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From: Jermaine Griggs

Re: New Ear-Training Software Drastically Improves Playing by Ear

Dear Musician,

What if you could train your ear right on the computer?

I'm not just talking about the computer playing notes while you type correct answers ( ...nor am I talking about clicking notes on a screen for hours).

I'm talking about a revolutionary system that has been carefully designed with advanced intelligence that knows exactly what questions to ask you based on which exercises you get right and wrong.

A learning tool that drills you on notes, scales, chords, intervals, and even allows you to sing and mimic what you hear (using the microphone on your computer or a usb headset mic). In fact, you'll be able to connect a small midi keyboard and answer the questions interactively.

A system strategically broken into six steps (from singing what you hear to determining what notes and chords are being sounded by either typing, clicking, or using your midi keyboard).

... A private tutor that will never get tired of you. It doesn't matter how much you fail or have to repeat a level. It will keep dishing out as many random questions as you can handle. P.I.T.C.H. is patient by nature (obviously) so you never have to worry about being embarrassed, laughed at, or charged more for additional time. Meet your first electronic ear-training tutor!

Okay...

At this point, you may be wondering, "How does a system like this help me in the real-world away from my computer?"

That's a great question.

     I'll tell you right now --- the keys to effective training are repetition, interaction, and feedback!

     Some programs allow you to listen to tapes in the car. Sure enough, there may be repetition. The tape may also pause for you to interact --- but there is no direct feedback. Who's there to really tell you if you're singing or choosing the right note?

     As far as I'm concerned, if your ear is bad when you first start these programs, why should your ear be relied on to determine whether you sang the right note or not? That poses a problem for some musicians.

    Then there's live music teachers. Of course, with a teacher, you'll get interaction and feedback. Will you get repetition, though? Well, perhaps for 15 minutes or so and once a week, unless you have mega bucks to shell out for longer sessions. Also, keep in mind that ear-training might only be a portion of your 30-minute to 1-hour session. So what do you do between your lessons?

Quite frankly, I believe "repetition is the mother of skill." It's just human nature that if you repeat something time and time again (with constructive feedback), you'll get good at it!

    That's where software  like HearandPlay^TM P.I.T.C.H. comes in --- that will allow you to pick a lesson, use your mic (if a singing level), connect your keyboard (if an interactive level), and get feedback during each session.

     If you choose the wrong answer, the system tells you immediately and makes you complete more questions to compensate for your wrong answers. If you keep getting wrong answers, the system works with you until your ear develops.

     Because the system is designed with advanced intelligence, you can rely on it to keep giving you questions to strengthen areas you appear to be weak in. That's the beauty of P.I.T.C.H.!

     You can't cheat this system (like you can do with tapes and CDs). Yes, you can skip lessons but you won't get the "MASTERED" stamp of approval unless you complete each lesson in order with a certain amount of consistent correct answers. That means, you'll never get "ahead of yourself" and your chances of becoming frustrated because you've skipped to a section you can't handle will be lessened. It also randomizes the questions so you never get the same exercise more than once.

     With most audio courses, you may start to memorize the order of the questions, therefore minimizing the effectiveness of the sessions after time (which means repetition isn't really effective "REPETITION"). You can also easily put in another tape or CD and skip concepts without really letting them sink in. With P.I.T.C.H., you get true repetition (and the enjoyable type) as you can return to any past lesson for review and get a set of fresh questions in random order, which means an unlimited amount of training.

     ...And because P.I.T.C.H. continues to give you fresh questions in random order, every lesson is unique, even if it takes you 20 rounds to complete each of them!

     All of this is not to say that any of the alternative methods above are ineffective. I've had the privilege to use all of them, personally.

     But we also know that technology tends to change the way we do things. Technology makes processes more efficient and saves us time and money. In this case, it allows you to have your very own ear-training tutor that was strategically built with repetition, interaction, and feedback in mind!

I know you're dying to find out how the program works and we'll get to the functional details in just a moment...

