Hi
I would like the see a very broad statistic. For example, when I create an exercise I would like to know if I got better by the end. If the programme could list me all the questions again and additional, if I answered right or wrong, I would see for example that I did bad in the beginning and got better at the end. You know what I mean?!
And it would be great if could customize the exercises that the programme offers. For example, the 5th exercise on which interval is played. I would like to have the opportunity to customize this one and let the programme ask e.g. for a sixth and/or seventh. Or how much questions I would like to be asked etc.
This is what the School version and its Tutor Editor are for
The statistics will be much improved in version 6. We are still working on it at the moment.
I experienced that sometimes there is a possibility in an exercise that after you guessed wrong you can click on almost everything (stringes, staves, chords, e.g. 2nd exercise area (don't know how it is called in the English version), 9th exercise = which interval had been played) and sometimes not (e.g. 1st exercise area (don't know how it is called in the English version), 13th exercise = distinguish seconds).
Would be great if it'd worked always for practical reasons.
And... I'm working with a laptop and normally I'm fully used to use the mousepad, but it's kind of time-consuming that the next question button is so far away from the multiple-choice buttons. I don't want the programme to start the next question when I was wrong because sometimes I want to check why I was wrong. But, it would be more practical if there was an easier way to start the next question.
Hi,
You can simply use the space bar to obtain a new question. The are a lot of shortcuts available that make it easier, especially on laptops. Check out the shortcuts under the help menu to see if some of them may be useful for your practice.
In the first exercise areas (interval comparison), the instrument interfaces and the staff are only here to show how the intervals are played/transcribed. They are not active because in that exercise, the focus is on hearing differences in the tonal distances played, not so much on transcription. The second exercise area (interval identification) is introducing that element of instrument voicing and notation, which is why the instruement interfaces and the staff become active.
1) Please consider adding more tuplets including nested tuplets (quintuplets, septuplets, partial quintuplets within triplets etc...) to the Rhythm Exercises section.
2) And adding a dynamics function. If the rhythmic section could be enhanced by dynamics settings, accents and so on - that would be great.
Thank you, I'm looking forward to EM6 already!!!
Petr
I usually use the multiple choice buttons to input answers, rather than the staff or an instrument. I have found that I often identify intervals, especially when they are played harmonically, by hearing in my head what one of the other answers would sound like. For instance, if I am trying to decide whether an interval is a major third or a perfect fifth, usually I will try to hear in my head a progression from that interval to either a major third or a perfect fifth. This method works all right for getting a good score on EarMaster, but I'm not sure if I am learning to identify intervals the way I should. One particular worry is that, when I hear a perfect fifth, I can easily hear in my head how the major third with the same base but a lower top note sounds, but I have no idea how a major third with the same top note but higher base sounds. So I think it would be useful to be able to add buttons that play intervals calculated from the top note of the right answer instead of from the bottom note. (Possibly it would also be useful to add buttons that play intervals that were not even among the possible right answers to the question.)
I have spoken of intervals, but similar things could be said regarding chords. Here, there are potentially even more possibilities because there are more than two notes that could be held fixed.
I tried to reconstruct the problem you describe, but it works correctly on my computer. When I define the "Maj7 5137 (drop2)" and choose only the C major key, it correctly names the chord: "CMaj7 5137 (drop2)" and shows the tones GCEB.
Maybe you didn't set the "Place chord root" setting to "Root of key"?
I would very much like sight reading to be a part of Earmaster, and not just single notes, but with chords and scales as well.
I would also like to have some exercises for hearing tetrachords, including the exotic ones. I've found that these have helped me immensely with my scale identification and melodic dictation, though I would benefit greatly from randomized practice. I don't have any programming experience, but I would think this is pretty easy to do since it's the same as the scale exercises.
Lastly, an exercise for hearing a tone in relation to a key would be wonderful, à la Bruce Arnold's One Note method. If you're not familiar with it, it's basically hearing a I-IV-V to establish key, and then followed by a note or melodic line. The point is to be able to identify the scale tone of the note(s) quickly.
Thank you for your feedback. We consider to include sight reading in the next version of EarMaster.
You can define your own chords in EarMaster, so I suppose you can also practice the tetrachords you want? You are welcome to send an email to us and elaborate on your ideas. How should the perfect tetrachord exercise be?
You can use the Melodic dictation exercise to practice one tone in relation to a key. Simply set the length to one tone and enable the "Play tonic of key" option.
That is brilliant. I didn't think to use the melodic dictation. Using the custom scale setting, I have exactly what I need.
I will work out a short, detailed description of what I would like in a tetrachord exercise and send it to you. Thanks for responding to my feedback - this sort of interaction puts you guys a cut above most other software developers.
Love the product but feel that it needs more support for functional ear training -- for example, picking a key and then guessing notes against the key. More functional et support in the melody sections.
I know you can tweak earmaster for functional ear training, but I'd like more obvious up-front support. Like a section called "functional ear training" in the main list of training options.
These are a few of my recommendations... For now! :--D
(sorry if they've already been recommended, I just haven't read the other posts)
Ear Master Feature Suggestions
Scrolling Note Sight Reading
a)Notes scroll at any tempo you choose, and you play them with either your MIDI instrument, play them with the onscreen instrument, or sing them (or play them with an acoustic instrument) into the microphone.
Ear Master Improvement Suggestions
Chord Identification
More elaborate voicing option for chords (since [in customized exercise] you can either have triadic voicing, closed voicing, or open voicing but not all of them simultaneously, and if I'm not mistaken they're all triadic, so a choose how many voices can be in the chords option would be tops.) I feel if you had the program just toss chords with notes randomly placed on the staff (within a chosen range limit) you would be able to acquire a better ear for recognizing the different kinds of chords.
Hi Hmayoral,
Thanks for your suggestions. Considering the first one, I think you can look forward to EM6, because it is a rather basic feature comparing to what is on its way
For the second one, chord exercises will be more comprehensive. It has not be worked upon yet, so we have taken your thoughts into consideration. Time will tell if it is included in v6.
Until then, have fun training your ear with EarMaster!
