5/5
Ear training used to be considered an innate ability. Some have it and some don't. I think it is true that some people do have natural abilities to play by ear, and recognizing intervals is the reason people can play by ear. Whether learned or innate, conscious or subconscious the number of semitones between each note is what your brain uses to interpret. I've been able to play along to a song I've never heard before for a long time and many others are like me. People tell me all the time how they could never do that.
Well it may take some practice but this app has everything you need. At the risk of sounding lame I've been able to play whatever I hear almost instantly and that's my brain recognizing (to simplify) the intervals between the roots of the bass chords and the distance/intervals between the melody.
This app is great because it has you start out at levels truly made for beginners. You can skip these and move on to tougher concepts too. It also offers melodic intervals, 1 note that is given then a second note following that you must identify. The melodic intervals are better to start with as the app also has harmonic intervals which are much tougher. This is two notes played simultaneously, one provided and the other is up to you.
This app was challenging for me and I thought I knew every interval there was. But another great feature is how you can choose whether you want the top or the bottom note provided. The descending modes (especially descending harmonic) took me forever to grasp.
A progress meter with three levels of difficulty, 6 key groups & 6 modes of testing leaves you with 108 different accomplishments with them ranging from beginner to people who think they're experts and get slapped in the face.
So many of my friends want to be able to play by ear, to play Justin Bieber's new aural masterpiece, real music like some R.E.M. or Radiohead, or even classical music. I'm not promising anything but I think you spend enough time with this app you can learn Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata by ear in a day.
I think this app transcends whatever instrument you play as well. I've played piano for 15 years and guitar for half that time but the crossover gap doesn't exist. Frets and keys each move up one semitone. And someone who is playing by ear is subconsciously processing the INTERVALS between the notes and the resulting number of semitones between the two.
I love everything about this app. Piano, guitar, novice, pro, I think this is the tool you want so you never have to look at that cursed sheet music again. I want people to know that knowing musical intervals, how afar apart notes are, is at the center of playing by ear.
How does Beethoven, who's completely lost his ability to hear, continue to write? He knows the relative sound that will be made between two notes. Beethoven said this app changed his life I once heard.
I don't write reviews either I just want people to know that music has to be mechanical before it can become an expression of oneself. And people like to say 'I'm not artistic' or 'I'm 40 years old' but the truth is give yourself a chance if you really want to play. Even if just to have a way to express yourself. I'm in medical school. As some creepy man once said to a radio host "you have to let the poison out". Some people dance. Some sing. But many people need to have an avenue to express yourself and music can be learned. Then one day for the first time you close your eyes and aren't thinking about the music anymore. Your floating in the ethos being spoon-fed a healthy dose of silence and warmth. Wow how do I bring this back to an app about semitones and musical intervals...
I guess the previous paragraph is the result for people who put in the time. Get a cheap instrument this app some fondue and call up Mrs. Gaga and tell her you're coming for her.
I will give this app 5/5 stars.
and my review - tl;dr
Well it may take some practice but this app has everything you need. At the risk of sounding lame I've been able to play whatever I hear almost instantly and that's my brain recognizing (to simplify) the intervals between the roots of the bass chords and the distance/intervals between the melody.
This app is great because it has you start out at levels truly made for beginners. You can skip these and move on to tougher concepts too. It also offers melodic intervals, 1 note that is given then a second note following that you must identify. The melodic intervals are better to start with as the app also has harmonic intervals which are much tougher. This is two notes played simultaneously, one provided and the other is up to you.
This app was challenging for me and I thought I knew every interval there was. But another great feature is how you can choose whether you want the top or the bottom note provided. The descending modes (especially descending harmonic) took me forever to grasp.
A progress meter with three levels of difficulty, 6 key groups & 6 modes of testing leaves you with 108 different accomplishments with them ranging from beginner to people who think they're experts and get slapped in the face.
So many of my friends want to be able to play by ear, to play Justin Bieber's new aural masterpiece, real music like some R.E.M. or Radiohead, or even classical music. I'm not promising anything but I think you spend enough time with this app you can learn Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata by ear in a day.
I think this app transcends whatever instrument you play as well. I've played piano for 15 years and guitar for half that time but the crossover gap doesn't exist. Frets and keys each move up one semitone. And someone who is playing by ear is subconsciously processing the INTERVALS between the notes and the resulting number of semitones between the two.
I love everything about this app. Piano, guitar, novice, pro, I think this is the tool you want so you never have to look at that cursed sheet music again. I want people to know that knowing musical intervals, how afar apart notes are, is at the center of playing by ear.
How does Beethoven, who's completely lost his ability to hear, continue to write? He knows the relative sound that will be made between two notes. Beethoven said this app changed his life I once heard.
I don't write reviews either I just want people to know that music has to be mechanical before it can become an expression of oneself. And people like to say 'I'm not artistic' or 'I'm 40 years old' but the truth is give yourself a chance if you really want to play. Even if just to have a way to express yourself. I'm in medical school. As some creepy man once said to a radio host "you have to let the poison out". Some people dance. Some sing. But many people need to have an avenue to express yourself and music can be learned. Then one day for the first time you close your eyes and aren't thinking about the music anymore. Your floating in the ethos being spoon-fed a healthy dose of silence and warmth. Wow how do I bring this back to an app about semitones and musical intervals...
I guess the previous paragraph is the result for people who put in the time. Get a cheap instrument this app some fondue and call up Mrs. Gaga and tell her you're coming for her.
I will give this app 5/5 stars.
and my review - tl;dr
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Sweet.
This app is awesome
Pretty good!
I've got a few apps for interval training and this fits in very well. Very flexible.
Incredible
This app has done more for my interval recognition that three years at conservatory. Just pop it on in the car or train and get the intervals drilled into your subconscious. I have never written a review before but I love this app.
I'm improving:)
This is a great app! When I first got it a week ago I was surprisingly terrible at it. I was bad. 30 correct out of 100:(, maybe worse. Use the help and narrow the range down a bit:). Now I am ~70 correct out of 100. So, for me the hack guitarist, I am improving a lot! I do wish the "progress meter" was a bit more sensitive! I still have registered "no progress". I only play this up to 80 to 100, so I likely will not show any progress ever! I am improving a lot though! So, great app! Thanks!
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Great for guitar
Could you add a keyboard option too? That would make it fantastic.
Overly Complicated
Really this app is more about finding intervals on the guitar than actual ear training.
This app is amazing
Since I got this app I play more guitar and I work more on my music theory.
Fantastic!
God, I wish I had this in college. What a help! So user friendly.
Holy Mackerel
I bow to thee creator! I wish I had it when I was five! I'm making all my students get it. If you can't figure it all out from here ya never will.........!!!