...But first, I want to spend one second sharing with you just how powerful this software is (even for a beginner).

Finally, an interactive system that trains you at your own pace... your own schedule... for as long as you want!

• Discover the power of repetition and how using P.I.T.C.H. will allow you to master melodies, chords, and progressions in a matter of weeks!




• What music teachers don't want you to know about ear-training. The keys to self-training at your own pace with no hourly charge.




• How to distinctively recognize tones from the major and minor scales.




• How to mimic melodies from different scale tones (with a measuring bar that tells you how close you are to the note you're singing).




• How to instantly recognize intervals like perfect fourths and fifths. If you know anything about music, you know that an overwhelming majority of songs move in fourths and fifths.




• The differences between melodic and harmonic intervals and how to hear the individual notes that make up both.




• How to unlock your ear to hear the individual notes of a chord (even the notes in the middle that aren't easily recognizable).




• The solfege system: You'll be asked to sing random degrees of a scale (like "DO" or "RE" or "LA"). Learn to effortlessly sing any tone of the scale without a piano.




• Learn how to recognize the distance between perfect intervals versus major and minor intervals. It takes mastery of both the perfect and major/minor intervals to play your favorite songs!




• Use your own midi keyboard to pick out the right keynotes of melodies, scales, and chords!




• Start slow, but end fast by adjusting your speed settings. Master each exercise, then return to past lessons with all-new random questions at a faster speed (intermediate or advanced)!




• Learn to recognize other instrument sounds (piano, keyboard, horns, strings, woodwinds, guitar, bass, etc). Over 10 different sounds to choose from!

The missing element in your daily practice is finally here!

• Master everything from ascending and descending seconds to major seventh intervals.




• Learn to recognize single notes, 3-note melody lines, and various major and minor triads.




• Drill yourself on the differences between the unison,  major second, major third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth, major sixth, major seventh, and octave scale degrees.




• Easily differentiate between major and minor intervals (like the minor third vs the major third ... or the major sixth vs minor sixth).




• Test yourself on chromatic intervals and melodies.




• Learn how to pick out every tone of the major and minor scale by just relying on one note!




• Learn to sing the most commonly played intervals in music. If you can sing them, you'll be able to hear them --- and as you know, if you can hear them, you should be able to play them!




• Learn the make-up of chords by studying the individual intervals that create them!




• Move from step to step, from level to level, as your ear develops more. You're destined to see gradual improvements in your ear as you master each level!




• Develop a professional ear for music by studying scale degrees, melodic and harmonic intervals, and various chords!




• Understand the relationship between various pitches. These relationships are what create the melodies and chordal movements you hear in your all-time favorite songs.

Why Ear-Training? Let me explain...

Ear-Training:

• Allows you to ultimately play all your favorite songs by ear and improvise without sheet music.




• Frees you up to play what you feel (... to solo, improvise, transpose, and more).




• Helps you to know exactly what's going on in a song without actually being at your instrument.




• Helps you to remember melodies and chords because you aren't relying totally on memorization but you hear intervals in your head and understand how they work.




• Through the use of our singing option, you'll improve your ability to sing various melodies and intervals. You'll even be able to sing 3 and 4-note chords broken up into single notes.




• Ear-training is the ultimate way to excel as a musician, regardless of the style or instrument you play!

Want to train your ear today? Ok, Simple.
Turn on your computer, click the P.I.T.C.H. software and you're ready to start where you left off!

• Stay focused and on time with P.I.T.C.H.'s convenient session timer. Choose between 10, 15, and 20-minute sessions! Believe it or not, it doesn't take hours at a time to build your ear. Just small consistent sessions.




• Failure is not an option. P.I.T.C.H. will ask you as many questions as you need to complete a lesson. When you get a question wrong, you'll have to go back to the beginning and answer more questions until you've officially mastered it! Through painless repetition, you'll be unlocking your ear more and more!




