogi,Gaku,Hanagumo

*Be sure your iPhone is not in silent mode*

iKoto Screenshots

iKoto Review

Reviewed Version: 3.0

Even non-musicians can make beautiful music with this virtual Japanese harp

by Brian Beam, Macworld.com

I’ve always wanted to travel to Japan—not to the crowded, hi-tech cities, but to the peaceful countryside and gardens that I imagine from the Japan of yesteryear. Until that happens, I can always sit in my backyard, imagining myself among the floating cherry blossoms, playing my Koto—or actually, my iKoto from GClue.