A clear path to hearing, seeing, and being in tune!
ENGAGING PRACTICE • CONSTANT PROGRESS
Tuning Trainer is not only a path to better intonation for students, but also an engaging site that encourages meaningful practice and individual improvement. Many helpful practice tips, lessons, and exercises will guide musicians to a better and more enjoyable playing experience.
TUNING TRAINER CURRICULUM
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EAR-TRAINING
Exercises to develop pitch and intonation awareness. These interactive lessons provide limitless training opportunities on many levels that can be applied immediately.
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INTONATION FUNDAMENTALS
Bite-sized instrument-specific practice sessions for your students that provide audio and visual pitch references and informational strategies to improve intonation consistency and performance.
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INSTRUMENT TENDENCIES
Each instrument in the band has different pitch tendencies, and each individual instrument has unique variations on those tendencies. Pitch tendency analysis and pitch tendency guides help students truly understand their instrument.
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PROACTIVE INTONATION EXERCISES
Bringing all of these concepts together can truly foster terrific discussions in your classrooms. These exercises allow students to use their ear-training, intonation fundamentals, and instrument knowledge to see potential intonation issues before they arise.
BEFORE & AFTER
Listen to some real world examples of progress students make using Tuning Trainer techniques.
FULL ENSEMBLE
Listen to this advanced middle school perform an excerpt before and after using the Tuning Trainer techniques.
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BEGINNERS
Listen to these beginner trumpets perform fundamentals before and after using the Tuning Trainer techniques.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Tuning Trainer combines Ear Training, Audio-Visual Tuning (with a pitch reference and tuner), and instrument-specific knowledge to give students the full picture of how tuning works.
Exercises are created to be engaging and bite-sized so that a little work regularly goes a long way for a difference you and your students will hear.
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Step 1: Teachers will pay for and create a school account.
Step 2: Students will join that account using unique school code.From there, students do great work and the results show up in the teacher dashboard.
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All subscriptions include all lessons, connected student and teacher accounts, and practice tracking/analytics.
Subscriptions are tiered based on student numbers:
UNLIMITED PLAN ($300/yr. PER SCHOOL)
Unlimited student accounts within one school. Great for large programs.GREEN PLAN ($250/yr. PER SCHOOL)
Up to 200 student accounts within one school.BLUE PLAN ($200/yr. PER SCHOOL)
Up to 75 student accounts within one school.DISTRICT PLANS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE - Contact Us for Pricing
COMING IN DECEMBER - BEGINNER PLAN
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We will have a great starting group of lessons for all instruments on Sept. 1st. From there, Tuning Trainer will grow regularly, with the full catalog available by Dec. 1.
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YES! If you join us to start and grow with us, we will offer $50 off your first-year subscription.
Additionally, as a thank you for being an original customer and growing with us, you will receive that same discount next year when you renew!
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All levels of students can benefit from using Tuning Trainer. The curriculum is rich, deep, ever-growing, and interactive. As their playing abilities grow, their need for different concepts will change. Tuning Trainer is right there with them.
What about Beginning Students?
When it is available, we even recommend you utilize our Beginning Curriculum, as students can play in tune from the early stages with some guidance.
IN FACT, we believe it is terrific ear training and great for fundamental development for beginners to play in an environment that has a good pitch center from the early stages.