A description of how to get up and running with Functional Ear Trainer (Basic) software in order to do a well known Charlie Banacos ear training exercise.
This exercise takes a while to get to 100% - in my case, about 6 months at 100 questions/20 minutes per day - but it will significantly improve your ears in real world musical situations.
Software can be downloaded for FREE from [ Ссылка ]
Instructions for use, after installing the software:-
Set up:
1. Set up the software to play I - IV - V7 - I in C only.
2. Make sure every note - all 12 chromatic tones - are chosen as being available for you to listen to.
3. Make sure the box that says 'only in one octave' is UN-ticked - you want to do hear these notes everywhere throughout the range, from high to low.
Let's begin to train - press 'start':
1. Listen to the cadence (I - IV - V7 - I).
2. Listen to the note that is played after the cadence.
3. Name/identify the note, without singing it aloud or using interval recognition. To name it, you can use scale degrees or solfege syllables, whatever works for you. If you can't hear the note's function, guess.
4. If you get it wrong, re-do it and once again listen to the interplay between the cadence and the note.
5. Do 100 notes per session. The sessions will shorten in duration as you improve.
6. Do 20 minutes daily, however many sessions that turns out to be.
7. Rinse and repeat until you get 100%, all of the time.
