Software Training Methods
Accurate identification and reproduction of musical intervals, scales, chords, rhythms, and other aspects of ear training often can require a great deal of practice. Exercises involving identification often require a knowledgeable partner to play the questions and validate the answers. Software specialized for music theory can remove the need for a partner, customize the training to the users needs and accurately track scores and progress. University music departments often license commercial software for their students such as EarMaster, Auralia and MacGAMUT, allowing them to track and manage student scores on a computer network. A variety of free software also exists both as browser based applications and downloadable executables. For example, free and open source software under the GPL such as GNU Solfege can provide many comparable features to popular proprietary products. The majority of ear training software are MIDI based, allowing the user to customize the instruments that play and even accept input from MIDI compatible devices such as electronic keyboards. TrainEar and MusTeacH are recent browser-based ear trainers. TrainEar specifically helps associate musical intervals to songs. Ear-training applications are also available for mobile phones; both iTunes AppStore and Google Play have several "apps" for both iOS and Android devices.
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