Atelier Edition: Advanced Aural Skills

The most demanding training in the catalogue: compound intervals, seventh-chord inversions, applied dominants, modulations, two-voice and rhythmic dictation.

What it trains

The Atelier Edition gathers the hardest listening work into one standalone product. It assumes you are comfortable with intervals, triads and simple dictation, and goes further: intervals wider than an octave, every seventh chord in every inversion, secondary dominants and modulations inside real progressions, two-voice dictation and rhythms in compound and irregular meters. Custom practice sets and detailed progress tracking show exactly where to focus.

Compound intervals from the minor 9th to two octaves
All five seventh-chord qualities in all four positions, by ear
Secondary (applied) dominants and modulations to closely related keys, heard inside progressions
Two-voice dictation and rhythmic dictation in 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8 and 5/4

Exercises

Compound intervals: Name intervals from the minor 9th to two octaves, played up, down or together.
Seventh chords by ear: Name the quality and the inversion of a seventh chord.
Secondary dominants: Hear a progression and name the applied dominant it contains: V⁷/ii, V⁷/iii, V⁷/IV, V⁷/V or V⁷/vi.
Modulations: Hear a progression and say whether it stays home or moves to the dominant, subdominant, relative minor or supertonic minor.
Two-voice dictation: Hear two voices moving note against note and write both on the grand staff.
Rhythmic dictation: Hear a rhythm in a compound or irregular meter and write it.

What makes it a Studio Edition

Compared with the Foundations tools, this edition asks more of you in concrete ways:

Harder material: Intervals beyond the octave, seventh chords in every inversion, and harmony heard in context rather than as isolated chords.
Multi-voice and rhythmic dictation: You write two independent voices at once, and rhythms in meters such as 7/8 and 12/8.
Detailed progress tracking: Accuracy over time for each exercise, your weakest items, and the answers you most often confuse with each other.

Try it

A short interactive demo built from the same code as the real tool.

Settings you can change

Custom practice sets: choose exercises, intervals, chord types and meters, and save sets to reuse
Direction for compound intervals, and the register
Which seventh-chord qualities and inversions are included
Length of two-voice exercises and whether the first notes are given
Meters and rhythm level for rhythmic dictation
Tempo, tone and number of replays
Session length

Instruments and clefs

Grand staff, single-line rhythm staff, and keyboard or guitar tone.

Reference view

Reference views play any compound interval, any seventh chord in any inversion, and each applied-dominant and modulation progression with its analysis.

Who it’s for

Advanced students who find the Foundations ear training comfortable
Players who want to follow harmony and rhythm in more complex music by ear

Who it isn’t for

Beginners — start with the Interval Ear Trainer and Chord Builder
Anyone who cannot hear audio — every exercise is aural

What you need

A modern web browser on a computer, tablet or phone
Speakers or headphones
The ability to hear audio — this tool includes ear training that depends on listening

About the sound: all instrument sounds are synthesized in your browser. They are not recordings of real instruments.

In every tool

Instant feedback on every answer, with ✓ and ✗ marks and the correct answer shown.
Settings that save themselves, plus named practice sets you can switch between.
A session summary when you finish, with your accuracy and the items to review.
A reference view for looking things up without being quizzed.
Progress and streaks: accuracy over time and your weakest items, stored only on your device.
Progress backup: move your progress to another device with a backup code or file.
Works offline once unlocked, and installs to your home screen or desktop.
Keyboard shortcuts, visible focus, a larger-interface setting, and dark mode.