What is the difference between relative and absolute pitch?

Relative pitch is hearing how a note sits against a tonic — do, re, mi are relative, so the same phrase works in any key. That is the skill sol-fa trains and the one choral singers actually use. Absolute pitch is naming a note with nothing to compare it to. Both drills are here, but they are separate skills, not easy and hard versions of one.

Does this work in jianpu as well as sol-fa?

Yes. Switch the notation toggle and the same drills use numbered notation (1 2 3 4 5 6 7) instead of sol-fa syllables. Both are movable-do, so the drill is identical — only the way it is written changes.

Is it free, and do I need an account?

It is free and needs no account. The drills are generated in your browser, so there is no limit on how many you do. A free account only adds one thing: your practice streak follows you across devices instead of living in one browser.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Phrases are generated and played in your browser with the Web Audio API, so once the page has loaded it makes no further network calls. Useful for practising on a commute or anywhere with no signal.

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Ear training & sight-singing

Hear a phrase and tap it back, or read it and sing it. Movable-do sol-fa and jianpu, in any key — plus an absolute-pitch trainer. Free, unlimited, and it works on a phone.

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Built around movable do, not bolted on

Most ear trainers on the web are built for fixed-do or for interval names, and treat sol-fa as a labelling option. This one is the other way round: every phrase starts on doh and is scored on scale degrees, because that is how a choir actually reads. Change the key and the drill is unchanged, which is the entire point of a movable system, and the same phrases render in jianpu for anyone who reads numbers.

Two skills, kept apart

Relative pitch and absolute pitch are different abilities, so they are different drills here. The sol-fa drill gives you a tonic and asks where a note sits against it. The absolute drill gives you no key at all and asks you to name the pitch itself — one note at a time to start, scored on the note name rather than the octave.

A streak, because little and often wins

Finish a phrase and the day counts. Ten minutes daily will do more for your reading than an hour on Sunday, and the streak is there to make the daily part visible. It lives in this browser; a free DomiSol account carries it across your phone and your laptop.

When you want to write the music down rather than read it, the solfa converter and the guide to tonic sol-fa are the next stops.

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