This entire body of research explains why apps like Solfege Story are so strongly suited to teach tonal perception, a required ability to play by ear.
It’s difficult to learn about tones and pitches in isolation, but when taken within context – for instance, a “context” can be a song’s melody – we can begin to identify the relation of each pitch to another and how they work in concert to pull the listener towards an intended outcome.
In other words, we begin to hear the musicality of the pitches as a meaningful whole.
Frontiers in Psychology: Familiar Tonal Context Improves Accuracy of Pitch Interval Perception
This entire body of research explains why apps like Solfege Story are so strongly suited to teach tonal perception, a required ability to play by ear.
It’s difficult to learn about tones and pitches in isolation, but when taken within context – for instance, a “context” can be a song’s melody – we can begin to identify the relation of each pitch to another and how they work in concert to pull the listener towards an intended outcome.
In other words, we begin to hear the musicality of the pitches as a meaningful whole.
Frontiers in Psychology: Familiar Tonal Context Improves Accuracy of Pitch Interval Perception
