ABRSM Aural Trainer Grades 6-8

Great app but could we please get a way to select the cadences we want to practice ? (I.e a range rather than all of it so that we can learn by increment). Many thanks for listening🙏🏻

I’ve used this app for studying for my aural exams which the core concept of the app works for. The problem is there are so many bugs and poor design choices that it severely impacts the usefulness of the app. Examples include: Not being able to use earphones for the app The microphone being constantly in use when the app is opened, even when you switch apps. The only way to stop this is to close the app. Constant application crashes mid way through testing. It feels like the app didn’t go through a proper testing procedure which is disappointing considering the price.

ABRSM please note that progress is only recorded if one chooses the treble clef. Choice of bass never registered progress.

Repetitive & you need to ‘mark your own’ in some testing areas.

I am a mature student using the app to revise for my grade 7 piano exam; generally it is helpful but there are a number of glitches, particularly in the Cadence and Musical Features section. The same piece kept being repeated in the Cadence section while the app has a tendency to quit halfway through the Musical Features section. As others have said, for such a pricey app, this is not great. I would also agree with the reviewer who complained that answers are marked wrong when they were partly correct eg. 2 out of 3 features were correctly identified.

The app is definitely a useful tool for practicing and preparing for aural exams. However, the app itself needs improvement. Wireless headphones will not work no matter how many times I try, even though headphones are apparently “recommended”. When reviewing my responses I find myself accidentally clicking back to the Home Screen, and I cannot see how well I did. Needs a lot of work, especially considering how pricey the app is.

I find this app very helpful overall as I am not a natural for the aural part of the exam. I am working on grade 6, there are a few things which could be improved I think. For sight singing, the examples I have seen are much shorter than the ABRSM printed examples and I assume those in the actual exam. In the musical features part of the app, it is a pity you only get to see the areas to be questioned as the music starts. This means I always miss the first part of the piece while I take in the written information. Perhaps the music could be started 5 or so seconds after the question areas appear.

This app will not work with airpods/earphones. Shame, as I bought it to test myself on cadences and modulations on the commute to work.

Super helpful for Abrsm exams! However for multi part questions, the results are given by a simple tick or cross for each section, where a tick is only given if 100% correct. This has been quite disheartening for my child as he is shown a full slate of crosses despite the breakdown suggesting he would have picked up most of the marks. Would be great if this scoring system could be reworked to more accurately reflect the scoring system in the exams, thanks!

I bought this two years ago, so the newer version may be better. I spent hours trying to hear the chords of a cadence. Despite selecting grade 7 in the menu it kept presenting Plagal cadences (not used at this grade), and worse still re-presenting them endlessly when I got them wrong or tried to avoid those examples. I was completely undermined and a nervous wreck until I found some good training on youtube, where hearing the whole phrase as in the exam (and not just 2chords as on this app) made all the difference. Don’t beat yourself up - look online for excellent and free tuition and testing.