Practice & Musicianship
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Musical IQ Test: Test Your Musical Ability & Music IQ
Take the mDecks Musical IQ Test and measure your listening skills in rhythm, pitch, timing, melody, tempo, tuning, and harmony. No music theory knowledge required. Read article →
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Politonus 1 for Windows (Manual)
Politonus is a multi-pitch ear training app. You can practice from 1 to 11 simultaneous notes. To start, tap on the play button. A I-IV-V7-I cadence will be played followed by the note/s you have to identify. Tap on the… Read article →
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Target Notes Practice for Improvisation & Ear Training
One of the best ear training exercises you can do to learn jazz standards and improvisation is Target Notes. Imagine this melodic line over the progression: We could use our classification method to classify each note against their respective chord. But this would be a… Read article →
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Politonus III: Ear Training for Scales & Modes
Politonus III is the 3rd volume in the Politonus Ear Training Series by mDecks Music. While Politonus I is a multi pitch ear training to help you develop tonal ear training (perfect and relative pitch) and Politonus II is dedicated to Intervals, Triads… Read article →
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Politonus II: A different Ear Training app
Ear training is an essential skill for every musician. Being able to identify groups of notes as one sound-type is not only useful when listening but also when writing and composing music. There are three fundamental structures that we must be… Read article →
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Troubleshooting Audio Issues in See Music (sight-reading app)
See Music is a complex app that listens to you playing an instrument or singing and then gives you instant note-by-note feedback on your performance In order for See Music to work properly the audio inputs and outputs on your… Read article →
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Omg! The Best Ear Training Exercise Ever! Politonus App for iOS
Politonus was designed after a very popular exercise taught by a world famous music education guru in the Boston area. Many generations of musicians from all over the world traveled to Boston and waited in a two year waiting… Read article →
