Super-smart music for secondary schools.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC LEARNING MADE SIMPLE, SUPPORTIVE, STIMULATING.
Our platform equips your school to easily offer comprehensive courses for guitar, piano, drums and electric bass. Designed for learners to not only learn to play, but love to play.
The elevation of music education.
Holistic
curriculums.
Courses are benchmarked with Trinity and the Royal School of Music, plus we’ve added improvisation, ear training, and a broader range of genres to enrich students’ experience.
Flexible
learning methods.
The Ear’s platform can be used for teacher-led, blended or self-paced learning, depending on your school and students.
Measurable progress.
Our step-by-step “Listen-Learn-Practise-Play” method stimulates engagement, while dashboards and reports make it easy to track how students are advancing.
Active
learning.
Better engagement, practice and outcomes are promoted through interactive videos, unique guided practice, audio tracks, notation, quizzes and assessments.
Resources
and training.
Access to teaching resources, tools and materials empowers even non-specialist staff to teach inspiring, high-quality music education.
Academic and emotional wellbeing.
Learning music has been proven to promote better academic results in non-music subjects, 21st century skills like creativity, and positive mental health.
Highlights
- Instrumental courses transform your curriculum, igniting learners’ enthusiasm and developing their musicality.
- Our proven “Listen, Learn, Practise, Play” method fosters inclusion, letting every learner experience the joy of making music.
- Easily track learners’ progress on simple, informational dashboards.
Watch the teacher demo video.
When you join The Ear Academy, you’ll get instructional videos like this one, which familiarises teachers with our platform and resources.
Watch it now to see how it works and what you get.
Watch the learner demo video.
When your learners join The Ear Academy, they’ll get instructional videos like this one, which shows them what they get with The Ear, and how to use it. Watch it now to get a feel for how students experience The Ear.
Frequently asked questions
These are the instruments that are currently available:
- Guitar
- Piano
- Electric bass
- Drum kit
We also have more instruments in development, which we'll announce soon.
A ‘playground’ is a structured learning environment within a course, designed to make music education engaging and interactive. Each playground consists of steps where learners immerse themselves in music, engage with interactive materials that encourage active learning, and perform with backing tracks.
Within a playground there are distinct facets, designed to provide a comprehensive music education experience. The facets are:
1. Tunes: Learners learn to play musical pieces, enhancing their technical skills and familiarity with different styles.
2. Etudes: These are focused pieces that target specific skills or techniques, helping learners develop precision and expression.
3. Exercises: Instrumental workouts, such as scales and arpeggios, to build foundational skills and muscle memory.
4. Songs: Learners learn well-known songs with backing tracks, integrating rhythm and melody.
5. Improvisation: Encourages creativity and spontaneity, allowing learners to explore musical ideas freely.
6. Ear Training: Develops the ability to recognise and reproduce musical sounds, enhancing auditory skills.
7. Theory: Provides an understanding of the theoretical concepts behind music, supporting informed playing and composition.
These complementary facets work together to offer a holistic and immersive learning experience that develops learners’ skills across various dimensions of music.
Every playground includes comprehensive materials like syllabi, interactive sheet music, video lessons, audio resources, and Shedding Sessions.
Shedding Sessions are guided practice sessions, created exclusively for Ear Academy learners, and provided in video format, where a piece of music is broken down into smaller segments to enhance learning.
During these sessions, a musician in the video plays a small unit of music, and the learner repeats it, gradually increasing the length of each unit as they become more comfortable. This method helps improve learners’ ear-hand coordination and musical memory by allowing them to focus on manageable sections of music before putting the entire piece together.
Absolutely. The Ear Academy offers resources for both specialist and non-specialist music teachers, tailored to suit your teaching style.
The Ear Academy is developing lessons and resources that cater to different levels of musical skill, making it suitable for secondary school learners who are starting out or looking to deepen their understanding of music.
We currently have Intro Level available on our platform, which caters to new players. We are also developing Levels 1 and 2, which are for more experienced learners.
The sweet sound of affordability.
The Ear’s pricing is highly cost-effective and is based on the size of your school.
You can also request a free 14-day trial.