Apart from the fact that ear training is an essential component in music exams – so you need to be able to pass the test – it is also a very useful skill. Whatever instrument you play (or sing) you will be better if you train your ears.
We set about looking at all the different Ear Training Software and audio courses available. Here are a few of our picks.
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Ear Training Audio Books and Software
- Book/Online Audio
- Pages: 64
- Instrumentation: All Instruments
- Book/Online Audio
- Pages: 120
- Instrumentation: Multi-Instrument
- Book and 2-CD set
- 75 exercises, 18 units
- Authors: Andrew Surmani, Karen Farnum Surmani, Morton Manus
- Roberta Radley (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 168 Pages - 01/12/2009 (Publication Date) - Sher Music Co (Publisher)
- Alfred's Basic Piano Prep Course Activity & Ear Training Book A
- The Activity & Ear Training Books include coloring activities to help students recognize notes, musical symbols, rhythms and more, both aurally and visually
- Each activity is carefully designed to encourage teacher/student interaction
- Manufactured to the Highest Quality Available.
- With True Enhanced Performance.
- Latest Technical Development.
- Pages: 140
- Prosser, Steve (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- Prosser, Steve (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 4 Pages - 11/01/2015 (Publication Date) - Alfred Music (Publisher)
- Marcozzi, Rudy (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 336 Pages - 05/21/2008 (Publication Date) - Routledge (Publisher)
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Music, Forslund (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
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Ear Training Online Courses
There are a terrific range of Ear Training Courses available at all price points on the Udemy course platform. Or, for a small monthly subscription, you can access a whole range of ear training courses on the LinkedIn Learning platform.
This is a review of the Ear Training Software available, by ability
Ear Training Software for Beginners to all levels
More expensive, but more comprehensive is the Earmaster Pro Software. With 2,500+ Ear Training & Music Theory Exercises. This covers a range of skills, including melody dictation, intervals, rhythm reading and imitation, chord identification, scales and modes, etc. You can interact with the software using a microphone, and/or MIDI keyboard, or just the computer keyboard. EarMaster also includes an advanced Tutor that will challenge and develop your musical ear. The EarMaster Pro Tutor has up to 60 lessons for each exercise area. All lessons are developed by a leading Danish ear training professor. He will guide you through the lessons and give you a short description of each lesson with tips and hints, and he challenges both trained and untrained ears as he will increase the difficulty of the exercises as your ear improves.
Ear Training Software for Beginners to Advanced
Our most complete ear-training software for all musicians is Auralia Ear Training Software Student Edition (from Sibelius). Although more expensive, this software can save hours of teaching time, thus making it excellent value for money in the long term, and it also covers all levels from beginner to advanced, and all grades from 1 to 8, and even University level. There are hundreds of exercises in 26 topics, with loads of on-screen reference information and automatic marking. Auralia 4 Ear Training Software Student Edition has been designed for classical, jazz and rock/pop students, with special exercises on jazz/contemporary scales, chords and progressions, as well as the core classical skills that are essential for the Associated Board Exam Aural Tests.
Conclusion
Ear Training Software really can help you develop the skills you need to pass your exams – and become a better musician too.
