Train Your Ear

Tap Listen in the bottom nav. You'll see five ear training stages arranged vertically: Notes, Intervals, Scales, Chords, and Melodies. Each stage unlocks as you progress — later stages build on the recognition skills from earlier ones.

Within each stage, levels expand from simple (major second, major triad) to more complex (tritone, minor seventh chord, extended chords). Tap any level to start a session.

Tip Start with Notes even if you already know note names — the session calibrates your response speed and gives you a baseline accuracy rating.

Each level offers two session modes:

• Practice — a forgiving loop with no time pressure. You hear a sound, identify it, and get immediate feedback. A health bar tracks your streak — too many wrong answers and the session ends, but you can restart instantly. Use Practice to build recognition at your own pace.

• Challenge — a 60-second timed run that scores your speed and accuracy. Combos multiply your score for consecutive correct answers. Challenge mode is where you push recognition speed, not just accuracy.

Tip Spend time in Practice mode on a level before attempting Challenge — the timing pressure in Challenge is harder than it looks.

Each question plays a sound — a note, an interval (two notes in sequence), a scale, a chord, or a short melody — and presents multiple answer options. Tap the option you think matches what you heard.

You can replay the sound as many times as you need in Practice mode. In Challenge mode, replays cost time.

After you answer, the correct answer is highlighted and the keyboard shows which notes were played so you can see the shape alongside the sound.

At the end of a session, the results screen shows:

• Accuracy ring — your percentage of correct answers for this session
• Stars — 1–3 stars based on accuracy, with 3 stars unlocking the next level
• Trouble areas — any answer options you confused more than once, listed so you know what to drill next

Tap a trouble area to replay examples of that specific sound before starting again.

Tip If you're consistently confusing two intervals (e.g. minor third vs. major third), do a focused Practice session on just those two options until the distinction clicks.

The Listen tab shows your star rating for each completed level and a streak counter for consecutive daily sessions. Levels you haven't attempted show a lock if a prerequisite level hasn't been 3-starred yet.

Your progress syncs across devices via iCloud — start a session on iPhone and continue on iPad without losing your streak.