Graham English

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OS X Widget scans your iTunes library, shows concert dates in your area

Mac OS X only: Freeware Dashboard widget OnTour scans your iTunes music library, letting you know when musicians you like are coming through your town.
If you don’t own a Mac and you’re a musician, it’s really time.
Click here to download.
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Ear Training Software and Freeware for Mac and PC

Ear Training Freeware For Mac
Aquallegro
Eartraining X – 2.7.1
Pitch Coach
Follow Me
Ear Training Freeware For Windows
Herken
Cross Platform and Opensource
Tete Ear Trainer
EarToner
InPitch
RPitch
hEar
Montessori Bells
Ear Trainer v2.0
My favorite: Practica Musica ($100-125 and cross platform)
BTW, I found these just like I normally do, by doing a search over at VersionTracker and SourceForge.net.
If you have found any of these to be useful, [...]

Internalize And Eternalize The Music By Transcribing Solos

A time honored tradition for learning the ins and outs of a specific discipline is by transcription. Monks transcribe sacred texts in order to internalize the teachings. Writers copy their favorite authors’ books in order to assimilate their style. And musicians will transcribe their favorite artists solos as a study in ear training and to [...]

Definition: Binaural Diplacusis

Binaural diplacusis or interaural pitch difference is the different perception of a single auditory stimulus by the two ears; the difference may be in tone (disharmonic d.) or in timing (echo d.).

ToneTester tests your ears for differences in how they hear pitches (“binaural diplacusis” or “interaural pitch difference”). You adjust a slider until your ears [...]