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Nov 05, 12:02 in ToneGym Olympics

Progressions Champ Winner, Nov. 2nd - Nov. 5th:

1st: @Beto Ojeda 77 pts
2nd: @Beto Ojeda 70 pts
3rd: @Nikolay Kutkovoy 66 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.tonegym.co/contest/view?id=21U1ZO0EIEH

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J K
Nov 02 in ToneGym Cafe

Does anyone actually get value out of Notationist? What exactly are we supposed to be learning?

At first I thought it was teaching me to sight read which is a pretty useful skill. Now it feels like it's trying to teach me to... tell which two note are furthest apart... which isn't a useful skill.

If you can't sight read exceptionally well, why on Earth would you need to be able to instantly recognize what a written P4 is vs a P5? It's one of those games where, if all you want is a high score, you can easily get it without learning anything so.... what am I supposed to be learning?

It's by far my highest lvl game and by far the game I've gotten the least out of.

Help D:

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Victor Wilburn
Nov 04, 18:01

Yes, I find the chord recognition levels to be a valuable challenge. You really have to know deep in your bones where there are half-steps between subsequent notes on the staff and where there are whole steps, and what that means for what the sharps and flats (or lack thereof) do to a chord based on its position in the staff.

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Benjamin Buckley
Nov 05, 00:46

Since I play piano, it's definitely useful for me to be able to read intervals and chords instead of just notes.

I would also say that, when I do have to sight-read while singing, once I know my starting note, reading intervals is a lot more useful than reading individual notes (i.e. unless you have perfect pitch, knowing the next jump is up a perfect 4th is a lot more useful than knowing the next note is a G).

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Ludmila Kulakova
Nov 05, 11:51

But actually, when I'm guessing these intervals between notes, I kind of sing them out loud. I can't really guess them any other way yet. I guess this is what helps develop that note-singing skill

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ToneGym
Nov 05, 08:40 in ToneGym Official

Congrats @gabriel nodet for winning the Silver Ears Award!

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ToneGym
Nov 04, 17:56 in ToneGym Official

Congrats @henrique ett for winning the Golden Ears Award!

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ToneGym
Nov 02 in ToneGym Olympics

Intervals Champ Winner, Oct. 29th - Nov. 2nd:

1st: @John Huang 62 pts
2nd: @Beto Ojeda 55 pts
3rd: @Cuantas Vacas 44 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.tonegym.co/contest/view?id=L1XDJ5PHYDT

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 02

Congratulations!!

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ToneGym
Nov 02 in ToneGym Official

Congrats @David Ryles for winning the Silver Ears Award!

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J K
Nov 02

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 02

Congratulations!!

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ToneGym
Nov 02 in ToneGym Official

Congrats @연우 정 for winning the Silver Ears Award!

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J K
Nov 02

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 02

Congratulations!!

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ToneGym
Oct 29 in ToneGym Official

ToneGym Hero: Pierre Thalamy

Fingerstyle guitarist, new dad, and self-confessed cheese obsessive from the heart of Comté country, Pierre Thalamy never expected to make music at all. He grew up as a devoted listener in a family where nobody played. In his mid-twenties, a roommate’s ukulele turned into Yousician lessons, then a guitar, then a couple of years of gathering dust. When he came back, he wanted to understand what he was playing, not just copy songs.

With 10-minute practice sessions squeezed into fatherhood, lullabies that quietly trained his singing, and ear training on the walk to childcare, he found that the “innate” musical ear he thought he lacked could be built one interval at a time. @Pierre Thalamy is this month’s ToneGym Hero!

Meet Pierre: https://www.tonegym.co/blog/item?id=pierre-thalamy

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 01

@Pierre Thalamy. Thank you for sharing your musical journey with us Your dedication is amazing the way you incorporate music into your life and use little pieces of time to keep your musical journey going forward. Early days…. An exciting musical journey ahead!!

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ToneGym
Oct 27 in ToneGym Official

@Ilija Nedelkovski is now a ToneGym certified member. Congratulations Ilija!!

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Colin Aiken
Oct 29

Big Congratulations!

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 01

Congratulations!!

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ToneGym
Oct 27 in Basic Music Theory

Congrats @Oualid Hamza for completing the 'Music Theory Basics' program!

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Colin Aiken
Oct 29

Good work!

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 01

Congratulations!!

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ToneGym
Oct 29 in ToneGym Official

@Gary Kelly is now a ToneGym certified member. Congratulations Gary!!

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Colin Aiken
Oct 30

Big Congratulations!

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 01

Congratulations!!

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ToneGym
Oct 29 in ToneGym Olympics

Inversions Champ Winner, Oct. 26th - Oct. 29th:

1st: @John Huang 55 pts
2nd: @Beto Ojeda 42 pts
3rd: @Cuantas Vacas 34 pts

See complete standings:
https://www.tonegym.co/contest/view?id=7G0TJE2LK2C

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Colin Aiken
Oct 30

Awesome work!

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 01

Congratulations!!

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ToneGym
Oct 31 in ToneGym Official

@Gary Kelly won the Championship. Congrats for winning!

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Colin Aiken
Nov 01

Big Congratulations!

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 01

Congratulations!!

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ToneGym
Oct 30 in ToneGym Official

Congrats @Ellen van 't Klooster for winning the Silver Ears Award!

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Colin Aiken
Nov 01

Bravo!

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Kathy Anderson
Nov 01

Congratulations!!!

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