Phrase Echo

Purpose: Call-and-response ear training. The computer plays a short phrase from a real Highland tune; you echo it on your verified digital practice chanter. Note names stay hidden during the call and your response — they only appear if you miss. Scoring uses pitch changes (continuous-sounding digitals are fine). Acoustic + room mic is not supported for pitch games.

Before you play

Digital signal ready ( why digital).
Profile saved in Manage Chanters.
Optional check in Chanter Test.

Cold start without a practice-ready profile is locked on purpose. Overview: Calibrate → test → play.

Steps

Open Phrase Echo (or pick it from Games).
Choose Beginner (default) or Challenge, phrase length (3–6), and speed.
Listen to the call (tones + step pulse — no note letters).
Play the same notes back. Progress chips show how far you are, not which pitch.
Beginner: wrong notes do not advance or cost a life — the step waits until you get it right. Hints replay the target tone (mic pauses so speakers don’t score), then higher/lower, then the note name. Challenge: a wrong note or timeout costs a life and reveals the phrase.
Use Stop anytime to return to the ready screen.

How this differs from Melodic Simon

Simon grows a visual prefix and shows note letters. Echo keeps a fixed length and hides names.
Echo always plays tones during the call — ear first.
Simon is memory of a growing sequence; Echo is short call-and-response drills.

Tips

Start length 3–4 on Slow until the ear locks in.
Headphones reduce speaker bleed into the mic during the call.
Streak counts consecutive correct phrases; a miss resets the streak but you keep playing until lives run out.

Troubleshooting

Notes not detected: mic permissions, correct USB/line-in device, then Chanter Test.
Call tones confuse scoring: use headphones so the mic doesn’t hear the speakers.
Call too fast: switch Speed to Slow on the ready screen.