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- All of the exercises in Ear operate around the
- same basic principle: Ear asks a musical question
- to which you reply. Ear tells you if you are wrong
- or right. If you are right, Ear asks you another
- question. If you are wrong, Ear repeats the
- question until you answer correctly. Your score
- is recorded so you can gauge your progress, both
- during a session and over a longer period of
- time.
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- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- The exercises in Ear can be divided into two
- basic groups: compositional exercises and
- identification exercises. With compositional
- exercises, you play the notes you hear on the
- piano keyboard, guitar fretboard, or your MIDI
- controller. These are the Single Note, Melody
- Interval, Chord Composition, and Scale
- Composition exercises. With the identification
- exercises, you identify the chord, interval, or
- scale name from a given list, rather than play
- it note for note.
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- If you want to practice an exercise other than
- the current one, pull down the Exercises menu
- and select the desired exercise. The current
- exercise window and the current options window
- reflect the change. Click the Start button to
- begin practicing.
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- Ear counts down the seconds before beginning the
- exercise session. This gives you some time to
- get poised on your instrument.
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- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- After the countdown, Ear plays a note or notes
- depending on which exercise you selected. If you
- selected a compositional exercise, Ear
- highlights the first note of the drill as it
- plays it. You can tell Ear not to highlight the
- first note of each drill with the Show First
- Note option. If you selected an identification
- exercise, Ear displays a list of possible
- answers below the exercise control window.
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- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- Once you click the Start button you have begun
- an exercise session. You determine how many
- drills comprise an exercise session with the
- Exercise Length option. For more information on
- the Pre-exercise Countdown option, the Show
- First Note option, or the Exercise Length
- option, refer to manual Chapter 4, "Options".
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- Depending on the exercise, play the notes you
- hear, or select the correct chord, interval, or
- scale identity from the given list.
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- For composition exercises, the program will
- collect and evaluate your responses until a
- mistake is made. The drill will be replayed so
- you may try again. You will notice that the
- wrong note will appear in the exercise control
- panel. Its position above or below the center
- line indicates the value of your response
- relative to the correct note. (HINT: After
- a mistake is made and the drill is replayed,
- the right mouse button may be used to play
- the on-screen instrument. The program will
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- ignore these actions, so you may search for
- the correct note.)
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- You can click the Play button, the button with
- three eighth notes above the Start/Stop button,
- to hear an exercise drill repeated. The Stop
- button ends an exercise session without
- recording the score for your progress chart. You
- can skip a drill without answering by clicking
- the Skip button. The Show Answer button reveals
- the correct answer to the drill. Each use of the
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- Skip and Show Answer buttons is equivalent to an
- incorrect answer.
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- When you complete an exercise session, the
- Exercise Summary dialog box appears. It
- summarizes your performance for that session.
- You can print an activity report or view your
- progress chart by clicking the Report or
- Progress buttons, respectively. The Exit button
- closes the Exercise Summary dialog box. The Next
- button closes the Exercise Summary dialog box
- (Click the down arrow for more.)
- and begins a new exercise session. If you are
- using a MIDI instrument, playing a middle C
- has the same effect as clicking on the Next
- buton. For more information, refer to Chapter 3,
- "Exercises", of the manual.
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