Questions tagged [ear-training]
Learning to make distinctions in pitch and/or rhythm when hearing music.
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Hershey kiss Christmas handbell commercial
This is something I've wondered for a long time but could never get a straight answer... There's a famous TV commercial for Hershey Kisses where the kisses are handbells, playing we wish you a merry ...
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What is the method to figure out the key of a song?
What is the method to figure out the key to someone else's song?
Let's assume you've never played the song on an instrument and it's not your own song.
Is it faster to try to figure out chords and ...
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How to hear the numbers?
There's this guy on youtube that I'd watch, he has a channel called 'Jazz Theory'. Anyway, one profound thing I heard him say is that you're not playing by ear until you can hear the numbers in ...
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Can people can tell exactly in which octave a note is played?
I have done some pitch recognition tests. No note was given, and between questions a very chatty piece of music was placed to erase your mind. I got a 4/20 and for the rest I was off up or down a ...
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Aurally distinguishing between head voice and chest voice
This is a query that does not involve producing a head voice or chest voice, but how to distinguish between them in what I hear. Granted there are ways or techniques in properly creating sound that ...
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What are some good techniques (tips and tricks) to practice Melodic and Rhythmic dictation that isn't really basic? [closed]
I find that a lot of the techniques I use to practice melodic and rhythmic dictation are good but often stay at a really basic level. I want to get better at it but it's hard to stay focused when you ...
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What is the instrument that begins playing at the beginning of this video (dreamworks animation theme) [closed]
at 0:01 of this video a soft-muted sounding instrument begins playing and I can not figure out what it is (the one that plays 3 notes and pauses for a short while).
Was also wondering what specific ...
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Why can't I identify major and minor chords?
I am playing violin for 6/7 years now and doing ABRSM grade 7 this year.
Problem is I still can't identify chords. Sad/Happy feeling doesn't work for me even a bit.
Because of this, I can't identify ...
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Ear Training: What Bansuri Notes Are Being Played [closed]
I am at the very last part of Tum Hi Ho tutorial.
Towards the end, the gentleman doesn't explain the notes (probably because they are repetitive by now, or he is just plain exhausted!).
At 8:56 he ...
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Am I Hearing Bansuri Tune Correctly
I am learning to play Tum Hi Ho via this tutorial
Harsh Dave sings out the saptak (he doesn't write it), hence there is a lot of pause, slow-play, and repeats to understand the notes.
Here at 2:30 I ...
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How can I develop relative pitch if I have perfect pitch?
As someone with perfect pitch, I can do the usual things associated with perfect pitch such as name a note instantly without a reference note, name the key, and name a chord. Sight-singing comes ...
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Transcribing and Ear Training with speakers or headphones
I have these really good JBL Studio monitors that I use in with my DAW. But I have a hard time using them with my ear training/transcribing. I don't know what it is but I seem to be able to pick out ...
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Are there any methods to identify intervals in Solfege?
I have a test in Solfege and I have trouble identifying intervals.
I don't have musical hearing and I have never studied piano professionally. Therefore I struggle with identifying intervals through ...
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Is a bass line the same as a bass progression?
In alot of songs there's a chord progression. Say we have a 4 chord progression. Each chord can correspond to a note the bass plays. So now the bass is playing a 4 note progression. Is that called a ...
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How Can Newcomer Learn by Ear
I'm new to Bansuri and am practicing simple, repetitive tunes, such as Om Jai Jagdish Hare
A good friend requested I learn below song.
I am unable to find tutorials, or even notation anywhere.
This ...
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Ear-Training to interpret Tune for Bansuri
I am learning Om Jai Jagdish Hare on Bansuri from this YouTUBE tutorial
This gentleman makes lot of ornamentations, which I think are well-suited for the absolute last stanza of this Aarti.
Now, I ...
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Aural mnemonics: can we compile a list? [duplicate]
When I do ear training, I like to use mnemonics, in the form of a short snippet from a well-known song, to help me memorize certain aural patterns. I can share some of the ones I have so far, but I ...
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Best way to spend practice sessions in order to play by ear? [closed]
I'm 23 years old, I've been self-learning to play the piano for 2 years. Im super dedicated and seeking improvement- investing almost 2 hours daily which is most of my free time.
My practice sessions ...
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a question regarding playing by ear [closed]
I was always wondering if there are any well experienced musicians in the world who can play on their instruments immediately what they hear, even if it is a complex piece of music or a fast guitar ...
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Tips on how to transcribe string parts from a song by ear
I am a huge fan of ballad type music and want to get better at writing for strings but have not been able to find some scores or transcriptions of songs that I like so I have decided to try ...
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How to Learn Classical Piano pieces by ear without the sheet music
Yesterday, I was reading about how the famous jazz pianists would play music by ear from recordings and I was appalled to find that I had never tried myself. I have a perfect pitch and so so relative ...
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Is there a specific way to learn what chord progression a song uses by ear?
Lately I've been practicing to learn songs by ear on the piano. The melody is usually easy, but figuring out the chord progression seems to be really difficult. I don't seem to get any better at it ...
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Having learnt all the intervals by ear, how does one learn whole melodies? [duplicate]
This might seem like an easy step, but having learned how to recognise all the intervals upto an octave: ascending, descending and harmonically, how does one figure out a melody by ear? I can pick out ...
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Help With Transcription of Vocals for “Broken Lungs” by Thrice [closed]
I have the lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass, and drum parts for this song. I cannot, however, hear what note Dustin starts singing on so I can transcribe it. What is the very first note and/or ...
