Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory

Ear training and music theory in one app. Train intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, melodic dictation, solfege and perfect pitch with guided lessons that adapt as you improve.

The Ear Gym is built for musicians, singers, pianists, guitarists, bassists, producers, composers, songwriters, teachers and music students who want a stronger musical ear and real fluency reading the staff. Start as a complete beginner or jump straight to advanced harmony.

EAR TRAINING

• Interval recognition, comparison, construction, inversion, reading, singing and playing

• Chord identification, comparison, construction and inversions across 29 chord types

• Scale and mode identification, construction, reading, singing and playing — 40+ scales and modes

• Rhythm recognition, rhythm imitation and rhythm tapping

• Perfect pitch training, relative pitch practice and absolute pitch drills

• Note recognition and single-note pitch identification

MELODIC DICTATION

• Hear a melody, then write it back on the staff note by note

• Polyphonic dictation with two independent voices

• Melody comparison and melody error detection

• Transcribe music by ear and check yourself instantly

MUSIC THEORY AND READING

• Solfege and sight-singing practice

• Sight reading, note reading and clef reading in treble, bass, alto and tenor

• Key signatures, accidentals and transposing instrument reading

• Roman numeral analysis, harmonic analysis, figured bass, chord progressions and cadences

GUIDED MODE

A structured path from your first interval to advanced harmony. Guided Mode works through notes and reading, intervals, chords, scales, rhythm and harmony, unlocking each step once you have mastered the one before it. If you do not know where to start, start here.

BUILD YOUR OWN DRILLS

Every exercise is configurable — choose the intervals, chords, scales, keys, clefs, octaves, instruments and tempo you want to work on. Create custom chord and scale sets to target exactly the sounds you are struggling with, or to match what your teacher assigned this week.

BUILT FOR REAL PRACTICE

• High-quality piano and guitar samples, with staff notation on every screen

• Answer feedback that shows you what you actually heard, not just right or wrong

• Statistics and progress insights that show which intervals and chords need work

• Streaks, badges, stars and XP to keep daily practice going

• Challenges to test yourself against other players

• Works offline — no connection needed to practise

WHO IT IS FOR

Whether you are preparing for an aural exam or a conservatory audition, learning to play by ear, transcribing songs, improvising, arranging, producing, singing in a choir, teaching a class, or simply making music theory finally click, The Ear Gym gives you the drills and the structure to get there.

The Ear Gym helps you improve:

• Relative pitch, perfect pitch and interval hearing

• Chord, scale and mode recognition

• Melodic dictation and transcription

• Rhythm accuracy and timing

• Sight reading, note reading and clef fluency

• Harmonic hearing, chord progressions and cadences

• Music theory knowledge you can actually hear

• Aural skills for piano, guitar, bass, voice and classroom music

PRACTISE A LITTLE EVERY DAY

Short, focused sessions beat long ones. A few minutes of interval training, chord training or melodic dictation each day builds the kind of ear that recognises what it hears without stopping to think about it.

ONE-TIME PURCHASE

No subscription. No ads. Unlock the full app once and keep it.

Download The Ear Gym and start training intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, melodic dictation, solfege, sight reading, relative pitch, perfect pitch and music theory today.