I've used this site for quite some years now. Shameless plug: As someone struggling with ear training I created an app that tackles something that the usual suspects wont; the concept of been in tune or not: Probably worthless for trained musicians, but if you can't even tell if something is in tune, or why are 5th so used: https://intunetrainer.conpixel.es/
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#102Tip: you don't have to recognize sounds in order to compose music. I have aphantasia and can't memorize sounds or recall them. For decades I thought I'm deaf (Ockham say hi). But I picked up piano, play for 3 years, can't discern C from G if my life depended on it but my friends tell me I'm pretty decent composer. Writing this so people don't get disappointed about themselves just because they can't pick ear skills.
can you tell if a piano is out of tune? I'm curious since I don't know anyone with aphantasia. Can you tell if someone is playing your composition correctly?
Yes I can.
That's also the reason why I can compose at all. The analogy would be like: I don't know how pink color is named, but I can say it's pretty.
And on the output: I don't know what colors I used, but the image is pretty.
Only my music teacher tried to play and I knew it didn't work well. It's a peculiar thing.
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
For https://www.asmusictheory.com , I built in a spaced repetition test section to aid memory retention, along with "a free play" mode for when you just want to explore.
No sound on an iPhone. They keyboard visually responds. Tried safari and Firefox focus
Thank you for your feedback - I have it working on iPadOS 26.5 (Chrome and Safari). The browser auto-play policy does require some interaction with the page before it will play (so the first key press is often mute, but should sound after). There is a button on the control bar to enable sound explicitly. I will look for more instances (not to ask the really obvious question, but do you have sound turned up or a bluetooth connection you're not aware of by any chance?). Thanks again
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#104Awesome, this is a great resource. I've been working on https://www.asmusictheory.com , which focuses excercises around an interactive onscreen / midi capable keyboard (where it makes sense). I'm building it as I learn myself.
Thank you, any feedback is appreciated.
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
For https://www.asmusictheory.com , I built in a spaced repetition test section to aid memory retention, along with "a free play" mode for when you just want to explore.
looks fantastic, just what I was looking for. will try, tyvm
Thank you. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated :)
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#106I attend a music school and as I progress through the subjects have built my own tools as well. It includes a variety of things, intervals, chords, musical dictation, scales, theory. Feel free to try it out: https://music.nicotejera.com/
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#107Maybe they should add a level zero - tell if the second tone is higher or lower.
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#108These are all good exercises that help you build a solid foundation, but they can sometimes cause motivation to dip being somewhat clinical in nature. So what I usually do is compile a list of melodic hooks from popular songs my students enjoy. Every so often, we’ll play them and let the student try to pick them out on the piano or their instrument of choice. I find that the satisfaction they get from being able to r…
This is amazing! A couple things:
1. Doesn't work on Firefox because of compatibility. (Web MIDI could not be enabled: DOMException: WebMIDI requires a site permission add-on to activate index-C82-1cwq.js:10:56869 doInitialize https://lend-me-your-ears.specr.net/assets/index-C82-1cwq.js... ) . Might be worth detecting browser and telling users straight up before they waste any time.
2. How did you come up with the melodies? Hand crafted? AI? Asking because I plan on building this for Gitori(www.gitori.com) at one point and my original idea was taking snippets from MIDI files of famous classical pieces/jazz solos
Also, TIL about the Simon game. Might buy this for my 6 year old :)
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#109I tried this years ago to try to develop my ability to play by ear.
What I ended up learning is that if you want to learn to play by ear, learn to sing, don't bother with exercises like this, at least not until you've gotten some singing practice in.
When singing, you have to hear the intervals in your head before you sing them, so developing that ability to generate the intervals in your head will help you to recognize them later on.
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#110website refuses to play sounds on mobile safari; extremely frustrating.