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1. FELIX TE Desktop Dashboard Dictionary DVD Player Font Book o Image Capture Internet Connect w Q Preview QuickTime Player MEM PUPE E NT f Applications EET E Sherlock Stickies System Preferences TextEdit ListeningSingingTeacher ListeningMusicTeacher en lt a T pa m en wau aa n oa al _ _ m il kaz ra a m e ka a pan am 34 items 287 84 GB available Shortcut to ListeningMusic Teacher exe The application starts initializing by loading images and sounds Listening Music Teacher 18 listening music teacher Listening Music Teacher Initialisation Loading Images Loading Images Loading Images Loading Images Loading Sounds Copyright www AlgorithmsAndDatastructures com Version Listening Music Teacher version 1 00 Windows 2011 10 05 10 12 07 Control Exit Program Please wait Initializing Please wait while I load pictures and sounds The first time you start the application the following dialog appears Listening Music Teacher First Time Use 19 First Time Use listening music teacher New User EE Set Teacher Admin Password the default Password is NoPassword hit Return to keep it Finish Initialisation quit Programm Bag First Time Use Finish installation Please type your Name and press lt Return gt First you must en
2. Sing the notes options MakeSelections Exercises To Do Total Points S 0 Tempo 40 Points earned xD 0 O o Select Options Clicking No Sound clears all options When ready click Go Set your options By arpeggiating chords you go through the most basic elements of our music system Since chords will sound familiar they will sound good And the underlying physical laws for harmonies will make you feel happy Notice that you can only make the maximum points if you have absolute pitch When you press Go you will be presented the chord and the root note of the chord to arpeggiate But no sound will be played Therefore do not hesitate to click play First Note The idea of the program is to help you learn the concepts of our music system and not perfect pitch However if you feel comfortable after a few exercises with the first note turned on that is you feel that you got the sound system in your head you can try to do the exercise without any hints Listening Music Teacher 79 Exercises Ear Training 12 cents This ear training session is in the range of musical instruments Most people have difficulties to distinguish differences that are smaller than 10 cents Move the notes into place In this exercise you have to translate a chord name into staff writing listening music teacher Move the notes Key Signature l 7 eo aa Points Use minor key z Points to earn
3. then come back here to paste the serial number You still have to activate the serial number by pressing Activate see before gt Go to Shop If you use the product more than 10 hours you must buy the product or delete it To further use the product click on Go to Shop and follow the instructions Listening Music Teacher 87 Modify Exercises Modify Exercises The randomizing of the exercises is controlled by the Exerciseparts txt file e g generate only notes within a scale or use a chromatic approach present only triads or only seventh chords or both In the Listening Singing Teacher manual there is a description of the files involved for modifying the exercises However this description is not applicable for listening music teacher The uses of the fields are different and not implemented in all exercises Therefore for now we recommend not to change the files since wrong combinations can lead the program to stop Listening Music Teacher 88 How to Learn with Listening Music Teacher Tips on How to Learn with Listening Music Teacher Microphone settings For Pitch exercises set the input level as high as needed so you can sing comfortably without stressing your voice Environment If possible take the computer to a room which is quiet Use a low noise computer Have as little as necessary electrical fields in the room e g turn your handy and other equipments off Long cables along the microphone cable
4. you presumed that the license transfer process works However you have no claim that such a transfer works Hardware or Operating Release changes or software errors may make this impossible In addition the license permits you the use of the software on a maximum of three computers you own at atime If you wish to use the software on more than three computers at the same time you must license an additional serial number This software contains codes which are dependent on third party products and libraries For those parts the following copyrights apply 1 OpenAL on Macintosh Copyright c 2004 Apple Computer Inc All rights reserved Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 Neither the name of Apple Computer Inc Apple nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission Listening Music Teacher 97 License Agreement THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY APPLE AND ITS CONTRIBUTORS AS IS AND ANY EXPRE
5. 206 25 Hz 198 Hz 183 33 Hz 176 Hz Fi PA EE T E h he D 2 SAS Pn es 7 VILL lle AJ e LLANE 165 Hz 154 69 Hz 146 67 Hz 1379 Fie 132 Hz 123 75 Hz 117 33 Hz A 110 Hz f S WL PE R S AAS H YY Zi A a pe DU YW j O a a Di N x Ss EJ E L Learn how the program works Navigation After calculating the frequencies for the ladder steps that starts with a frequency of 123 75 Hz we see that if we go up 10 half steps from the note B on both ladders the frequencies are no more the same Listening Music Teacher 34 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher w O introduction FindBMajorChordFeedback gross sao E N Not exactly the same SA Ta wO w hcg gr N oMom sr OOD R SOMA mm THO A Z 247 5 Hz 232 03 Hz 22 495 H2 206 25 Hz 198 Hz 185 63 Hz 174 02 Hz 165 Hz 154 69 Hz 148 5 Hz 139 22 Hz 132 Hz 123 75 H2NO 220 Hz E cH eo e7 206 25 Hz 198 Hz 183 33 Hz 176 Hz Pj PYYEITL MELA CLLLL R Ok 165 Hz 154 69 Hz 146 67 Hz x S pr JEA ms eeu ys VIAS AZ ALL E 1 4 Wi 7 LTT Yi 137 5 Hz 132 Hz 123 75 Hz 117 33 Hz EE E E E 0806686 O 8 GILLA CMOCYOCOOOODO of Oe 2E N kd Learn how the program works Navigation The reason for the difference is that the steps are not equal sized This is the result of taking the most do
6. Learn how the program works Navigation Introductory Lessons what the meaning of the additional frets is It is very useful to have a chromatic scale which consists only of half steps This allows for easy transposition of melodies To better see this the sheet was turned so that the ratios are now on the top Two poles on the side were added in this way it looks more like a ladder Listening Music Teacher 32 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction GetAnswerHowManyFretsF eedback 220 Hz 206 25 Hz 198 Hz 183 33 Hz 176 Hz 165 Hz 154 69 Hz 146 67 Hz 137 5 Hz 132 Hz 123 75 Hz HS3 te 00 0000000 OU of zE N H H H H H H H H H H H H A 11M Me a A j FA OAA A EE eee K N EETA O SE CLL lle CLLLL Ul Learn how the program works WY Therefore we have colored them purple Note that the steps of the five added notes to get a chromatic scale are colored purple As an example for a transposition an A Major chord is transposed to a B Major chord The characteristic of a Major chord in root position is From the starting note which also gives the chord the name go up 4 half steps and then go up 3 half steps That is you add a Major third and then a minor third to the root note Listening Music Teacher 33 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction FindBMajorChordFeedback 220 Hz gt OY MALL
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8. Microphone Input level too low distortion or audio device not supported Macintosh 92 Microphone Input level too low distortion or audio device not supported Windows 93 PICCE ATTE MEI eee ee er Re Pee ee N tee ee ee eee 96 ACCS Ss ies faite ais NEE sae ad cnae N eee eae 96 Porm S seccaccaunsialononcsacnuancat Rona sA cai tont P ANaGAcANAs E RON Sauce Nn dan MAAC ANCAUAS Sahm ancaam 96 REE O ene eae E ee TC ee a ne en ee ee ee 96 BM Be Maia E ATA A een en em ae er T E A ETIA ree eee een Ce eee 96 CODY EAE Fc crea shina vce sess ose ss nase eset aod eren N A ATO 97 KOPETA LO mVIA CIO S iaaa a ceca tataaiadia ac hiteneaeaaten 97 2 Oe Tey he ONN MUON S ssc ees cessrtatia osha waacieuiotie E N lenin cea aenaelae 98 R OE 0 0 fc Raper EAN E em Ton re San er er ee E eee eee ene ee re 101 ie IG atte elle Peter anesthe te aac ni rectal aioe E caer E n aI IO ee 102 Mosie and SOUNA aa ann E T ok asconwh solange N 102 HNA CS ea E E E E E E Bl auduie mina es 102 Warranty CISC LACE eia a a a a a a nutes 103 Limanomo NADY seien r A A E E antec ge 103 RoE PONO ea E E E A E ee ee 103 Privacy PONCY neuen EEEE EEEE EEN EAEE EEEE 104 Controlin law and Severa DIV esios des neS e A de AEE E T A ee 104 Listening Music Teacher 2 User Manual Welcome to Listening Music Teacher LMT Listening Music Teacher is a software with a simple visual approach to understanding music Mastering music starts in the head There is no thing nearer to you
9. Teacher 29 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction GetAnswerStringLengthf eedback Octave 330 Hz jj VE o n g the distance from 440 to 880 Hz 1 2 27 3 Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic Quit Introduction u Note that the distance from 330 to 660 Hz is also an octave and has the same length The program reveals the other frequencies of a just intonation scale and shows the relationship between the sounds to the eight notes scale and the four simplest overtones with ratios of 1 2 2 3 3 4 und 4 5 Listening Music Teacher 30 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction RevealNaturalStringLengthRatiosFeedback And will swing with 495 Hz This is 3 2 times the new fundamental 330 x 3 2 or 9 4 times the original fundamental 220 x 9 4 ko co of 4 LK ian i pens rya CY Wh 7 4 i sE 412 5 Hz AY 9 0 y lla oo 1 Octave Learn how the program works Navigation After constructing a complete scale with eight notes we take a look at a real instrument The guitar We see that there are five more frets which do not get used With these five notes we can build a chromatic scale which consists of only half steps Listening Music Teacher 31 listening music teacher introduction GetAnswerHowManyFretsFeedback 146 67 Hz 206 25 H7 a a T pa cr N amp 2 W lt _ A DRA A Dye NQ Aem O I 1 Octave
10. can induce hearable disturbance Finally the room should have good fresh and tempered air Recognize often confused intervals and triads Use the statistics to see if you have tendencies to choose a particular similar sounding interval or triad instead of the correct one Variety and confidence Make the exercises in different a pitch that 1s choose a different tessitura The notes will be played and displayed on different positions on the staff Absolute Ear or perfect pitch The exercises can help you to acquire a sense for our music system Since the tonal music follows some rules it is easier to predict what sounds will come as the next sounds Also triads and seventh chords contain more than one note therefore it is easier to identify a chords name since you have more anchor points notes to deduct the chords name To identify a chord quality is always a relative pitch thing The chord quality is solely defined by the distances of the notes That is a Major triad in its root position goes always up four half steps and then three half steps from its root note That is the quality is independent of the root note Getting better with the recognition of relative pitch helps also getting better at perfect pitch However if you are interested in perfect pitch the program Listening Singing Teacher is better suited to improve these skills It addresses single notes and singing is a key factor to the absolute ear By singing you have to prod
