![]() ![]() Yes, it's a bit more expensive than other apps but there is a reason for that. "I've tried almost every ear training app on iPad and EarMaster is the best. Best of all - it's great fun!!" - Dylan1981 in the App Store Incredibly comprehensive yet fantastically usable with nice easy progressions and feedback at every step of the way. "Easily the best ear training app I have tried. Try it, it's not only fun to use but also very efficient: some of the best music schools use EarMaster. The app includes all you need to build up your music theory skills and become a better musician. Music theory made easy and fun! Thousands of lessons on ear training, sight-singing and rhythm for all skill levels, from beginner to very advanced. It is also helpful to have the extra links, particularly in the earlier sections, to helps to differentiate for each user. The language is easy to understand from the beginning, and develops to become more complex as you progress through each section. Although this seems less exciting and colourful for the younger student, the ideal target audience would be from a teenager and older, and therefore the maturity of the app is helpful. ![]() The design of the app is very easy to use and navigate around, with a mature design that is helpful to any student. There is also a help section which annotates each area of the app to helps the user to navigate through the exercises, although due to the simplicity of the design, this is fairly straightforward. There are also overall statistics that you are able to view, which helps the user to see their general progress in each area, in order to identify their weakest areas to focus on. This can often be frustrating in interactive apps, and thankfully, is a great positive for EarMaster.ĭue to the use of sight-singing, which could prove difficult due to users range, the settings offer a choice of ranges for each student, as well as a range of other settings for the user to personalise, which helps them to identify more personally with the app, helping them to be more successful. A real positive is that it is able to identify particular areas of weakness, such as late rhythmic clapping rather than purely incorrect. The app is able to accurately identify pitch and rhythm through the microphone or tapping. ![]() The Customised Exercises again use the same chapter breakdowns, which helps the user to identify their weakest points as they have worked through the app, before selecting the more particular areas of focus.Ī particular positive for this app is the analysis and identification of correct and incorrect answers. The same activities are given as chapters within the Jazz Workshops as are in the General Workshops, which helps to broaden the diversity of aural skills. A real positive from this app is the diversity into Jazz Workshops also, which can provide much complexity and range of styles compared to many other similar apps on the market. After the Beginners Course has been mastered, you are then able to move onto General Workshops, going through activities of Scale Identification, Rhythmic Sight-Reading, Imitation, Dictation and Error Dictation, and Melodic Sight-Singing, Melody Imitation and Melodic Dictation. Within each chapter, there is a brief tutorial before an exercise, which then progresses well from one level to the next. The exercises use the microphone for sight-singing, or a simple tap on the screen for clapping. This just demonstrates the wide ability of the app, starting at the very basics, and moving to some of the most complex exercises and abilities available to any user. The Beginners Course starts with absolute basics in pitch, explaining high and low sounds, and links to more information if required before starting off with simple exercises. There is also an opportunity to customise your own exercise so that you can focus on a clear personal target, to have demonstrable outcomes. The app has a wide variety of platforms with the use of iPad, but also downloadable onto any PC or Mac, meaning that it is easily accessible for all students. It is an ideal opportunity to develop on ear training and sight-reading and sight-singing skills. Each student can have their own log in, which means the teacher can set up assignments for each student and view their results. There are a range of products dependent on the type of student you are, and the EarMaster Cloud is ideal for students in a music class or school. EarMaster provides an excellent range of teaching and listening questions to develop any music learner from beginner topics to much more developed aural awareness. ![]()
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