About Tone Reproduction
Hear a note, sing it back. The ear-to-voice link is the foundation of singing in tune — if you can’t reproduce a pitch you hear, you can’t reliably hit one you read. This drill isolates that link and gives you immediate feedback on every attempt.
The setup
- A reference note plays for about a second.
- You sing it back — in any octave that fits your voice.
- Matching is pitch class: we’re asking “is this an A, regardless of which octave,” not whether you matched the exact frequency played.
How to use it
- Tap to start. Grant microphone access if prompted.
- The reference plays. When it stops, sing it back — sustained, on any vowel.
- A sparkline shows the cents-off trace of your sung pitch (octave-folded against the target) in real time.
- Within ±50 cents of the target pitch class counts as correct — a quarter-tone tolerance, which is roughly the threshold below which most listeners wouldn’t call you out of tune.
What you’re actually drilling
The lowest-level loop in singing: hear → produce. By folding octaves out, the drill stays accessible regardless of your vocal range. Add the note-on-staff layer with BetterAtSinging once this feels solid.
Per-note tracking
Your Account page surfaces the pitch classes you reproduce least accurately, along with the median cents-off — so you can see whether a particular note tends to come out flat or sharp.