11. choosing 50 50 As before 1f you make use of the play Arpeggiated button it should be easy to solve the problem However try to solve the problem by listening simultaneously and just reduce the number of answers Then concentrate to hear the sounds of only these possible answers In the beginning it is not easy to filter out one note of three but after a while your score should get better Especially when you get used to the sounds of triads you should find it easier to focus on the notes contained in a triad Listening Music Teacher 69 Exercises Ear Training 50 Cents This is the first pitch ear training exercise By now you should not have any difficulty to differentiate two notes which are a half step apart That 1s by definition 100 cents In this exercise you must differentiate sounds which are only 50 cents apart that is half a half step Answer screen with frequencies and step shown listening music teacher Ear Training 50 Exercises To Do Total Points Points to earn The second i F4 508 35 Hz note is F4 493 88 Hz Correct Answer Higher Play Sequential Show Reference Note set to Bao Hz set Delay Time between notes Minimum Delay used 1500 See the answer Navigation Quit Introduction Quit The process is always the same You listen to the first note randomly chosen and try to keep that note in your inner ear After a certain time you hear a second sound Your task is to tell
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13. if the second sound was lower higher or the same The program allows you to make the time shorter between the sounds so it gets easier to remember the first sound You can also hear both sounds simultaneously If you then can hear a variation of the loudness then the sounds are not the same By adjusting the reference sound so that it is near to the notes in question you can easily determine which note is higher or lower If you press the button play With Reference You will hear that the change of the loudness of the overlapping frequencies gets lower as the frequency comes closer to the note played That is if you change the reference frequency up and the hauling gets faster then your reference frequency must be higher than the frequency of the note played in parallel Since the nearer your frequencies are the lower the hauling frequency will be zero in case of a perfect match Listening Music Teacher 70 Exercises Sing the highest note This exercise is similar to Sing the lowest note However it is a little bit more difficult since all the notes have overtones even if you play a pure sinus the loudspeaker will add overtones In this way it could be that you pick up another sound instead of the one we are looking for However since the overtones are weaker you will fast find out how to recognize the highest note Ear Training 33 cents In this exercise you have to differentiate sounds which are 1 3 apart from a ha
14. is in a space or line there are three notations possible for the same sound gt The note can be displayed with a sharp gt The note can be displayed with a flat gt Or without an accidental if the accidental is in the key signature Listening Music Teacher 57 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher Chord Explorer Interval Name Note Names in KeySignature B4 E4 Arrange the notes to show the chord CEE a Control For Two notes the following information is given gt The interval quality gt The interval number gt The number of half steps between the notes The rule for interval number says that you have to count the name changes independent of the accidentals and add one In this way the same interval can sometimes be written in several ways For example the tone in the middle of a scale is called Tritone The name Tritone comes from the fact that the distance from the tonic is Three whole Tones TT A whole tone has two half steps and therefore fits three times in the distance of six half steps The chromatic interval name for this interval is either a diminished fifth or an augmented fourth depending on the use of sharps or flats Listening Music Teacher 58 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher Chord Explorer Key Signature C Major a Minor Use minor key Triad Name left Note Names in KeySignature B4 G4 F4 Arrange the notes
15. music teacher Listen to the chord PrepareChord Exercises To Do Total Points 14 0 Tempo 50 Points earned xl 0 f J Start Singing when the yellow bar reaches the end Listen and prepare Navigation wo If you want to make all the points you have to translate the written displayed chord name to the individual sounds Then you must find the note which 1s missing from the chord when the triad only two notes are played 1s played If you can do that you have to imagine the missing note with your inner ear and then you should sing that note as precise as you can Ear Training 16 cents Yet another ear training session However since the voice has difficulties to produce sounds within such a small band you must rely more on the ear Since ear training is a very important part for all musicians we decided to make several separate sessions with different difficulty levels In this way you can build on success and grow your differentiation skills Listening Music Teacher 75 Exercises Identify seventh chord position With four notes the difficulty level raises Therefore we start simple again With easy to distinguishable inversions listening music teacher Identify Position GetExerciseAnswer Exercises To Do Total Points 3l 0 Points to earn 6 left E E p fo In uhat position was gt the triad played Play Simulvanioug Gpatial__ Greeggisted Set Root C Get hints by Show Hese Betw
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17. to hear a sound and describe the sound That is Ho many notes make up the sound What 1s the root note In which octave is the root note What is the quality of the sound intervals triads and seventh chord only And finally what is the inversion of the sound triads and seventh chord only listening music teacher Describe the sound GetExerciseAnswer Exercises To Do Total Points 20 0 Points to earn 30 Describe the sound How many notes do you hear Name of the root note Octave number of root note What is the quality a ee O Foo D What is the inversion Play patial Arpeggiated When ready click select instrument Choose Octave ay Navigation Quit Exercise In case of a single note to identify the root note requires absolute pitch However triads and seventh chord give you more hints three or four anchor points in the sound so that you probably can guess the root note without perfect pitch By clicking show Hear Buttons a piano with one octave range is shown This allows you to compare the sound with single notes played on the piano Listening Music Teacher 82 Statistics Statistics The program collects statistics data to help you identify weaknesses It does this for the interval exercise and for triad exercises In the Select Lesson screen press the Statistics button listening music teacher User felix Tessitura high Note Stat
18. to show the chord G in Root Position BhowMd For three notes the following information is given gt The name of the triad gt The position Root position first or second inversion gt If the chord is within the key the chord number with Roman Numbers gt The half steps between the notes The root note gives the chord the name before the quality To get the root name you have to bring the chord in root position That 1s you have to move one or two single notes an octave lower until there are two thirds stacked up If the chord is in root position then the lowest note is the root note Another way to determine the root note is If there is a fourth in the triad then the upper note of the fourth is the root note Do not let you confuse with tonic and root note The tonic changes with the key signature The root note is independent of the key signature the root note is only dependent of the arrangement of the notes Listening Music Teacher 59 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher Chord Explorer Seventh Chord Name Note Names in KeySignature D5 B4 QO G4 ey ee nstru Arrange the notes to show the chord Control Quit ChordExplorer and move the notes to build a chord For four notes the following information is given gt The name of the seventh chord gt The position Root position first second or third inversion gt If the chord is within the key the chord number
19. triad the name e g Major or minor The fifth is taken for granted so that it does not even have to be mentioned in the triad name at all In the last part of the theory lesson the relationship between the ladder and the staff is shown Listening Music Teacher 39 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction smallestDifferenceFeedback many intruments were tuned to the C Major key 30 Learn how the program works Navigation Since at the time of the invention of the equal tempered scale many instruments were tuned to the C Major scale the octave numbering does not start from A but goes from C to C Also notice that pieces written in the Key of C Major do not use any sharps or flats Listening Music Teacher 40 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher v gt introduction smallestDif PerenceF eedback Y ANN f a starting note go up an octave to the note which swings with double the frequency of the starting note 1 Octav the number of notes a scale contains is usually 8 derived from the dominant overtones The word octave comes from the Latin octavus which comes from octo and means 8 That is why the highest note of a scale is called an octave apart from the starting note and the succession order of whole and half steps The succession order for a Major scale is as follows Whole whole half whole whole whole half Learn how the program works Navi
20. up your old version before installing the newer version and try to reproduce the error If no pitch curve is displayed check the sound control panel if the default input device 1s working correctly If the input level is too low increase it with the slider If this does not work you may have a microphone which is not suited for that input channel Expensive microphones often need special pre amplifiers The input channel must support microphones line in input channels expect a higher voltage signal than what you will get from microphones There may also be a separate control panel for your digitizing device to adjust the sensitivity check your hardware manuals If you hear a lot of background noise make sure nothing else 1s disturbing you If there are clicks chirps or hissing hearable you might have unshielded microphone cables which pick up electro smog or the microphone itself picks up a grumble from the 50 60 Hz power outlets Try to reposition the microphone cables Make sure that the loudness display is in a correct range If you make no sound the sound control panel should show zero input level indicator lights Send all the information e g Computer Model RAM graphic card audio equipment etc you think might be helpful in resolving the problem to Listening Music Teacher 9 FAQ Can I print the statistics Unfortunately this version does not contain a print feature you must make hardcopies of the windows Mac use t
21. we already know a Major third and a minor third is called a Major triad And finally two Major thirds add up to an augmented fifth and are therefore called an augmented triad Listening Music Teacher 42 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction Triad qualities minor thirds Name_of chord a minor third minor third diminished triad Major third minor triad Major third Major triad Major third Major third augmented triad Learn how the program works P cover three half steps Here the triads depicted with a graphical representation In the following picture the qualities of triads are shown on the staff Listening Music Teacher 43 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction Triad qualities O a K Cc N T fe E S Oo U U augmented 5 Learn how the program works To form a diminished triad in the key of C Major requires to flats And to depict an augmented triad on the staff requires a sharp The use of flats and sharps is by intention the accidentals visualize the diminishing or the augmentation Listening Music Teacher 44 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher a G5 F 5 Tt introduction Inversions F5 E5 D5 C5 B4 A4 G4 F4 E4 D4 C4 Learn how the program works Navigation Inversion means that you have to raise the lowest note an octave higher That is you raise the note to its own first overton
