Ear Training..!

[adamreir]

Sorry about multiposting.

Wow, this IS really hard (I'm working on it right now).

Hear the note before you sing it, don't just sing it becouse you know it's there.

This is really fun, it's been a long time since i worked on this, and i started again yesterday, and today, a can notice I'm getting better

My teacher, Matt Otto, uses drones for ear training. He basically plays the drone of a reference pitch, then sings intervals or lines over it. He has me singing scales, lines, melodies, etc over various drones and it is a really nice way to practice and I have found it extremely effective. I actually find the drones relaxing as well, which is always helpful when practicing.

He has a series of mp3's on his site which you can download for free (leave a donation if you dig them, please). If you are looking for something which you can loop in headphones and practice over, this might do it for you.

Archive - Lesson 15: Drones and Pedals | mattotto.org

BTW>>If you are looking for some amazing music, check out his 'La Commune' disc, also available for download. I have no higher praise for a musician.

[Jazzyteach65]

good-ear.com

first play simple intervals, up then down. Then move to daitonic, then to chromatic.

There's a great way for interval recognition; I found this when I was young, and then later on found out that Jamey Aeberosld and Dan Hearle taught this way: certain intevals remind us of the opening of certian themes or tunes; ex:

a major 6th up instantly reminds me of the NBC theme, and down reminds me of part of the opening melody to "Down by the Riverside"

a major second reminds me of the standard "Dinah"

a minor second reminds me of "Fur Elise"

the list goes on

[Scrybe]

Thx for the link to the Otto drones - they'll be a massive help for me n will save the pollava of having to make some myself!

[Jazzyteach65]

his book on modern vocab seems great

Matt Otto posted a nice write-up of how he approaches ear training. I actually do this weekly w/ him at the start of my lessons.


Lesson 25: Relative Pitch | mattotto.org

Yes, his book on Harmonic Major is really excellent. He has a great handle on that scale and uses it in beautiful ways. I feel EXTREMELY luck to have found him as a teacher.

[franco6719]

Can you send him over here to Italy? (; just kidding. Those random pitches look something like the kind of thing I have been looking for though. Thanks for posting. I will check it out.

[franco6719]

is there a way to speed the things up, so that they get down to five seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second, etc..?

is there a way to speed the things up, so that they get down to five seconds, 2 seconds, 1 second, etc..?

Franco, Not that I know of.

[islandfunhouse]

WWW.Good-Ear.com is a very good website for practicing basic ear-training.

I sing almost everything that I practice, especially transcribed solos. There is no better way to practice ear-to-hand skills.
This topic may be more important than all others. Developing ear-to-hand skills and hearing first in your head what you are going to play may be the single most important element for advancing as a jazz improviser.

I wrote two articles on perfect pitch and relative pitch that the OP may find helpful.

perfect pitch part 1

perfect pitch part 2

[elixzer]

try this
Music Theory / Ear Training: Learn to Play Songs by Ear.

[TK_AK]

Hi,

Is there a software that for example plays a short melody in a key you choose, then you try to play it, and when you think you got it you can check what you had to play in a tab notation ?

[elixzer]

I haven't fully explored the link above you but I am sure it will provide what you are looking for. Have you checked it out?

[elixzer]

Free Interactive Online Metronome

[TK_AK]

Originally Posted by elixzer

I haven't fully explored the link above you but I am sure it will provide what you are looking for. Have you checked it out?

I'll check it later, right now I'm trying "Ear Master Pro 5" it's really better than I expected, it's not even boring

[holgit]

Hello!

I am using this software in an other version - Ear Master Essential 5. There are not so many functions. But it is enough for me. Intervals, chords, rhythms, etc. Really good.
Parallel I am using the freeware Functional Ear Trainer ("Basic" and "Advanced"). This software is very effective too. It is playing a cadence (I - II - V - I) and then a single note, which you have to hear.

Regards
Holger

[Scrybe]

Why don't you cop a rhythms notation book, use that to record yourself playing the rhythms (sight reading practice there, too), then come back to each recording a few days later and transcribe the rhythms you've recorded? That way, you've got the book on hand to check your answers, you can transcribe any phrase length you wish, and you get to do a little work sight reading and recording practices at the same time. Just a thought.

[elixzer]

I am looking for a link that if I key in the chord an image of guitar will show the finger placements/note placements:
example these are fairly 'exotic'? (well they are to me lol) AmMaj7 D7no5 Dm7no5 F7no3 Amb5

I know it is important to understand them but for now I could really do with mapping them on fretboard hopefully with such help from an online gruitar fret where'd you'd type in the chord and it would find it. I already have Chorddesigner which is where I found out that the cool chord I found was D7no5, but that is where you yourself place the notes on strings and the possible name of chord shows up, but I dont think it does this in reverse.
I would really love to checkout this chord progression

###I've just found out I can do what I want there~~ Guitarator Toolbox

###No. That part is a pay download. I need a free one

[axeman]

Hi all,
You could try this link -
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It's not really about perfect pitch -more on the use of solfege syllables to train the ear.

[gadjo]

GNU Solfege - free ear training software | Main / GNU Solfege - Smarten your ears

try this thing. as complex as possible and free.