Ear Training Practice
Hear Chord Tones With These Two Online Resources
If you can effortlessly hear chord tones, then playing improvised solos over a set of unfamiliar chord changes (particularly during a jam session), drastically simplifies. Recently, I came across two websites that provide chord progressions and even single chords of various qualities, that can be used to practice focusing on hearing chord tones.
Chord Triad MP3 Ear Training Tracks
On a previous article, A Jazz Piano Chord Approach That Will Stretch Your Ears, I discussed how combinations of the different types of chord triads can be used to create any complex chord. This website gives you 67 ear training MP3 tracks to practice hearing and recognizing basic chord triads. Get it now, while it’s [...]
Hear The Root Note Of Any Chord
How quickly can you hear the root note of a chord? Being able to hear the root note of a chord is critical to hearing, understanding, and/or reharmonizing any chord progression. Hear root notes, and you’ll be able to know and play the chords for any song.
Accelerate Your Ear Training Learning Curve
Having an organized understanding of the relationship between the notes you are listening to will exponentially accelerate your ear training learning curve. The best way to get this type of understanding organized, is through learning the proper spellings of enharmonic equivalents and the logic behind these spellings. Start properly spelling your enharmonic equivalents now and [...]
A Jazz Piano Chord Approach That Will Stretch Your Ears
Here is a simple approach to jazz chords that will get you to hear jazz chords even if you don’t have a strong music theory background. If you know how to play any of the basic triads as chords on a piano then you can train your ears to hear even the most complex jazz [...]
Interval Ear Training Best Practices
Have you been ear training for quite some time and still find yourself forgetting the sounds of intervals? Are you unable to hear and sing a tritone or a minor sixth without mentally calculating the distance of the two notes? Try this effective ear training method and learn to permanently hear, recognize, and recall, any [...]
Best Way To Hear Chords
Many methods have been created for developing your ability to hear chords. Here are a few solid ear training practices and habits that will get you on your way to hearing every note sounded in a chord!
Hear Notes In Chords
The Oscillation Technique is an effective ear training technique for learning how to hear every note being sounded in a chord. Application of this ear training technique, for a few minutes a day, is all that is necessary in order to start noticing your ear’s ability to hear the notes within a chord.
The “1-10″ Ear Training Test
Here is an effective way to test and push your ability to hear each note that is being sounded in a chord. Spend a few minutes each day on this ear training test, pushing yourself to hear more and more each day!
Hear Functional Chords
Functional Chords are generally found in standard and pop music. When there is a great deal of predictability in the chord progression of the music that you are listening to, chances are, you are listening to music that is Functional. Become aware of the essential characteristics of Functional Chords and your ear will be able [...]