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23. 20 u J Move the notes by dragging the Red Point to form a when done click heckAnswer Select instrument Move the notes to build a chord Navigation Reading notes from the staff is such a basic skill that you should also train it from time to time Maybe not so funny but it is an important way of our culture to convey and preserve music Listening Music Teacher 80 Exercises Match the pitch This is the last ear training session It allows you to test your ear up to 1 cent As if this would not be difficult enough you will be disturbed by hearing another sound The sound where you drag the slider This means you have to keep the original sound in your mind without letting you deviate from your goal to match the sound exactly Answer screen shown listening music teacher Far Training Exercises To Do Total Points 30 0 Move the Points to earn slider 24 to match the note Your G4 399 47 Hz Deviation 131 Cents G4 370 38 Hz Reference Note set to 440 set Delay Time between notes Minimum Delay used 1500 see the answer Navigation Quit Exercise In this screenshot the original sound was a very flat G4 370 Hz The slider was dragged in the opposite direction sharp and left with 399 Hz for the check Of course no points were earned Listening Music Teacher 81 Exercises Describe the sound This final lesson sums up your skills you should now be able
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26. Listening Music Teacher 50 listening music teacher introduction Seventh chords Learn how the program works Navigation The fourth inversion leads to the root position again A somehow special case 1s the harmonic seventh chord Listening Music Teacher Root Position First Inversion Introductory Lessons Second Inversion Third Inversion Root Position one octave higher oO O The fourth inversion brings us back to the starting root position 51 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction Seventh chords aa dominant seventh approximated harmonic seventh Semitones Eq Tempered Just intonation Reference Just intonation Note from fundamental frequency chromatic ratios frequency harmonics series frequency poo L Hz aia 26t e3 Hz tia 261 63 Hz For a fundamental of C4 we get the following ratios and frequencies Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic Quit Introduction amp ui The harmonic seventh chord can only be played on instruments which support the just intonation system The harmonic seventh interval has a ratio of 7 4 Usually the harmonic seventh chord is approximated with a dominant seventh chord on instruments which do not support the just intonation tuning The program demonstrates the sounds of the two systems What happens if we add another third to the seventh chord Listening Music Teacher 52 Introductory Lessons li
27. Quit Exercise In the beginning just click show Hear buttons and listen to the possible inversions Since a triad has only three positions and the positions move the frequency range up the task should be soon a no brainer Then you are ready for the more challenging way Just listen once Listening Music Teacher 72 Exercises Identify the quality There are four qualities and the sound patterns are closer together than with inversions This makes the task a little bit more difficult but it should not take too long to get a feeling for the qualities listening music teacher Identify Quality GetExerciseAnswer Exercises To al Total Points a What quality has the triad played J Play Simulganioug Gpatial__ Greeggisted Set Root C Get hints by Show Hese Betwags Raat Note HalfChoices On Stat clicking the buttons Select instrument Mo to the left Hear Chord in Major Minor Gugmented Diminished Choose the quality Navigation Quit Exercise In the beginning you can even reduce the number of possible answers to two Half Choices After a while you should score better and better Listening Music Teacher 73 Exercises Ear Training 20 cents It does not seem a great difference between 25 and 20 cents However this is already very challenging for the voice To control the fine mechanics of your vocal chords in that range needs some training However to be able to sing to this
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29. User Manual Listening Music Teacher User s Manual Copyright 2011 by www AlgorithmsAndDataStructures com All rights reserved No Part of this Software or documentation may be copied or transferred in whole or in part without the prior consent of the Publisher www AlgorithmsAndDataStructures com For details of the copyright see the license agreement at the end Trademarks Macintosh and OS X are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc IBM PC 1s trademark of International Business Machines Inc Windows XP Vista 7 is trademark of Microsoft Inc Listening Singing Teacher Listening Music Teacher The Listening Ear Trainer The Red Pitch Dot The Counting Hints Line The Half Step Brackets The Precision Listening Method The Singing Funnel Method and The Octave Anchor Pitches Method are trademarks of www AlgorithmsAndDataStructures com All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Listening Music Teacher i User Manual Table of Contents Welcome to Listening Music Teacher LMT ee eeccceeecceeeeeeeees 3 Insta lia on Mac Mtos ienei a ane NEE ETER 4 Installation WINGO S esirin a E OA 7 POS E aster tee aa gece Geoact center A A osreb rosa nesta eeeea senate 18 NS le E A E ce nen EE TA A E A 21 SELCO BSI aA T XCI SE oe een E T E E ee 22 larodnctorny LESSONS orena E A 24 Introduction TROO sessing AAE aa 24 l trod cton COLES seisein a a E E AR A 42 Toe OJ aro cel
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31. al However beside the natural frequency there will be so called overtones The simplest overtone the first one will swing with double the frequency The first overtone has a string length which fits twice in the whole string thus has half the length Listening Music Teacher 2 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction GetAnswerNoOfSoundsFeedBack Y Ll String Attributes Two fixations A tension A mass And a length gt Natural Frequency gt The frequency behaves reciprocal to the length Learn how the program works Navigation The general rule for the swinging frequency is The frequency behaves reciprocal to the length The simpler the form the stronger is the overtone For example a string divided into three equal parts is a simpler form than a string divided into four equal parts Listening Music Teacher 28 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction GetAnswerStringLengthf eedback which is a simpler form than dividing the string into four equal parts fi Y Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic Alias Weigh OSUCETORN ioe In the following picture are some frequencies in relation to there length depicted Note that the frequency axe is not linear a logarithmic scale is used In this way the distance from 220 to 440 Hz is the same as the distance from 440 to 880 Hz In musical terms this distance is an octave Listening Music
32. ans Raat Note HalfChoices Oa Stat J clicking the buttons Select instrument Flute 777 to the left Hear Chord in Root Position ist Inversion 2nd Inversion Brd Inversion Choose the position Navigation Quit Exercise There are now four positions root position first second and third inversion Also notice that an inversion does not produce a perfect fourth since the gap between the highest note and the octave in root position is only a second Listening Music Teacher 76 Exercises Identify seventh chord qualities Seventh chord qualities are more difficult to distinguish than triad qualities since there are now 8 qualities including a non tertian chord listening music teacher Identify Quality GetExerciseAnswer oO What quality has the triad played O ig Get hints by clicking the buttons to the left Select instrument Hea air Winer ugnented J Chord in Dominan Halfliminished Minorai J Choose the quality Navigation Quit Exercise However remember you were able to learn it for triads You will master the seventh chords too Notice that clicking show On Staff will also display the number of half steps between the notes Listening Music Teacher TI Exercises Identify seventh chord Quality and Inversion To identify the quality and position of a seventh chord is a challenging task However there are no new skills required the same principles a
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34. cense Agreement appears Listening Music Teacher 9 Installation ie Liste ningMusic Teacher License Agreement Please take a moment to read the license agreement now If you accept the terms below click I Agree then Nest Otherwise click Cancel License Agreement License The software the documentation and any accompanying files are licensed to vou hy Algorithms AndDataStnichires F Rudin Homberowes 3 CH 1 Do Not Agree Agree Reading the License Agreement and the Copyright before installing is a good practice Click I agree if you agree with our License Agreement The Select Installation Folder dialog appears By default the application will be installed under C Program Files AlgorithmsAndDatastructures ListeningMusicTeacher Listening Music Teacher 10 Installation i ListeningMusicTeacher Select Installation Folder The installer will install ListeningMusicT eacher to the following folder To install in this folder click Nest To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Folder C Program Files AlgorithmsAndD atastructures ListeningM usicT eache Choose your folder location and click Everyone so that persons with a separate login on your computer also can run the game The confirmation Window appears Listening Music Teacher 11 Installation ie ListeningMusic Teacher Confirm Installation The installer is ready to insta
35. ck any interval and you will hear that interval Now just compare the interval with the interval in question This is easy and makes the exercise solvable just by listening even for beginners believe me it is easier than counting the half steps If you are still not sure you can remove wrong answers from the possible answer list 1 2 or 1 4 Choices Finally you can display the notes on the staff and solve the question by counting the half steps Clicking the right answer button with the last option will still earn you one point All exercises are made this way and encourage you to use as little hints as possible to earn as much points as possible Listening Music Teacher 63 Exercises Left or right To be successful in this lesson you have to focus on your ears In particular you must concentrate to hear if a particular feature comes from the right or left speaker To be able to do that you need two speakers or even better a stereo headset listening music teacher Intervals GetExerciseAnswer Exercises To ii Total Points o Which side plays the sinus sound Left or right Click the Letf or Right Button Navigation Quit Exercise a sem ms Quit The features you have to listen for are gt Instrument does the sine wave come from left or right gt Loudness which sound is louder the right or the left one gt Pitch is the sound on the right or left higher Even so you reduce the possible numb
36. dio tab Under Sound recording set the volume for the microphone to the maximum Listening Music Teacher 93 FAQ li Recording Control Options Help CD Audio Line In Microphone Balance Balance Balance gt gt 0 3 Ob Volume Volume Volume LJ Select Select Select Intel r Integrated Audio Also make sure that the Format is set to 44 100 kHz and 16 Bit Mono Make a Test Recording with the Sound Recorder Click On Start gt All Programs gt Accessories gt Entertainment gt Sound Recorder In the Sound Recorder under the File menu click on Properties Under Choose from select Recording formats and click Convert Now Set the Format to PCM and select 44 100 kHz 16 Bit Mono Listening Music Teacher 94 FAQ Camco Cm seen of Mnnmnwe dae l Properties for Sound Details on Copyright No Calan etd pia Ti Length 0 00 4 TE untitled l Save As Date Size 0 byte Audio Format PCM Format PCM Format Conversion PE a Altnbutes 18 000 kHz 8 Bk Mono T kb sec v A Eidere 32 000 kHz 16 Bit Stereo 14 100 kHz 8 Bit Mono 44 100 kHz 8 Bit Stereo 44100 kHz 16 Bit Mono Choose trom Recordryg fommats Listening Music Teacher 95 License Agreement License Agreement License The software the documentation and any accompanying files are lic
