Alfred's Basic Piano Library: Audio for Ear Training Book, Level 4: Digital Audio Download

This audio resource removes the guesswork from ear training at Level 4, giving your students immediate audio reference for every exercise in the workbook. Because it's designed by someone who has taught thousands of students and refined ear training pedagogy across multiple curricula, the audio demonstrates healthy execution and pacing. Your students can practice independently with confidence, knowing they're hearing the intended sound.

Clear, unhurried, and genuinely helpful. The audio meets each exercise on its own terms without rushing toward the next one, giving ears time to settle and notice details.

Students working through Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 4 ear training materials, whether in private lessons, class piano settings, or self-directed study. Teachers and parents supporting intermediate pianists who need reinforcement beyond written notation.

• Play the audio excerpt first without looking at the notation, asking students to identify intervals or patterns by ear alone before confirming visually.
• Loop individual exercises during practice sessions rather than rushing through the full track in one sitting; focused repetition builds stronger aural skills.
• Encourage students to sing or play along with the audio on their own instrument once they've identified what they're hearing.

Integrate this into your lesson structure by assigning specific tracks as part of weekly ear training homework, ensuring students arrive prepared and ready to discuss what they heard. Use it during group lessons or class piano to establish a shared reference point for interval recognition and melodic dictation exercises.

• Interval identification by ear (major and minor thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, sevenths, octaves)
• Melodic dictation at an intermediate level
• Pitch memory and retention
• Correlation between what is heard and what is notated
• Independence in self-directed ear training practice