Ear training for all musicians, at any playing level, playing any instrument! If you want to sing, improvise or jam with complete confidence, you need to recognize all the sounds around you. EarMaster includes over 650 ear training lessons for recognizing and transcribing intervals, chords, scales, rhythms and melodies. You can even create your own customized exercises! Learn to play, improvise, notate and compose by ear. EarMaster will challenge trained and untrained ears for all vocalists and musicians playing guitar, piano, bass, drums, flute or any other instrument! Making music with others will become easy and fun!
Improve your number one musical resource - your ear!
- EarMaster Pro is highly interactive.
- It gives you instant feedback on everything you do.
- A lesson will change every time you take it.
- Complexity will increase as you make progress.
- Develops your ability to interact with other musicians.
- 12 advanced ear training exercises!
Ear training for all musicians!
EarMaster will challenge all trained and untrained ears! It is for all vocalists and musicians playing guitar, piano, bass, drums, flute or any other instrument!
A complete ear training package!
EarMaster includes exercises in identifying intervals, chords, chord inversions, chord progressions, scales and modes. You will also find exercises in transcribing melodies and rhythms and in sight-reading or imitation of rhythms. The broad range of exercise areas covers all your needs for training pitch, harmonies and rhythms! All together the exercises areas will help you enhance your musicality and improve your playing!
Your own personal teacher!
EarMaster includes two advanced Tutors that will guide you and increase the level of complexity as you improve your ear. The Standard Tutor has 440 lessons ranging from beginners to advanced users. The Jazz tutor has 211 lessons with swing rhythms and jazz chords! You can take a lesson again and again, because it will change every time you take it!
Powerful tool for advanced users!
You can customize EarMaster more than any other ear training tool! There are a lot of settings for the user interface and for the way you use EarMaster. While you work with a lesson you can change clefs, time limits, input methods, tempo, sounds, etc. EarMaster also allows you to use your MIDI instrument to insert tones and rhythms, or as a remote control! There are also keyboard shortcuts to all features. A great feature is that you can make your own custom tuned string instrument for inserting and displaying the tones on the screen. Even left handed string instruments are possible!
Customized exercises!
In the customized mode you are in control of the exercises and you can configure them to do exactly what you want! You can customize pitch ranges, keys and meters, how the chord or interval should be placed in the keys, how intervals and chords are played, and you can specify exactly what intervals, chords and rhythm values to work with, and much more. You can of course also define your own customized chords, scales and chord progressions!
Instant feedback!
EarMaster gives instant audiovisual feedback on everything you do! The tones you enter are transcribed simultaneously on the staff and on the on-screen instruments. When you submit your answer, EarMaster will tell if your answer is wrong. Your answer and the correct answer will be shown on the staff and instruments, and you can hear both individually. This is a very effective learning process where you learn from your errors and improve your ear faster than with any other training method!
Guitar, piano, bass, violin, cello, ... !
Make ear training a musical project by relating it to an instrument you play! EarMaster is designed for musicians playing almost any instrument. You can interact with EarMaster in a multitude of ways. EarMaster supports onscreen piano, guitar, bass, violin, cello, banjo and any other customized string instrument! Using General MIDI, you can utilize all of the 128 instruments and sounds. EarMaster also comes with real-time Sound2MIDI technology that allows you to sing and clap your answer using a microphone - and to play your answer on your favorite instrument! You can also use the onscreen staff, multiple-choice, or use MIDI input from keyboards and other MIDI-devices.
Detailed statistics on your progress!
You can monitor your progress by viewing the detailed statistics about your performance! Has your ear improved at identifying the minor 7th chord? What progress have you made in the past two weeks? Are you answering faster? How much time did you spend on ear training during the past month? EarMaster will provide all this information for you!
Pass your ear training exams!
Do you need to pass an ear training exam in a near future? EarMaster allows you to test your self at home in similar conditions as an actual ear training exam! Any tutor lesson or customized exercise can be turned into a strict and merciless test! Did you miss identifying the chord? Too bad, because I will not play it again! And I need your answer in 10 seconds!
