Better Ears - Ear Trainer App Reviews

My praises for this app are many, and my complaints are few. It does everything I want it to, the only exception being that if you make a mistake, it doesnt let you re-listen, but rather forces you to immediately carry on. Being able to re-listen after making a mistake would make this app a flawless masterpiece of an ear training tool.

とても良いアプリです。 本当に自分好みのカスタマイズが可能です。 この内容であれば、「メロディの聞き取り」みたいな トレーニングがあったら更に良いアプリになると思います。 期待しています。 This App is very good! I want training of "hearing of the melody". It becomes better.

This is a great app.

Very good ear training soft for all musicians, with very nice user interface.

This is exactly the kind of program I needed for my music theory class. It will definetely help with my ear training as Ill need to have it accomplished pretty well by the end of the year. Well worth the price! I do, however, have a couple of suggestions. Add cadence identification (PAC, IAC, half, plagal, deceptive, etc.) Be able to identify inverted major, minor, and diminished chords Maybe even have a section where you can identify roman numeral analysis of chords 4-star app now, but if cadences and inversions are added my review will switch to 5. Thanks!

This is an awesome app. It has helped me a lot with ear training and identifying key signatures.

There are three things I would like to see on this program: 1-Chord inversions 2-Chord progressions (with inverted chords) 3-Option to try and identify intervals using the upper note as the root. (thats kind of trivial in use guess) But those are the three things keeping this from being perfect. I paid $70-80 for Practice Musica and with those additions (especially the first two) itd be essentially the same program. Amazing value, Ive had this app since release and I use it at least a few times a week. If youre unfamiliar with the program heres what it offers: Ear Training for intervals, chords, scales, pitches, tempos, and key signatures (thats more of a music theory exercise rather than an ear training one). You can manually type in the interval, pitch, chord, or scale by turning the iPod/iPhone sideways and inputing it one the piano (only viewable when turned sideways). Otherwise, when holding it straight up a list of options appears. For example, you can choose to input that the interval was a minor sixth rather than playing it on the virtual piano. Also there are set difficulty adjustments or you can manually pick which ones you want on. So, if youre having trouble identifying an augmented chord form a diminished chord adjust the settings so that only augmented and diminished chords are played. You can also choose the range of notes you want to have those examples played in (theres at least 4 or 5 octaves with the lower octaves being harder to identify which, in this case, is a software/piano quality issue. But its forgivable when you see how much of the range is very audible. Last, you can keep tabs on your overall rights and wrongs. Which examples (i.e. which specific intervals, chords, key signatures...) you identify more often than others and how often you get a specific category (i.e. intervals, chords...) right vs. wrong. So, theres enough stat tracking to keep you informed of your progress. A well rounded package that should be on any musicians iPod, no question.

Who needs ear training for prime, octave and major 2nds?!? In interval training youre forced to train on those intervals. I havent gotten any better at distinguishing between 4ths and 5ths at all because it takes forever to be asked to!! PLEASE fix this!! If you cant recognize octaves you shouldnt be tryin to learn music in the first place!! Beginner mode is frustratingly remedial! Also on chord training youre expected to know what the chords sound like already!! There isnt any chance of LEARNING from this app. It is only PRACTICE for PROFESSIONALS.

There are a lot of reviews about very small details in this program. SO WHAT if they messed up and spelled a chord F#-A#-Db!!!!! If you are in anyway intelligent, you can get by with the enharmonic misprints. It doesnt matter what they call the note (Db, D#, Bx, Ebbb) if you cant gain a great amount of training with this program, put down your horn, close your mouth, use your mallets as a Lincoln Logs Extender pack, or use your strings to hang yourself. This is the problem with people...we rely too much on technology to be 100% perfect, never expanding our critical thinking and problem solving skills to something outside the latest Wii game, and use a good program for something useful. If your IQ is slightly higher than that of Mayonnaise, the little problems in this program will be insignificant. No matter what your iPhone says (if youre looking for perfect bragging stats), if you cant put your horn where your mouth is, work at Wal-Mart!!!

Not worth the money!!! Needs many more options. For example, the interval training and pitch training are EXTREMELY limited. If youre a beginner, this will help you but if youre a serious musician, STAY AWAY!!!

I ended up purchasing the full version in a lapse of judgment and immediately regretted it. Its a great tool for practice, but $15 dollars is much too high for such a simple application. Stick with the beginner demo or use your actual instrument for more advanced practice.

Great program. Even as an advanced pianist who has been playing jazz for nearly 16 years, I find this program useful. The tempo section is especially challenging, and the scales section has way more variety than I would have expected. A couple of feature requests: - A "reset all" button for statistics. - Individual user profiles. Might not be feasible as it would increase the data storage demands, but adding that feature would make Karajan it a more effective teaching tool, as instructors could use different profiles for different students (you cant expect every student to have an iPhone or iPod touch).

Helped my theory a lot. Well done!

This app is great, but the only complaint is that this app does not have the ability to switch from treble clef to base clef.

A clumsy interface and not enough customisation make this program a miss. Someone will come along and best it at some point so hopefully the developer will get on it.

I am a music student,and one of the biggest roadblocks to understanding music is hearing chords,intervals and scales.I was intimidated by the high price,but gave in to some good reveiws and suddenly,after 3 days of using this,I was amazed that my scores were going straight up!I went from about 20% to at least 60% in about 2 days.You will understand music better after a few days.Whether its a pop song or Mahlers 8th symphony youll understand any piece of music better.If youre also hesitant about the price,get it anyway.I am extremely impressed with the results and would give this app 6 stars if I could! :)

After using the free version, I was very excited to see what $15 would add on to this program. Well, if youre interested in interval training or pitch... Not much at all. For the price Karajan is EXTREMELY lacking. Im disappointed I spent this much on it. I keep hoping for an update to save me from that bitter twinge I get everytime I see its icon, but nothing yet.

Great app but Needs chord inversion Needs option to put on indivual playing of notes to block playing Chord progressions would be great Melodic and Rhymic dictations would be great The option to have it go either way on intervals instead of just up or down Its a great app just needs these

I would love to see an option for intervals and pitch that uses chords instead of just single notes. Also I would love higher quality sounds, perhaps samples instead of midi tones.

As a music student, it would be best for the pitch part of the app it you could play more than one note. We should have the opption to identify 2,3,4 notes all at the same time. That would be a great help in ear training.