Ear Training University 4+

For Excellence In Music‪!‬

Sean Thomas

Designed for iPad

    • 4.7 • 68 Ratings
    • $0.99

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Description

The goal of Relative Pitch ear training is to learn to follow the flow of music, *effortlessly* by ear. The Ear Training University (ETU) app was carefully designed to take all the guess work out of how to learn this skill. Whether you’re a complete beginner in ear training or have done ear training before, ETU’s approach is sure to find any weaknesses your ears may have and systematically build your sense of Relative Pitch from the ground up.

Rather than presenting a “Grab Bag” of drills, we have designed a series of lessons that teach you how to do ear training the right way. These lessons include both video instruction and interactive drills. Most of the settings --including tempo changes-- are already programmed into the drills to keep things interesting and challenging. All you need to do is follow along!

Progress is easy to visualize simply by viewing the Lesson Cards which keep track of your stats, for example: when you started a lesson, the percentage completed, when you last visited a lesson and when you completed it. You can enter your music teacher’s email address and they will receive progress reports every time you complete an activity as well!

The videos explain how to properly do the drills which include listening drills, singing drills and spelling drills. They will encourage you along the way!

The best way to learn Relative Pitch is to do both singing drills and listening drills. Singing is active learning. Listening is passive. Learn first by singing and then test your knowledge by listening. ETU’s interactive drills make learning Relative Pitch with this method easy and doable for everyone!

(We realize that watching videos is not for everyone. However, if you only watch one video, watch “The Discernment Drill – The Key to Discerning Harmonic Relationships!” This video discusses one type of interactive drill called "The Discernment Drill." This drill really opens up the ear so that it can perceive harmonic intervals and chords *instantly* even when played lightning-fast during Speed Rounds.)

Features:
⁃ Interval training drills (up, down, harmonic), both Singing and Listening Drills.
- Professionally recorded voice-over cues for drills.
- Interval and Chord Spelling drills.
⁃ Chord Identification drills (arpeggios and harmonic)
⁃ Chord Inversion drills (harmonic and arpeggiated)
⁃ Give your responses with on-screen piano keyboard or large easy to push buttons.
⁃ Change instruments at any time during drills
⁃ Interval singing and chord singing drills
⁃ Setup your correct vocal range
⁃ Slow self-paced drills and “Speed Rounds” which test whether you’re ready to move on!
⁃ Video instruction
⁃ Teacher Reports (these reports even include spelling test questions and the student’s responses)

Please check in with us frequently as we have a lot of new content planned for ETU. We’re excited to bring you this app and will be updating frequently!

What’s New

Version 1.1.3

Bug fixes
- Fixed crash
- Fixed issue with Chord Symbols appearing as the wrong size in certain European cultures.
- Stability improvements

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
68 Ratings

68 Ratings

Hooten27 ,

Learning so much!!

I’ve not been able to find another app that teaches in depth like this one. I highly recommended this app for any musician who wants to improve!

Developer Response ,

Hooten27, I'm glad to hear that you're learning so much. I hope you'll stop by and give everyone an update on your progress as you get further along into the course or when you complete it. Regards, Sean

Jaydekay ,

Poor User Experience (Updated)

2nd Update:

I started this app up last night, and had battery issues all day. I realized that this app was sitting in the background killing my battery for 21 hours straight. Apps aren’t supposed to do this, please update for efficiency and proper battery and resource use.

Update:

The issues that I reported in my original review were fixed in the latest release (1.1.0).

This developer is active and helpful.

Rating updated + thanks!

Original:

I haven’t been able to get past one lesson/video per app start. The content looks ok but hard to say since the UI is so horrible that it makes it unusable.

Hope to see an update soon.

Developer Response ,

Hi, the issue with CPU consumption while the app is in background state has been resolved in version 1.1.1. It should not use the battery when backgrounded.

fefe0894 ,

Videos don’t load

None of the videos load (I have both WiFi and full FTE). Pausing, going forward, waiting, etc. doesn’t work so I can’t get any video to load. Any ideas why? I’m sure this app is amazing otherwise but I can’t use it :(

Developer Response ,

Hi, version 1.1.1 has just been released which resolves this issue and has many other improvements!

App Privacy

The developer, Sean Thomas, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

Data Not Linked to You

The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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