![]() UPDATE 3/15/09 - The ear training tool's Random Melody feature now includes a chromatic scale option which includes more note options (higher and lower notes) than if you select individual notes. For example, you could setup randomization so every 4 measures the key changes randomly to one of your selected "Keys To Play." This is a great workout for your ears as you try to improvise over randomly changing chords. UPDATE 4/28/09 - The RSection's chord progressions now include Randomization within a single exercise. I also added a few more tunes to the "Simple Song" option under the Melodies tab. The new random cycle feature works like the existing Circle of Fourths & Fifths features, however you now have random movement and a shorter 3-time option. UPDATE 5/10/09 - I added some new modulation options to the ear training tool's Advanced tab. Drop 2 chords move the second highest note of 4-note chords to bottom of the chord voicing. UPDATE 7/26/09 - I added "drop 2" to the inversions shown on the chords tab thanks to the suggestion from a guitarist named Rod. When selected, the ear training tool will play a major cadence in whatever key the next exercise is about to use. UPDATE 9/12/09 - Thanks to a suggestion from Jean-Francois, the starting cadence now has a "Follow Exercise Key" option. That was requested in the comments by Sam. I also added some new keyboard commands so you can now press ">" to play the next exercise, "<" to stop, "m" to do a melodic repeat, and "n" to do a harmonic repeat. Well, as of today that's no longer the case! The main options that you set every time are now stored in a cookie so I can recover them on your next visit. I've become used to that and whenever I return to my online ear training application, it feels tedious to always have to set the key center, the play mode, and some of the other basic options. UPDATE 4/10/10 - My iPhone ear training application, Play By Ear, saves the various settings after you use the ear trainer. I also tried to fix some of the Mac OSX audio issues, but my research and tinkering suggests that the Java runtime's MIDI sequencer isn't reliable on Macs right now, especially with the long sequences generated by the RSection tab. For example, if you select one of the "Mixed." options under the RSection "Randomization" menu, it will generate a single sequence that includes random keys and progression types like "C7 Eb-7 F Bb-7b5" etc. There's a new jazz blues progression on the RSection tab and you can now generate random chord progressions of mixed chord types. I added dozens of scale patterns to the random melody feature. UPDATE 1/24/12 - Random melodies no longer repeat notes sequentially unless you only have two notes to choose from. Also, Mac users with Java version 7 or above will now use a higher-quality MIDI soundbank. ![]() UPDATE 10/25/12 - The ear training tool now saves most (if not all) of the settings from your previous session, so you won't have to re-check your interval, chord, etc options every time you use the ear trainer. ![]() UPDATE 3/10/13 - Random melodies now includes diminished and altered scale options. ![]()
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