Easy to use for beginners!
EarMaster is very suitable for beginners. It is intuitive and has a user-friendly interface. Even kids can use it! The program starts with an ear training wizard that will explain the exercises and training modes for you. EarMaster suggests you to let the standard tutor instruct you and let him guide you through the lessons. EarMaster also includes a quick music theory introduction and comprehensive help available anywhere in the program.
Exercise areas in EarMaster
EarMaster offers advanced ear training and covers all significant areas in intervals, scales, chords, rhythms and melodies. Each exercise will improve different areas of your musical ear! Using EarMaster will refine all important areas of your musical ear. You will develop greater musicality, better musical confidence and experience real enjoyment of music!
- Interval singing
- Interval identification
- Interval comparison
- Scale identification
- Chord identification
- Chord-inversion identification
- Chord progression identification
- Rhythm dictation
- Rhythm reading
- Rhythm imitation
- Rhythm correction
- Melody dictate
Intervals
Once you get the hang of intervals, it will be easier to transcribe songs, compose songs or tuning your guitar. If you are a singer it will improve your ability to sing in tune and to phrase flawlessly. Whatever instrument you play, EarMaster will help you figure out the melody of a song based on the intervals: “Oh, that’s just a perfect fourth followed by a minor third.” EarMaster features three exercises that will help you do just that:
Interval singing
EarMaster will play a tone and ask you to sing or play an interval above or below this tone. Example: A tone (D) will be played and EarMaster will say: “Sing the perfect fifth above D.” You can also use this exercise to learn to spell intervals. If you answer the question by using one of EarMaster’s other answering methods, then this exercise becomes an “Interval spelling” exercise.
Interval identification
EarMaster plays a harmonic or melodic interval; you identify it by its name or transcribe the tones on the piano, guitar or notesheet.
Interval comparison
EarMaster will play two intervals; you answer which one is larger. This exercise does not require any knowledge about music theory. It is therefore an excellent starting point for beginners.
Scales and modes
With EarMaster you learn to identify scales (major, minor, blues, bebop, etc.) and church modes (Dorian, Phrygian, etc.):
Scale identification
EarMaster will play a scale or mode; you then identify it by name or insert the tones on the piano, guitar or staff. Scales are an essential tool when you want to improvise or when writing melody lines.
Chords
Recognizing chords and harmonies is an essential aspect of being able to interact while playing with other musicians. It is also an important aspect of being able to transcribe songs and to compose music. Being able to improvise and to play music by ear also requires knowledge in the functions and structures of chords. Combining harmonies and chords in music requires that you can hear and feel the quality of chords, and that you are familiar with their function within a given key. EarMaster features three exercises that will help you improve these skills:
Chord identification
EarMaster plays a harmonic or melodic chord; you identify it by its name or transcribe the tones on the piano, guitar or the note sheet.
Chord-inversion identification
This exercise works just like the chord identification exercise, but here the chords are inverted. Understanding chord inversions helps you to move around your fretboard or piano more efficiently in the combination of the chords. Being familiar with this approach makes composing and playing easier.
Chord progression identification
EarMaster will play a chord progression (e.g., II mi7 - V 7 - I maj); you then identify it by name or choose the step and quality for each chord. Becoming acquainted with different types of progressions will make you a more stable musician. When composing, it will help you to know what possible ways to develop the song you are working on. And when playing, you can more easily tell in which direction the song is going -this is very comfortable if you are involved in a jam session.
Rhythms
Modern music increasingly requires a musician to possess good rhythmic understanding. A good sense of rhythmic variations, the ability to feel a tempo, being able to grasp rhythmic figures, and the ability to keep a tempo are important for any musician. It is not enough to be able to read or hear individual note values; you must also identify a rhythm as a series of rhythmic patterns. EarMaster features four exercises that teach you to read and identify rhythms:
Rhythm dictation
EarMaster plays a rhythm; you transcribe it.
