GNU Solfege is an ear training program written in Python intended to help musicians improve their skills and knowledge. It provides exercises in recognising musical intervals, chords, scales and rhythms. It is free software and part of the GNU Project.
GNU Solfege is available for Linux, Windows, and OS X.
History Amundsen began writing Solfege in the first quarter of 1999 while studying at the Malmö Academy of Music. He started the project after seeing a request on the GNU website for an ear-training program for music students. Solfege became an official part of the GNU Project on 18 June 2000.
The 3.22 series used Python 2 and PyGTK. When announcing version 3.22.2 in October 2013, Amundsen described work on a port to PyGObject and GTK 3. Development release 3.23.4, announced on 24 June 2016, used Python 3.4 and GTK 3. Its release notes listed support for GNU/Linux and Windows, with additional setup required to run it on OS X. Exercises
Recognize melodic and harmonic intervals Compare interval sizes Sing the intervals the computer asks for Identify chords Sing chords Sing tone from chords: root, third, fifth, etc. Scales Dictation Rhythm dictation Remembering rhythmic patterns Theory: name intervals and scales Cadences Intonation Identify harmonic progressions
This software was made in such way that it is possible for the user to customize the existing exercises or create new ones.
See also Ear training Music theory Solfège
References
External links
Fedora 16 documentation GNU Solfege's entry in the Free Software Foundation's directory Portable version of GNU Solfege from PortableApps.com for Windows that runs without needing to be installed