Interval Ear Training
Two notes, you name the distance. You pick which intervals come past and whether they arrive ascending, descending or both at once, so the drill you actually need is two clicks away rather than locked behind a level.
- 13 intervals, you pick which
- ascending, descending or both at once
- answer by name or on the keys
at which level
- Complete beginner to advanced
- Any instrument
- Singing helps
Two notes, and you name the distance between them. Pick what comes past, then start.
What it asks
Two notes sound and you name the distance between them. Everything else in music is built from these distances, so this is the exercise with the highest return.
The question pool
Thirteen distances fit inside an octave and you decide which ones come past. Start with the beginner set, five that are far apart, and add their neighbours once those are effortless. Thirteen on day one produces guessing rather than learning.
Direction
Ascending, descending, or both notes at once. Switch on more than one and they get mixed through each other, which is harder and closer to how you meet intervals in real music.
How you answer
Pick a name from the list, or play the second note on the keyboard yourself. One question per screen, and every answer comes with the number of semitones.
When the round ends
After ten questions, after twenty, or never. Ten takes about two minutes, and two minutes a day beats a quarter of an hour on Sunday.
When you get it wrong
You hear it again and get a second try, with your first guess switched off. Miss it twice and the keyboard shows the answer: first what you picked, then what it really was, so you hear the difference instead of reading about it.
Keep going
Everything in ear training
- Interval Ear Training
- Chord Quality Ear Training
- Scale Ear Training
- Find the Tonic