37. e That means we replace the note with a note that swings with double the frequency of the root note For inverting intervals we can see the following behaviors Listening Music Teacher 45 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher G5 F 5 introduction Inversions F5 E5 D 5 D5 C5 B4 A4 G4 1 Octave F4 E4 And vice versa D4 C4 Learn how the program works Navigation De Rel PATEE TT m ER VLOUSF ge NextPage Change Topic Quit Introduction WU Major intervals get minor intervals and vice versa Augmented intervals get diminished intervals and vice versa Perfect intervals stay perfect Adding the interval numbers of the interval and its inverse interval always gives 9 For example a minor 6 and a Major 3 results in 6 plus 3 equals 9 And of course adding an interval and its inverse interval gives by definition an octave Y VVV WV A triad contains two intervals We can make two inversions before we come back to the starting root position Listening Music Teacher 46 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher iais G5 F 5 oe Inversions F5 ES D 5 D5 First Inversion Second Inversion an octave higher Root Position Root Position 1 Octave C5 B4 A4 G4 F4 E4 The root position again just an octave higher D4 C4 Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic Ale Leightplate Weresvala wee As an example
38. e most and second most wrong answer 1s displayed you can concentrate on your most common confusion Clicking on the Next page button brings you to the triad statistics Listening Music Teacher 84 Statistics listening music teacher E x User felix Tessitura high Note Statistics Triad No of Triad Correct Answers Most Frequent Wrong Answers Root Note A Presentations No of in s Triad pial eer Lies Triad Major root Pos 0 0 n a Major 1st Inv n a Major 2nd Inv n a minor root Pos n a minor ist Inv n a minor 2nd Inv n a aug root Pos n a aug ist Inv n a aug 2nd Inv n a dim root Pos n a dim ist Inv n a dim 2nd Inv n a 3 n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a na n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a n a SKK SKM KKM KM sR SM KM SH HM HS 3 sf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ekee jase Tale Ta peo tesco 3 Navigation Change Page Quit Statistcs Recognize Trends Notice that there are 12 pages for the triad statistics For each possible root note there is a separate page The stats start from the note A and go up in half steps to the note G The columns are labeled the same as for intervals Listening Music Teacher 85 Registratiion Registration The registration filed is in the User Select dialog in the frame Registration listening music teacher Listening Music Teacher User Management Ck
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41. er of points to one if you click show Notes on staff it 1s not of any help for the first exercise Since there is no visual clue on the staff which note plays which instrument However for the last two features this button makes it easy for you softer sounds get displayed in a lighter color To solve questions of the first type instrument it is best to play the sounds arpeggiated one after the other However as always you should try to solve the questions without any hints Listening Music Teacher 64 Exercises How many notes In this exercise you hear a random number of notes played simultaneously Your task is to find out how many notes were played In the below sample screen the hint buttons show Notes on staff and play Spatial were pressed listening music teacher How many Notes GetExerciseAnswer oO How many notes did you hear Click the corresponding button o o Ses ener From Cd Select instrument Click the number of notes heard Navigation Quit Introduction Quit Using the button play Arpeggiated 1s like cheating However you still have to count the notes correctly So if you do that right you will still get more points than if you take a look on the notes e g click show Notes on staff Listening Music Teacher 65 Exercises Note in chord First you will hear a chord played simultaneously Then a single note is heard Your task is to det
42. ermine if the single note was also played in the chord listening music teacher Single Note in Chord GetExerciseAnswer a Points to earn 20 yo m e 3 SingleNote Was the single note contained in the chord Select instrument Single Note contained in chord Navigation Quit Exercisse Quit In this exercise you can also press the button play Single note as many times as you like without loosing points to earn Listening Music Teacher 66 Exercises Sing the lowest note For this exercise you need the microphone Since the evaluation of the singing is done in real time you have to set the options before you start the real exercise Note that in the upper right corner there is a multiplier displayed By choosing options that make the task easier the factor will get smaller The evaluation is done on how accurate you sing the note in question back This exercise helps you to analyze chords listening music teacher Sing the note MakeSelections Exercises To Do Total Points 15 0 Tempo 50 Points earned x4 0 Select Options Clicking Simultanious clears all options When ready click Go Set your options On the next screen see the exercise in action after you have pressed Go For demonstration purposes the option show Notes on staff was selected Listening Music Teacher 67 Exercises As with listening singing teacher you get real time feedback on your sing
43. ertones follow physical laws And the strongest overtone beside the octave is the fifth A fifth is a combination of a Major third and a minor third Since we all live within nature the concept of overtones especially the strong fifth is familiar And things we know we find pleasant Psychological studies have shown that human beings tend to return to things they know The reward system tells them You know this environment therefore you are in control of the situation In this way let us explore the natural overtones With the help of a simple string the relationship between physical laws and the musical concepts are demonstrated Strings are used in many instruments like the piano the guitar the harp or the violin Strings have physical attributes like tension and length The most important attribute is the length If all other attributes stay the same then the length determines the swinging frequency Listening Music Teacher 26 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction GetAnswerNoOfSoundsFeedBack The natural frequency or fundamental pitch of the string String Attributes Two fixations A tension A mass And a length gt Natural Frequency Learn how the program works Navigation The frequency with which the whole string swings is called its natural frequency For example an open guitar string can be plucked anywhere and the sound produced will be its natural frequency or fundament
44. gMusicleacher Information Thank you for trying Listening Music Teacher Important QuickTime If it 1s not already installed on your machine you must download and install QuickTime trom the Apple site www apple cony auicktime download Browse through the ReadMe file and then click Next Listening Music Teacher 15 Installation ike ListeningMusic Teacher Installation Complete ListeningMusicT eacher has been successfully installed Click Close to exit Click Close On the Desktop you should find a Shortcut to ListeningMusicTeacher td Shortcut to ListeningMusic Teacher exe Uninstalling Listening Music Teacher Use Uninstall from the Add Remove Software Control Panel Listening Music Teacher 16 Installation QuickTime This software uses QuickTime from Apple Computer Inc On Macintosh computers this software is pre installed On Windows computers QuickTime is not installed by default If you have installed QuickTime or iTunes for some other reasons you do not have to install QuickTime again However it is a good practice to have the newest release You need Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista to be able to install QuickTime In the Internet Browser enter http www apple com quicktime download You should be presented with a page like this f Apple Quicklime Download Windows Internet Explorer O ey http www apple com quicktime download File Edit
45. gation The characteristic of a Major scale is defined by the succession order of whole and half steps For a Major scale the succession order is Whole whole half whole whole whole half In the next lesson Introduction Chords we will have a closer look into triads and seventh chords Listening Music Teacher 41 Introductory Lessons Introduction Chords This lesson explains the most common chords Tertian triads The quality of a triad can be minor Major augmented or diminished The lesson then explains inversions root position first inversion and second inversion The lesson continues with an explanation of seventh chords By adding another third on top of a triad we get a seventh chord Triads consist of two thirds The third can be either minor or Major There are four combinations possible listening music teacher introduction Triad qualities augmented triad first third second third Name of chord diminished triad Major third minor triad Major third Major triad Major third Major third Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic AMS IigheplealeWenesiala P Quit The combination of two minor thirds will result in a diminished fifth Therefore the name of the triad is Diminished triad If the thirds add up to a perfect fifth the name depends on the starting interval A minor third in the lower part and a Major third in the upper part are called a minor triad And as
46. he application grab from the utilities folder Why this fancy licensing terms like the use of software is all at your sole risk In today s modern world where everybody can sue everybody for everything one has to be cautious Assume you are a super soprano and you can break glassware just by singing Please do not blame Listening Singing Teacher for such achievements we are not willing to pay for that Even worse if you are a bass singer which could destroy Jericho hopefully you do not live in New York You get the idea Software is very complex and computers are configured in different ways and maybe have some problems on there own it may even be important in which order you installed software we cannot predict the behavior of the program Therefore the risks to download install or run the software is all at your risk If you are very insecure and think if you stay at home all the time then you are safe okay If you fear that this software can destroy your computer or data on your computer do not download install or run this software We really cannot guarantee that the server from where you download the software has not been hacked or that during the transmission no manipulations were made Do I have to be online to use the software No You only have to be online for the download and the activation of the serial number Microphone Input level too low distortion or audio device not supported Macintosh In the applicat
