Our Apps: Tools to Empower Your Ear and Mind
Practical Ear Training
Free Android Apps or Available on Our Website
At Storm Studios Learning, we believe technology can be a powerful ally in your journey to becoming a Musical Being. That’s why we’ve developed a suite of practical apps specifically designed to complement our methodology and accelerate your technical ear training in a focused and efficient way.
Our Philosophy: Professional Tools, Free Access
In line with our commitment to providing high-level training for everyone, these apps are offered completely free of charge. They are based on the principles of our method, including multi-timbral ear training (using Cello, French Horn, Choir, Strings, and Piano)—a fundamental component that is rarely found in other apps.
The idea is simple: you use the apps to autonomously practice and reinforce key skills. To make the most of them and fully understand the methodology behind each exercise, we’ve created detailed manuals, which will be available as a one-time-purchase e-book on Kindle. These manuals will guide you in effectively integrating the apps into your study and deeply understanding the concepts involved.
Availability
Currently, our apps are available for Android devices. We are actively exploring the possibility of offering web versions of some tools directly on our website, as part of their initial development was done in Python. Stay tuned for future updates!
App Suite
🧠 App: Mental Math
- Purpose: Inspired by Dr. Kawashima’s research, this app uses simple mental math exercises to stimulate the prefrontal cortex—crucial for mental agility.
- Task: Solve timed basic arithmetic problems through progressively challenging levels.
🧠 App: Memory
- Purpose: Strengthen your memory using mnemonic games with letters and numbers. Designed to enhance your ability to encode and recall information.
- Task: Practice mnemonic techniques through a classic memory card matching game.
🎧 App: Breakdown (Auditory Analysis)
- Purpose: Train your ability to isolate and identify individual notes within chords or dense textures (“open your ear”).
- Task: The app plays 2 to 5 simultaneous notes using different timbres. Your task is to sing each note you hear.
- Features: Adjustable difficulty (starting from 2 notes); selectable pitch range (C2–C7).
🎶 App: Interval Recognition (Relative Pitch)
- Purpose: Train recognition of the relative distances between notes.
- Task: Identify the intervals played by the app.
- Features: Multi-timbral (5 timbres); progressive levels (e.g., perfect fifths to major sevenths).
🎶 App: Interval Singing (Relative Pitch)
- Purpose: Reinforce understanding and accurate vocal production of intervals.
- Task: Sing the interval requested by the app.
- Features: Progressive levels (e.g., perfect fifths to major sevenths).
🎼 App: Chord Recognition (Harmony) (Relative Pitch)
- Purpose: Train your ability to identify chords and their harmonic qualities.
- Task: Recognize the chords played by the app.
- Features: Multi-timbral (5 timbres); selectable pitch range; progressive difficulty including triads to extended 13th chords.
🎼 App: Scale Degrees – Major and Minor (Relative Pitch / Tonal Function)
- Purpose: Train perception of tonal function of each scale degree within a key.
- Task: Recognize diatonic and chromatic scale degrees in major and minor tonal contexts.
- Features: Two separate apps: Major Degrees and Minor Degrees.
🎯 App: Absolute Pitch (General & Classical Guitar)
- Purpose: Train recognition of specific notes without any reference tone (absolute pitch).
- Task: Identify individual pitches played by the app.
- Features: A general version with 5 timbres and a specialized version using Classical Guitar timbre.
Integration into Your Practice
These apps are not a substitute for in-depth study, but a powerful complement. Use them regularly to reinforce the concepts taught in the Harmony Course, train your ear for [Link to Classes / Workshop], and apply the principles described in Musical Beings. They are a key part of developing the essential listening skills of any true Musical Being.
Start training your ear today with the tools from Storm Studios Learning!