 Fretterverse.com, February 2010
"The most comprehensive learning tool I have seen in a very long time."
EarMaster, the interactive ear training and music theory software program, is the most comprehensive learning tool I have seen in a very long time. [...]
Is It Worth the Price? In a word, absolutely! I was a music theory major in college and the EarMaster program is just as comprehensive as many of the classes I took at the university. 
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 Guitar International, February 2010
"Incredible resource for musicians of all levels and genres"
EarMaster Pro 5 is an incredible resource for musicians of all levels and genres. It’s extremely easy to use and comes with a wide variety of options and hundreds of lessons on classical, jazz, and rock music. All designed to push the boundaries of the student’s ability to hear, recognize, and understand aural skills and music theory.
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 Harmony Central, September 2009
"Personal Best"
Even highly trained musicians will appreciate the ease in which you can quickly check your ear skills. Teachers can write material easily in the user defined slots of the Exercises setup windows, or design their own tutors, and evaluate their students’ ear-training needs.
If you’re a beginner or a self-taught musician, EM5 will help you to develop your ear in ways you may not have thought of before. [...] It’s a great introduction to making the transition from hearing music to visualizing it — an essential skill if you’re ever going to write music down, teach in a formalized program, or just get faster and more efficient and internalizing and memorizing music.
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Pianologist.com, August 2009
"So far, I’ve never used a better ear training software other than EarMaster!"
The CD-ROM comes in a nicely packed hard case. As expected from the aesthetically
pleasing packaging, the software delivers thoroughly everything as promised on the cover.
So far, I’ve never used a better ear training software other than EarMaster!
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Ear Guitar Blog, March 2009
Review from earguitar.com
Ear Master Pro 5 makes a very good first impression and is easy to download,
install and use. There are no heavy manuals or theory to wade through, you can
get started on the exercises in only a few minutes. Entering answers is easy
with a large choice of input mechanisms.
The screen layout and on screen instructions are very intuitive and easy to follow.
The exercises are enjoyable and of a good length and pace. I am looking forward to
working with them more in the coming weeks and months.
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 Music Education Magic, June 2008
Review from Music Education Magic Website
The EarMaster Pro version 5 software manages to provide an excellent series of
ear training exercises while avoiding the common pitfalls of many music education software titles.(...)
Overall this software is very well designed and thought out. A few minor issues
such as better on screen help to teach first time users how to use the program
would be nice, but in general you will be hard pressed to find a more user friendly
ear training software program. Whether in a lab or on an individual computer the
EarMaster does what it sets out to do and it does it quite well. Rate: 4.3/5
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 Practical Homeschooling Magazine, November 2007
Review from Practical Homeschooling Mag
If you learned to read music but don't have much experience playing by ear, you can learn a lot from this program.
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 Musico Pro Magazine, June 2007
Praises from Musico Pro
EarMaster is a personal trainer that includes music theory, counterpoint and harmony;
very complete and easy to use. It's just like having a whole music school at home!
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 Computer Music Magazine, April 2007
Positive review in Computer Music
A worthy investment in terms of both time and money.
EarMaster 5 is here to beat your music theory skills into shape
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 Keyboard Player Magazine, March 2007
Whole-hearted recommendation of EarMaster
I had a lot of fun playing around with EarMaster 5. It pretty much does what a music teachers does (or should do!)
and whilst my opinion is still that no software will ever replace a real teacher, it’s a very useful addition to
traditional tuition and, if you are learning on your own, it’s a million per cent better than having no aural training at all.
When you start using EarMaster, you very soon recognise the fact that the exercises have all been well thought out, by music teachers,
no doubt!
In short I was very impressed by the content, the way that the exercises work, and by the overall quality of
the experience when using the program. Whether in use at home or in a school setting, it works simply and
simply works. It gets my whole-hearted recommendation for either situation and I’ll most certainly be showing
it to my colleagues at my various schools. |
 Guitar World Acoustic, Feb 2007
Highly Recommended!
The
user-friendly EarMaster Pro 5 by eMedia makes it easy to develop a skill
that will make you a better player, composer and all-around maestro"
Each instructional section offered a cogent explanation of the theory
behind the examples, and the actual sound is clear as a bell.
What I especially liked was how EarMaster Pro tackled each skill without
getting bored.
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Musikbladet, Nov 2006
A Wonderful Tool
If you
find ear training the least bit of fun and have the slightest degree of
competitive mentality, it won't take long before you constantly try to outdo
yourself and improve your abilities in recognizing and transcribing
intervals, chords, scales, rhythms etc.
During spring I have tried EarMaster with a group of students that were
not particularly strong in music theory or ear training and the reaction has
been very positive.
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 American Music Teacher Magazine, Oct 2006
Great Piece of Software!
This is
a terrific program – one that I know will quickly become a staple in my
computer lab. It is very well designed and can be used by students of all
ages.
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 The Piano Education Page, July 2006
An exceptionally well-designed tool
EarMaster
School 5 is a well-designed and comprehensive ear training program which not
only provides graduated exercises in listening identification, but gives the
user a thorough grounding in sight singing and basic music theory as well.
