
 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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 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.
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 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.

 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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 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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 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".

 Depending on the exercise, play the notes you
 hear, or select the correct chord, interval, or
 scale identity from the given list.
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 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
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 ignore these actions, so you may search for
 the correct note.)

 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
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 Skip and Show Answer buttons is equivalent to an
 incorrect answer.

 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
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 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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