Play what you hear

If you can hear a song but can't find the chords, more theory isn't the answer. Your ears are. This is how you bridge the gap between the music in your head and the notes on your instrument.

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The Beato Ear Training Method

My complete system for training your ears to recognize what they hear, so you can play it. 20 chapters and 180 interactive lessons that start as simple as telling two notes apart and build to naming every chord in a song.

$199.00 USD
$199.00 USD
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What to expect after purchasing:

We email your activation link immediately after purchase so you can start right away.

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One-time purchase

Pay once. No subscription, no recurring charges.

Lifetime access

All future updates free. Every one of Rick’s 112,000 students just got this rebuild at no charge.

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7-day money-back guarantee

Try it for seven days. If it’s not for you, we’ll refund your purchase.

  • 20

    chapters
    From foundational pitch work all the way to clusters.

  • 180

    lessons
    27 brand new. 58 with dedicated video instruction.

  • 3

    ways to train
    Listen, Practice, and Test modes on every lesson.

  • 1000s

    of audio examples
    Across every key, quality, and register.

The biggest project I've done in years

I rebuilt my entire Ear Training Method from scratch. A new platform, four brand new chapters, and 180 interactive lessons you run right in your browser. It's the best tool I've ever made for training your ears.

Rick Beato

Hear it once, play it back

Melodic Dictation is one of four brand new chapters, and it's the skill every musician wants. Hear a melody, then play it back note by note on an on-screen piano.

Miss something in practice mode and the program shows you the whole melody, what you got right, and what you missed. Every attempt teaches you something.

Three ways to train every lesson

Listen mode is new. Hear an example, see the answer right away, move on when you are ready. No scoring, no timer. Built for absorbing new sounds before you quiz yourself.

Practice mode gives you unlimited randomized examples with instant feedback. Test mode puts you on the clock and gives you a score.

What's new in the rebuild

  • Polyrhythm · NEW

    Learn to hear two rhythms pulling against each other and name what you're hearing.

  • Odd Meter · NEW

    Train your ear to lock onto 5s, 7s, and beyond. The meters that trip up most players.

  • Clusters · NEW

    The densest harmonies in the program. If you can hear through a cluster, you can hear through anything.

  • Interactive piano keyboard

    Answer by playing what you hear on an on-screen keyboard. It feels like an instrument, not a multiple choice quiz.

  • All new design with dark mode

    Cleaner, faster, and easier on the eyes for late night sessions. One tap to switch.

  • Instant access

    Buy it, get your activation email within seconds, set a password, start training. Nothing to install.

Starts with two notes. Ends with clusters.

Most ear training apps stop at intervals and chords. This program starts with deciding which of two notes is higher, and ends at polyrhythms, reharmonization, twelve tone rows, and clusters.

Nothing else on the market covers this range. The full lesson list is below.

112,000 students just got this upgrade. Free.

In 2019 I promised every student that all future chapters would be free. This month, every one of my 112,000 students got the entire rebuilt program in their account at no charge.

When I say lifetime access and free updates, I mean it. Buy it once. Own it forever.

It started with Dylan

In 2010 I discovered my son Dylan had perfect pitch. As we explored it, I realized that by combining the language of music theory with aural recognition practice, I could dramatically improve relative pitch in anyone.

I taught ear training and advanced music theory as a college professor. This method is everything I know about training ears, built into an interactive program.

Built like a training system, not a quiz app

  • Track everything

    Every score, best time, and per chapter average lives on your dashboard. You always know exactly where you stand.

  • Race the fastest ears in the world

    Post a perfect test score and go for a top 10 time on any lesson. Or keep your scores private. The leaderboard is opt in.

Train anywhere

The new platform runs in any modern browser on desktop, tablet, and phone. Nothing to install, no app to update.

Practice on the couch, at the studio, or on the bus.

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The Beato Ear Training Method

My complete system for training your ears to recognize what they hear, so you can play it. 20 chapters and 180 interactive lessons that start as simple as telling two notes apart and build to naming every chord in a song.

