Practical Ear Training vs Sound

Practical Ear Training helps musicians recognize what they hear and connect it to the notes they play. Practice five essential listening skills: • Melodies — listen, explore the piano, then reproduce each phrase • Intervals — identify every interval from unison to octave • Chord progressions — recognize common, functional, minor-key and modal patterns • Chord qualities — distinguish major, minor, diminished and augmented triads • Scales — learn major, minor, pentatonic, blues, modal, whole-tone and diminished sounds MAKE PRACTICE YOUR OWN Choose the key, scale, octave and tempo. Focus on exactly the intervals, chords, scales and progression types you want to learn. Start with simple root-position chords and short melodies, then add inversions, open voicings, rhythmic chords and longer phrases. LISTEN WITH DIFFERENT SOUNDS Train with sampled grand piano, nylon guitar, trumpet and clarinet sounds. Changing the instrument helps you recognize musical ideas by pitch and structure instead of memorizing one timbre. PLAY, SEE AND UNDERSTAND Use the touch piano to find notes before answering or to perform a melody. After revealing the answer, follow it on an animated piano roll, piano keyboard, guitar, bass, ukulele or mandolin fretboard. Chord exercises show both chord names and Roman numerals. CHECK YOUR SKILLS Take a balanced 20-question ear test covering melodies, intervals, chord progressions, chord qualities and scales. See an overall result plus a score for each skill, then repeat the test later to compare your progress. BUILD A PRACTICE HABIT Track recent accuracy, completed exercises and individual strengths. Your practice history and test results stay on your device. Practical Ear Training is designed for music students, self-taught musicians, pianists, guitarists and anyone who wants a more confident musical ear. Practice as much as you like—no account, subscription or usage limit.

Use the iPhones you already have as speakers. NOTES - Around 8 devices is a practical guideline. More devices are more sensitive to your Wi-Fi conditions - Streaming tracks from Apple Music and similar services cannot be played because of DRM. Use audio files stored on your device - No internet connection is required and no audio ever leaves your devices WHAT IT DOES - Pick a song on one device and every connected device plays it at the same moment - Old devices, and devices belonging to friends or family, can join too — just install the app. Only the host needs to have the audio file - Adjust volume and a 5-band equalizer per device, controlled from the host - Import audio files from your iPhone and send them to the other devices automatically - If a call or notification cuts the music off, playback picks up where it stopped - Works on a single device too, as a music player with an equalizer HOW IT STAYS IN TIME Devices agree on a shared clock and exchange only "play at this exact moment". Audio is never streamed between devices, so a shaky signal does not interrupt playback. Measured offset between devices is under one millisecond. HOW TO USE 1. Set one device as the host and the others as speakers 2. Join the same Wi-Fi, or simply leave Wi-Fi switched on 3. Pick a song on the host and press play 4. Tap a speaker card to shape that device's sound