It fully utilizes the modern computer's unique ability to provide direct
tutoring on an individualized basis and pace.
EarMaster is an
exceptionally well-designed tool for beginning students, and can be quite
useful for more advanced musicians as well.
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c|net - Download.com, July 2006
Editor’s Choice!
[EarMaster] offers a large variety of tutorials, with both a standard and a
jazz mode that can help develop different styles, along with the ability to
set difficulty levels depending on experience. The interface is clean and
appealing, and we found we rarely had to resort to the comprehensive help
files. We would happily recommend the software to any beginning music
student as a valuable complement to practicing an instrument.
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 Children’s Technology Review, June 2006
Editor’s Choice!
Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Awards are given to only the
highest quality children's products in the interactive media category. These
are "no fail" products, worthy of their cost, and able to keep children
engaged for days at a time.
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The Danish Musician’s Union, May 2006
An excellent “toy” that makes you smarter
EarMaster
claims that most musicians have poor aural skills - and they are probably
right! But, as we all know, practice makes perfect, and this goes for ear
training with EarMaster too. The past couple of months I’ve spent 20-30
minutes a day practicing ear training with this program, and I’ve progressed
significantly!!
You don’t have to be a computer genius to spend loads of
funny and valuable, educative hours using EarMaster – it is easily and
intuitively operated - EarMaster should be a must on every musician’s
computer!
Review in Akkorden by Søren Faarborg. Local magazine for Danish
Musician’s Union’s Fyn dept
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The Danish Musician’s Union’s main magazine
Musikeren, May 2006
Danish ear training is the best
EarMaster
is something as rare as a Danish ear training program. Since 1994, when
EarMaster first hit the streets, it has been on a constant roll all over the
world. EarMaster has received outstanding statements from numerous users and
it’s a really good tool in the development of your musical ear!
Review in Musikeren by Niels Harboe. Danish Musician’s main
magazine
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 Experimental Brain Research, April 2006
Scientists using EarMaster in their research
We
correlated pitch performance (both variability and accuracy) with auditory
perceptual abilities (interval identification) and performance proficiency
in all cellists. We found that there were significant positive correlations
between the perceptual ability and the pitch accuracy, and performance
proficiency and accuracy…
Paper by scientists Jessie Chen, Marjorie Woolascott and
Steven Pologe
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Dansk Sang no. 4/ 2006
Ear training in Danish
…it is
extremely relevant as a training tool for teachers who are either “out of
shape” or just need improved personal competences, for instance when working
with school choirs.
Working with ear training on your computer is more
or less the perfect situation. The computer is exactly as patient as your
want it to be. It doesn’t answer back and it can be configured to your
personal needs on this field. The perfect coach! When you’re started, there
is comprehensive online help along the way, so you’re never in doubt about
the individual functions. Very flexible. […] it’s just a perfect piece of
work!
Review in Dansk Sang by Frank Bach Jensen.
Magazine for The
Association of Music Teachers in Denmark.
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www.guitaren.dk, 2005
EarMaster Pro 5 is a gift for anyone wanting to
improve their musical ear.
You are
being welcomed by the program and you get the feeling that you can embark on
the exercises safely. The user interface is smart and easily manoeuvred, so
you get started on your practicing quickly. It’s incredibly good and also
funny, and besides being a small, brilliant program it’s an indispensable
program for every musician. It works for beginners and advanced users – as
we all need to train our musical ear once in a while…
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Clarino.Print – bläsermusik international, October
2005
Ear training made easy
“My
hearing is really bad!”. This sentence is often heard within the walls of
music academies, conservatories and universities. But here the software,
EarMaster, will help. Its most important advantage: the user really has all
possibilities at hand! […]
Who needs Earmaster? Actually everyone who
wants to improve their relative pitch. The simple usage, the thought through
program structure, and the multiple exercise and answering options make
EarMaster the optimal solution for ear training for music schools, students
or conductors.
Review in Clarino.Print – bläsermusik international by Martin
Hommer.
International specialist journal for wind players
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c|net Download.com
Top rated! "We would happily recommend the software"
www.FreeFunFiles.com
Golden Acorn award Pick of the month! September 2006
SchoolZone UK
The School Support Site schoolzone.co.uk
Download of the week "The Net" #3 Editor’s Pick
I was impressed with this program.
Chris Galli, Music Software reviewer, Download.com
Guide's Pick!"Practice Tools for the Guitar" "Performing Arts
Resources"
EarMaster will surely be a key to success for many professional and aspiring
musicians.
Rocketdownload.com
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"EarMaster does everything we were looking for -- and more. It runs flawlessly
on the University network (...) All of our theory teachers designed a tutor for
their classes. Without exception they found that the tutor editor was complete
and that it was easy to use (...)
EarMaster is a very comprehensive
program. There are many levels to choose from in each area, very simple to quite
complexs. This makes it a program that can be successfully used at the high
school level and it should be of interest to the private studio teacher as
well."
Hanley Jackson, Professor of Music, Kansas State University
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