Hear a note and name its scale degree in the current key, but a quiet cadence keeps shifting the tonic underneath you.
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How to play
A key is established, then notes are played one at a time and you name each note's scale degree (1 through 7) relative to the tonic. Every so often a soft cadence announces a key change, and you must re-anchor to the new tonic to keep naming degrees correctly.
Identify the degree (1-7, with solfege labels) of each prompted note
A 'key change' tag and cadence warn you when the tonic moves
Replay the note or hear the key again whenever you need; streaks raise your score
Controls
Desktop: press 1-7 to answer, Space or R to replay the note; or use the on-screen pad and Hear key button
Phone & tablet: tap the degree pad and the Replay / Hear key buttons
Game modes
Difficulty: Easy, Medium or Hard (more modulation)
Daily for a shared session, Practice for fresh ones
Tips & strategy
Sing the tonic to yourself and count up to the heard note rather than guessing
When the cadence plays, reset your mental tonic before the next note arrives
What you'll learn
Degrees is an ear-training game for functional listening, hearing notes as scale degrees within a shifting key.
For parents & teachers: hearing music functionally, by scale degree.
About Degrees
Degrees is an ear-training game for functional listening, hearing notes as scale degrees within a shifting key. It is an original, free browser game built in-house for PlayPendium.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
