TonicSense
tonicsense.bsky.social
TonicSense
@tonicsense.bsky.social
Creator of tonicsense.com. Slooowly learning to play piano. Middle sister. Eric Clapton fan. Retired software tester.
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Yesterday I experimented to see if NotebookLM could make a video based on my site's content. Hated it. Tried for slide decks and infographics. Garbage. This was the only usable output so I made it a video. But I'm not pleased. Based on tonicsense.com

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The Power of Movable Do
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December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Tonic Sense: Melodic dictation ear training to teach relative pitch recognition. Watch a tour: youtu.be/6p58v87ZJpU

Come test drive a new website where ear training exercises play a short sample of a tune, then you have to play it back. Tonic Sense is in beta.

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Melodic dictation ear training to teach relative pitch recognition
YouTube video by If You Practice
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November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The blog still needs to be integrated better into the site, but I'm trying to get in the habit of posting there.

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How Tonic Sense Lessons Actually Work
The app has three different pages of lessons, one for each learning method. You pick which method you want to work on and go to that page.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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In Tonic Sense solfege lessons you listen to each melody and play it back by clicking the syllables. This is good for all musicians: singers, people who play any instrument, and people who communicate about music with other musicians. (Movable Do)

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Melodic Dictations - Tonic Sense Mid-Length Patterns Lesson
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November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Working slowly through 8 notes of melodic dictation in F. (1:11)

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Tonic Sense - Have Thine Own Way, Lord - Keyboard
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November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
New blog post about why Tonic Sense exists. Basically I couldn't find an ear training app that drilled me on what I needed, & I spent way too long lying in bed thinking about what the right app would look like. Then AI coding became a thing and I figured, why not try? tonicsense.com/blog/why-i-b...
Why I Built My Own Ear-Training App Instead of Using the Dozen That Already Exist
But I didn’t just want to do solfege, I also wanted to have to play what I heard on a piano keyboard in any key demanded of me.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Wish you could play by ear? It takes practice. Start by listening to short, easy melody lines and practice playing them back. TonicSense is the app for that.

Completely free during the beta test period at tonicsense.com.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM