Ella: Learn sight-singing and pitch accuracy

Available on iPhone, iPad and Mac

Ella helps you train your ear and voice through sight-singing exercises. It gives real-time feedback using your microphone and tracks your progress as you improve.

Ella collections: introduction, intervals, scales, arpeggios, tunes, AP exam and melodies

An expansive library of games

Learning path for guided study

Detailed feedback

The app I’ve been looking for!
Yes yes yes this app deserves 5+ stars! I’ve been so excited about this. It’s so challenging and so rewarding. I sing professionally, but I’ve never been a sight singer. This app, paired with in-person lessons, is helping me get better than I ever imagined I could!

RrrozellXhene · App Store United States

Absolutely Brilliant!
I’ve only had this for a couple of days but my sight singing is already improving! I’ve always played instruments and love to sing but have never tried to master sight singing. Now I am working my way up the path on this app which is clear and systematic and I’m addicted. Thank you!!

Eternaloptimist79 · App Store United Kingdom

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Questions? Answers.

What is Ella?

Ella is a sight singing app that helps you improve your musical ear with fun and engaging exercises. Ella uses the microphone on your device to detect your pitch and provide accurate evaluation and feedback.

What is sight singing and why should I focus on it?

Sight singing is the practice of singing notated music that you have never seen or heard before. In addition to being a useful skill in choirs and other musical scenarios, sight singing is a powerful ear training tool. By practicing sight singing, you can better internalize music theory concepts like scales, intervals, and chords. You can deepen your understanding of notation and rhythm, and in turn improve your compositional and improvisational skills.

What are the different modes of Ella?

The two modes of Ella are the Path and the Collections.

In the Path Ella will guide you slowly through levels that gradually increase in difficulty. This is a great place to start as a beginner.

In the Collections you can work independently on a variety of topics like intervals, scales, and tunes. This is a great place to start if you want to work on singing specific musical concepts.

Where should I start on Ella?

If you are a beginner, we highly recommend starting at the beginning of the Path. You can also try ‘Introduction’ in the Collections.

If you are an intermediate or advanced singer, we recommend jumping ahead in the Path by playing the Jump Ahead game at the start of each unit. We also recommend exploring the Collections.

Can you guide me through an exercise?

Open a game in the Path or the Collections.

You will see a staff with a notated melody and hear the first note. Your goal is to sing back what you see.

If you need help, tap any note to hear it, or tap ‘Preview’ to listen to the whole question. You can also tap ‘Tonic’ to hear the tonic of the key.

When you’re ready to sing, tap ‘Record’, and a metronome will count you in.

As you sing, a line shows your intonation, and you can watch the on-screen tuner to check your pitch. Ella stops automatically when you finish the question. Don't tap ‘Stop’ unless you need to start over.

When you finish a question, you’ll get a score and an analysis of your recording. Tap ‘Review’ to listen to the whole question, or tap any note to hear it on its own.