Can you name this instrument, from its sound? On opening this screen you should hear a little catch phrase played on an orchestral instrument. Your task is to recognize the instrument, and, if you want to keep your score, you can select your chosen instrument from the drop down box entitled Select the instrument that you can hear. You may type the first letters to get there quicker. If you are wrong, a sad teary face will appear, but if you are right, a happy one pops up instead. Your score card is updated.
Click the blue button Try recognizing a new instrument to listen to another sound. Click the green button Listen to the same one again if you need to keep listening to the sound. If you are unable to recognize the sound, click the reddish button Tell me what it is please.
Instrument sounds are arranged in groups, such as Orchestral, World, Pop and jazz, etc. You can click one of the option buttons at top left to select a group. Random instrument sounds will only belong to your selected group, and the drop-down box will reflect the sounds in this group.
One of the option buttons is My favourites. You can make your own selection of instruments to be your favourites. from MENU -> Musicology -> Instruments. Then if you select My Favourites option above, you will only be tested on your own favourite instruments.
For many of the instruments in the MIDI set of 128, a picture will appear if you get it right, or if you ask to be told. Also, you may click the yellow button Go to a screen with details of this instrument, in order to see the Musicology information about the current instrument.