Play By Ear - Ear Training

this is 100 the best ear training app ever more user friendly and functional than any of the many apps ive tried to the developer a few things that would make this app better please add a feature so i can change the amount of time before a new question appears would be great to make it a bit shorter add a separate 00 score for each of the 3 different exercises as opposed to one score that carries over even if you switch the type of exercise you want to do add a simple timer like just where when you click the play button a timer you can select the time for in the settings starts counting down in the corner or something so if i want to do 10 min of ear training a day per exercise its easy to keep track of have an option for multiple tries for example if i play a piano note it wont immediately turn red and go to the next question instead itll turn red then let me try again until i get the right note and then it continues to the next question and then it doesnt count towards the score or something so if i dont get it right the first time maybe i will the third time and thats helpful while ear training the app is already 5 stars but if you can slowly try and add some of those features itd just make it even better thanks edit another note i use it for intervals and for single note melody training and i dont like when it shows the starting note for the melody obviously since its only one note but its useful for the interval training it would be great if there was a separate switch for intervals and melodies so i can show the starting note for intervals but not melodies same with the match any octave                 amazing best ear training app ever some suggestions for the developer

Put in the time and it will bring you along                 A great app that really works

Has been so wonderful for tonal memory                 Tonal memory

This app is wonderfulby far the best ear training app ever created The design and accuracy are flawless There are no ads I finally feel more comfortable with my musical ear all thanks to this app and its extremely talented designer Ah its just so beautiful                 THANK YOU Rick

So good its worth paying for With website supplemental articles and online java app it has almost everything needed to become an ear training master I would pay to see the rhythm feature added to the iPhone app Would be nice if keyboard response was allowed for ear training in public places subway w headphones                 Best free ear training app on the market

This is the best thing I have ever used for developing your ear                 Amazing

Works great for an electric guitar if you have the correct adaptor to plug a guitar and headphones in at the same time Would be nice if one could change the octave to match that of the guitar like your web based one has Thanks for the app                 Well thought out app

Great stuff Perfect app for musicians looking to train their ears Great customization in addition to a very user friendly UI The only issue I have is with the intervals section The app allows you to choose between ascending or descending but not both which in itself is not a terrible tragedy but a minor annoyance nonetheless                 Great App

This app is very helpful for ear training with any musical instrument And is the best ear training app Ive used I have incorporated it into my regular practice regimen I just opened it today and discovered that you fixed the bug for the iOS7 Works perfect now on my iPhone 4 thanks                 Best ear training app

For performance ear training there is not an app that can touch this His website is great too Thank you                 Amazing

This is a great app You would miss out as a musician not to have it A little practice each day and youll improve your ears ridiculously I enjoy everything about it It would easily be worth 5 Thank you                 Very Impressive

This is a very well made and customizable app for people of all skill levels It would be nice to have an extended range for a 7 string guitar Also the new update crashes on my iPhone 3GS                 Great app

Welldesigned and very useful                 Wonderful

Best ear training app Ive used on iTouch and thank you for keeping it free An appreciative musician                 Highly recommended

I am Originally a fan of iwasdoingallright for ear training and will admit thats where my expectations are grounded I use this app to practice singing and it seems to struggle only slightly with tone recognition Sometimes it will surprise you by recognizing a correct note that wasnt clearly articulated but sometimes it is unforgiving in that it does not explain why a note was incorrect                 Great ear training

Playing notes for me to sing back is exactly what I am looking for This would be a five star pay app if it told me why it thinks Im wrong something like a superimposed pitch graph It wouldnt have to be realtime just something to let me know if I was even close           Maddening lack of feedback

Definitely worth a download but the app would be more useful with more chord typesinversions              Excellent but needs more chord typesinversions

Not a bad app particularly for the price It picks up my trombone just fine I will definitely recommend this to my students who want a little extra ear training practice                 Nice app

Only plays the recordings once then never plays any that proceed it and the microphone does not register anymore Please fix     DOES NOT WORK WITH IOS8

Ive been using this for a few months and really like the new melody features Thanks for making the best ear training app                 Great app

Looks like a great app I like the online version at his website very useful and is assigned to use for Jazz Musicianship Class CSUN BUT it cannot both hear you there is no mic you have to get one and when you do the app cant both hear you with the mic and play out on its speaker the same time and playback at the same time Ive even tried pulling the mic out and putting it back in in rapid succession in order to have it be able to both hear and play but it doenst recognize the mic in or out that fast The online version does not hear you either but it is very cool and I am using that instead Ill either have to get the newest iPod Touch which does have a builtin mic as well as the speaker or move onto another ear training program to use the iPod version           Needs a Mic but iPod Touch not the new version can

Work smarter not harder Addictive and effective Settings cover a lot of gaps I am recommending to all my musician friends                 Great app

This is an incredibly useful ear training tool and something that Ive convinced all of my peers to download You should too                 Great App

Very useful app The ability to train on phrases not just intervals is a huge plus and can really help bridge ones ear training from an disconnected endeavor to it actually relating to real music Pitch recognition is great function though sometimes it doesnt work very accurately Overall a great app              Very good

