Note identification?

[Guest]

Why is there no single note identificatioin? Isn't that the most basic thing to have? I know I can select a single not in melody exercise, but there's a metronome and it gives the answer right at the start by showing the first note.

What would be great would be a seperate exercise that has tabs(like the intervals) for each note including the #'s and b's so would could do the exercise rapidly (1 answer/sec).

[Hans]

Yes, you can use the melodic dictation exercise to exercise single note identification. Here is how you can configure EarMaster to do what you ask for:

* Disable the "Rhythms" option in the Customized exercise, this will remove the metronome
* Disable the "Show first tone" option in the Exercise settings, then it will not show the first tone.
* To answer the tones rapidly, use the on-screen piano to click in the tones, this will be similar to have tabs with the note names on.
* To have a constant flow in the question, enable the "Auto new question" in the "Exercise settings" menu and set the delay to 0 or 1 seconds
* Also you can set the "Answer time limit" as low as two seconds. Together with the auto new question settings, this will give a constant flow of questions

Best regards,
Hans Jakobsen
EarMaster

[Guest]

Thanks!

[Guest]

Isn't that the most basic thing to have?

Actually no, is not the most basic thing to have, in fact, many people don't consider it an important musical ability at all, and there is much debate about this issue, it hasn't been proof yet that an adult can develop this ability.