Interval Reference Songs… That You’ve Actually Heard Of!
Interval reference songs are a helpful way to start learning intervals and relative pitch. Here are 29 fresh, modern songs to replace the old ones.
Are there any good apps for ear training?
Many musicians want to improve their musical ear on the move, using mobile apps. Whether you prefer an iOS (iPhone, IPod, iPad) or Android phone or tablet, there will be many music learning apps which can help you train your ear. As always with ear training, step one...What is pitch ear training?
Pitch is one of the most fundamental aspects of music, and developing your ear for pitch is an excellent starting point and area of focus for musical ear training. Before you work on more advanced skills like relative pitch (interval recognition etc.) spend some time...
Chord Ear Training How-To: Chord Progressions
Learning to play chords by ear and improvise freely over chords are essential ear training goals for many musicians. Chord ear training is a big topic but can be broken into two main skills: recognising chord types and identifying chord progressions. In this article...How do you hear the difference between bass line and melody?
This is the kind of question which might seem trivial but can actually be quite challenging. So if you’re not sure if you can do it: don’t be embarrassed! Both the bass line and the main melody are essentially “tunes”, normally played one note...What ear training helps you recognise broken chords and arpeggios?
Many guitar players will simply strum through chords without giving much thought to the individual notes of the chords, but if you want to play advanced, sophisticated, pleasing arrangements of songs on solo guitar, spice up your rhythm playing, or work on...How do you train your ear for percussion frequencies?
For many music producers and audio engineers, audio frequency ear training is key to helping them tune that perfect mix. Percussion (drums, cymbals, etc.) is generally the basis of a good mix, and getting just the right punchy sound from your percussion audio...
Chord Ear Training How-To: Chord Types
In “Chord Ear Training: What is it and What can it do for you?” we discussed the reasons musicians train their ears for chords, looked at the benefits of chord ear training, and gave an overview of the two main areas you can focus on. Now let’s look...What should my ear training expectations be?
When you first encounter the idea of “ear training” it can be exciting—but hard to know what to expect! There are so many different kinds of musician, and so many different aspects of music which ear training can help with, there is no single answer to...
