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Functional Ear Trainer

Name: Functional Ear Trainer
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.89 (9000 reviews)

Stop memorizing isolated intervals and start understanding music in context. Join 260,000+ musicians using the Alain Benbassat method to transcribe, improvise, and decode any melody in just 10 minutes a day.

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Key Figures

Downloads

260K+

User Rating

4.9/5

Total Ratings

9K+

Publisher

Serhii Korchan

Unlock Your Musical Intuition

Ditch the rote memorization. Master the Alain Benbassat method to recognize tones by their function and play any melody you hear instantly.

Contextual Ear Training

Stop memorizing isolated intervals. Learn to recognize the unique role of every note within a key, making it easy to translate what you hear directly to your instrument.

Efficient Daily Practice

Designed for the high-growth musician. Transform your musicality and build a lasting habit with just 10 minutes of focused practice a day.

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Screenshots

Functional Ear Trainer - Functional Ear Trainer home screen showing learn the method and basic training buttons — Functional Ear Trainer home screen showing learn the method and basic training buttons

Functional Ear Trainer - Functional Ear Trainer app interface showing a music ear training exercise for identifying tones in a C major key — Functional Ear Trainer app interface showing a music ear training exercise for identifying tones in a C major key

Functional Ear Trainer - Functional Ear Trainer app interface displaying basic music theory levels and progress bars — Functional Ear Trainer app interface displaying basic music theory levels and progress bars

Functional Ear Trainer - Interface of Functional Ear Trainer app showing options to create a custom level with settings for tonic scale and cadence — Interface of Functional Ear Trainer app showing options to create a custom level with settings for tonic scale and cadence

Functional Ear Trainer - Functional Ear Trainer statistics screen showing progress graph and tone accuracy scores — Functional Ear Trainer statistics screen showing progress graph and tone accuracy scores

Description

Have you (or maybe one of your friends) ever wanted to learn to transcribe or play music by ear? It is so important for a musician to know what you are hearing. A good musical ear helps when you are composing, improvising, transcribing melodies, or playing with others. Most likely you have already tried different programs to learn to recognize intervals or even to acquire perfect pitch. However, although such programs develop your ear, but can you actually play any melody you hear as soon as you listen to it? Imagine you could understand music... It is like when somebody is talking to you, you not only hear pleasant sounds, but you recognize words and their meaning. One day I came across Alain Benbassat's program called "Functional Ear Trainer" and have been using it ever since. It is based on Alain's method to learn to recognize tones. The main difference between the Functional Ear Trainer and other methods is that it teaches you to distinguish between tones in the context of a particular musical key. You begin to recognize the role (or function) of each tone in this key, which is incredibly similar to its role in other keys of the same scale. And it is *guaranteed* anyone can gradually develop this skill. It does not matter: - who you are - an absolute beginner in music or a virtuoso professional musician; - how old you are - a 3 yo kid or a 90+ adult; - what musical instrument you play (you don't even have to play one). The only requirement is to practice for 10 minutes a day. I was so excited about this ear trainer that I have developed a mobile app based on the Alain Benbassat method. I hope you will find it useful.