Rhythm reading
Here EarMaster will play a rhythm score. You will then clap the rhythm following the metronome. Clap your hands in front of the microphone, tap the rhythm on the space bar, or play it on your MIDI instrument. This exercise is helpful in many ways; it of course improves your sight reading skills. You also develop your familiarity with rhythmical patterns and, very importantly, you will improve your time sense!
Rhythm imitation
EarMaster will play a rhythm and you have to clap the rhythm to the beat of the metronome. Clap your hands in front of your microphone, tap the rhythm on the space bar or play it on your MIDI instrument. This exercise will further develop what the two previous rhythm-exercises dealt with – only this exercise really emphasizes the musical approach, in that it is you who play – with no visual guidance.
Rhythm correction
In this exercise EarMaster will play a rhythm score and then play the same rhythm -but with a few changes. Your task is to identify these changes. Your ability to grasp rhythmical variations and other type of progressions in musical patterns and figures is the focus here.
Melodies
Finally, the question of the eternally desirable perfect pitch. Can you transcribe a tune when you hear it? Can you start of singing your starting line without a cue from your pianist or guitar player? Or can you identify the very important note in the chorus that everybody else in the band is playing?
Melody dictate
EarMaster will here play a melodic phrase. You can then transcribe it on the staff, on guitar tablature, or on the piano. Step by step, you come closer to perfect pitch. And closer to the optimal utilization of your musicality!
Special Features:
- Interval singing: EarMaster plays a tone and tells you to sing or play an interval above or below this tone.
- Rhythm notation: EarMaster plays a rhythm; you transcribe it on the staff. EarMaster evaluates how close you came.
- Jazz tutor: Includes 211 lessons specific to jazz, focusing on jazz harmonies and swing rhythms. The jazz tutor is a supplement to the standard tutor. Some of the exercise areas have a high entry level, so beginners may want to start with the standard tutor.
- Standard tutor: More lessons and better instructions. It now includes 440 lessons! The difficulty of lessons ranges from beginner to very advanced.
- Tutor editor (School Only): The Tutor editor has many features and an interface that allows for easy usage. With a single click you can try the selected lesson in EarMaster to test your settings.
- Bass, violin, cello and banjo: On-screen instruments and great updates of guitar and piano!
- Sound2MIDI 2.0: The Sound2MIDI 2.0 technology is faster and offers higher precision for pitches and rhythms.
- Customized string instruments: Support for all types of string instruments and tunings! All on-screen string instruments can be set to left-handed editions!
- Guitar tuner: Powered by the Sound2MIDI pitch recognition technology. This technology allows for real-time chromatic pitch recognition to provide rapid and accurate guitar tuning.
- Live student statistics (School Only): Teachers can follow the progress of each student with live scores and statistics (if EarMaster is used on a network computer).
- More customized chords: The user can define up to 120 custom chords, 120 chord progression and 120 scales.
- Voicing options: Voicing options in chord identification: chords can be played in root position, closed voicing and open voicing
- High score: The high score gives you the ability to compete with other users.
- Ear training wizard: The wizard gives you a quick overview of all exercise areas and training modes.
- Swing jazz rhythms: EarMaster supports swing jazz rhythms with the option to shuffle (swing) 8th notes and/or 16th notes.
- Live rhythm clapping feedback: All claps are shown in the staff while clapping! The claps are placed relative to the notes in the score to show the exact timing of your claps.
- MIDI input: MIDI remote control of key features by tone, controller and program change. In the chord progression exercise, chords can also be input by MIDI (detecting root tone and quality).
- Melodies for Melodic dictation: Melodies can be made from custom scales (defined in the scale section). Eighth notes and sixteenth notes rhythm values are possible and they can be played with swing feeling.
- Solfege tone naming: Set default tone naming to standard Anglo-Saxon (C, D, E, etc) or solfege (Do, Re, Mi, etc.)