47. ick Add Your name should now appear and you can select it To adjust the exercises to the users pitch the user must select a pitch range a so called tessitura High means soprano medium means baritone and low means bass You can change the tessitura anytime by going back to this dialog It has no effect on the recognition it only displays the notes in a range which is hopefully suitable for your voice If your voice spawns a big range 3 Octaves or more you may go through the exercises in all tessitura modes If you want to delete a user you must enter the Admin Password and click Authorize Then click the Del Button next to the particular user you want to delete The registration process 1s explained in the last chapter For now just select your desired tessitura and then click your name Listening Music Teacher 21 Lesson Selection Select Lesson Exercise After selecting your name the Select Lesson dialog will be presented listening music teacher User Tessitura high Select Lesson PersonalScore Tessit HighScore Tessit Who 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q 0 Q 0 Navigate Options Show Exercise Options before starting the lesson Display Statistics Control Quit Program Change User In the Select Lesson frame you select the desired lesson exercise To the right of the lesson exercise buttons you find another button which allows you to skip the explanations given for a pa
48. ick your Name from the list or add a new user Tessitura Tessitura Add User Admin Password Activate needed for delete Users Registration Serial Number Paste from clipBoard Buy Serial Number and Activation Key Control Quit Program Make your Choice Select a User or Add a new User The fields in the registration frame have the following meanings gt Serial Number Here you can enter a serial number manually Normally you do not have to enter a number here since during the ordering process the serial number will be entered automatically In the case of a reinstallation you must enter the serial number again We recommend that you paste the serial number from the order confirmation mail with the button labeled Paste gt Update This button reads either Activate or Deactivate When the product is not registered you have to go through an activation process by entering the serial number and then press Activate The activation process needs an active Internet connection If the Button reads Deactivate the product is registered Deactivation may allow you to transfer the program to another computer However there is no warranty implied that this process may function see license terms gt Paste from ClipBoard Listening Music Teacher 86 Registration This button allows you to paste the serial number from the clipboard You must first mark and copy the serial number in the mail
49. ing In this way you can correct your singing during the evaluation listening music teacher See Feedback showPitchCurve a processor speed too slow 9 273 Tempo 50 Points earned xl 84 left 7 iit See Notes and Pitch Curve Navigation Quit Exercise Since you get points from the beginning you should try to sing the note correctly from the start This means listening carefully and then preparing the note in your head so that you are ready when it is your turn As a tip it is easier if you already start to sing while the chord is still being played Since you hear a whole chord you get a feeling for the note in an appropriate context This develops a sense for our tonal music system Listening Music Teacher 68 Exercises Which Note In this lesson you will have to identify one of three notes you hear The notes are displayed on the screen The criteria are gt Which note plays the simple sinus sound gt Which note plays the loudest sound gt And which note plays the softest sound listening music teacher Which Note GetExerciseAnswer Exercises To Do Total Points 20 0 Points to earn 20 Which note played a sinus sound Simultanioug Spatial __ Arpeggiated Get hints by 50 50 S clicking the buttons Select instrument to the left Choose the requested note Navigation Quit Introduction As an extra simplification you can dismiss one of the three answers by
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51. ions Utility Folder open Audio Midi Setup and Select the Audio Devices Tab From the Default Input Drop down Menu choose your microphone and in the Properties For also choose your microphone see below Drag the slider on the bottom of Audio Input to the right Also make sure that the selected format is 44100 0 HZ and one channel 16 bit 1ch 16bit Other audio applications e g GarageBand may reset the input level the frequency or the 16bit setting to 8bit Be sure to check and set the following settings correctly Listening Music Teacher 92 FAQ h F P f f l f Audio MIDI Setup f Audio Devices MIDI Devices System Settings Default Input iMic USB audio system Default Output Built in Audio System Output Built in Audio Properties For p iMic USB audio system r Clock Source Default Configure Speakers Audio Input Audio Output Master Stream Master Stream z Source Default Vefat a Source Default Paaran nnn Ea aea ara i Format 44100 0Hz Ich 16bit 7 Format 44100 0Hz 2ch l6bit 7 Ch Volume Slider Value dB Mute Thru Ch Volume Slider Value dB Mute M s n a n a M a n a n a t 0 78 21 00 C Lr 090 3 00 2 e 0 90 3 00 Microphone Input level too low distortion or audio device not supported Windows In the control panel choose Sounds and Audio Devices Click on the Au
52. istics No of Interval Correct Answers Most Frequent Wrong Answers Interval Presentations No of in 3 Interval No of Hg er Interval No of T 50 Major3 4 50S BO 3 Perfect4 1 50 aox m Major6 1 20 W major3 Es Unison Minor2 Major2 Minor3 Majors Perfect4 Tritone Perfect5 Minor6 Major6 Minor Major Octave pa Oe Tritone T 50 100 n a n a n a sox i Major 4 10 Mo majore 100 x E n a n a n a sox E Minor2 1 20 x 100 x E n a n a n a 2 E PerfectS 1 25 100 x n a n a n a 100 x E n a n a n a 2 E Tritone 1 25 x BNNABAN OP Fhe YN oN Gh MEG Mas Sa NS NS Navigation Change Page Quit Statistcs Recognize Trends The statistics consists of several pages Interval statistics Unison Octave For each possible root note 12 possibilities a triad statistics quality and inversion The interval statistics page looks like the above screenshot There are eleven columns gt Interval Displays the interval name for which the statistical data were taken Number of Interval Presentations Tells you how many times the interval was presented to you in an interval exercise Correct Answers No of Displays the number of correct answers Correct Answers in Displays the percentage of correct answers Graphical representation on percentage The green part represents the correct answers The wrong answers are displayed in dark purple Vv Vv V YV Listening Music Teacher 83 Statistics Most freq
53. lf step Sing the middle note To filer out the middle note of a triad is a little trickier than to hear the lowest or highest note You can identify the lowest and highest note and then concentrate on the sound which 1s also around That is you should keep the lowest and highest note in your inner ear and then try to pick up the sound which you hear in addition to the two notes Amplify your analysis by singing the note Ear Training 25 cents The fine mechanics of the vocal chords allow people usually to sing within 25 cents without greater training In Kindergarten most children will have no difficulties to sing along with the teacher in that range However if you did not practicing singing after school you might find it difficult in the beginning Even so it is an ear training exercise try to hum and keep the first note in your mind It greatly helps you in the recognition process Listening Music Teacher 71 Exercises Identify triad position To recognize a triad s position 1s very easy since the frequency range goes up with each inversion listening music teacher Identify Position GetExerciseAnswer Exercises To Do Total Points 30 0 Points to earn 6 In what position was the triad played 7 J e mi Get hints by Play Simultanioug Shou Henes clicking the buttons Select instrument M to the left Hear Chord in FirstInversion SecondInversion Choose the position Navigation
54. ll ListeningMusicT eacher on your computer Click Next to start the installation Click Next to start the actual Installation Listening Music Teacher 12 Installation is ie ListeningMusic Teacher Installing ListeningMusicl eacher ListeningMusicT eacher is being installed Please wait Cancel Listening Music Teacher uses OpenAL for sound ListeningMusicTeacher needs OpenAL click ok to read the license file Click Ok and you will be presented with the OpenAL License Agreement Listening Music Teacher 13 Installation OpenAL Installer apg Open t AL License Creative Labs Inc is providing you with this OpenAL32 dll installer and other OpenAL files Software You may use and freely integrate with your software applications and distribute such throughout the world at no cost or further obligation to Creative NO WARRANTY ANY USE BY YOU OF THE SOFTWARE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED FOR USE AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW CREATIVE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING Cancel OK Click OK if you not already have installed OpenAL The OpenAL Installer informs you about the installation OpenAL Installer Message x Installation complete Finally the installation is finished Listening Music Teacher 14 Installation ie ListeningMusic Teacher Listenin
55. llation 65 of ListeningMusic leacher msi from orithmsa ae ListeningMusicTeacher msi from orithmsanddatastructures com MSS SSSR SS es ees eeeee Estimated time left 1 min 46 sec 65 3MB of 102MB copied Download to Temporary Folder Transfer rate 355KB Sec SmartScreen Filter checked this download and did not report any threats Report an unsafe download When the download finishes the following Security Warning appears Internet Explorer Security Warning Do you want to run this software Name ListeningMusicTeacher msi Publisher AlgorithmsAndDatastructures F Rudin More options While Files From the Internet can be useful this file type can potentially harm your computer Only run software From publishers you trust What s the risk If you do not trust us click Don t Run otherwise click Run to continue the installation The Setup Wizard Window opens Listening Music Teacher 8 Installation i ListeningMusic Teacher Welcome to the ListeningMusicl eacher Setup Wizard The installer will guide you through the steps required to install ListeningMusicT eacher on your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law Click Next The Li
56. lts of the use of the software in terms of its correctness accuracy reliability or otherwise Some countries or states do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties In this case you are not entitled to use this software if you can see yourself doing a dispute in such a matter If you order from such a country or state the payment will be regarded as an unconditional donation The reception of a serial number does not imply any grant of rights Limitation of liability Under no circumstances including negligence shall AlgorithmsAndDataStructures or its developers directors officers employees or affiliates be liable for any consequential incidental or indirect damages including damages for loss of business profits business interruption loss of business information and the like arising out of the use or inability to use the software You are also responsible for your health or other users health e g children of users using this software Regarding this software this means you are not allowed including but not limited to to stress your voice in such a way that damage to your voice or any other thing may occur Singing needs a lot of attention you should not be singing and doing an activity in parallel which may harm you or others e g driving a car needs your full attention Some jurisdictions do not allow these limitations or exclusions In this case you are not entitled to use this software if you can see yourself doing a