• Never lose track of your progress. P.I.T.C.H. keeps up with the lessons you've completed by putting a "MASTERED" label next to its title. When you load the program, it automatically starts you from the last lesson you mastered.




• Shows answers of each question in multiple formats: You'll see answers as regular letters (like "C E G") and on the grand staff (for those that sight read).




• Allows you to complete future lesson but doesn't allow you to officially master lessons out of order. Optimal results are realized when you take each lesson, step-by-step!




• Answers can be shown at any time by simply clicking the answers button.




• Having trouble hearing the interval? You can always refer to a reference note button that'll play middle C. As you build your relative pitch, you'll be able to relate what you're hearing to the reference note, "C."




• Quick tips: Convenient on-screen tips to make sure you're taking full advantage of the software.




• Three convenient speeds: Beginner, intermediate, and advanced. The program will move only at the speed that you're comfortable with!




• Connect your microphone and P.I.T.C.H. will tell you exactly what note you're singing and whether you're sharp or flat (with a graphical meter bar that follows your voice).




• Use a midi keyboard to answer questions. If you don't have a midi keyboard, you can always type your answer in or click the appropriate note with your computer mouse.

  
  

• Compete against other Hearandplay^TM Zone members (coming soon in the next software update)!

Why P.I.T.C.H. ?

PITCH IDENTIFICATION TRAINING for COMPETENT HEARING

Why I trust you on the "Honor System"

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Obviously, I'm taking a risk by giving the first 500 students a copy of my newest software, P.I.T.C.H. for just $2.95. Since this is the first time I've offered a direct-download online, I wanted to make the deal irresistible. In other words, I wanted to take on most of the risk, in exchange for wide acceptance of my latest online resource.

But here's why I think I can trust you:

I firmly believe in giving people more than they pay for. And I do my best to demonstrate this every month --- by sharing my most valuable concepts, principles, tips, and tricks in my monthly HearandPlay.com newsletter, even though it's free. Other resources include my free online lessons, my blog, my latest community site, my e-mail follow up lessons, my chord tool, exclusive interviews, and more!

Of course, if you've USED any of my tips and tricks, you've benefited greatly... so you know this for a fact.

Well, in my experience, few people will take advantage of someone who's been generous to them. That's why I believe I can trust you on the "honor system."

And that's why I had wrestled with myself for a long time on whether or not to give the best deal I've ever offered online. In fact, this is the first time I've ever handed you something for a small fee upfront before asking you for any decision.

And if for some reason you're not thrilled with what you see, contact us by e-mail or call us at 1-877-856-4187 within 7 days and pay nothing more.

 

Be one of the first 500 people to claim your $2.95 Trial for 7 days...

...And I'll throw in these 2 Bonus Gifts, valued at $116 --- but yours FREE!

If you are already excited about what you'll be able to accomplish with my P.I.T.C.H. software, then I think you might fall out of your seat when you read what else I'm including.

As you know by now, I can only offer the first 500 students a copy of my P.I.T.C.H. software (...or else too many will reserve it at this ridiculously low price and I won't be nearly as successful selling it at $97 upfront when the time comes).

... But not only am I offering you a risk-free trial of P.I.T.C.H. for just $2.97, but I'm throwing in 2 bonus items:

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Let's Wrap this Up

Let me ask you this: What if this software helps you to finally unlock your ear to play all the chords and songs you've been wanting to play for the longest? What would that be worth to you?

What is it worth to you to be able to improvise ... to hear a melody, scale, or chord and be able to play it ... to hear a pattern of chords on the radio and be able to imitate exactly what you hear. What is that worth to you?

I can't answer this question for you but I can say this:

I wish I had this kind of software when I was first learning. I bet I could have easily shaved five or more years off my learning curve. Perhaps, we'll share this belief very soon.

At $2.95, I'm literally opening the door for *anyone* to try this software risk-free. You'll be able to immediately download it and start right away.

• No shipping costs (especially for our increasing overseas student population)

• No wait time

• No hourly charge

• All interaction and fun!