So, what is the best ear training app for iPhone? One ear training app that stands out is Simply Piano by JoyTunes. Many of us feel the same way about our own voices.There are many ear training apps available for iPhone, each with different features. Even if you have to go into a soundproofed room. Stew, I definitely recommend trying to sing the note as you're playing it when practicing arpeggios(chord tones being much more important than scales for us bassists) and scales so that you can hear the collection of notes where the chord toens comes from. I will then play the minor(root, flat 3rd, 5th, flat 7th) arpeggio followed by the half diminished(root, flat 3rd, flat 5th, flat 7th), but let the 5th ring out longer and with emphasis. For example, for 7th chord arpeggios I will play the major arpeggios(root, 3rd, 5th, 7th) and then the dominant(root, 3rd, 5th, flat 7th) arpeggio, but I will let the 7th ring out a little longer because that's the note that's different. I find it difficult to hear the difference if playing quickly, so I tend to let the note that's different ring out more. Playing arpeggios - major, minor, dominant(though not for triads because there's no 7th), half diminished - daily appears to have helped. If anyone else has any tips for improving at hearing/singing pitches, I'm all ears The results have started showing, I think it's going to be worth all the work. If you try it out let me know how you get on. When I started playing bass last year I tried to improve what I'm hearing whilst playing. Most of the ideas are from Training The Ear by Armen Donelian - but I found that book a bit too intense so simplified parts into a daily routine. This is different to recognising happy birthday, which everyone can do - I think this is the route most interval recognition apps go down. I'm not sure if you're the same or not, but taking your example of happy birthday - out of a group of people some will just be able to sing it because they've heard it, some won't be able to sing it well but can hear it, and I think some people if they're really being honest struggle at a much more basic level. Some people seem to have a natural link up between what they're playing and the sound in their head and this wasn't happening as much for me which meant I was relying on the technical side and this became quite limiting. So I was taking lessons on piano, playing piano in harmony classes and also playing piano in a jazz orchestra. I studied jazz (with drums first instrument so wasn't always dealing with pitch) with second instrument piano. I just found that there wasn't a very good link with what I was playing and what was happening in my head. I think the other more traditional ear training methods are useful too, interval/chord recognition etc, but in a slightly different way. No worries, happy to share and I really hope it helps. Wonderful stuff! Thank you for sharing this. I'm not sure where this will take me long term, but it gives some confidence to slowly improve at something that I knew was a weakness. sing the note and get used to how that sounds with the drone, you might feel a bit of resonance on certain notes, then look down at a tuner and see how you did, adjust accordingly if needed I got this from a singer, when I jump straight into singing a note it's usually shaky but just this small step usually fixes that. move your throat to the right position to sing the note you're hearing. I try not to rush through this step, as learning to hear the note clearly is my aim really. think about the next note (say you've just done Do, think about what Re), try to hear the pitch clearly in your head relative to the drone. The hand signals give you a physical link to the scale degree, like practicing it on a piano and getting used to scale motions. It's a slow process: I also looked up chromatic solfege syllables (moveable-do not fixed) and Kodaly hand signals, which vary a lot and there's a lot of criticism but usually it's from people blessed with strong ears. I'll then sing a small list of scales and arpeggios. I go for A as orchestras tune to A and I usually have a tuning fork in A with me.
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