ear training apps
When you update to iOS 11, you may notice that some of your favorite apps no longer work. This is because app developers may not have updated their app from 32 bit to 64 bit, which is the new iOS 11 requirement.
A "good ear" is important for every musician. Ear training is a skill that is fun to practice by hearing and learning to identify pitches, intervals, melodies, chords, and rhythms. If I were to speak a short sentence to you, and then ask you to write it down, you would be doing a form of ear training. We do the same thing in music, only we use notes instead of words. The more you work at it, the better you become. Just start with a small amount every day.
A "good ear" is important for every musician. Ear training is a skill that is fun to practice by hearing and learning to identify pitches, intervals, melodies, chords, and rhythms. If I were to speak a short sentence to you, and then ask you to write it down, you would be doing a form of ear training. We do the same thing in music, only we use notes instead of words. The more you work at it, the better you become. Just start with a small amount every day.
- Auralia Interval Recognition. The lessons teach you how to recognize intervals, displays intervals on music, and has you play back examples.
- AuralBook for ABRSM Grade 1 HD. Be sure to install all 8 books!
- Blob Chorus Ear Training. Each of the "blobs" in the chorus sing a note and then King Blob sings his note. Your job is to identify the blob that sang the same note as King Blob. It's trickier than it sounds, but if it seems too easy, increase the size of the choir.
- Ear Beater - Ear Training. An ear training tool with more than 200 exercises covering intervals (size comparison and recognition), chords (recognition and inversions), and scale recognition. Create your own custom exercises and keep track of your overall progress.
- Ear Trainer. Practice intervals, chords, scales, and melodies.
- Ear Wizard. This app trains your ear while improving your memory skills. Repeat back a sequence of chords which gets longer with each round of play. As you improve your skills, the visuals disappear and you will have to depend on your ear! Start off in *easy* mode with only a few chords on screen and, with practice, you will ultimately reach the hardest level where you will have seven chords on screen and be playing against the clock.
- goodEar Chords. Ear training with chords.
- goodEar Intervals. Ear training with intervals.
- goodEar Melodies. Ear training with melodies.
- goodEar Scales. Ear training with scales.
- goodEar Pro. This app is a compilation of the above four apps (goodEar Chords, Intervals, Melodies and Scales).
- Harmonize. Learn to have relative pitch.
- iMimic Says: 80's Vintage Electronic Classic Memory Game HD Retina. Like 'Simon' from the 80's, it starts with a single tone. With every round, the sequence gets one tone longer. How far can you follow iMimic? The faster you tap the sequence, the higher you score. Challenge your memory even further with Monochromatic game play.
- InTune - Improve and Test Your Intonation. A simple game of precision hearing. This app tests your ability to hear very close pitches and helps to improve your ability to sing and play in tune.
- Piano Tutor. Identify pitch by playing the correct key on a keyboard. Also covers rhythm.
- Piper Ears. The practice and quiz program with the little squirrel.
- Play Piano HD - Learn How to Read Music Notes and Practice Sight Reading. This app has a listening game and a "Play for Two", which is great for siblings or child and parent.
- Relative Pitch Lite. A great ear training app for every pianist.