Its a great idea yet it doesnt pick up my electric guitar and it only picks up half of the notes of my acoustic guitar I havent tried my piano yet but If you could update to better pick up guitars 55 Being a free app Ill give you three stars for the effort but Im a guitar player           Good try not a guitar app

Has its glitches but very useful so grateful I found out about it I have good ears and needed something more challenging than just naming intervals It would be cool to have more options for chords For free it definitely gets 5 stars                 Very practical

Crash issue fixed Now its an easy 5 stars                 Stable

This is the best ear trainer Ive found yet What a find The only issue I had was that it would pick up noises as notes when using an acoustic guitar into the external microphone on my iPod touch But when I use an electric through an iRig adapter it reads perfectly Awesome Thank You Thank You Thank You                 Awesome Ear Trainer

This is a really fun app to practice with After just 15 minutes of practice I could already tell a difference in my ability This app has a awesome interface Thanks for bringing this to the iPhone                 Amazing

Tried this app on my phone to learn ear training onthego The notes were very clear but the interaction on the scale was non existent For iPhone use I didnt find the app very useful Two stars are for the tones        IPhone App

All three training excercices work GREAT and after a while u start actually getting some right D                 Verrrrrry Useefuul

Most musicians interested in improving their ear can benefit from this terrific app Its easy to use and effective                 Excellent tool for ear training

Great app idea I plan on using it while traveling However the app crashes after one or two exercises and occasionally does not play the pitch as it should 5 stars if updated           Good app too many crashes

This is a great little app It has a lot of options for what it will play single notes riffs chords and has a lot of variable options as well And its not just for ear training Try turning the sound off and set it to show notes and you can use it to practice reading too When Im feeling uninspired or am not sure what to practice this app is always a good way to get warmed up                 Practice Must Have

This app is wonderful love how customizable it is Great for beginners or those who just need to warm up their ears                 So glad this exists

This app has good potential As a student of voice my criticism is regarding the programs sensitivity of hearing overtones instead of the fundamental pitch and tendering results Though the error isnt aided by the small mic in an iPod I suppose Otherwise a usable tool           Good potential

This app simply does not work on an iPhone 6     No audio on iPhone 6

All the other apps Ive used have lacked pitch detection and they cost money This app is the exact kind of ear training I need for singing Its adjustable in every way I need it to be Being able to hear the chords and intervals stacked andor sequentially is a great option to have Download it you wont be disappointed                 Best app Ive used yet

Truly                 Does its job pretty well

I have a 4s and I just upgraded to ios6 like an idiot This is my favorite app to practice my vocals but I now have to try to recalibrate it every time Also calibration only works 20 percent of the time Thanks for making this app                 Doesnt save calibration anymore

This is a fantastic app for ear training I use it on guitar One complaint is that it doesnt hear if you play in a low octave But if you play in the octaves it actually plays in or an octave below or two above it seems fine I like the look of the app And I find it helpful that it displays the first note on the staff because I am trying to learn to read music at the same time I am trying to learn to play by ear so it helps in both It would be cool if it displayed the clef though or if you could change the clef in which the notes are displayed Overall an indispensable tool for learning musicians or seasoned ones who want to keep up their chops                 Great app

The tonal memory exercises are okay but the app doesnt seem to hear very well below bassclef D and the app only plays treble clef melodies so if youre taking a melody down an octave with your voice or instrument it can be a little frustrating Also the tonal memory melody exercises create very nonmusical lines for you to repeat back this makes for good eartraining but the melodies are not realistic           Not badnot great

Pitch recognition makes it better than all the rest                 Awesome

Great app This could become seriously killer with the ability to input my own phrase which then gets randomly transposed to various keys expanded etc One could have hundreds of custom jazz patterns ii v is etc ready to practice Would gladly pay for it                 Great App

A musicians best friend                 Awesome

The best one hands down                 The best one

Awesome app Its helped so much in such a short time so glad I found this app                

This free app is better than the paid options I love how the emphasis is playing what you hear rather than naming intervalschords This is far more practical Ive been using it every morning for 30 minutes for the past week and its quite an enjoyable way to practice Being able to set intervalschords harmonically or melodically is really cool The best feature is probably the random melody playalong Im only doing 4 note melodies but the options on the app allow you to make things REAL hard if youve got good ears already I use this app with an unamplified electric guitar and the iPhone does have some issues recognizing notes from the lower octave but that doesnt really matter to me One feature I would LOVE to have would be the ability to have the app mix ascending and descending intervalschords so I can practice them both ways without having to play around with the settings As it stands this is the best ear training app and I have no idea why the author isnt charging for it Download this now                 best ear training app

Excellent app I second the idea of having a keyboard option for public places practice Also would love having a super easy version when it plays the note then gives you time to try a few notes before you push a button to have it tell you if the final note you choose is right Not sure that explanation made sense                 Still working on single notes with my trumpet

Of course there Is room for improvement but I feel it has much more value than the other ear apps that I bought but dont use The fact that u play the notes back makes all the difference in the world I like the layout and menu too nice and clean great work                 Free A gratuitous grace for the ear