Play By Ear - Ear Training
SuperNonstop.com, Inc.
4.4 ★
79 ratings
Free
In this ear training app, you listen to melodies and use your instrument to replicate the notes spoken. Includes pitch recognition, exercises in scales, chords, and jazz licks.
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AppRecs rating 4.4. Trustworthiness 72 out of 100. Review manipulation risk 26 out of 100. Based on a review sample analyzed.
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4 star
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2 star
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Credible reviews
72% trustworthiness score from analyzed reviews
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High user satisfaction
87% of sampled ratings are 4+ stars (4.4★ average)
About Play By Ear - Ear Training
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APPLICATION FEATURES:
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- Pitch recognition so you can use your instrument to interact with the ear trainer
- Hands-free, continuous play
- Interval exercises
- Chord exercises
- Random melody exercises
- Scale pattern melody exercises
- Jazz lick melody exercises
- Melodic and harmonic note sequences
- Ascending and descending note sequences
- Microphone calibration
- Customizable tempo
- Ability to show or hide the first note
- C, Bb, Eb, F, G, and D key centers to match your instrument
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Note: Your device needs a microphone to fully enjoy Play By Ear's pitch recognition features. iPads, iPhones, and the latest iTouch all have microphones built-in, however older iTouch devices will need a headset or similar external microphone.
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Reviews for Play By Ear - Ear Training
David Cutter29
The Best, It’s a Wow!
I’m a piano teacher and I still practice 3 hours a day or more. I think this is the best of all the ear training apps that I’ve used and seen. I tell all my students to get this app and use it daily. It’s been a game changer for me because not only does it make you sing your answers but somehow it knows whether you are hearing the note before you sing it. Don’t get anything else. Play by Ear is the real deal. And don’t be fooled by the name. In order to sightread effectively you have to be hearing the notes before you play them. Ply by ear is the best app for developing that hearing ability.
IDontNeedNoStupidNickname
A little hard for beginners
I like this app a lot, and it fills a need, but it’s a little tough for beginners (or people learning a new instrument, like me). A couple of things would make it easier: 1. Provide a “repeat” option: play the phrase, wait, play it again, wait, then give answer. Gives the student two tries. (Could even give a three-tries option.) 2. Allow limiting the scale patterns to a selected set of scales/keys. Maybe the jazz licks one, too. You can fudge this with the random notes by selecting notes to fit a scale, which is what I’ve ended up doing, for now, but it would be nice to have something more melodic. I have not tried anything with chords, yet, because I’m using this with trumpet. Which gives me another suggestion: maybe you could provide profiles for multi-instrumentalists (it would only affect pitch recognition, I suppose, so might not be worth the effort).
