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All of the exercises in Ear operate around the
same basic principle: Ear asks a musical question
to which you reply. Ear tells you if you are wrong
or right. If you are right, Ear asks you another
question. If you are wrong, Ear repeats the
question until you answer correctly. Your score
is recorded so you can gauge your progress, both
during a session and over a longer period of
time.
(Click the down arrow for more.)
The exercises in Ear can be divided into two
basic groups: compositional exercises and
identification exercises. With compositional
exercises, you play the notes you hear on the
piano keyboard, guitar fretboard, or your MIDI
controller. These are the Single Note, Melody
Interval, Chord Composition, and Scale
Composition exercises. With the identification
exercises, you identify the chord, interval, or
scale name from a given list, rather than play
it note for note.
(Click the down arrow for more.)
If you want to practice an exercise other than
the current one, pull down the Exercises menu
and select the desired exercise. The current
exercise window and the current options window
reflect the change. Click the Start button to
begin practicing.
Ear counts down the seconds before beginning the
exercise session. This gives you some time to
get poised on your instrument.
(Click the down arrow for more.)
After the countdown, Ear plays a note or notes
depending on which exercise you selected. If you
selected a compositional exercise, Ear
highlights the first note of the drill as it
plays it. You can tell Ear not to highlight the
first note of each drill with the Show First
Note option. If you selected an identification
exercise, Ear displays a list of possible
answers below the exercise control window.
(Click the down arrow for more.)
Once you click the Start button you have begun
an exercise session. You determine how many
drills comprise an exercise session with the
Exercise Length option. For more information on
the Pre-exercise Countdown option, the Show
First Note option, or the Exercise Length
option, refer to manual Chapter 4, "Options".
Depending on the exercise, play the notes you
hear, or select the correct chord, interval, or
scale identity from the given list.
(Click the down arrow for more.)
For composition exercises, the program will
collect and evaluate your responses until a
mistake is made. The drill will be replayed so
you may try again. You will notice that the
wrong note will appear in the exercise control
panel. Its position above or below the center
line indicates the value of your response
relative to the correct note. (HINT: After
a mistake is made and the drill is replayed,
the right mouse button may be used to play
the on-screen instrument. The program will
(Click the down arrow for more.)
ignore these actions, so you may search for
the correct note.)
You can click the Play button, the button with
three eighth notes above the Start/Stop button,
to hear an exercise drill repeated. The Stop
button ends an exercise session without
recording the score for your progress chart. You
can skip a drill without answering by clicking
the Skip button. The Show Answer button reveals
the correct answer to the drill. Each use of the
(Click the down arrow for more.)
Skip and Show Answer buttons is equivalent to an
incorrect answer.
When you complete an exercise session, the
Exercise Summary dialog box appears. It
summarizes your performance for that session.
You can print an activity report or view your
progress chart by clicking the Report or
Progress buttons, respectively. The Exit button
closes the Exercise Summary dialog box. The Next
button closes the Exercise Summary dialog box
(Click the down arrow for more.)
and begins a new exercise session. If you are
using a MIDI instrument, playing a middle C
has the same effect as clicking on the Next
buton. For more information, refer to Chapter 3,
"Exercises", of the manual.
(END)