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Halloween Ear Training Music for Students and Teachers

Halloween Ear Training Music for Students and Teachers

by Christopher Sutton | Oct 28, 2013 | Halloween, Children, Teaching | 0 comments

Discover some new spooky Halloween-themed songs and resources for musical ear training in this roundup of new notables, perfect for parents and teachers.

Halloween is Almost Here: Whooooo Wants Improved Listening Skills?

Halloween is Almost Here: Whooooo Wants Improved Listening Skills?

by Christopher Sutton | Oct 21, 2013 | Halloween, Children, Teaching

Autumn and Halloween are excellent opportunities to mix up your students’ musical ear training. Get some top tips and a fun rhythm game in this article.

Interview: Learning to play by ear with Trixie Deckert Hennig of hEarItAbility.com

Interview: Learning to play by ear with Trixie Deckert Hennig of hEarItAbility.com

by Christopher Sutton | Sep 27, 2013 | Keyboard, Children, Interviews, Playing By Ear, Teaching

Trixie Deckert Hennig is the author of the hEarItAbility series of books which teach musicians to play by ear using an innovative “Eyes and Ears” approach. We invited her to tell us a bit about this new approach and share some tips on ear training and...
Practical Listening Skills for the Developing Choir

Practical Listening Skills for the Developing Choir

by Ashley Evelyn Mazur | Sep 11, 2013 | Choir, Singing, Teaching

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.

Interval Reference Songs… That You’ve Actually Heard Of!

by Ashley Evelyn Mazur | Aug 6, 2013 | Intervals, Teaching | 4 comments

Interval reference songs are a helpful way to start learning intervals and relative pitch. Here are 29 fresh, modern songs to replace the old ones.

Confident and Creative Kids: Fun secrets for successful ear training

Confident and Creative Kids: Fun secrets for successful ear training

by Guest Expert | Jul 9, 2013 | Children, Teaching

Kids with a well trained ear are better musicians. Here are Kristen Jensen’s top tips on how to make ear training fun for children as they learn music.

Why You Should Learn To Play By Ear FIRST

Why You Should Learn To Play By Ear FIRST

by Charlotte A. F. Farley | Jun 4, 2013 | Playing By Ear, 3 Chord Songs, Melodies, Teaching | 0 comments

Playing by ear is not an advanced technique, or a gift you must be born with. It’s actually a simple learnable skill you can start doing today. Learn how.

Music & Life: Musical Resources for Home Schooling

Music & Life: Musical Resources for Home Schooling

by Sabrina Peña Young | Jan 4, 2013 | Teaching, Children, Websites, Apps and Downloads | 6 comments

You don’t have to be a skilled musician yourself to teach music in your home school. Here are some tips and resources for bringing music to your home classroom.

Utterly Integral: Playing by Ear with Steve Lawson

Utterly Integral: Playing by Ear with Steve Lawson

by Christopher Sutton | Dec 13, 2012 | Playing By Ear, Bass, Interviews, Teaching | 1 comment

Steve Lawson is one of the world’s leading solo bassists and a forward-thinking music educator. Here’s his ear training advice.

4 Steps to Playing By Ear (Natalie Wickham)

4 Steps to Playing By Ear (Natalie Wickham)

by Guest Expert | Sep 12, 2012 | Playing By Ear, Planning and Goals, Teaching | 1 comment

One of the most effective ways to improve as a musician is to learn from multiple teachers, exploring different approaches and hearing from a variety of perspectives. So to continue our series on playing by ear, we decided to invite some teachers and musicians to...

Future Technologies for Music Education – guest post by Eugene Cantera, DLP

by Christopher Sutton | May 9, 2012 | Teaching, Instruments, Websites, Apps and Downloads | 0 comments

Today we’re excited to bring you a guest post from Eugene Cantera, partner at the Dallas School of Music, whose innovative Discover, Learn, and Play training system is helping lead the way in learning music, instruments and ear training online. At DSM we often...
Ear Training Downloads – MP3s, sheet music, and more!

Ear Training Downloads – MP3s, sheet music, and more!

by Christopher Sutton | Apr 26, 2012 | Websites, Apps and Downloads, Children, General, Teaching, Websites, Apps and Downloads | 0 comments

We have lots of ear training downloads here at EasyEarTraining.com but until now they’ve been scattered across articles and series. It seems about time to gather them all together in one place. Just click the images to learn more and download these free ear...
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