The Art of Appreciating Accompaniment
When a musician picks up a piece of music for the first time, their eyes zero in on their own line, whether that’s a vocal solo, clarinet solo, bagpipe solo, or choral octavo. It’s a natural response to look at the part you will be responsible for in a...
Practical Listening Skills for the Developing Choir
Choir singers need a keen sense of pitch, and awareness of the other singers around them. Here are some tips and ear training exercises to develop these skills.
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.
The Top 10 Reasons to do Ear Training
What’s the point of ear training? Discover 10 powerful ways it transforms your musicianship—from playing by ear to deeper musical understanding.
How to Arrange a Jazz Standard (Hans Hansen)
Hans Hansen of “The Music Arrangers Page” explains the listening skills and sound judgements that went into this arrangement of the jazz standard “Jordu”.
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.
A Cappella for Ear Training: What? Why?
What is a cappella ear training and why should you be using a cappella music for your own ear training even if you don’t sing? Find out in this article.
The Secret Aural Life of Drummers (or "How to Play Percussion by Ear, Confessions of a Rhythm Queen"!)
Next up in our playing-by-ear series, we have another of our “home team”: Easy Ear Training author Sabrina Peña Young, sharing her perspective on playing percussion by ear. Rhythm is more than a drum set backing a jazz band, an excited crowd clapping in...
Music & Life: Teens, Listening, and Ear Training
Teenagers are naturally gifted when it comes to remembering music. Find out what it is about music that imprints a solid memory in teens (and adults too).
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