Earbuilder Help 

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Overview

Earbuilder is a very intuative program and is almost like playing a game really. The object of the software is to increase your ears sensitivity to certain pitches and get your ear in tune (he he I made a funny) with those pitches in a question and answer format. Let's take a look at how the main earbuilder screen is broken up.

We have broken the main screen up into 6 different sections.

Section 1: Caption Bar and Menu
The Caption bar displays the title while. The File menu has one option which is exit. Selecting the exit option will terminate the program. The Options menu has one option which is configuration. Selecting the configuration option will allow you to set midi options and software preferences. The Help menu has two option which are Earbuilder Help and about. Selecting Earbuilder Help will take you to the online help. Selecting About will display software credits and licensing information.

Section 2: Navigation bar
The Navigation bar allows you to navigate through the program. The Navigation bar is separated into groups which are Training, Library, and Profiles. Training is where you will go to train your ear and get ready for that big gig you've got coming up. The library is where you will go to create, edit, or delete any Intervals, Scales, or Chords that may need it. Lastly the Profiles group allows you to create,edit, or delete user profiles and viewing your stats for a selected profile.

Section 3: Main program and drill window
The main program window is where the screens are displayed when you click the subitems beneath a Navigation Bar Group. example... Clicking the Intervals button under the Training group will display the Intervals training screen.

Section 4: Status Bar
The Status Bar displays general information about intervals selected, which profile you are currently using and the progress of the autotrainer.

Section 5: Answer selection Bar
The Answer selection Bar is where your current stack of answers will reside depending on how many items you have selected for a training module (interval, scale, or chords). Just select your answer and the program will tell you in no uncertain terms is you are correct or incorrect.

Section 6: Common Drill Interface
The "Common Drill Interface" is shared between all training modules (intervals, scales, chords). Selecting the New button will randomly play a new interval, scale, or chord and populate the answer bar with some choices for you. Selecting the Repeat button will repeat the note(s) that were just played. If you give up and are frustrated you can always click on the Reveal button and your answer will be displayed in the memo box between the Reveal and Repeat buttons.

Now lets take a look at the library. The Library is where you will go to create, edit and delete intervals, scales, and chords. The program comes with enough intervals, scales and chords to keep you busy for quite a while, however for those of you who must have total control over configuring the editor we have provided you with the library. Lets take a look at how we create an interval. We have broken down the creation of an interval into its simpliest form. It is basically done by numbers and is mapped to the keyboard. Take a look at the other interval examples and it will become clear how to construct an interval. Scale construction is also simple with the inclusion of a virtual keyboard. The trickiest of the three construction methods is the chord construction and really it's not that tricky at all. Just make sure that if you want to flat a chordal tone you place the lower case b after the interval you want to flat, and a pound sign ( # ) for notes you want to sharp.

Examples...
Interval construction: Unison = 0; minor Second = 1 etc...
Scale construction: Major scale = WWHWWWH; minor scale = W,H,W,W,W,H,W etc...
Chord construction: Major Chord = 1,3,5 ; minor chord = 1,3b,5 ; 13 +11 = 1,7b,11#,13