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title: "Play By Ear - Ear Training - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Play By Ear is a call-and-response ear training application that helps you develop the ability to hear pitches and play them back on your instrument by ear. Unlike other applications which force you t"
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# Play By Ear - Ear Training — United States

![Play By Ear App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/b4/75/4e/b4754e13-dd30-c36e-1fde-dbfbdb6acfb9/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-0-0-4-0-0-sRGB-0-0-0-GLES2_U002c0-512MB-85-220-0-0.png/400x400bb.png)

**Developer:** [SuperNonstop.com](https://apptail.io/developer/supernonstopcom-bQxb)
**Category:** Music
**Rating:** 4.4/5 (80 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.supernonstop.PlayByEar
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.17 (released 2023-01-21)
**Original Release:** 2010-03-17

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id361203621)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/play-by-ear-ear-training-nmve/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/play-by-ear-ear-training-nmve/united-states)

## Play By Ear Description
Play By Ear is a call-and-response ear training application that helps you develop the ability to hear pitches and play them back on your instrument by ear. Unlike other applications which force you to press buttons to indicate the notes you've heard, Play By Ear uses pitch recognition so you can play the notes back on your instrument (piano, guitar, trumpet, etc).  Using your instrument to play the notes allows you to practice ear training in a method that most closely matches how you'll actually play music.

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APPLICATION FEATURES:
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- Pitch recognition so you can use your instrument to interact with the ear trainer
- Hands-free, continuous play
- Interval exercises
- Chord exercises
- Random melody exercises
- Scale pattern melody exercises
- Jazz lick melody exercises
- Melodic and harmonic note sequences
- Ascending and descending note sequences
- Microphone calibration
- Customizable tempo
- Ability to show or hide the first note
- C, Bb, Eb, F, G, and D key centers to match your instrument

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Note: Your device needs a microphone to fully enjoy Play By Ear's pitch recognition features.  iPads, iPhones, and the latest iTouch all have microphones built-in, however older iTouch devices will need a headset or similar external microphone.

## Play By Ear Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/68/69/be/6869be28-454f-2513-4cb8-1f30a7de4b4f/pr_source.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/a8/c2/58/a8c25836-639c-f631-49e8-1d84989fe838/pr_source.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/2e/66/b2/2e66b2bd-04cb-678c-ea90-21a1277b72e1/pr_source.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/44/d9/61/44d9610b-f303-695d-869c-f5ac8e16d18d/pr_source.png/960x640.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/ce/72/7d/ce727d42-9137-edb8-ca2c-a6b50847056c/pr_source.png/960x640.png)

## Play By Ear Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 53 (66%)
- 4 stars: 17 (21%)
- 3 stars: 4 (5%)
- 2 stars: 3 (4%)
- 1 stars: 3 (4%)

## Play By Ear Reviews in United States

### ***** "The Best, It’s a Wow!"
I’m a piano teacher and I still practice 3 hours a day or more. I think this is the best of all the ear training apps that I’ve used and seen. I tell all my students to get this app and use it daily. 

It’s been a game changer for me because not only does it make you sing your answers but somehow it knows whether you are hearing the note before you sing it. 

Don’t get anything else. Play by Ear is the real deal. And don’t be fooled by the name. In order to sightread effectively you have to be hearing the notes before you play them. Ply by ear is the best app for developing that hearing ability.
-- David Cutter29, 2024-07-15

### ****- "A little hard for beginners"
I like this app a lot, and it fills a need, but it’s a little tough for beginners (or people learning a new instrument, like me). A couple of things would make it easier:

1. Provide a “repeat” option: play the phrase, wait, play it again, wait, then give answer. Gives the student two tries. (Could even give a three-tries option.)

2. Allow limiting the scale patterns to a selected set of scales/keys. Maybe the jazz licks one, too. You can fudge this with the random notes by selecting notes to fit a scale, which is what I’ve ended up doing, for now, but it would be nice to have something more melodic. 

I have not tried anything with chords, yet, because I’m using this with trumpet. Which gives me another suggestion: maybe you could provide profiles for multi-instrumentalists (it would only affect pitch recognition, I suppose, so might not be worth the effort).
-- IDontNeedNoStupidNickname, 2023-06-24

### ***** "Play by Ear"
Fantastic app for ear training. I am a piano teacher and I am using it personally and giving it to my students. I have not found anything better.
-- 284848sdhfk, 2023-02-01

### ***** "Works for me"
Excellent. Random root notes good.
Would like to test from the same root
note sometimes.
-- String 6, 2021-01-13

### ***** "Good"
Use it
-- Archangel768, 2019-07-13

### ****- "Great App - Would Love Additional Features"
This app has been a great addition to my ear training. After getting a good grasp on my intervals, this has been an awesome way to apply that knowledge without getting overwhelmed. I think every musician can benefit from doing some kind of training like this, and this app makes it possible to train without needing a partner to do call and response with - you can do it on your own from anywhere.

In my opinion, two additional features would make it a perfect app. Neither are THAT crucial, but would help.  1) vary the rhythms of the randomly generated melodies, and 2) add a bass clef option. Even without those features, I’ll still continue to spend a few minutes a day with this app and I’m sure I will see benefits over time.
-- RyanLayton, 2019-02-03

### ***-- "Stiff program, false errors"
Lots of false errors. If you play the first note of a sequence too long, it will register that you played it for both notes of the interval. It is especially glitchy in chord recognition mode. You can’t play back a chord harmonically, it has to be arpeggiated, and then it often registers errors falsely, or it is listening for one note of the chord when you’ve already moved on to another. Your score ends up being frustratingly inaccurate. The program still feels pretty stiff to use. Also, I couldn’t find an option for randomizing ascending, descending, melodic and harmonic intervals, which would be more useful than only hearing one type of interval at a time.
-- dekjek, 2018-08-02

### ***** "Very Useful"
Simple and well-functioning portable ear trainer. Holds you to accurate intonation.

All apps should function this well.
-- Tongatim, 2016-11-16

### ***** "Completely worth it"
This app is extremely well designed and perfect for anyone looking to improve their aural skills. It accomplishes more than what other music theory websites like teoria or musictheory.net because it identifies your progress and your errors for you. You can physically see what you got right and wrong. I feel more prepared because of this app for music school!!
-- Iguana929, 2016-07-28

### ***** "Easy app to use"
This app is helping me with intervals. It also won't register a correct pitch if I chip it slightly on my horn. Easy to use too.
-- Wyobirder, 2016-05-26

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## Play By Ear Discovered Keywords
- play
- ear training guitar
- guitar ear training
- eartrain
- ar test

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