Akort+ Makam & Chromatic Tuner

Tunes to the 53-comma Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system of Turkish makam music as well as standard chromatic. No string to pick — it finds the note you play.

Akort+ tunes to both the twelve-tone system of Western music and the 53-comma Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system of Turkish makam music.

MICROTONAL TUNING Nearly every tuner on the market works only in twelve-tone equal temperament. The comma pitches used on the bağlama, oud, kanun, ney and tanbur simply do not exist in that system. In makam mode, Akort+ names them directly — "F#+3" is a pitch it can show you.

NO STRING TO SELECT You do not tell it which string you are tuning. It hears what you play, finds the nearest pitch, and shows how flat or sharp you are to the cent. Non-standard tunings work the same way.

SEE WHERE YOU ARE The note strip under the dial marks your pitch within its octave. Seeing which notes sit either side makes tuning markedly easier for players who do not yet recognise notes by ear.

ADJUSTABLE REFERENCE PITCH The A4 reference is adjustable from 415 to 466 Hz. If your ensemble tunes away from 440, the app measures against what you actually use.

TURKISH OR WESTERN NOTE NAMES Do-Re-Mi or C-D-E. Your choice is remembered.

ACCESSIBLE VoiceOver speaks the tuning state, the direction and the amount of deviation. Being in tune is carried by needle weight and a status glyph as well as colour.

PRIVACY Akort+ collects nothing. The microphone is used only to measure frequency; audio never leaves your device, is never recorded, and is never sent anywhere. No internet connection required.