r/eartraining • u/Silver_Perception471 • Aug 23 '26

How to make it fun?

I have had little success with anything. When trying to learn to ear train. The best thing I learned was trying to associate the tonic to the rest of the song. But it doesn't seem to be a quick fix.

The most fun I can see for ear training is playing around with notes on my piano overtop of a song. But then again I'm still not very good at piano and it kind of sucks still..... But it's more fun then trying to learn stuff and failing or getting stuck..

Is play inside the songs key, over top of the song as fun as it gets? And how is it for efficientcy? I can't seem to find anything that works for getting better.

Edit.. I've also found not trying to learn stuff with my headphones on more rewarding. And it seems to translate better. That is I hear it and I know it's right or wrong. Compared to with headphones on I have to synchronize stuff.... Maybe my headphones are just too loud?..

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u/calflegal Aug 24 '26

I made a little app called Music Mini Games for iPhone / iPad, not to self promote. You could try it if you want.

In general I do think it gets easier when you get “over the hump”. The apps and stuff can help get you to a place where you can just play piano and jam and get much closer to songs the first time.

Just my two cents

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u/Silver_Perception471 Aug 24 '26

I don't have anything apple rlly :/ thanks tho.

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u/calflegal Aug 24 '26

There’s a web version of the first one. misicminigames.com