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Why am I not hearing concepts I'm aware of? [closed]
I've been playing guitar for more than 10 years, although not very seriously. I'm not at all gifted, but I'm not tone-deaf either. I've always thought that I'm not meant to understand music, so I didn'...
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How do I work on retaining the DO during melodic dictation?
I've been working hard on my ear training and am now at the point where I can sight-sing (the right notes at least!) fluently in major (with no accidentals).
I do this by retaining the root and ...
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Chords and Progressions Ear Training
I'm getting pretty good at transcribing melodies, but chords are really difficult. This may be because the underlying harmony is mixed in with the bass as well as other instruments. It also may be ...
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Who plays classical music by ear? [closed]
One of the things I'm working on is playing classical music by ear. I've figured easier things like Canon in D, Prelude in C. But I'm trying to work my way up. I'm wondering if it's possible to play ...
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(How much) should I focus on sight reading if my end goal is being able to play by ear on piano?
So my technical ability is ahead of my sight reading ability. And I haven't practiced my ear at all. My end goal is to eventually be able to play any song by ear and put my own variation on it. I'm ...
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How do I aurally differentiate the tritone, min 6th and major 7th intervals?
I have made good progress in identifying most ascending intervals up to the octave, but am really struggling with the tritone, min 6th and maj 7th.
All three sound dissonant and very similar.
Is ...
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How to tell major, minor, augmented, dominant and diminished chords apart?
I am currently learning level 8 Royal Conservatory of Music piano syllabus.
I am not sure how to tell major, minor and augmented triads apart, as well as dominant and diminished 7th chords. Are ...
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What are the solfege syllables? [duplicate]
Are they C,D,E,F,G,A or do re me fa so la to do? I have an online assignment due and my classmates say it’s CDEFGA but I’m confused.
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Transcribing as music and relative pitch practice?
I've read some good transcriptions recently and watched transcribe videos from 8-Bit Music Theory on YouTube and I was thinking if it's considered to be a good relative-pitch / interval / music ...
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Is relative pitch trainable from scratch?
I know perfect pitch is not obtainable for adults (I'm over 20.) and I accepted it, okay. I even watched Rick Beato's video about it (youtube.com/watch?v=816VLQNdPMM) and read about it on the internet....
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Modus Vetus in a Semester?
I was wondering if I can do all 18 chapters of modus vetus in 16 weeks. About 6 days per each chapter.
Also, what do you think of Elementary Training for Musicians in tandem? It is 11 chapters and ...
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How to use solfège to identify chord inversions
my music teacher states that to differentiate first from second inversion triads listen to where the perfect fourth is. 1st inversion it is on top second inversion on the bottom. the tonic note is ...
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What feelings or words are associated to the different major scale degrees? [closed]
I'm using the Alain Benbassat method for ear training: Listening to major scale notes in the context of the scale (e.g. after hearing I-IV-V-I) and trying to hear the scale degree.
I keep reading and ...
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is it possible to learn instrument based perfect pitch?
Perfect pitch is impossible to learn especially since I'm 19 years old but I have heard of people who developed perfect pitch on their instruments. For example, Aimee Nolte is able to listen to the ...
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How do I identify the keytone by listening to a set of chords or a phrase?
I recently took a musical listening test and one of the sections involved listening to a set of chords or a musical phrase, then listening to 3 different notes played individually, and identifying ...
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What is the best way to learn to play songs by ear using chord patterns?
Is there a simple technique to construct or memorize chord pattern of a song If I know the main chord of a song? Also, how to guess the next chord while playing a song. Specially with a guitar.
I ...
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“Along the way” ear training in your daily routine
I am an amateur musician, not good at ear training. But I want to improve, unfortunately my time is limited as music is just a hobby. So in this post the author suggests doing ear training in your ...
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Problem with playing music by ear
When I was learning to play piano, I only learned how to read notes and all those rules so I can play a piece of music if I have sheet music, but I don't know the music theory at all... But I really ...
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Hearing through distortion
Are there any tricks to figuring out the (exact) chords of a song that has really strong distortion or other effects?
I can vaguely hear what chords there are but can’t figure out the exact variant.
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I have semi (explained) perfect pitch but can't handle harmonic intervals. What do I practice?
As the title suggests I have a form of perfect pitch that is not exactly perfect pitch. So let's say I hear a melody. I can name the notes as I hear them if they're not insanely fast of course. The ...
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What are the common problems when it comes to ear training and how do I fix it?
I can think of a few, first in formost, there is 2 different type of struggles
transcribing in real time which requires you to hear and identify chords and melody
and improvising, which requires ...
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Perfect pitch inside a scale?
I was reading how a very small amount of people have perfect pitch and how it's very hard for adults to develop it.
So I was wondering if maybe there's a hack where I can only limit the notes to a ...
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Intervals or scale degrees?
A couple people were saying in a previous post how for ear training one should think in scale degrees and not intervals. So if I'm on note E and I want to get to note G. then I shouldn't think of "...
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Do melodies often use the same combination of intervals?
I've been a touch typist on the keyboard for a long time, and the reason is that I've internalized the shape of every word in my mind because I've typed the same words so many times throughout my life....
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Should I know the chord name and scale degree when I play by ear?
Just to give a bit of context; say I'm playing a song in a certain key, F major. and let's say I'm playing the I IV V chords. I'm playing a song I learned by ear, right now it happens to be bicycle ...
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for a person who is still beginner at ear training how does one hear the difference between modes and other keys?
I've been doing ear training and I have to say my scale degree identification (after playing cadences) is pretty good, I can identify the #4 and the b2 and the b7 etc well
but the problem is that as ...
