Overview

Features of EarMaster 6

All you need for sight-singing, ear training and rhythm training 

Used by music schools and conservatories across the world to train the music professionals of tomorrow, EarMaster 6 will help you take your musical skills to the next level and make you a better musician. The program includes all you need for consistent and highly effective ear training, sight-singing practice and rhythm training:

For beginners and advanced users

EarMaster6 is for both music students, hobbyists and professional musicians. The current version is the outcome of years of collaboration with leading music schools, conservatories and universities from all around the world. Therefore, no matter how experienced you are, you will always find lessons, drills and tests that will challenge your sight-singing, aural and rhythmic skills.

Over 2000 exercises included

2 complete courses with over 2000 exercises will help you organize your training. As you move along the exercises, the difficulty will be raised automatically to match your level and skills. 

Highly customizable

Customizing EarMaster's activities is very easy! If you need to practice with specific interval, chords or scales, or if you would like to create hardcore training setups to prepare for exams, all you need to do is select your options in the Activity Setup Window and start your customized training. 

Jazz chords and Swing rhythms

With the Jazz Course included in EarMaster 6, Jazz harmonies rhythms are in the spotlight. EarMaster is the only ear training software available that willtrain you to recognize and play swing rhythms, so if you would like to train you ear to recognize jazz chords or swing rhythms and play them back accurately, EarMaster is the way to go!

Voice and instrument input with real-time feedback

Most of the exercises of EarMaster can be used with a microphone to sing or clap your answers in real-time. For instance, the Melody Imitation and Rhythm Imitation exercises are exciting call and response activities where you can interact with the program by singing or clapping back what you hear. You can also plug-in an electric guitar or a MIDI keyboard to play your answers. 

Adaptive questions

Most lessons include an 'adaptive questions' feature which analyzes your performance and adapts the content of the questions to the needs of the users. If you are doing really well, the lesson will stop early, if you are struggling a bit, it will be extended with additional questions to make sure that you fully grasp the current topic.

Detailed statistics

To help you monitor your progress and analyze your strengths and weaknesses, EarMaster offers a detailed statistics window where you will be able to review your results lesson by lesson, day after day. Should you identify things that demand extra training (if you only get 40% success at recognizing diminished 5th intervals for example), you can easily configure each activity in Customized training mode to focus on the items of your choice.

Activities

Activities available in EarMaster 6

EarMaster 6 includes 14 activities for ear training, sight-singing and rhythm practice. Over 2000 exercises and lessons will help you become better at recognizing, transcribing, playing back, and sight-reading music. Most of the activities of EarMaster 6 can be used with a microphone or a MIDI keyboard to sing, clap or play your answers instead of clicking your way through. 

Intervals

Interval Comparison

EarMaster plays two intervals: Interval A and interval B. You will have to point out which one was the larger of the two.

An interval is the tonal distance between two notes. The size of an interval is therefore measured by the distance between those two notes. Finding out the largest of two intervals is identifying the interval where the distance between its two tones is the biggest. For example, the interval C-E (Major 3rd) is larger than C-D (Major 2nd).

 

Interval Identification

EarMaster plays an interval and asks you to identify it by its name using the multiple-choice buttons, or to transcribe the tones on the on-screen interface of your choice: staff, piano, guitar, bass, violin, solfege keyboard, and more.

 

 

 

Interval Singing

EarMaster plays a tone and asks you to sing or play an interval above or below it.

Example: The note D is played, and the following text is displayed in the top bar: “Sing the Perfect 5th above D.” You will then have to sing the perfect 5th above D, which is A.

 

 

 

Chords & Scales

Chord Identification

EarMaster plays a chord and asks you to identify it by its name using the multiple-choice buttons, or to transcribe the tones on the on-screen interface of your choice: staff, piano, guitar, bass, violin, solfege keyboard, and more.

 

 

 

Chord inversions

EarMaster plays a chord in inverted position and asks you to identify it by its name using the multiple-choice buttons, or to transcribe the tones on the on-screen interface of your choice: staff, piano, guitar, bass, violin, solfege keyboard, and more.

 

 

 

Chord Progressions

EarMaster plays a chord progression and asks you to identify it by its name using the multiple-choice buttons, or to specify the step (I, V, bIII etc.) and quality (Major, minor, 7, sus4, etc.) of each chord.

 

  

 

Scale Identification

EarMaster plays a scale and asks you to identify it by its name using the multiple-choice buttons, or to transcribe the tones on the on-screen interface of your choice: staff, piano, guitar, bass, violin, solfege keyboard, and more.

 

 

 

 

Rhythm

Rhythmic Sight-Reading

EarMaster shows you a rhythm notated on the staff, and asks you to clap it while following the metronome.

You can answer the questions by clapping your hands in front of a microphone, tapping the rhythm on the space bar of your computer keyboard, or play it on a MIDI instrument.

 

 

 

Rhythm Imitation

EarMaster plays a rhythm and asks you to clap it back following the beat of the metronome.

To answer the questions, you can clap your hands in front of a microphone, tap the rhythm on the space bar of your computer keyboard, or play it on a MIDI instrument.

