Halloween Sounds: Welcome to the horror show!
Creating Halloween haunt music requires a particular kind of musical ear training. Specialist composer Sam Haynes shares his top tips for spooky sounds.
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The Play-By-Ear Mystery Revealed (Joseph Pingel)
Today we welcome Joseph Pingel of Keyed Up Piano to share his journey of playing by ear, and how he transformed his guitar skills to learn to play piano music by ear. At age 16, I taught myself how to play by ear on the piano. After a couple years, reality sunk in...
The Power of Listening (Chris Tarry)
Ear training is not just note recognition; it is a complete awareness of everything going on in a musical moment. Learn how to listen when playing in a band.
Confident and Creative Kids: Fun secrets for successful ear training
Kids with a well trained ear are better musicians. Here are Kristen Jensen’s top tips on how to make ear training fun for children as they learn music.
How to Arrange a Jazz Standard (Hans Hansen)
Hans Hansen of “The Music Arrangers Page” explains the listening skills and sound judgements that went into this arrangement of the jazz standard “Jordu”.
Learn to Harmonize By Ear (DaveConservatoire.org)
Harmonization is the process of putting chords to a tune. Learn how to harmonize songs by ear yourself with this easy video tutorial and interactive app.
Improved Practice: Slow Down to Speed Up (Phil Amalong)
As musicians, we know that slow practice is good. Or at least we’ve been told that. But I suggest the following: don’t spend another minute practicing slowly!
The Choir Who Can't Sing (George Bevan)
Read the inspiring story of the choir who “couldn’t sing”. Learn how George Bevan got their ears tuned up and voices singing, then watch them in action!
Solfeggio and Ear Training (Shelle Soelberg)
Solfeggio (do re mi) is a powerful tool but many musicians find it a confusing subject at first. Find out all about it and how it can improve your musical ear.
Why Music Producers Need To Learn To Play By Ear (Mark Spacey)
A different perspective on playing by ear this week: music production. We welcome guest expert Mark Spacey of music production site dancemidisamples.com! When you produce music for a living, you always have to keep the grand design in mind. The big picture is made up...
5 Top Tips to Learn to Play By Ear (Steve Myers)
This week we have another terrific guest expert joining us to share their perspective on learning to play by ear. We’re very pleased to welcome the founder of Theta Music: Steve Myers! I started playing guitar at age 11, and learned songs by sitting down with...
