Better Ears Beginner

Better Ears is the complete ear training and sight‑reading workout for musicians, students and teachers. Train your musical ear and master music theory — from interval recognition all the way to chord progressions and rhythm training. 15 exercises take you from absolute beginner to pro, at your own pace, with no rules and no pressure.

NEW: RHYTHM TRAINING
Sharpen your sense of timing with two brand‑new exercises. Hear a rhythm and clap or tap it back, or read rhythmic notation and perform it in time — with count‑in, metronome, triplets and time signatures like 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4. Clap straight into your device's microphone and Better Ears listens.

YOU DECIDE HOW TO TRAIN
There are no rules to follow. You decide when to start, what to practice and how often.

15 EXERCISES INCLUDED
• Interval recognition
• Scale recognition
• Chord recognition
• Chord progressions
• Pitch recognition
• Melodic dictation
• Tempo recognition
• Key signature recognition
• Music reading
• Interval music reading
• Scale music reading
• Chord music reading
• Melody music reading
• Rhythm recognition (new)
• Rhythm reading (new)

ANSWER WITH YOUR VOICE OR A REAL INSTRUMENT
Built‑in pitch detection lets you answer by singing or by playing a real instrument (e.g. piano or guitar). Just sing or play the notes when the microphone button lights up red.

CUSTOM CHORDS, SCALES & CHORD PROGRESSIONS
The built‑in editor lets you add your own chords, scales and chord progressions.

FOUR PRESET LEVELS + UNLIMITED CUSTOM LEVELS
Start at Beginner, Easy, Normal or Professional — then build your own levels to focus exactly where you need to: church modes, those two pesky intervals, custom rhythms, whatever you like.

6 INSTRUMENTS & CUSTOM SOUNDFONTS
Train with Acoustic Grand, Bright Acoustic Piano, Electric Grand, Drawbar Organ, Nylon and Steel Acoustic Guitar — or extend Better Ears with your own sounds via SoundFonts (.sf2).

KEYBOARD & FRETBOARD
Answer on a virtual piano keyboard or a virtual guitar fretboard.

MIDI SUPPORT
Route sound through an external MIDI device and even control Better Ears with a connected master keyboard.

SYNC ALL OF YOUR DEVICES
Keep your Mac, iPhone and iPad in sync via Dropbox. You choose what to sync: your own levels, your statistics, your settings — or all of it.

STATISTICS
Better Ears tracks your progress for every exercise and every question — right and wrong answers at a glance.

WIKIPEDIA INTEGRATION
The matching Wikipedia article is shown for each exercise, so the theory is always one tap away.

REFRESHED DESIGN
A modern, fully redesigned interface on iPhone, iPad and Mac — with full Dark Mode and crystal‑clear music notation.