57. minant overtones which are built from natural rations to form a scale Other ratios could have been taken which would come much closer to an equal sized stepped ladder However this would deviate from the preferred swinging frequencies of nature The nature favors simpler forms over more complex forms To resolve this conflict the musicians have invented the equal tempered scale In this scale the half steps are all of equal size The factor to come from one step to the next is the twelfth root of two This is a compromise between the natural laws of physics and the ease to transform music If we compare the frequencies of an equal tempered scale with a just intonation scale we see that the differences are very small Listening Music Teacher 35 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction FindBMajorChordFeedback For example is the difference from 196 to 198 Hz hearable ul f12 f11 2 f11 f10 A 2 s f10 f9 A 2 F 3 fr ya F3 174 fZ V2 E3 f6 2 f5 V2 D3 146 4244 2 f3 4 2 C3 130 f2 2 B2 f1 A 2 fO 4 2 A2 rade N A DA Es GILL Ele CLLLL h Q N VA Equal Tempered Scale Just Intontion Scale Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic Quit Introduction Bun Nevertheless we make a test to see if we can hear such a small difference Since ear training is an important part of music understanding we have introduced a ne
58. ning Music Teacher dmg gz Cancel Be patient as this may take a while Listening Music Teacher 4 Installation After this task finishes double click on the new icon which was created Listening Music Teacher dmg The Disk Image gets mounted On the desktop you should see the following icon ListeningMusicl each er A double click brings up the Installation window UisteninaMusict T n PDF a License Agreement pdf Copyright POF a ListeningMusicTeacherMan installer Listening Music Teacher 5 Installation Installation Reading the License Agreement and the Copyright before installing is a good practice During the installation you must agree to the terms anyway or discard the downloaded files By double clicking the installer the installation process starts Before the Welcome screen appears a minute or so may elapse The installer will guide you through the installation process HAY Installer instetation nownresd be taectorm SS gia EA Oa al i ee Raete Continue If you used the defaults during the installation Listening Singing Teacher should have been installed in your applications Folder Uninstalling Listening Singing Teacher In the Finder click on Applications and drag the Icon for Listening Singing Teacher to the Trash Listening Music Teacher 6 Installation Installation Windows Requirements Before you begin make sure that your computer is fast e
59. nough To have a good performance an Intel core Duo with 1 GB of RAM and adequate graphic card is required The program was tested on Windows XP Vista and Windows 7 You also need QuickTime You also must have an appropriate microphone connected to your computer Check the relevant manuals on how to connect a microphone to your computer Some PC s do not have a microphone input in this case you have to use additional hardware like a computer compatible USB device capable of handling microphone inputs Important A line in is not the same as a microphone input If you do not have a microphone input you need a pre amplifier Getting the installation file The first step is to download the compressed installation file msi In your browser go to www Listening Music Teacher com and download the actual version under the download tab Warning The file has a whopping 120 MB this will take about 1 4 hour on a DSL line Installation After clicking the download link the following window opens File Download Security Warning Do you want to run or save this file Name ListeningMusicTeacher msi Type Windows Installer Package 102MB From www algorithmsanddatastructures com While files from the Internet can be useful this file type can potentially harm your computer If you do not trust the source do not run or save this software What s the risk Click Run The actual download starts Listening Music Teacher 7 Insta
60. oa In the exercise you have the possibility to change the time between the notes The shorter the time frame between the notes the easier it gets to solve the problem In addition you can play both notes simultaneously to hear an overlapping frequency that results if the frequencies are not the same You can also hear the notes together with a reference note With this last feature you should be able to hear a hauling effect of 2 Hz respectively of 4 Hz if you set the reference frequency to 200 Hz So indeed the difference is easy hearable within a special context whereas it is very hard to hear on its own Even so the difference are hearable the musicians preferred the equal tempered scale to the just intonation scale Imagine In just intonation a piano would have to be retuned every time you would play a piece of music in another key The frequency difference for a perfect fifth or a perfect fourth for the just intonation scale from the equal tempered scale are only 0 113 However this is not the reason why these intervals are called perfect Listening Music Teacher 37 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction smallestDifferenceF eedback Sample with Interval Major 6 from Inverse Fundamental Interval Perfect 4 diminished 5 Perfect 5 Unison Octave Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic Quit Introduction 8 The real reason why these intervals are called perfect i
61. on of a chord We hope you will spend many enjoying hours with Listening Music Teacher Your comments and inputs are most welcome Please mail them to Listening Music Teacher 3 Installation Installation Macintosh Requirements Before you begin make sure that your computer is fast enough To have a good performance a G4 with 1 GB of RAM and adequate graphic card is required A Mac Mini G4 with 1 25 GHz and 1 GB of RAM should do it The program was tested with Mac OS X 10 4 11 You also must have an appropriate microphone connected to your computer Check the relevant manuals on how to connect a microphone to your computer A Mac Mini G4 for example does not have a microphone input you have to use additional hardware like a computer compatible USB device capable of handling microphone inputs Important A line in is not the same as a microphone input If you do not have a microphone input you may need a pre amplifier Getting and unpacking the disk image The first step 1s to download the compressed disk image file In your browser go to www Listening Singing Teacher com and download the actual version Warning The file has a whopping 120 MB this will take about 1 4 hours on a DSL line After the download has completed you should see an icon that looks like this Listening Music Teacher dmg gz The second step is to decompress the file Double click on it the archive Utility appears Archive Utility Unarchiving Liste
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63. peakers and the movements of the membranes are synchronized or have zero phase shift then the sound gets twice as loud However if the membranes swing with a 180 degree phase shift the movements of the membranes is opposite Then the sound from one speaker gets swallowed by the other speaker That is the speakers neutralize each other That is there is no resulting sound Any phase shift in between attenuates or amplifies the sound However phase shift is not the same as amplification since for different frequencies the effect of a fixed phase shift is different Introductory Lessons The resulting sound is a somehow weaker sine wave with the same frequency Change Topic AE Leigh plate Weyeshala fea After this rather complicated effect of phase shift you get the possibility of exploring the first four effects location pitch loudness and instrument with the Chord Explorer in the next lesson Listening Music Teacher 55 Introductory Lessons The Chord Explorer The chord explorer allows you to identify the name of single notes intervals triads and seventh chords by moving the notes around on the screen The chord explorer has four notes By setting the loudness of a note to zero the note disappears From the key signature drop down menu you can choose a key signature With separate box you can choose if you want to use the minor key instead of the Major key For each note you can vary the location
64. precision helps also a lot in the listening process Identify triad quality and position In this exercise you have to choose between 12 possibilities You will see that some combinations will be easier for you to recognize than others Try to add more combinations to your repertoire of securely recognizable triads Start by listening and when you are not sure use the buttons to make the number of choices smaller listening music teacher Identify quality and inversion GetExerciseAnswer Exercises To Do Total Points Dee What quality and position has the chord played e E S re Get hints by clicking the buttons to the left Navigation Quit Exercise Try to hear the sound of a combination with your inner ear then click the button to hear the sound of the triad in question again and compare it with the sound you have in your inner ear The key to success is Imagine the sound with your inner ear and then listen to the sound If the imagination was not correct use the show hear buttons to find out what sound you had imagined and try to associate the sound to the correct combination If you get stuck go back to two notes the interval exercise Going back helps you to gain confidence knowing that you can master simpler combinations helps you in building up a solid base Listening Music Teacher 74 Exercises Sing the missing note This exercise helps you to go from a chord name to a real sound listening
65. r brain than your ears and your mouth The mouth and each ear are even interconnected by an internal tube the trumpet That 1s why Listening Music Teacher uses your voice as an instrument The program listens to you evaluates your achievements and gives you visual feedback on where you stand Listening Music Teacher allows you to proceed at your own pace Listening Music Teacher is always ready for an exercise never gets bored and gives non judgmental feedback on what he has heard The program teaches the fundamentals of music theory It shows the source of the eight note scale by means of a simple string Strings swing with a fundamental frequency Keeping the tension of a string the same and making it smaller changes the fundamental frequency Halfling a string results in double the frequency In musical terms we say that the new sound with half the string length 1s an octave higher than the sound of the original string We get the next overtone by dividing the string in three parts Taking two thirds as a string length we get the very important fifth in music After showing these basic relationships between music and physic the program continues with listening training Learn how to differentiate single notes two notes intervals three notes triads and four notes seventh chords During the exercises you have to amplify a note from the chord in your head and then sing the note back You will also learn to name the quality and the inversi
66. rding to the position within a scale Also the chords in the above pictures look all like Major triads on the first glance they are not Only the triads with capital Roman numerals I IV and V are Major triads All other triads are minor chords With the exception of the last triad with 1s marked with a superscripted 0 which 1s a diminished triad Chord progression is not taught by listening music teacher Listening Music Teacher concentrates on improving the listening process Therefore the program goes back to two notes and explains how we can improve our listening experience by differentiating two notes Two notes can be differentiated by location pitch loudness instrument overtones and phase shift VVVVV Listening Music Teacher 54 listening music teacher Example 3 Sound source 1 Sinus 100 Hz Amplitude 1 0 phase 0 q Sound source 2 Sinus 100 Hz Amplitude 1 0 phase 135 q Phase shift Resulting Sound Sound source 1 2 Sinus 100 Hz Amplitude 0 77 phase 6C__ q i Learn how the program works Phase shift needs an absolute point in time A sound usually starts and stays for some time The absolute time is not important to determine the pitch or loudness To explain the phase shift however two sound sources have to be in relation to a fixed point in time If you have a loudspeaker you can observe the going forward and backward of the membrane as it produces a sound If you now take two louds
