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Aural Idiom Drill: Excellent for practicing harmonic dictation.

Good Ear: Contains solfège mapping, interval identification, and cadence identification. Allows students to track their progress.

EarTrainer 2: Tests interval and chord identification at varying degrees of difficulty. Students must register for this site, but registration is free.

Ricci Adams' MusicTheory.net: Contains interval and chord identification, as well as some resources that may be useful for written theory.

Teoria: Includes interval identification as well as melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation. Be sure to stay within "diatonic harmony" on the website for MUSC1121.

The Musical Mind: Tests interval identification, melodic dictation, and is especially good for solfège mapping. Students should use the "traditional names" option when drilling intervals.

Big Ears: Includes only interval identification. While this is a useful site, it lacks the sound quality of some of the others listed here.

Interactive Applet Skills Test: Contains interval and chord identification, and melodic dictation. This site is especially iseful for two-voice dictation. While it contains many other sections than those listed here, it is suggested that students stick within Chords, Intervals, and Melody.

SolFi Ear Trainer Pro: Note that this site contains an app available for download to iPhones or iPads only. Tests interval and chord identification, as well as melodic dictation.

Diktus: Contains only rhythmic dictation.

Extra Help: Contains a variety of materials made by one of the Aural Skills instructors at CU for extra practice in this course.

Additionally, students may wish to visit the Comprehensive Ear Training Software List. The result of a Master's Thesis at Michigan State, this list surveys over 60 programs. It is not kept up-to-date, so students may have to try a few links before finding one that works.