Good app BUT Random Key mode is wrong
Seems like a great way to learn as long as you don’t have it set to random key. I thought I was losing my mind. For single notes I have intervals down cold so I was like “oh let’s try to make this more difficult and do two notes and uhh what the heck let’s make it change the key every time to really test myself.” Tried it out and was like “man this is way harder than I thought!” Turns out I just had “random key” on in settings and so even if I was right I’d get it marked wrong by the app. Noticed this when I went back to single notes and did the replay function was like “uhh that is not correct” and checked it against my instrument.
That said I have a friend who’s unreal and said he used this app. Hopefully this issue is fixed. Until then I’ll keep manually specifying the key because it feels like a great tool.
That said I have a friend who’s unreal and said he used this app. Hopefully this issue is fixed. Until then I’ll keep manually specifying the key because it feels like a great tool.
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Replay bug
When Random Key is selected, replay plays a different cadence…
Problem with replay
Replay plays a different cadence than the initial one, which is doesn’t help at all to find the note to be identified
Great app until they removed tempo slider
The app is a great tool once you learn how to use it. Only issue is updating to latest version removes the tempo slider - the default tempo is so slow on playback it takes forever to get 20 in a row even when you answer instantly. PLEASE BRING BACK TEMPO SLIDER.
By “learn to use” I mean how you progress through the app when you’re a beginner like I was to make quick progress. I’m 3 years into using it.
Starting with no trainer mode, single key, single octave, diatonic, and then move through keys one by one until you master them. Then set it to auto move through keys randomly on each play. Then do chromatic in a single key and repeat process. While doing chromatic, occasionally go back to diatonic but increase number of notes to 2 then 3 to increase difficulty.
By “learn to use” I mean how you progress through the app when you’re a beginner like I was to make quick progress. I’m 3 years into using it.
Starting with no trainer mode, single key, single octave, diatonic, and then move through keys one by one until you master them. Then set it to auto move through keys randomly on each play. Then do chromatic in a single key and repeat process. While doing chromatic, occasionally go back to diatonic but increase number of notes to 2 then 3 to increase difficulty.
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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 you’ll never hear from them again.
MDecks will take your money and you’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.
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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Sky’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 “WRONG” 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 musician’s tool bag.
John Schulman - Berklee College of Music - Class of 2009 / & long-time student of Charlie Banacos
John Schulman - Berklee College of Music - Class of 2009 / & long-time student of Charlie Banacos
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Still buggy developer not responsive
App is interesting but has issues. Developers do not respond to email or support requests
newer updates added bugs
This app has gotten worse over time. The replay button now plays a cadence in a different key each time you press it, changing the answer. This means you can’t really listen to the scale degrees more than once, which makes it really hard to do exercises with 3 or more notes
One of the most frustrating experiences of my life
I rarely write app reviews, but this app really motivated me to. I've never had such a frustrating pedagogical experience in my life. My accuracy actually dropped as I practiced with this app, from 50% to 20%. It's almost as though the algorithm with supposedly picks the next pitch to test is deliberately programmed to choose the most confusing possible option. Now, perhaps much of this is to blame on my tin ear, but I'd hoped for help with that from a tool like this, not be driven to distraction. If a music teacher had done this test on me in grade school, I would have broke down crying and switched to pottery.
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I do not get the point
Besides a bunch of bugs that crash the app or ignore some settings the effect of this training is minimal if at all. It is easier to remember the timber and character of each played note and get it right than guess the pitch after resetting cadence. After 10 hours of this nonsense I am down to 20% precision and have zero confidence in identifying and naming the notes. Finger remembers position of the buttons on the screen, that does not make the eye correlate note name with what ear can hear. Something is very wrong either with me or this learning concept.
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This is awsome please update minor keys
I improved my relative pitch with this app. I almost bought every app and this app is one of the best. But there are few glitches I found and it should need to be fixed. And please update minor keys recognition ❤️❤️It’ll help more
Casi perfecta
Muy bien diseñada y útil, pero le falta algo imprescindible para mi gusto: poder seleccionar qué notas van a sonar, independientemente de la tonalidad. Por ejemplo, si solo quiero entrenar el oido con C, E, F# y B, no te deja hacerlo; solo puedes trabajar o todas las notas diatonicas en una tonalidad o todas las notas cromáticas. Una pena. Espero que lo tengan en cuenta para futuras actualizaciones.
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