- Transposing instruments: Use EarMaster with a transposing instrument. You can set the relation between transcribed and sounding tones.
- Evaluate note length: In the rhythm clapping exercises you can have EarMaster evaluate the length of the notes you clap.
- Free-style rhythm clapping: In rhythm imitation and rhythm reading exercises, you can clap without a metronome - starting any time after the rhythm is played.
- User statistics (School Only): Teachers have access to more detailed student statistics. The statistics window is integrated with the user list for an easy overview of students’ progress.
- "Family support": All family members can use EarMaster Pro on the same computer. Users are identified by their Windows username.
- User maintenance window (School Only): The user maintenance window allows teachers to easily add, delete and manage users.
- Test facilities: Time limit on answering questions, limit the number of times the question can be played, and more... With these capabilities, EarMaster Pro users can test themselves in any lesson.
- E-mail and Zip: Teachers and students can exchange results and assignments by email. Fast and convenient.
- Network installation in just two minutes (School Only): EarMaster School is easy to install on a network. It can run directly from a server, which means that client computers need no installation and no configuration!
- Check for update: The Help menu includes a "Check for Update" item. It will direct you to a website that will tell if new languages or bug fixes are available.
EarMaster is available in two versions:
- EarMaster Pro is designed for musicians at any level. It can handle settings and results for multiple users using the same computer.
- EarMaster School is for music teachers and schools. It runs in any network and can handle any number of client computers. It allows music teachers to make their own ear training courses (tutors) and to evaluate the performance of students.
Special Features in Earmaster School 5
EarMaster School is a an interactive and powerful tool for teaching ear training for music teachers and schools. The learn-by-doing approach allows your students to develop better musical ears - and it is great fun too! EarMaster is easy to use and includes all the features you need for teaching ear training.
EarMaster School includes all features and exercises in EarMaster Pro plus extra educational features.
Tutor editor
- Use the 651 ready-to-use lessons or make your own customized lessons with the advanced Tutor Editor.
- Control how well the students must perform before advancing to the next lesson.
- Tutor lessons are compatible with EarMaster Pro.
- E-learning compatible: Distribute your lessons to students’ home computers by e-mail, on a website or on all types of storage devices. Receive the students’ results through the integrated export-by-email functionality.
What is eLearning?
eLearning is a great approach to facilitate and enhance learning by electronic means. It makes communication easier with individual and groups of students and studying becomes more engaging for the students, because they receive instant feedback on their work.
How does EarMaster use eLearning?
If you are a music teacher using EarMaster School, you will be able to assign homework to your students via EarMaster. Distribute your own tutor lessons to your students by email or any type of storage device so they can work with EarMaster at home.
In turn, the students can email their results back to you through the integrated export-by-email functionality and you can quickly gain an overview of your students strong and weak sides, when all results are added to your EarMaster statistics. You will also be able to examine the students at home by setting various exercise controls such as answer time limits, number of times to replay the questions etc.
Furthermore, you can put up your tutor lessons on a web page, where there are no limits for what you can do.
Advantages for teachers:
- Customize exercises to each individual student
- Access to advanced educational features
- Easy control and evaluation of students’ progress
- Free up time in classes
Advantages for students:
- Students are in charge of their own learning
- Efficient learning because the student gains knowledge at a suitable pace
- Personalized assignments ensure that everyone excels in their weaker areas and no one is left behind
- eLearning combined with face-to-face interaction in the class room provides the student with variety in everyday learning
Student administration and report facilities
- The User Overview function allows teachers to easily control and evaluate the students’ assignments.
- Detailed information on students’ training and performance with advanced report function.
- Print summaries and results for single users or whole classes.
- Easy management of student data.
- Detailed statistics - monitor the students’ progress and benefit from information on every aspect of the students’ ear training process.
Multi-user and network facilities
- Students and teachers can continue their latest ear training session on any computer in the network.
