Training Feature Overview

FlowBeats training categories, question logic, and progress behavior

Training provides built-in question-based exercises for focused listening practice. It is different from the Practice page: Practice is for arranging sections into a rehearsal flow, while Training is for hearing a prompt, answering, getting immediate feedback, and progressing through levels.

The current version includes two training categories: Rhythm and Melody. More categories can be added later, but each category follows the same basic flow: choose a category, enter a level, listen to the prompt, submit an answer, review the result, and finish the set to receive accuracy and a rating.

Basic Flow

Each training category contains multiple levels. After you start a level, FlowBeats generates a set of questions and automatically plays the current prompt. You can replay the prompt, and some melody questions also allow individual note replay to help you confirm what you heard.

After submitting an answer, the screen shows whether it was correct. When the set is complete, FlowBeats calculates accuracy from the number of correct answers and assigns a rating. The first level in each category is available by default; later levels depend on progress and subscription access.

Rhythm Training

Rhythm training focuses on rhythm pattern recognition. A question plays a short rhythm, and you choose the matching rhythm pattern from the available options.

It helps build stable rhythm recognition, especially the ability to hear where notes and rests occur and to distinguish similar rhythm patterns. It focuses on identifying what you hear, not editing rhythm patterns inside the question.

Melody Training

Melody training improves pitch awareness and short melodic memory. The current Melody category includes three question types: melodic direction, melody ordering, and interval recognition.

These exercises train more than single-note recognition. They help you judge pitch movement, remember short melodic sequences, and identify common interval distances. As levels progress, questions gradually increase note count, pitch range, and answer-choice scope.

Question Types

Rhythm Pattern Recognition

Rhythm pattern recognition questions play a short rhythm, then show several rhythm-pattern options below the prompt. Choose the pattern that matches the accents, rests, and overall rhythm shape you heard.

When solving the question, focus first on where the notes land: which beats contain sound, which positions are silent, and whether the rhythm moves evenly or includes syncopation. If the prompt is unclear, replay it before submitting.

Melodic Direction

Melodic direction questions play a small group of notes. The question area shows blank contour slots, and the answer choices represent movements such as upward, downward, repeated, or combined contours. Fill the slots according to how the pitch moves from one note to the next.

You do not need to name exact pitches. Compare each neighboring pair: if the next note is higher, choose upward; if it is lower, choose downward; if it stays the same, choose repeated. For longer prompts, judge the movement step by step instead of relying only on the overall start and end.

Melody Ordering

Melody ordering questions play a short melody, then show note labels and a row of order slots. Tap the note labels in the order you heard them, place them into the slots, and submit when the sequence is complete.

This question type requires both pitch awareness and short-term memory. Listen to the full contour first, then use individual note replay when a position is uncertain. You can start from the notes you are most confident about, but check that the final slot order matches the playback order before submitting.

Interval Recognition

Interval recognition questions play two notes, then show several interval-name options. Choose the interval that matches the distance between the two notes.

Start by judging the distance from the first note to the second: is it a close step, or a wider leap? Then choose the closest matching interval from the options. Current questions mainly use melodic playback, where the two notes are heard one after another.

Progress And Ratings

Training progress is stored locally on the device. Each level records whether it is unlocked, best accuracy, best rating, attempt count, and completion time. After a set is completed, accuracy is converted into a rating:

  • 100% is Gold
  • 80% to 99% is Silver
  • 60% to 79% is Bronze
  • Below 60% does not count as a rated completion

When a level receives a rated completion, the next level unlocks. The module home also summarizes overall completion based on level ratings.

Relationship To Other Features

  • Rhythm: Rhythm training reinforces rhythm pattern recognition by listening; the Rhythm page is for creating and playing your own rhythm presets.
  • Practice: Training is question-based skill work; Practice organizes multiple sections into a rehearsal flow.
  • Growth Records: Completed training sessions can contribute to growth data for reviewing practice history and training performance.

Notes

  • The current public training categories are Rhythm and Melody. Harmony training appears in broader product wording, but it is not documented here as a separate current training category.
  • Questions are generated dynamically, so repeated attempts on the same level may not contain exactly the same questions.
  • When new training categories are added, this documentation should keep the same structure: category goal, question logic, and progress relationship.