Ear Training and Music Theory

Many of you have asked me for recommendations on free ear training and music theory software. There are many excellent options available.

Some of these programs are complete in and of themselves, while others are demos. Several options are online programs. The music reading softwares will help you learn more about notes on the page and how they function. The ear training softwares are designed to help you hear and identify intervals, scales and chords.

I am including some of my favorites in this posting. For more possibilities, check my website by clicking here.

Music Theory

eMusicTheory
is a really fine website. Instead of providing software for you to use, this site is web-based, which means that all of the exercises can be done directly on the web. You will hear pitches, you can check your score and the amount of time that has elapsed as you work on your skills. Because it is web based, if your connection speed is slow, it may take a bit of time to load various pages. However, it works very well. Also, this site connects to some other very good sites for improving music skills.

Ear Training

www.good-ear.com
Good Ear is a free ear-training program on the web.

GNU Solfege
Great freeware for improving your ears. Available for Windows and Linux.

Big Ears
Big Ears is another online ear training website.

The Musical Intervals Tutor
The Musical Intervals Tutor is a study aid on the web to help you learn the sound of basic music intervals.