- Runs in any Windows network and is easy to install.
- Remembers results and settings for each user.
- No limitations on number of users.
- Use EarMaster in your own language.
- For students, EarMaster School looks just like EarMaster Pro. Only teachers and administrators have access to the advanced educational features.
Why should our school use EarMaster?
Scientific research shows that we remember 20% of what we see, 40% of what we see and hear, but 80% of what we experience! EarMaster School is an experiential ear training tool. It’s highly interactive - the students see, hear, and most importantly, they do!
Your teaching assistant
EarMaster comes with a jazz tutor and a standard tutor with a total of 651 lessons! Lessons are ready to use or can offer inspiration for you to create your own lessons using the Tutor editor. For example, you can make lessons function as tests, setting time limits and many other restrictions, and insert these test-lessons in between regular lessons as often as you wish! Your custom-made tutor lessons will challenge each student individually, based on his or her performance, and they will also receive feedback instantly.
As a teacher, you can focus on the most difficult questions and concepts. You have access to live statistics on the students’ performances, which gives you the opportunity to approach the students individually or in groups to work out their difficulties, while working with EarMaster.
Ear training after class
Students can do ear training homework lessons after class in your computer lab. You can also email your own tutor lessons to your students, so they can work with EarMaster at home. Then, the students can email their results to you from their home computer, or bring them to school on a storage device. You can then add the received results to your EarMaster statistics and view them together with the other users’ existing and incoming results. The high score feature will motivate the students to compete and devote extra hours to ear training.
EarMaster School is a motivating and effective teaching tool. Your students will develop a much better musical ear than they can with any other teaching method or program.
Full Features:
- Standard tutor (450 lessons)
- Jazz tutor (211 lessons)
- 12 exercise areas
- Interval Comparison
- Interval Identification
- Interval Singing
- Chord Identification
- Chord Inversions
- Chord progressions
- Scale Identification
- Rhythm Reading
- Rhythm Imitation
- Rhythm dictation
- Rhythm correction
- Melodic dictation
- Create customized exercises
- Create new tutors (School Only)
- Ear training wizard
- On-screen guitar, piano, bass, staff, violin and more
- Custom on-screen string instruments (all tunings)
- Left handed string instruments on-screen
- Single click multiple-choice
- Sing, play or clap answers using a microphone
- Midi keyboard support
- Sound2MIDI 2.0
- Metronome
- Instruments and sounds (Using General Midi): 128
- High score
- Guitar tuner
- Multiple users all using the same pc
- Multiple users across a network (School Only)
- Multiple language support
- E-learning compatible
- Export/import own results and assignments
- Export/import all users’ results and assignments (School Only)
- Create custom chords, scales and chord progressions (in customized exercises)
- Choose specific keys and position question in the key (in customized exercises)
- Choose tone range (in customized exercises)
- Choose time signatures and specific note values or rhythmic patterns (in customized exercises)
- Comprehensive set of exercise settings
- Auto new question
- Auto replay of question
- Limit the number of times a question can be played
- Time limit on answering the question
- Tone naming: Anglo-Saxon (C, D, E, etc.) or Solfege (Do, Re, Mi, etc.)
- Clef can be G, F or C
- Mandatory exercise settings - when making lessons for other users – time limits, answer method, etc. (School Only)
- View own statistics
- View all students' statistics (School Only)
- Student administration (School Only)
- Organize users in a classes (School Only)
- Runs in a network (School Only)
- Runs from a server – installation on client computers is optional (School Only)
- Identify user with Windows/Mac login
- Identify user with EarMaster login – shows login on program start (School Only)
- Free support
- Multi-user licenses with academic pricing
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Notes on academic/theological versions:
EarMaster Pro is designed for musicians at any level. It can handle settings and results for multiple users using using the same computer.
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Disk space 12 MB
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Monitor resolution 800x600
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Monitor resolution 800x600
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Disk space: 12 MB
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