What makes this course so special? The Musical Ear resembles a university degree in music – no exaggeration. The price of this course is more than anything I’ve bought before.
Within a 2 year period it’s realistic that you could play 95% of the music you hear everyday.Īre the videos downloadable? Yes – you have the option to download all videos to your computer, or watch the lessons in the member’s area of the website. You never reach a state of ‘perfection’ – but you can get very close. Will I be able to play 100% of music by ear after watching this course? No – ear training is an ongoing practice. But the first 4 – 12 months is when most of your ear’s development will probably take place. I still do transcribe in the same key – and always will do. How long should I play in one key? I recommend transcribing in the same key FOREVER. You can still play your other repertoire, and jam with your band in other keys.Ĭan I choose my own key? Yes, but I recommend using the key of C minor / Eb major – since that’s the key I teach in. How many lessons are in the course? 32 videos – each roughly 15 minutes.ĭo I really have to do all playing in one key? No – this is just for your ear training practice. – Transcribing Case Studies: Watch me play dozens of real life songs by ear, and talk you through my thought process. We’ll take everything we learned in one key, and apply it to the 11 other keys.
– Playing In All 12 Keys: To end, I’ll show you how to play in all 12 keys again. – Modulation: Discover the 3 most common key changes – which make up 80% of modulations. – Transcribing Blues: The 12 bar blues, common variations, and understanding the Blues Scale. – The Modes: I’ll show you the 4 modes that actually get used – and you’ll discover the characteristic chords for each scale. – Common Shapes: Discover the 13 most common melodic shapes – and the 11 most common chord progressions. – Tension Notes: The 4 note resultutions that tell your ear where a melody is within the scale.
– The Melody / Chord Relationship: When you know what the melody note is, how to figure out what the chord is. – Chord Progressions: How to identify chords by ear, and the 6 chords that make up most chord progressions. – The Pentatonic Shape: How to spot this 5 note pattern in almost every song. – Effective Interval Recognition: The 6 intervals you have to learn to play by ear (not 12 – just 6, that most music is built of). I’ll show you what I call ‘The Swaying Effect’ – which will change the way you think of music. – ‘The Swaying Effect’: Why most music is not major, and it’s not minor – it’s BOTH. In C minor, C sounds like the root every time you play it…Įb sounds like the minor 3rd every time you play it…īut if you go and change key – then every note changes its color, based on the new key.Ĭ might sound like the 5th now (in F minor), and Eb sounds like the minor 7th.Īnd all the memories that you had been building up are quickly smudged away – and you’re back to square one.
When you play in one key, your memory of each note’s color grows stronger. These sounds are called ‘Tonal Colors’ – the root has a unique color, the minor 3rd has a unique color, and so on. To play by ear, you must also learn the unique sound of each note within the scale. The one thing changing is usually the key signature.Ģ. Most music uses the same few notes and chords. Most musicians change key from one song to the next – C minor, F# minor, Bb minor, and so on. The biggest barrier to your ear’s development is constantly changing keys. Are You Making This Ear Training Mistake?