I would like to know the softwares available and if possible its effectiveness in teaching.

-- rockie (rockcin@tm.net.my), June 19, 2002

Answers

I would highly recommend "Audiation Assistant 1.0" by Bruce Dalby. If you are serious about training your ear, then drilling tonal and rhythm patterns (with solfege) is the only way to go. Most other "ear-training" programs and books merely do "ear-testing", without guidance and a METHOD of developing a discerning ear.

INFORMATION ON Audiation Assistant 1.0 found here:

http://music.utsa.edu/tdml/conf-VIII/VIII-Dalby/VIII-Dalby.html

FREE DEMO OF AA 1.0:

http://kellysmusic.mb.ca/demos.asp

-- John (bisceglia2000@yahoo.com), June 20, 2002.

You can try EarMaster. I use it myself and I made good improvement. http://www.earmaster.com/

-- Daniel Denis (ddenis219@yahoo.ca), June 20, 2002.