I am trying to become a better singer so I thought I would start with knowing what the notes sound like. This app has helped me memorise what all my basic notes should sound like. I do play piano so I already knew how to read the music but if you are completely new to this then it might take some time to get used to it. Overall I am very happy with the app and I will continue to use it to train my voice more.

This is such a fun and helpful app for sight singing. I like the choice it gives between specific types of exercises e.g triads versus the ‘path’ route which gives progressively harder exercises. Great that it links to a global leaderboard too!

I really like using the Ella app and I hope I can improve my sight reading. I think you should add something only for sight reading. That would be very useful.

Really great for learning sightreading, completely recommend!

As a professional vocalist and coach I find this app really good for learning to not simply sight sing but to learn voice as an instrument. Too many modern singers don’t bother to learn to read and I think this does the job really simply. The different ability options for each exercise mean each student can absolutely go at their own pace. Some basic theory is advantageous first but I suppose people could Google as they go along. All in all it’s great.

Love Ella - great way to practice and warm up.

The app is great for me and my young piano students. They really fun with it. Thanks for developers

This is such a good idea, and it’s an app with a great future. However, I’m not a trained singer, and middle C is really awkward for me; making this almost impossible for me to use. Perhaps the app needs to start with a vocal range assessment so that a suitable key can be assigned? Also, perhaps there needs to be some interval training. I’d like to run drills so that I can get used to forming the notes, perhaps building up to arpeggios.

I’ve been looking for an app like this for so long - something that makes aural simple and enjoyable! I’m doing music at university but aural is something that’s always been a huge challenge to me so I’m incredibly grateful I came across this app! I highly, highly recommend it for all capabilities. It’s lots of fun too!

I have been a singer for over 10 years now, completed a music degree and Grade 8 Singing and Music Theory but have always struggled with sight singing. I can obviously read music, but despite practicing and memorising different intervals and rhythms for hours a day (for years now!) and joining multiple choirs and performing hundreds of shows and concerts, my sight singing proficiency is still very basic. I have tried lessons, workshops and piano lessons to overcome this (without success) and have come to the conclusion that sight singing simply isn’t a skill I possess. I can’t work out the intervals between the notes and can’t hear the phrase in my head, for some reason. The app gives you a short notated phrase, the beat, the starting note, and a blue line that “draws” your recorded progress along the stave. It then assesses your pitch and rhythm and you are able to review where you went wrong. If you understand the basics of rhythm and notation, but struggle to put it into practice then I can heartily recommend this app. Super proficient sight readers may find it a bit too easy to begin with (no way to access the higher levels without completing the earlier ones first) but it is set out like a game and you get a score for each piece and each level. I have been consumed by this app for a couple of hours now, and can honestly say this is the most confident I’ve ever felt when practicing sight singing. I love the immediate feedback it gives as the blue line shows where you’re pitching the note and if it is above or below where it should be. It has been SO helpful for me already and I wish this had existed years ago, when I was first starting out. It provides a non critical and fun way of improving reading skills. My criticisms: -if you mess up an exercise and restart, there is no way of replaying the starting note again -it would be much more helpful to hear the tonic chord rather than just the note, at least in the earlier levels as each exercise is unaccompanied and can sometimes switch between key signatures (however, I do appreciate that this is super helpful for training the ear!) -a little bit challenging if you’re used to singing with vibrato (the recording is sensitive and picks it up, so best to use a straight tone if you can)