ear training apps
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A "good ear" is important for every musician. "Ear training" is a skill that is fun to practice - just 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 - just 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...
- 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.
- Do Re Mi Ear Training - Solfege, pitch and interval training for singers, composers and music students. Ear training with solfege.
- ET the Ear Trainer. Save the town from the spaceship by correctly identifying notes in the major scale.
- 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).
- Hear It, Note It! The Aural iQ Game. Ear/note dictation game.
- 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.
- MelodyMelody tADa. Ear training matching game.
- Musical Ears. Ear training tool.
- Musicrem: Ear Dictation. Improve your hearing and recognition of melodic patterns.
- Nail That Note. Melodic and relative pitch trainer.
- Notes for Piano: Sight reading and Ear training. The basics of piano all in one app. There are 3 different ear training tests. Find if the note is a skip apart, a step apart or is the same note. Find the missing note from a series of notes and find the note heard from some random notes.
- Play by Ear - Ear Training. Call and response with intervals, melodies, and chords.
- 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.
- Right Note Lite - Ear Trainer. Learn to recognize pitches, intervals, and melodies.
- Simon's Cat in 'Purrfect Pitch'. Challenge your ear and see how much of the song you can remember.
- Step and a Half: First Steps. Answer same or different with small intervals.
- Step and a Half: Melody Training. Answer same or different with larger intervals.