67. rticular lesson exercise Clicking a button in the column SkipIntro will change the button to read Skip or if it is already on Skip it will be reset to Intro Next to the SkipIntro buttons you see your personal high score and tessitura in which you reached that score for this lesson The scores are colored as follows blue You reached less than one third of the possible points green You reached the basic level yellow You reached more then two thirds of the possible points red You have more then 90 correct answers As an additional encouragement the highest score of competing players is included to the right In the navigation frame you find the PreviousPage and NextPage buttons which allow you to page through the lessons exercises Listening Music Teacher 22 Lesson Selection Clicking on the Statistics button will bring you to the Statistics Section which is explained in a following chapter Statistics The first three lessons entitled Introduction Theory Introduction Chords and Chord Explorer are different from the others The next chapters will go through these lessons All other lesson are exercises in which you can earn points They are presented after the introductory lessons Listening Music Teacher 23 Introductory Lessons Introductory Lessons Introduction Theory The introductory lessons are the only animated ones and explain you how the program
68. s Any inverse interval taken from the root note to a note which lies in the scale a blue step applied from the root note will end up on a note which is not part of the eight note scale a purple step Unless the starting interval is a perfect fourth or fifth In this case the inverse interval applied from the root note will also end on a blue step Of course the Unison and the octave are also perfect according to this definition In real live overtones are always present Through the laws of physics the first overtone the octave is so prevailing that it is used to divide the frequency spectrum into octaves The second overtone the fifth 1s also prevailing in nature and thus sounds familiar to us Therefore the fifth plays a very important role in music Listening Music Teacher 38 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction smallestDifferenceF eedback D3 NN C 3 C3 NY Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic E Quit Introduction amp The fifth is part of the most common chords the Major triad and the minor triad To complete the triad a note in the middle between the root note and the fifth is necessary This could be either a minor third or a Major third The fifth is divided into a minor third and a Major third The Major third has the note in the scale on a blue step If we take the minor third as a first interval then the second interval is a Major third The first third gives the
69. s for triads apply Answer screen shown listening music teacher Rehear Chords Your Correct Answer Answer What quality and inversion has the chord played J FirstInversion Correct Answer MinorMajor Root Position To go to the next Exercise Click Continue Rehear chords Navigation Pause Continue Aoi ee gh plete Weasel a eee If necessary make a short repetition of the triads and refresh the methods used in the recognition process of triads Note that during the display of the answer the chord name is displayed in the upper right corner Your answers are marked yellow The correct answer is marked green In addition you get the possibility to rehear your answer as well as the correct answer You can also choose for comparison reasons to hear any quality and inversion in the lower left area titled Hear chord in If you choose this option you must continue by clicking the continue button in the Navigation area Otherwise the program continues after about one second with the next question Listening Music Teacher 78 Exercises Sing the missing note seventh chord This exercise is the same as for triads but now three notes are played and you have to sing the missing fourth note The process to complete the task is more complex since there are now two middle notes Arpeggiate chord This exercise will give you a good feeling of the Western music system listening music teacher
70. s played together If you can hear the note you have to express that note through your vocal chords That is like amplifying the sound of a particular note in your head For example the first of these exercises is to sing the lowest note of a triad that you hear Listening Music Teacher 61 Exercises Before we start describing the exercises we show you the common process after finishing an exercise When you have finished an exercise you will automatically be transferred to the feedback screen listening music teacher Exercise Title Lesson3 Exercise Type HowManyNotes User felix Tessitura high Score Overview Lesson PersonalScore Tessit HighScore Tessit Who Lesson3 0 high 0 This Exercise Score Your Score for this Exercise 0 Evaluation Low score try again Okay Your old personalHighScore was 0 no improvement this time 0 Try to beat your score Control Choose new Lesson Check Your Progress In the middle you find the score you reached for a particular exercise The scores are colored as follows blue You reached less than one third of the possible points green You reached the basic level yellow You reached more then two thirds of the possible points red You have more then 90 correct answers Below you see your previous high score and a comment to keep on improving The scoring allows you to track your progress If several users are using the program the person with the highes
71. stening music teacher introduction Beyond seventh chords Just for the record I will show what happens if we add more thirds typical interval No of No of third No of No of from lowest note inversions combinations thirds notes chord name to highest note possible possible 1 i La 2 octaves ee Learn how the program works Navigation Adding another third will give a typical interval from the lowest note to the newly added note of a ninth Adding more thirds lead to a typical interval of an eleventh thirteenth and fifteenth Adding another third will bring us back to the root note just two octaves higher The interval from the root note to the highest note is usually part of the chord name For example a seventh chord Exceptions to that rule are triads since the fifth is such an important interval in our musical system the fifth is assumed by default Besides tertian chords there are other chords like suspended chords secundal or quartal chords Secundal chords consist of seconds instead of thirds and quartal chords exist of fourth as the name implies Listening Music Teacher 53 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction Beyond seventh chords is used by composers to follow the rules of tonal harmony Change Topic UUTE light elaie Weyesyala a ose Composers to follow the rules of tonal harmony use chord progression In chord progression the chords are given numbers acco
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73. t score is also listed Take this challenge as an invitation to get better Listening Music Teacher 62 Exercises Interval names In this lesson you have to identify the interval played This is not an easy task for a beginner Therefore skip this exercise for a later time It 1s not necessary to have this skill to make the other exercises In the other exercises you will be guided slowly to improve your listening skills This exercise continues where the program Listening Singing Teacher left off If you have finished the exercises in Listening Singing Teacher this exercise should be easy listening music teacher Intervals GetExerciseAnswer Exercises To Do Total Points and Click the Interval Name you hear ie Get hints by clicking the buttons to the left Click the corresponding Interval Normally only question marks are displayed on the staff Here for illustrative purposes the option show Notes on staff was chosen You can hear the interval as many times as you want Just click play Simultaneous If you click Spatial the lower note comes from the left speaker and the higher note comes from the right speaker Of course using this hint will lower the points you can earn Other hints are play Arpeggiated which plays the notes one after the other From C moves the lower note of the interval to C If you click show Hear Buttons a pane with the thirteen possible intervals opens You can cli
74. ter a User Name The name may consist of a First and Last Name separated by a blank or a comma Only the American Standard Characters are allowed If you do not like the default Admin Password NoPassword change it Please be aware that the password is case sensitive The password must have at least 5 characters If you forget or loose your password you must reinstall the application in order to be able to delete users If you are done click Go to continue Clicking Exit will leave the program in its current state and ask you again for the name when started Listening Music Teacher 20 User Selection Select User In order to collect statistics for a particular user the program must know with which user you want to work Therefore please select the user from the list displayed listening music teacher Listening Music Teacher User Management Ckick your Name from the list or add a new user Tessitura Tessitura Add User Admin Password Activate needed for delete Users Registration Serial Number Paste from clipBoard Buy Serial Number and Activation Key Control Quit Program Make your Choice Select a User or Add a new User Click a user from the list to start the lessons or click in the New User Field to add a new User If you are not on the list you may add your name to the list by clicking in the New User field and typing your name Select a tessitura see next paragraph and cl
75. the C Major chord gets inverted The starting position a stacked up Major third and a minor third is called the root position The lowest note in this position is called the root note here depicted as a black note As we can see the third inversion leads to the same arrangement as the root position All qualities of a chord that is minor Major diminished or augmented can be inverted Note that inversions do not change the note names only the octave of the note changes The qualities are distinguished by at least on note name Listening Music Teacher 47 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher _ Inversions First Inversion Second Inversion an octave higher Root Position Root Position ono o ace olojo f no oOo First Inversion If the triad contains a fourth then it is an inverted triad Learn how the program works Navigation We can recognize that a triad is an inversion if the triad contains a fourth If the fourth is in the upper part then the triad is in its first inversion Otherwise the triad is in its second inversion Listening Music Teacher 48 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher G5 F S introduction Adding to the triad F5 E5 D 5 DS C5 B4 A4 G4 F4 E4 C Major 7th chord Therefore the chord is called a C Major seventh chord C Major triad D4 C4 Learn how the program works Navigation If we add another third on
