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TONE STUDIO

Train your ear for tones

Same sound, four meanings.

Listen to each tone, then test yourself below. Two minutes a day genuinely works.

Train: guess the tone

Or head straight for a door: Same sound, which tone? for the ear, Draw the tone for the hand, and Listen and choose for real words at speed.

Meet the four tones

Tap a card to hear it. Yes, these four words really mean mom, hemp, horse and to scold. Choose your tone wisely.

Guess the tone

Press play, then pick the tone you heard.

Ready when you are.

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The three bending rules

Tones bend when they bump into each other. Three rules cover almost all of it.

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