Bass Ear Training: How-To
Bass ear training can help any bassist develop their musical ear in several areas, including relative pitch, playing by ear, bass tone and sense of rhythm.
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.
How do you recognise triad chords and inversions on guitar?
If you want to learn to recognise triad chords on guitar, you’ll need to use a combination of standard triad chord ear training and specific guitar ear training exercises. Triad chord ear training There are four main types of triad chord: major, minor, augmented...How should you approach guitar ear training?
Ear training is a hot topic for guitar players, because so many want to play guitar by ear and ear training is the key to learning to play by ear. There are two ways to answer the question of what ear training a guitarist should do. Core listening skills for...How do you do ear training for singing?
Many singers want to improve their ear for music so they can sing better, and they’re right that ear training is the key. But what kind of singing ear training can you do? The short answer is: Focus on pitch. Specifically, singers should use ear training to...
What’s the point of Interval Ear Training?
As a musician doing ear training you can’t avoid intervals. But why are they so important and why do interval ear training? Here are four great reasons.
Learn Music Like You Learn A Language: Naturally! (Victor Wooten)
In this fantastic short video, Victor Wooten explains his philosophy on music as a language, and how organic learning music can be. Doing ear training passively through exposure to music can develop aural skills in the same natural way as language.Just as children...
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!
Life After Ear Training: A Drummer’s Tale
I would be lying if I said that ear training came easily to me. Like most percussionists I knew in college, rhythm exercises and sight singing were a breeze, but trying to transpose Mozart after three listens seemed like a torture specifically designed to punish those...
A Cappella for Ear Training: Tips
Now you’ve got the What, Why and How of using a cappella music for ear training, all that’s left is to share a few tips to make your journey a bit easier.
A Cappella for Ear Training: How
There are many aural skills which benefit from focused a cappella listening. Here are some ideas, examples and tips for starting a cappella ear training.
