Politonus I (Ear Training) User Reviews

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Damn Ugly

Looks pretty awful but is actually extremely useful for ear training. A tip for beginners is to turn off the coach and set it to the key of C to get you started then when you feel comfortable start increasing the note count. Happy training!

The only Politonus version that works

2 and 3 are hot garbage.
MDecks will take your money and youโ€™ll never hear from them again.

Good app but buggy

The bug where the new cadence is played when a replay button is pressed prevents from using this app.

Fun and easy to use. Suggestions..

This app is a pretty useful way to drill your intervals and get some great ear training. suggestions:
1)let me view a log of my success rate per interval. That will help me learn what I have to work on.
2) let me choose which intervals will be tested. Right now you give only 2 options: all 8 or all 12. It would be nice if I could pick. Ex I only want to work on b3, #4, and b7 today because they are a trouble spot.
Otherwise this is pretty cool.
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Unhelpful and frustrating

Bought this app with high hopes that it would help me develop my ear training skills. Sadly I find it does a very bad job of helping you learn. It claims to have AI that adapts to your learning style, but I see no evidence of that. It feels like a simplistic drill-based approach that offers no support to improve. If you already are good at ear training it might offer useful practice to brush up. Otherwise I suggest you look elsewhere.
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Skyโ€™s the limit

Really great app- from 1 note to up to 11 note ear training with chromatic or diatonic intervals. The lay out is simple and easy to understand. You can design it to perfectly suit your level. I love that Solfeggio is an option for naming the notes as well.

I so want this to be really cool, and it could.

But the developers have put in a really half-hearted effort.

Good app appart from headphone issue

The app works well and is useful for contextual ear training. However, the audio for the app does not work when connected to my bluetooth headphoes

Not for everyone

This app gave me flashbacks to when I took music theory as an elective because I wanted to learn music theory but instead just got a bitter oboeist screaming โ€œWRONGโ€ at me every time I misidentified the note/chord she played.

The hidden secret of musicianship

I love this program because it is similar to the ear training I did with the great jazz guru Charlie Bananas. Also, the developer Ariel is an ultra-cool nice person who actually responds to questions and requests. These apps are an essential part of any musicianโ€™s tool bag.
John Schulman - Berklee College of Music - Class of 2009 / & long-time student of Charlie Banacos
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