7/22/2023 0 Comments Functional ear trainer iosOne of the features that makes our app so special is the fact that its microphone enables a sort of dialogue between the app and the musician – whether on voice, wind, string instruments, guitar, piano or electric bass. Active hearing means reproducing what you have heard on an instrument or with your voice, while passive hearing refers to the ability to identify such things as the scales, triads and four-note-chords, tensions and slash chords, on which active hearing is based. The app offers a host of ear-training exercises, many of them quite enjoyable, all designed to enhance both active and passive hearing. It was developed by Swiss IT specialist and jazz trumpeter Daniel Schenker, professor at ZHdK, in collaboration with his son Elia (19, Informatikmittelschule Hottingen in Zurich). Although this app began as an ear-training tool for students of jazz and pop at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), it is also intended for musicians playing in other styles, and at all levels. The app provides exercises for specific hearing problems, such as identifying root tones. An integrated voicing generator ensures that piano voicings common in jazz practice are used. The app focuses on microphone input and includes active and passive hearing. Playing jazz, pop and improvised music means being able to quickly recognize and replay what you hear. Yet another ear-training app? Well, this one is different!
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