He admitted that the new technology was a work in progress that would advance as the devices themselves became more sophisticated.

"It's about playing with what you're given," he said. "The piccolo短笛 is never going to play the bass line."

Back to basics

Some traditional orchestras管弦乐队 agree that smartphones have a part to play in making professional music.

"There are lots of applications that are incredibly useful to musicians - our piano tuner uses the iPhone tuner application to tune Steinway pianos for our performances at City Hall," said Stephen Duffy, spokesperson for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

"Every musician I know who has an iPhone uses that application."

However, he added that most classical musicians did not take the instrument applications particularly seriously.

"Let's face it, you're not going to play a concerto协奏曲 on an iPhone. It would be interesting to see what people do as a group - but applications will never replace the real thing."

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