 

 

 

Rhythm Error Detection

EarMaster shows you a rhythm notated on the staff, and then plays it with a few changes.

Your task is to identify these changes by highlighting on the staff the note values that are different from those you heard.

There can be two types of changes:

- A note has been removed

- A note has been divided into two notes

By using this detective-like activity, you will improve your ability to identify rhythmic variations.

 

Rhythmic Dictation

 EarMaster plays a rhythm and asks you to transcribe it on the staff.

 

 

 

 

 

Melodies

Melodic Dictation

EarMaster plays a melodic phrase, and your task is to transcribe it on the notation staff. To do that, you can use the note toolbar at the left of the screen to select the different note values that you would like to enter, or use shortcuts. Melodies can be played isolated or with an accompaniment (chords or up to 4 melodic voices).

The melodic dictation can be either rhythmic or non-rhythmic, depending on the settings selected for each lesson.

 

 

Melody Imitation

EarMaster plays a melodic phrase and asks you to sing or play it back following the beat of the metronome.

You can answer the questions by singing the melody in front of a microphone, by playing it on an musical instrument connected to a soundcard, or by playing it on a MIDI instrument.

 

 

 

Sight-Singing

EarMaster displays a melodic phrase on the notation staff or as a list of solfege syllables, and asks you to sing it or play it while following the metronome.

You can answer the questions by singing the melody in front of a microphone, by playing it on an musical instrument connected to a soundcard, or by playing it on a MIDI instrument.

While you are singing or playing your answer, EarMaster can optionally draw a curve on the notation staff to illustrate your performance and show the accuracy of your answer in details.

 

Comparison chart

Version comparison chart

Find the version of EarMaster that is right for you and your training or application needs:

Fields with * = Requires a EarMaster Cloud account 

 

	Essential 5	Pro 6	Teacher edition 6
General
Typical user	Hobbyist	Music student, performer, hobbyist	Music teacher
Level	Beginner to Intermediate	Beginner to very advanced	Beginner to very advanced
Activities included	4	14	14
Exercises & lessons	139	2000+	2000+
Custom exercises	Limited
Course Editor
Multiple users and profiles on same computer	(with OS login)	(with OS & Cloud* login)	(with OS, Cloud* & EarMaster Login)
Cloud sync support*
Email courses and results
Free trial version
Multilingual
Free & unlimited email support
Activities
Interval Comparison
Interval Identification
Interval Singing
Chord Identification
Chord Inversions
Chord Progressions
Scale Identification
Rhythmic Sight-Reading
Rhythm Imitation
Rhythm Error Detection
Rhythmic dictation
Melodic Dictation
Melody Imitation
Melodic Sight-Singing
Courses and exercises
General course	(Limited)
Jazz course	(Limited)
Adaptive questioning
Course editor
Melody database
Music XML support
Sync courses and assignments with the Cloud*
Results and Stats
Personal Statistics
Stats of multiple users in same window
Detailed statistics		(Advanced)	(Advanced)
Print results			(advanced)
Sync results with the Cloud*
Audio and MIDI
SoundFont (.sf2) support
Standard GM playback
Microphone input
MIDI input
Real-time microphone input	(rhythm only)	(pitch and rhythm)	(pitch and rhythm)
MIDI Remote control
Guitar tuner
Vocal range setting
Note articulation setting
Interface
Standard notation staff
Jazz notation staff (real-book style)
On-screen fingerboard		(2 color presets)	(2 color presets)
On-screen piano keyboard
Multiple-choice answers
Fingerboard presets	Guitar, Bass, Violin, Cello, Banjo	Guitar, Bass, Violin, Cello, Banjo, Mandolin	Guitar, Bass, Violin, Cello, Banjo, Mandolin
Left-handed fingerboard
User-defined string tuning
Tone naming	Anglo-Saxon (C, D, E, etc.) Fixed-Do, solmization Movable-Do solmization	Anglo-Saxon (C, D, E, etc.) Fixed-Do solmization Movable-Do solmization Scale degrees (Arabic & Roman numerals)	Anglo-Saxon (C, D, E, etc.) Fixed-Do solmization Movable-Do solmization Scale degrees (Arabic & Roman numerals)
Solfege keyboard input
License and prices
1-computer license	US$/€ 29.95	US$/€ 59.95	US$/€ 69.95 - TO BE RELEASED
Family Pack (3-computer license)		US$/€ 99.95
Included in Cloud License		- See prices>>	- See Prices>>
Included in Lab Packs (Network version)		- See prices>>	- See prices>>

System Requirements

 System Requirements

The following setup is required to use EarMaster 6

Windows

Windows 8/7/XP (32- or 64-bit)
Minimum screen resolution 1024x768
Soundcard with speakers
Internet connection for activation

 

Mac OSX

Mac OS 10.5 or newer (Intel only)
Minimum screen resolution 1024x768
Soundcard with speakers
Internet connection for activation

 

 Recommended setup

Soundcard with audio input (for microphone/instrument input)
2 Ghz processor
2 GB Ram
Microphone
MIDI Controller (keyboard, percussion pad, etc.)
Headphones