$199.00 USD
$199.00 USD
Sale Sold out

What to expect after purchasing:

We email your activation link immediately after purchase so you can start right away.

View full details

Every lesson in the program

  • Pitch

    Musical Aptitude
    Timbre Comparison

  • Intervals

    Harmonic: Seconds
    Melodic: Seconds
    Harmonic: Thirds
    Melodic: Thirds
    Harmonic: Fourths and Fifths
    Melodic: Fourths and Fifths
    Harmonic: Sixths
    Melodic: Sixths
    Harmonic: Sevenths
    Melodic: Sevenths
    Harmonic: Tritones and Major Sevenths
    All Intervals: Harmonic
    All Intervals: Melodic

  • Triads

    Major and Minor
    Major Triad Inversions
    Minor Triad Inversions
    Diminished and Augmented
    Diminished Triad Inversions
    Basic Triads
    Sus2 and Phrygian
    Sus4 and Lydian
    Advanced Triads
    All Triads
    Bonus: Sus4b5 and Locrian

  • Sevenths

    Maj7, Min7 and Dom 7
    Half dim7, Dim7
    Phrygian Maj7 and Maj7sus2
    Maj7sus4 and Lydian Maj7
    Dim Maj7 and Aug Maj7, Min Maj7
    Dom7sus4, Lydian Dom, Phrygian Dom
    All 7th Chords

  • Tonal Progressions

    Progressions #1
    Progressions #2
    Progressions #3
    Permutation Trainer: The "4 chords"
    Permutation Trainer: Imaj7 - iimin7 - IVmaj7 - V7
    Tonal Progressions Minor Key

  • Secondary Chords

    V of ii and V of iii
    V of IV and V of V
    V of vi and V of iii
    All Secondary Dominant Chords
    vii of ii and vii of iii
    vii of IV and vii of V
    vii of vi and vii of iii
    All Secondary Seventh Chords

  • Extended Chords

    Major add2 and Major add4
    Phrygian Minor and Lydian Minor
    Phrygian Major and Lydian Major
    Minor add9 and Minor add11
    Major6 and Major addb6
    Minor6 and Minor addb6
    All Added-Note Triads
    Major9, Major7#11 and Major13
    Minor9, Minor11 and Minor13
    MinMaj9, MinMaj11 and MinMaj13

  • Rhythm

    1 Note - Quarters
    2 Notes - Quarters
    3 Notes - Quarters
    4 Notes - Quarters
    Any # of Notes - Quarters
    4 Notes - Eights
    Any # of Notes - Eights
    4 Notes - Sixteenths
    Any # of Notes - Sixteenths

  • Scales

    Scale Trainer: Major Modes
    Ionian and Lydian
    Dorian and Aeolian
    Phrygian and Locrian
    Mixolydian and Mixolydian#11
    Scale Trainer: Melodic Minor Modes
    Melodic Minor and Locrian Natural 2
    Dorian b2 and Altered Dominant
    Mixolydian #11 and Mixolydian b6
    Lydian Augmented and Lydian
    Scale Trainer: Harmonic Minor Modes
    Harmonic Minor and Phrygian Major
    Ionian Augmented and Lydian #9
    Locrian Natural 6 and Dorian #4
    Altered Dominant bb7 and Altered Dominant
    Scale Trainer: Symmetric Scales
    Half Whole and Whole Half
    Whole Tone vs Augmented
    Scale Trainer: Pentatonic, Blues and Bebop
    Major Pentatonic and Major Blues
    Minor Pentatonic and Minor Blues
    Minor Bebop and Melodic Minor Bebop
    Major Bebop and Dominant Bebop

  • Modal Voicings

    Ionian and Lydian
    Dorian and Aeolian
    Phrygian and Locrian
    Mixolydian and Ionian
    All Major Modal Voicings
    Melodic Minor and Locrian Natural 2
    Dorian b2 and Altered Dominant
    Lydian Augmented and Lydian
    Mixolydian #11 and Mixolydian b6
    All Melodic Minor Modal Voicings
    Harmonic Minor and Phrygian Major
    Altered Dominant bb7 and Altered Dominant
    Locrian Natural 6 and Dorian #4
    Ionian Augmented and Lydian #9
    All Harmonic Minor Modal Voicings

