Werckmeister was presented to me and I was able to test the prototype: the concept is brilliant! I hope to get many of our teachers excited about the programme, and I see it as a great opportunity to help develop this innovative learning game from the very start, with their personal listening experiences and the feedback from their students.

Werckmeister shows impressively how a didactic concept can work both for beginners and for professional musical work. The playful exercises on timbre and vowel colours are very appealingly done. With ‘ensemble ipsa’, we will use the app to work on microtonality and intonation in pieces by Nicola Vicentino and in contemporary works. It is a meaningful tool for practice, and I am glad to help refine it.

I would build Werckmeister into my lessons straight away – I think my piano students will love it.

With Werckmeister I can listen to different intonations and tune instruments interactively. A very valuable experience, especially for pianists, because tuning is normally left to a specialist.

At Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, we offer degree programmes ranging from classical, jazz and pop to folk music. Werckmeister provides fundamental training in perceiving and hearing timbre and intonation. That makes it ideal for opening the ear to the variety of expression in all genres, at pre-college level and even earlier.

Existing music teaching materials touch on intonation, overtones and timbre only in passing. Werckmeister has a well-founded didactic approach, and I look forward to giving my students the link: ‘You can start this game to train your ear and your perception.’

The Werckmeister programme encourages and challenges active listening – our students can train their ears in a motivating way. It playfully fills a gap in music education, where ear training gets too little attention. Werckmeister bridges theory and practice, opening up space for inspiring encounters with sound beyond the simulation.

Sometimes students tell me: ‘I can’t sing, I’m not musical.’ With Werckmeister I can give them a programme with which they can train their ears individually. The playful exercises make them more aware of how they use their own singing voice. Measurable progress can dissolve exactly this fixed belief.