Ear Expert
Ear Expert, first created in 1993 as a DOS program, was developed to help musicians and students recognize intervals, scales, chords and Classical modes. Developing "an ear" improves musicians' ability to improvise, compose and analyze music.
The novice can begin with a "Training Session". The user will simply select a scale, mode, interval or chords and Ear Expert will play the selection. In the case of intervals, Ear Expert will not only play the interval but a portion of a song containing the interval. For example, if the user chooses a "Perfect 4th" Ear Expert will play a Perfect 4th and the first few measures, in the case of a Perfect 4th, "The Wedding March". The Interval and song are then displayed in music notation to further enhance the learning experience. The use of a familiar song appears to a feature unite to Ear Expert. The user can then move to a "Testing Session" and choose to be tested on scales, intervals, modes or chords. The user will click on the "PLAY" button and Ear Expert will play a randomly chosen sample. The use will select an answer or click the PLAY AGAIN button to here the example again. There is also a HINT button to assist the user. After an answer has been selected the Ear Expert will display a message telling the user the answer was correct or incorrect. Ear Expert will compute a score for the current session and maintain an overall score. Visit the Ear Expert website (http://www.earexpert.net) to download a trial version.Guitarrabrava.com
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