Ear Training VIII - Echoing Four Randomly Generated Notes

This month’s ear training exercise increasing the chain of randomly played notes to four. I found this to be a considerable increase in difficult. Everything I mentioned last month about having to focus more on remembering sounds is amplified in this exercise. Because the challenge of this exercise lies in memory and not an instantaneous response, I find that, more than anything, being able to maintain my focus is the most reliable predictor of success. For that reason I have found it useful to play with the duration of the exercise; the longer it is, the more difficult it will be to maintain the needed focus.

You can see me play this exercise here and download the code for it here. To use the code, simply open the code in Supercollider, select the Language tab, and click ‘evaluate file’.