Interval Ear Training vs Piano Ear Training

***** Highly addictive piano game. ***** A fun way to develop a better musical ear! Great for experienced musicians and beginners. Music students love this app. ---- Interval Ear Training can help improve: • Interval recognition • Sense of pitch • Transcription skills • Improvising skills • Self esteem --- How to Play: • Tap "play" to hear the interval • To hear the interval again, tap "replay" • Use the piano to play the interval yourself • Play often to improve your score! --- MIDI In – Plug in your MIDI keyboard to enhance the experience! (Core MIDI compatible) MIDI Out – If you have a music instrument app (such as a synth) that can run in "background mode" and accepts virtual Core MIDI, you can play Interval Ear Training using the sounds of that app. --- Tips for the Beginners: Use the + and - keyboard range control to set the keyboard to a small range such as "C, D" or "C, D, E". Keep practicing, and as you progress you'll want to make the range larger. --- Tips for the Pros: Set "Feedback" to "Never" and turn on "Autoplay" to play continuously without ever missing a beat. Crank up the tempo to see how fast you can go! For more advanced ear training features, you'll want to Unlock Pro Settings. --- Interval Settings: Tempo – 60 to 320 BPM Keyboard Range – Starting at 2 notes in a major scale (ex. “C, D”) and up to 12 notes in a major scale (ex. “C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G”) with the ability to change octaves. Feedback – Set to "Never" to stop all messages. Set to "Wrong" if you only want messages for incorrect intervals. Sound – Set to "Piano" to hear the built-in piano sound. Set to "MIDI Out" to hear the sound of a music instrument app (such as a synth) that can run in "background mode" and accepts virtual Core MIDI. Autoplay – Turn on to always play the next interval immediately. Turn off if you want to play the keyboard freely between intervals. Key Labels – Turn off to remove note names on white keys. Allow Unison – Turn off if you don't want the same note to be played twice in a row. --- Pro Settings (requires in-app purchase): Scale – 13 major scales Difficulty - Diatonic, Random Tonic, Chromatic Length – 2 to 6 notes --- About the Difficulty Setting: "Diatonic" uses notes from a major scale. This setting is recommended. "Random Tonic" uses notes from a random major scale each time. "Chromatic" mode is the "extreme mode" where any combination of notes is possible. As a result, strange intervals like the Augmented 2nd (ex. F to G#) are possible. --- About the Score: Interval Ear Training is all about self progression. Tap the score to reset at any time. The game goes on forever and the music never ends! --- Can you guess the next note? Download the app to find out!

• Suitable for beginners to advanced musicians with all the essential ear training exercises in various levels. • Quickly develop aural skills by personalising your training by focusing on specific chords, intervals, progressions, scales etc. • Track progress as you improve efficiently in each ear training discipline. • A simple intuitive design enables you quickly enjoy ear training and follow the help and tutorials to get most out of the ear trainer. • Configurable piano which strongly aids connection between visual and aural skills and musical instruments. • Most popular and extensive ear training with over 1 millions users. • Highly recommended by professional and student musicians in top musical schools contributing to the design for their own use. • Ideal for all musicians as you can easily change the instrument sounds. Exercises: ***** interval training ***** Being able to determine intervals between notes in the key skill to playing by ear. Challenge your expertise by changing the base note or playing the notes together. This is made easy as it associates an interval with a well known song. ***** chord distinction ***** Can you distinguish between a Major from a Minor chord for example? There are 100s of chords to differentiate. You can help your understanding by selecting arpeggio mode to aid chord distinction and selecting highlight to visualise the construction of the chords. You can challenge yourself by changing the key of the chord. Work your way quickly and steadily through the levels. Another exercise to help you fully understand musical theory and composition. ***** higher lower ***** Given 2 notes, can you identify whether the second note is higher or lower in pitch than the first note? Musicians can train their ears to recognise different pitches. Whilst this is a beginners exercise, you can challenge yourself by reducing the range of the 2 notes played. ***** pitch training ***** After hearing a pitch, can you accurately play that same pitch on the piano? This exercise allows your to zoom in on the note using relative pitch skills, and will record how many notes it takes for you to correctly identify. You can easily adjust the difficult by setting a time interval between listening and playing. ***** interval comparison ***** Given 2 intervals, can you determine whether the second interval is wider or narrower in distance? ***** pitch identification ***** A popular test that comes up in music grade aural exams. Given a chord can you identify a specific note/pitch within it? For example, given a C Major chord, can you find the highest note? ***** melodic dictation ***** Listen to a melody and then play it back on the piano. You can make it easier by adjusting the speed and focusing on a few notes at a time. ***** chord progression ***** Can you distinguish a I - IV - V - I progression from a I - V- IV - I? Contains all the most common chord progressions which you will find in nearly all the most popular songs. ***** scale identification ***** Listen to a scale and can you then identify it as a Major scale, Harmonic Minor or Natural Minor for example? ***** absolute pitch ***** Given the same note played at different octaves, can you identify its pitch? Includes a Learning mode to imprint the pitches into the brain.