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Ear training is important to become a good musician!
Some musicians seem to have a natural facility to recognize harmonies and feel rhythms. But for many others, including otherwise fine musicians, ear training is a struggle. They must work long and hard to acquire these very basic musical skills.
A fine tuned ear and sense of rhythm and harmony is essential when playing any instrument.
Research shows that we can all improve our aural abilities and get a musical ear. A few minutes daily use of a computer based ear training program is enough for you to become an ear master.
"Computers are, of course, a great tool for drill and practice and we have been using them to teach listening skills for many years. We had been looking for a modern program for some time before discovering EarMaster.
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EarMaster does everything we were looking for - - and more..."
Hanley Jackson
Prof., Music
Kansas State University | EarMaster Pro 4.0
is a new and highly improved version of the extensively featured Windows based ear training software which have been on the market since 1996.
All you need to develop and maintain your aural skills
EarMaster is an easy and fun way to use your computer for ear training. Simple and challenging exercises drill and score you on 10 harmonic and rhythmic ear training areas, using a MIDI sound card. With EarMaster you will learn to identify and transcribe intervals, scales & modes, chords, chord progressions and tunes you hear, and learn to sight-read, imitate, and correct rhythms. The exercises have been chosen and developed in cooperation with music teachers and users of previous versions of EarMaster.
The perfect choice for both beginners and pro's
For the untrained ear: EarMaster is an excellent entrance to ear training for beginners. The build-in automatic tutor can advise you and adjust the difficulty based on the evaluation of your results. You don't need to know how to configure EarMaster for your needs, the tutor will do it for you.
For the trained ear: EarMaster can be configured 100% to your needs, so even advanced ears can be challenged. Adjust the tempo, playing, key, scale, length and much more. You can even define your own chords, intervals and scales if you have special needs.
Use Guitar, Piano, Staff or even the Microphone
In all exercises you can give your answers in different ways depending on your focus. Advanced Wave-to-MIDI technology enables you to sing the tones or clap the rhythms in the microphone. You can also use MIDI, use simple multiple choice or give the tones using one of the answer options on the screen: piano, guitar or notesheet.
Detailed record keeping
All of your results are recorded allowing you to keep a close eye on your progress. Export the results to a diskette to continue your ear training at school and let your teacher follow your progress.
EarMaster Pro 4 supports the solmization system (do, re, mi, ...) and includes music theory materials within its help file and manual.
EarMaster is a very relevant tool for everybody with an interest in music. No matter if you are a musician, music student or you want to pass an entrance test for a music education.
 EarMaster is available in a free 21 days trial version at www.earmaster.com.
System requirements
- Windows 95/98/NT
- 8 MB RAM (16 MB recommended)
- 4 MB hard disk space
- Soundcard or external MIDI device
- VGA monitor 640x480 (800x600 recommended)
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