sight reading/ear training software

Subject: sight reading/ear training software
From: GUEST,mink
Date: 11 May 03 - 05:00 AM

I've been scouting around for sight reading/ear training software and have found some good stuff linked to on vocalist.org site.
The best ones so far are:

Happy Note - which gives you a melody line with increasing numbers of notes in it & you have to attempt to sing it by sight. simple but effective. Its a freebee. It also has a game which might be good for kids.

MusicBox2.7 - which does various things including melody dictation. It is a functionally limited trial version (which you are supposed to stop using when your concience tells you to) & I can't find a UK distributor though.

The best one I found though is EarMasterPro4. This is a 21 day functionally limited trial - but there is a UK distributor & it costs £50 for the full licence. It seems to do everything you'd need - and I'll probably be buying the full licence unless I find something even better in the meantime.

Just thought I'd pass on the above info.

Does anyone have any similar to add? Or any opinion on the above?

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 11 May 03 - 07:56 AM

That's a great looking list. I didn't see the following on it, maybe because it's an online game.

Mark Clark found a link to the Ear Training Game discussed in this thread.

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: Kaleea
Date: 12 May 03 - 01:24 AM

I'm sure there is some good software, but it's hard to imagine that it could take the place of the 5 1/2 years I spent getting my education as a Music Major, much less the lifetime of "ear training" I got from all the music I was exposed to over the years!

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 12 May 03 - 02:12 AM

The best ear training is simply to DO IT.

Make music and have FUN doing it. No computer could take the place of three minutes a day....EVERY DAY.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: GUEST,mink
Date: 12 May 03 - 05:31 AM

ok - so its not everyone's cup of tea - but I am finding it very useful and so is my daughter.
Its not taking the place of playing music - and it is adding to the enjoyment thereof. I know its not going to yield the equivalent of 5 1/2 yrs of formal training - but its a start.

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: Coyote Breath
Date: 12 May 03 - 08:03 AM

Thanks for the information. I've got 45 and 1/2 years of playing and singing and I am ashamed to say can't read music. I will try the freebie first and check out the others if I can manage to make sense out of the process. I think there is a "math phobia" sort of situation working against my learning to read music.

CB

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 12 May 03 - 08:24 AM

Now Coyote Breath, there is no such thing as a math phobia (this said from a former math teacher). As I told my little sister when she was impatient with algebra, first open the damn book! (without slamming it across the room) Seriously, JUST DO IT! By far the most important element in any type of learning is motivation. And reading music, or training the ear (like math, or swinging a baseball bat, or even making small talk) IS A SKILL!

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 12 May 03 - 10:47 AM

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: GUEST,noddy
Date: 12 May 03 - 10:49 AM

OOps wrong key.

but can you explain is there a relationship between me being bad at Maths and cannot sing a note.
Now there a case for someone to study??? PHd or what.

I cant wait for the replies.

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: GUEST
Date: 12 May 03 - 10:50 AM

pardon?

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: GUEST
Date: 12 May 03 - 10:53 AM

soz Noddy - the pardon was for the blank post before the real post appeared.

Subject: RE: sight reading/ear training software
From: Mark Clark
Date: 13 Jul 03 - 11:01 PM

I've run across a free ear training program called GNU Solfege. Like much of the open source software, it's developed in the Linux environment but it looks like a Windows version may be available. I've not downloaded it but may later when I have more time.

      - Mark