Exercises from Becoming Talented by Isador Miller

Betal.

Daily practice for the inner ear and the inner eye. Pick an exercise to begin. New exercises will be added to each family over time.

Recorded solfège voice: “Solfege” samples by digifishmusic on Freesound, licensed CC BY 4.0. Trimmed and level-matched for Betal.

Keyboard Visualization

Individual Pitch Naming

The computer sings one solfège syllable at a time. Your only job is to see that key on the keyboard in your mind. Do stays on C, so do re mi fa so la ti do walk the white keys from C up to the next C. Add sharps and flats to bring in the black keys.

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Note order
Voice
Register
Syllable on screen
Black keys
Sharps and flats appear on screen as written, like do♯ or ti♭, and sound at their true pitch. They are sung on the plain syllable: do♯ is sung “do.” With both, each black key is spelled either way at random.
Keyboard guide

The picture is a crutch. Use it only until the keys appear on their own when you close your eyes. Fade out shows the keyboard at the start of a session and dissolves it over the first couple of minutes.

Tap a key to hear it sung.
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