> ## This program is an eartraining program for the Macintosh.
> It helps you to practice intervals, chords, scales and perfect
> pitch. It has several sampled sounds built in and a statistics shows
> you, where you made (or maybe not) mistakes
### Using This Program:
I think this program should be pretty easy to use. It contains four
different tests which are:
* Intervals
* Chords
* Scales
* Pitch
(I don't know if the pitch test is really useful for obtaining perfect
pitch, but you can use it as a different kind of interval test
anyways. For that you should first play a C by selecting a sound from
the "Sound" menu (with no windows open) and then open the pitch test.
I think this is a pretty good way to get a grip on your intervals
theoretically.) Every test (except pitch) starts up with a dialog to
select which intervals, etc. you want to be tested on. You can test
yourself using ascending, descending or harmonic intervals or chords.
For some obvious reasons the program won't test you on scales using
harmonics. When the program plays something for you just click the
button which you think contains the right answer. The right-answer
button will flash in any case, so you can see what you were supposed
to hear. If you're not sure, just click "Play" to hear it again.
The "Statistics" window shows you how you did on each interval, etc.
(black means right answer, gray means wrong answer). Changing the
direction (ascending, descending, harmonics) might ? depending on the
preferences ? reset your statistics.
You can change the volume and the speed using the appropriate faders.
Using the "Sound" menu you can change the sound that is used for the
tests. You probably won't want to use the wave table sounds, but I've
build them in anyways so: DON'T COMPLAIN! If you want to install
sounds using ResEdit I recommend that you ensure your sound will play
a C when played by this program while no windows are open ? otherwise
you're gonna screw up the pitch test. You should also try to adjust
the volume.
### Preferences:
General:
* Remember:
When these options are checked the program will remember these
settings: Test means, which interval, etc. was checked. Sound means
volume, speed and what sound.
* Reset statistics on change of direction?:
This determines, whether the statistics is going to be erased on a
change of direction (ascending, descending, harmonic).
* Open statistics automatically:
When this option is turned on, the statistics window will open
automatically when you open a test.
* Display warning before switching to another test:
If this option is checked and you open a test while another one is
still open, you will be asked if you really meant to do this.
Chords:
* Play harmonics ? as long as arpeggios:
You can choose, whether harmonically played chords should be played
1-, 2- or 3-times as long as arpeggios (ascending, descending),
without changing the speed slider.
* Play chord within one Octave:
If this option is checked, all chord tones are going to be played
within the same octave. Otherwise the chord is going to be spread out
randomly across two octaves.
* Double the bass note for triads
determines, whether the bassnote of a triad should be doubled one (or
two) octaves higher, so you can't distinguish triads from
seventhchords simply by counting the number of pitches.
* Ask for the inversion if the quality is wrong:
This determines, whether you are going to be asked for the inversion,
if you had the chord quality wrong. if this is not checked, the
program will go on to the next chord.
* Mark the inversion as "wrong" if the quality is wrong:
If this is checked, the inversion will be marked "wrong", if you had
the chord quality wrong, even if you had the inversion right.
* Mark the quality as "wrong" if the inversion is wrong:
If this is checked, the chord quality will be marked "wrong", if you
had the inversion wrong, even if you had the chord quality right.
Space is required between the letters in the name and between the 40's
in the code.
Compatibility
Architecture: 68k
This program requires System 7. If you are using a version lower than
7.5 you'll probably have to install the "Sound Manager" extension
(3.0) contained in Apple's System Update #3 for System 7.1. If you
still have problems, try using wave table sounds. (Older models like
Mac Plus and Mac Classic are not capable of opening four channels of
sampled sound at the same time.)
