EARMASTER RELEASES FREE ONLINE TOOL FOR MUSIC EAR TRAINING
Software publisher EarMaster is releasing a free online tool for music ear training. The Interval Examples Chart Generator offers a unique library of song examples taken from major music styles for memorizing music intervals, providing musicians, music students and music educators with a fun and useful tool for the practice room and the music school.
Egaa, Denmark, November 10, 2009 - EarMaster, the publisher of the EarMaster software suite for ear training and practical music theory, releases a free online tool for ear training on its website Earmaster.com. EarMaster’s Interval Examples Chart Generator is offering to create custom lists of well-known reference songs to memorize musical intervals in a ready-to-print format, and is available from www.earmaster.com/intervalsongs/. A daily challenge in identifying the beginning interval of a famous song is also featured on the same page.
Musical intervals are the tonal distance between two notes, and constitute the foundation of any melody or chord. Being able to recognize intervals makes it possible to sing or play songs by ear, and obtain a better understanding of music as a whole. Interval recognition is also one of the essential activities of ear training, one of the central disciplines in music education.
EarMaster’s Interval Examples Chart Generator is providing a unique way of compiling a list of well-known template songs representing most musical genres including Pop, Rock, Metal, Classical, Jazz, movie soundtrack themes, national anthems, or nursery rhymes. Each of the songs available is illustrated by a link to a video example, and it is possible to audition each interval, to see how it is played on the guitar and the piano, and view its transcription on a musical staff.
Hans Lavdal Jakobsen, managing director of EarMaster ApS, explains where the idea of such a tool came from: “The past few years, I have come across so many lists of template songs, but nothing comprehensive. Our new interval example chart generator is finally offering a very complete list of reference songs. And it is fun too - go ask my kids!”
The Interval Examples Chart can be used by musicians and music students as a useful reference when composing or transcribing music, and by music teachers to jazz up their theory class.
About EarMaster: EarMaster is a Danish software company dedicated to the development of interactive tools for computer-aided music education, with special focus on ear training. Founded in 1994 by developer and musician Hans Lavdal Jakobsen, EarMaster stands out as a reference in its field thanks to continuous work and development, and a genuine dedication to all musicians, music students and educators. EarMaster is distributed in a wide range of countries through a network of distributors and retailers, and is currently available in 23 languages.