Sorry - posted before I was done. Btw - the edit button (small pencil on the lower right) doesn't seem to allow editing - ?

+ when my flute playing friend & I get together to jam, it's just flute & guitar (or sometimes keyboard), so we use iReal for our background tracks. The massive amount of Jazz tunes available on the iReal Forum means we can almost always find any song we want to play.

+ when I taught the 12 bar Blues form to my 5th graders (I taught K-5 music), I used some of the iReal Blues rhythm styles to play the 12 bar Blues as a background track, while the kids played the chords on ukulele. We also played the melody of C Jam Blues on xylophones & recorders. And, we also used the C Jam track to have kids try their hand at improvising (usually on xylophones).

+ when I taught individual guitar & ukulele lessons, I used iReal to create background tracks for songs my students wanted to play.

Even though I'm retired from teaching music, I still use iReal, almost every day. My latest project is working to keep up my musical ear by figuring out chord changes of songs I like using only iReal & my ears (instead of using a guitar or piano to figure out the changes). I usually post them on the Forum.

Can't thank you enough for developing & continuing to improve this app. For someone like me - an educator, aspiring arranger & sometime composer, who is somewhat limited by my modest instrumental skills (I was a voice major in college), this app has been a Godsend for me.

Thx, Bill McDade