100% Answer Rate! Every single question posted to this class is answered within 24 hours by the instructor.
Are you a music maker, performer, composer, or aspiring songwriter looking to up your game? This is the place to start.
Ear Training and Aural Skills is the practice of learning to play music by ear, learning to notate music by ear, and learning to understand music on a deeper level just by hearing it. In this class we are going to learn techniques for listening, analyzing, and notating music (writing it down) just by listening. Perfect Pitch is not required.
If you don't know me, I've published a lot of music theory classes here. Those classes have been really successful, and the number one request I've been getting from students is to make an Ear Training sequence of classes. So here it is! This series will have 6 parts:
Part 1: Rhythms
Part 2: Diatonic Intervals
Part 3: Melodies
Part 4: Diatonic Harmony
Part 5: Chromatic Melodies
Part 6: Chromatic Harmony
This class is the "Masterclass" Version, and it contains the complete parts 1, 2, and 3!
Each of these classes comes with about 4 hours of training, and a LOT of things to practice with. And of course, access to me with any questions you have at any time.
Here is a list of some of the topics we will cover:
Why Do We Care about Ear Training?
The Myth of Perfect Pitch
Relative Pitch
"True Pitch"
Using a Tuner and Metronome
Intervals
Intervals in Music
Dictation Practice Quizzes
Notating Rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, and 2/4
Working with Pitch
Adding in Rests and Ties
Adding in 16th Notes
Notating Rhythms in 3/8, 6/8, and 9/8
Adding in Triplets
Music Intervals
Methods of Interval Recognition
Using Colors, Numbers, People, and Textures
Using Familiar Melodies
Identifying Major intervals
Identifying Minor intervals
Notating a Melody by Ear
100s of music exercises
Identifying Melodic and Harmonic Intervals
Commonly Confused Interval Groups
Identifying phrases rather than individual notes
Applying ear training to your guitar, voice, keyboard or other instruments.
Ear training guitar
Looking for "Pillars" in a melody as anchor points.
Using Scales and Scale Fragments to help identify a series of notes.
Identifying certain scales that will be helpful to melodic dictation.
Working with chords and arpeggios
Identifying a chord outline and implied harmony
Notating a Melody by Ear
Play music by ear
A whole lot of things to practice with!
And Much, Much, More!
My Promise to You:
I am a full-time Music composer and Educator. If you have any questions please post them in the class or send me a direct message. I will respond within 24 hours. And if you find this class isn't for you, I am more than happy for you to take advantage of the 30-day money-back guarantee. No questions asked.
What makes me qualified to teach you?
In addition to being a composer and educator, I also have a Ph.D. in music, I am a university music professor, and have a long list of awards for teaching.
But more importantly: I use this stuff every day. I write music professionally, I am an active guitarist, and I stay on top of all the latest techniques, workflows, and styles. As you will see in this class, I just love this stuff. And I love teaching it.
You will not have another opportunity to learn Ear Training in a more comprehensive way than this.
Let's get started!
See you in lesson 1.
All best,
Jason (but call me Jay...)