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Interval Ear Training: What’s the point?

Christopher Sutton — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:03:53 +0000

You may have wondered why intervals are such a hot topic in ear training.Intervals are often where musicians first encounter the idea of ear training and doing focused exercises to improve their musical listening skills. But on the surface of … Continue reading →

“I Just Know How To Play, Man!”—Musical Vocabulary for the Self-Taught Musician

Charlotte A. F. Farley — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:32:55 +0000

A bit about me to set the scene:I learned to play the piano when I was about seven, desperate to learn the “The Entertainer” like the kid who showed off at the piano at the end of our general music … Continue reading →

The Top 10 Reasons to do Ear Training

Christopher Sutton — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:31:09 +0000

Ear training is something that musicians tend to either: Do, reluctantly Because e.g. their music course or instrument exams require it. or Ignore completely Thinking it’s completely separate from instrument learning, associated with music theory, or for expert musicians only. … Continue reading →

Why You Should Learn To Play By Ear FIRST

Charlotte A. F. Farley — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:01:18 +0000

There tend to be two kinds of musicians in the world: those who teach themselves to play by ear and those who learn to play through formal lessons.  Teachers typically include forms of ear training as part of the formal … Continue reading →

You can learn to play by ear! “Start Playing By Ear” will show you how.

Christopher Sutton — Fri, 31 May 2013 07:34:28 +0000

Playing by ear is a divisive topic in music. In one camp you have the “serious” musicians. These are the ones who take instrument lessons, study their theory, and play from sheet music. They perform carefully, practise their scales and … Continue reading →

Learn Music Like You Learn A Language: Naturally! (Victor Wooten)

Christopher Sutton — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:25:21 +0000

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 … Continue reading →

How to Arrange a Jazz Standard (Hans Hansen)

Guest Expert — Thu, 23 May 2013 08:30:06 +0000

Today we welcome Hans Hansen of the terrific new arrangement blog “The Music Arrangers Page” to share something about the listening skills and sound judgements that go into arranging a jazz standard. Before I start off, I would like to … Continue reading →

Find your perfect interval training approach with “Learning Intervals”

Christopher Sutton — Fri, 17 May 2013 09:53:32 +0000

Intervals…A contentious subject among musicians! Some musicians love them. Others hate them with a furious passion! How do you feel about intervals? Most musicians have struggled with interval recognition at some point… Sadly most give up, and relegate it to … Continue reading →

Learn music theory the fun way with Hooktheory

Christopher Sutton — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:30:27 +0000

Hooktheory.com is an exciting new site which promises to make learning music theory more fun and engaging than ever before. It features chord analysis of current pop songs, innovative ways to explore chord progressions, and daily ear training challenges.Today we’ll … Continue reading →

Why you should learn the I-IV-V chord progression

Charlotte A. F. Farley — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:24:28 +0000

Once you’ve decided that you want to learn to play by ear, you’re going to be spending quite a bit of time at your instrument, be it keyboard, guitar, or even the tubax… Maybe there’s a particular song you’ve always … Continue reading →