Ear Training

Some people are born with “perfect pitch”, or more correctly, “absolute pitch”, in which they can determine a note or chord just by listening and without using a reference note or keyboard. For those that aren't born with this gift (most of us!), there are ways to train our ear to try to obtain this skill.

By training your ear, you will improve your ability to name the pitch or key by listening. Your tonal memory and sight-reading skills will improve, as well as your ability to hear inner tones, identify intonation problems, and to play/mix in tune.

Rapid Evolution provides some tools to train your ear, which can be enabled by clicking the “ear training” button in the MIDI keyboard dialog:

It is believed by some that it is nearly impossible for adults to acquire absolute pitch through training. According to essay writing service, they believe the ability is either innate (genetic) or acquired at an early stage of development (childhood). However, some insist that it is possible to learn by training. In any case, the ability is definitely rare. Rapid Evolution provides similar training features as existing commercial software, in case the training does indeed work, however does not promise that it will give anyone absolute pitch!

While most musicians might not possess absolute pitch, it is common for them to possess relative pitch, which is the ability to distinguish intervals by listening. This ability is indeed one that can be learned through training.

There are 2 main modes when ear training:

Select a note to listen to, then click “Start”. Notes will be played in a random (atonal) order, and when the selected note is played the key will light up. The idea here is to start to listen for what the note sounds like compared to the others. You can also simply play notes on the keyboard manually as well…

Note: the notes will randomly be selected from the visible keyboard. When just starting out, it is useful to reduce the keyboard down to 1 octave.

Select a note to test, then click “Start”. Notes will be played in a random (atonal) order, just like the Listen mode. However, the key will not automatically light up when the note is played. You must click the mouse anywhere on the keyboard area when you hear the correct note, and you will see CORRECT displayed. If you press the mouse at the wrong time (when a different note is played), you will see INCORRECT displayed. If you fail to press the mouse when the correct note is played, you will see FAILED displayed. You will see tallies next to each type to indicate your progress for the current test session. When you finish, click “Stop” and a dialog will be displayed summarizing your results.

This will change how long each note is held down before the next note is selected. When beginning, it is often useful to lower the speed.

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