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Train Your Ear

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Ear training you hear and play in the app: higher or lower, the 440 Hz A and the octave, half and whole steps, every interval from the minor second to the octave with a tune to anchor each, major, minor, diminished, augmented and seventh chords, major and minor scales and the pull of the tonic, beat, tempo and meter, and why a clarinet sounds hollow. Every exercise plays real notes, and some ask you to play them back on a keyboard.

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AT THE SUMMIT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

01Tell higher from lower, and hear an octave

02Name any interval by ear, from a minor second to an octave

03Hear major, minor, diminished, augmented and seventh chords

04Hear major and minor keys, and when a tune is home

05Count a song's meter and hear timbre

Every lesson of Train Your Ear

15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.

Level 1High, Low and the OctaveFree · 3 lessons
  1. Higher or Lower?Hear which of two notes is higher, even when they're one key apart.12 min
  2. The Octave: Same Note, Twice as FastHear why two notes twelve keys apart sound like the same note.12 min
  3. Twelve Notes, Seven NamesName the piano's keys and hear half steps and whole steps.12 min
Level 2IntervalsMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Seconds and ThirdsHear major and minor seconds and thirds, and anchor each to a tune you know.12 min
  2. Fourths, Fifths and the TritoneHear perfect fourths and fifths, and the tense tritone between them.12 min
  3. Sixths, Sevenths and the OctaveHear the wide intervals and tell an octave from a seventh.12 min
Level 3ChordsMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Major or Minor?Hear a chord's quality, and know the one note that changes it.12 min
  2. Four Kinds of TriadHear diminished and augmented triads next to major and minor.12 min
  3. Seventh ChordsHear the three most common seventh chords.12 min
Level 4Scales and KeysMembership · 3 lessons
  1. The Major ScaleHear the major scale's pattern and catch a wrong note in it.12 min
  2. The Minor ScaleHear the natural minor scale and find a major key's relative minor.12 min
  3. Hearing Home: the TonicHear when a tune is finished, and why the leading tone pulls home.12 min
Level 5Rhythm, Timbre and the Ear TestMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Beat, Tempo and MeterHear the beat, count it in twos, threes or fours, and read a tempo.13 min
  2. Timbre: Same Note, Different SoundHear why a clarinet and a flute playing the same note sound different.12 min
  3. The Ear TestName intervals, chords, scales and meters by ear, and play tunes back.14 min
FREE

Level 1 is open.

Membership opens every other level of this path.

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