  • Melodic Dictation NEW

    3-Note Stepwise
    3-Note with Skips
    4-Note Melodies
    Minor Melodies
    Major and Minor Mixed
    Chromatic Melodies
    All Melodies

  • Modal Harmony

    Modal Triads #1 - Major Tonic
    Modal Triads #2 - Major Tonic
    Modal Triads #3 - Major Tonic
    Modal Triads #4 - Major Tonic
    All Modal Triads - Major Tonic
    Modal Triads #1 - Minor Tonic
    Modal Triads #2 - Minor Tonic
    Modal Triads #3 - Minor Tonic
    Modal Triads #4 - Minor Tonic
    All Modal Triads - Minor Tonic
    Modal Harmony Progressions #1
    Modal Harmony Progressions #2
    Modal Harmony Progressions #3

  • Bitonal Harmony

    Major Triads: Basic
    Major Triads: Intermediate
    Major Triads: Advanced
    Major Triads: All
    Minor Triads: Basic
    Minor Triads: Intermediate
    Minor Triads: Advanced
    Minor Triads: All

  • Reharmonization

    Standard Reharms #1
    Standard Reharms #2
    Standard Reharms #3
    Standard Reharms #4
    Standard Reharms #5

  • Polyrhythm NEW

    Basic Polyrhythms
    Two-Beat Base
    Three-Beat Base
    Against Five
    Adjacent Ratios
    Count the Base Layer
    All Polyrhythms

  • Odd Meter NEW

    Simple Meters
    5/8 Groupings
    7/8 Groupings
    9/8 Groupings
    Name the Meter
    All Odd Meters

  • Polychords

    Major over Major: Basic
    Major over Major: Intermediate
    Major over Major: Advanced
    Minor over Major: Basic
    Minor over Major: Intermediate
    Minor over Major: Advanced
    Major over Minor: Basic
    Major over Minor: Intermediate
    Major over Minor: Advanced
    Minor over Minor: Basic
    Minor over Minor: Intermediate
    Minor over Minor: Advanced

  • Twelve Tone Harmony

    Pentatonic Single Octave
    Diatonic Single Octave
    Chromatic Single Octave
    Pentatonic Multi Octave
    Diatonic Multi Octave
    Chromatic Multi Octave

  • Inner Note Hearing

    Perfect Fifth Shell
    Flat Sixth Shell
    Major Sixth Shell
    Flat Seventh Shell
    Major Seventh Shell

  • Clusters NEW

    2-Note Clusters
    3-Note Clusters: Chromatic vs Whole-Tone
    3-Note Clusters: All Types
    4-Note Clusters: Chromatic vs Diatonic
    4-Note Clusters: All Types
    Count the Notes
    All Clusters

Questions

Is this a membership or a one-time purchase?

One-time purchase. Lifetime access, and all future updates are free. Every existing student just got this entire 2.0 upgrade at no charge.

What exactly do I get?

20 chapters, 180 interactive lessons, 58 with dedicated video instruction, thousands of real audio examples, a companion PDF booklet, and three ways to train every lesson: Listen, Practice, and Test.

I'm a beginner. Is this too advanced for me?

No. Lesson one is deciding which of two notes is higher. The program starts at the very beginning and builds from there. Listen mode lets you absorb new sounds before anything scores you.

I have perfect pitch. Will this help me?

Yes. It develops your relative pitch, which is critical for harmonic identification, and the advanced chapters like clusters, bitonal harmony, and modal voicings challenge even conservatory-level ears.

What devices does it work on?

Any modern browser on desktop, tablet, or phone. Nothing to install. Dark mode included.

How fast do I get access?

Within seconds. You'll get an activation email, set a password, and start training.

Will I be able to hear like Dylan?

If you practice to consistent 100% scores on each lesson, you will be able to do what he does from a relative pitch standpoint.

Your ears are the instrument.
Train them.

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