76. the pitch the loudness and the instrument YYYY You have a button to play the notes simultaneously and another button to hear the notes one after the other Furthermore you have the possibility to show you triads and seventh chords On the area to the right the distance in half steps between the notes is shown To the left the name of the note interval triad or seventh chord is displayed If you are a beginner do not let you confuse that for the same hearing experience there are multiple names in the music language Listening Music Teacher 56 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher Chord Explorer Key Signature C Major a Minor I Use minor key Note Name left Note Names in KeySignature A4 EN Instrument Arrange the notes to show the chord G qe s p TEE A ia Flute i Select a key and move the notes to build a chord For single notes the following information is given gt The tonics of the key are marked with small orange lines to the right of the key signature symbol You have the possibility to display notes with flats instead of sharps In the column labeled half steps the number of semitones from the tonic is given In the display area you find the note name with the octave The scale degree and if appropriate the function name of the degree is displayed The absolute solfege syllable and the relative solfege syllable VVVVV A last remark for single notes If the note
77. top of a triad in the above example a Major third is added to a Major triad the interval from the root note to the new note is a Major seventh Therefore the chord is called a C Major seventh chord A seventh chord contains three thirds Therefore eight combinations are possible Listening Music Teacher 49 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction Seventh chords C augmented Majo C triad with repetiti T N u 5 2 v ra Z D Ngee T a ms U U Distance fundamental first third second third third third to highest note Name of chord C minor 7th C minor Major 7th C dominant 7th C Major 7th C augmented 7th Major 7th Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic Quit Introduction Au The combination yield the following seventh chords diminished 7 half diminished 7 minor 7 minorMajor 7 dominant 7 Major 7 Augmented Major 7 Triad with doubling The last entry 1s not really a seventh chord since it can be interpreted as an augmented triad with the repetition of the root note Another entry was added to the list the augmented 7 The augmented 7 deviates from the pattern in that way that the chord contains a diminished third in its highest interval A diminished third is a Major second and not really a basic third In the table it is marked orange VVVVVVV V Since there are now three intervals we can make three inversions
78. trict modification of the portions of the Library contained in the Combined Work and reverse engineering for debugging such modifications if you also do each of the following a Give prominent notice with each copy of the Combined Work that the Library is used in it and that the Library and its use are covered by this License b Accompany the Combined Work with a copy of the GNU GPL and this license document c For a Combined Work that displays copyright notices during execution include the copyright notice for the Library among these notices as well as a reference directing the user to the copies of the GNU GPL and this license document d Do one of the following 0 Convey the Minimal Corresponding Source under the terms of this License and the Corresponding Application Code in a form Suitable for and under terms that permit the user to recombine or relink the Application with a modified version of the Linked Version to produce a modified Combined Work in the manner specified by section 6 of the GNU GPL for conveying Corresponding Source 1 Use a suitable shared library mechanism for linking with the Library A suitable mechanism is one that a uses at run time a copy of the Library already present on the user s computer system and b will operate properly with a modified version of the Library that is interface compatible with the Linked Version e Provide Installation Information but only if you would otherwise
79. uce a sound with the parts of your body Therefore you can feel the sound much better than by merely pressing a key on a piano Nothing is nearer to your perception than your own body parts Of course your body is dependent on many factors mood awakens etc so it is good idea to check with an external reference from time to time A positive feedback will also increase the trust in your own predictions Listening Music Teacher 89 How to Learn with Listening Music Teacher Taking a real teacher If you like music and want to express yourself with an instrument it is recommended that you take a teacher Each instrument has its own features and you should learn to have the proper posture to hold the instrument Especially in the beginning it is very important to be supervised with simple things like sitting comfortably have good sight to the scores and be relaxed If you start these things wrong it might be a big hindrance to make progress later when the pieces get more difficult Practice times As with learning another language it is recommended that you make more short sessions than one long session We also suggest taking a break every 15 minutes or so It is also enriching your experience 1f you try a lesson in the morning then around mid day and finally in the evening You may find that your perceived recognition 1s different at different day times Listening Music Teacher 90 FAQ FAQ What do I get for the payment Payment
80. uent wrong answers Interval This displays the interval name you clicked most often instead of the correct answer Most frequent wrong answers No of This 1s how many times you clicked this wrong interval Most frequent wrong answers in Shows the same number in percents of the number of total presentation for this interval Graphical representation of this percentage The yellow part represents percentage for these particular incorrect answers The rest of the rectangle that is all other answers including correct answers 1s displayed as dark purple Second most frequent wrong answers Interval This displays the interval name you clicked second most often instead of the correct answer gt Second most frequent wrong answers No of This 1s how many times you clicked the second most interval name instead of the correct interval name Vv V WV WV Vv The statistics should give you a hint on what intervals you should also carefully consider as a candidate before clicking an answer In the above example if you think this is a tritone you should listen again and see if it could be a unison or a Major third In the above example the Major second was displayed 5 times 2 times answered correctly 1 time mistaken for a Major 6 and time mistaken for a Major third Since the interval was displayed 5 times there must be a third wrong interval name which is not displayed There is only space to display two incorrect answers However since th
81. ver you may download the libraries from their sites by agreeing to their terms and conditions Music and Sounds Musical excerpts belong to their creators and are included in the product only for demonstrational and educational purposes You are not allowed to use these materials in any other way Sounds are either from MIDI or own recordings Applause sounds courtesy of J Fairba and Mike Koenig Images Images are creations of AlgorithmsAndDataStructures and may be based on freely available images on the Internet which are believed to be in the public domain However the arts created Listening Music Teacher 102 License Agreement by AlgorithmsAndDataStructures e g Felix the cat in the Banner may not be used outside this context Warranty disclaimer Software development is a very complex matter and the environments in which the software can be running are endless and sometimes not fully imaginable in advance by the creators Therefore this software is provided AS IS and with all faults You expressly acknowledge and agree that the use of software from AlgorithmsAndDataStructures is at your sole risk AlgorithmsAndDataStructures expressly disclaims all warranties and or conditions express or implied including but not limited to merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose regarding the software AlgorithmsAndDataStructures does not warrant guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the resu
82. w method The Precision Listening Method Our ear training method forces you to listen really carefully after hearing two consecutive pitches with a variable pause in between you must indicate whether the second pitch was higher lower or the same than the first pitch Starting with the distance of a half step in the first ear training exercise the pitches to discern get closer with following ear training exercises Until you have to discriminate pitches that are only 12 cents apart The last ear training session lets you differentiate pitches up to 1 cent In this last exercise the distances are randomly chosen and are no more in relation to the equal tempered scale That is the starting pitch does not necessarily coincide with a pitch assigned to a note in the equal tempered scale In addition you have to keep the first pitch very close in your mind since by moving the slider to the matching position the pitch of the slider position will be sounded Thus this sound will distract you from the first sound that you have to keep in mind In the ear training exercises you only have to decide if the second sound is lower higher or the same as the first sound Listening Music Teacher 36 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction ListeningExerciselIntro pote is Reference Note set set Delay Time between notes a ee nes Minimum Delay used Lower Same or Higher Navigation d Change Topic li P GUTES TAGPO CErORN t
83. with Roman Numbers gt The half steps between the notes If you want to make a note stand out lower the volumes of the other notes and choose solfege from the instrument menu for the desired note Enjoy the music Take John Lennon s implied advice in the song Mother I couldn t walk and I tried to run Start slowly use the C Major scale which has no sharps or flats and begin to understand the music better The following exercises will help you to improve your listening skills Listening Music Teacher 60 Exercises Exercises Usually the exercises just display question marks as shown in the sample screen below Your task is to listen and then give the correct answer There are usually one or more help buttons which ease this task However using these hints buttons lower the possible number of points you can earn for solving the question correctly For illustration purposes the screens in the manual show the notes on the staff After solving a question the answer is also displayed on the screen listening music teacher Intervals GetExerciseAnswer Exercises To Do Total Points Points to earn 20 g Click the Interval Name you hear mi Get hints by clicking the buttons Select instrument to the left Click the corresponding Interval Navigation There are a few exercises where you have to sing the answer The purpose of these exercises 1s that you learn to hear a single note out of several note
84. works This lesson gives a short overview what chords are and the relationship between the western music system and the laws of physics First 1t presents the definition of chords as explained by wikipedia listening music teacher introduction Welcome Wikipedia In music and music theory a chord is a set of three or more different notes from a specific key that sound simultaneously Chords constructed of three notes are described as triads and consist of two intervals Learn how the program works Navigation According to this definition three birds could sing a chord if they sing the notes simultaneously Listening Music Teacher 24 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher ES introduction Welcome simultaneously 7 itd o x x Learn how the program works Navigation As an example a C Major chord is used Listening Music Teacher 25 Introductory Lessons listening music teacher introduction Welcome right y The chord used for demonstration was a C Major Chord in root position Learn how the program works Navigation Change Topic Quit Introduction Quit However not all combinations of sounds have a name The most common chords are so called tertian chords That is they consist of notes that are thirds apart Why are tertian chords the most used chords Simply because they sound good The reason for this is that in nature all sounds have overtones These ov

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