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Take five: Did to Your Hear It?
Hey, family! Welcome back! Music is a world within many worlds of worlds. So many things are occurring. You can find yourself liking something and not exactly sure what it is. You may even want to perform a certain way and having trouble achieving the desired sound you are seeking. It happened to us all. All of these things will come back full circle. You’ll have new tools to help you with creativity. Let’s get to it
Ear Training
Ear training is the process of developing and honing one’s ability to perceive and recognize musical elements such as pitch, intervals, chords, rhythms, and melodies by ear. It is an essential skill for musicians, as it helps with improvisation, playing by ear, transcribing music, and overall musical comprehension.
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1. Importance of Ear Training:
– Ear training enhances your musical perception and understanding, allowing you to recognize and reproduce musical elements accurately.
– It helps you develop a strong sense of pitch, enabling you to sing or play in tune.
– Ear training improves your ability to identify and distinguish different intervals, chords, and progressions.
– It assists in transcribing music by being able to hear and notate melodies, harmonies, and rhythms accurately.
– Ear training supports improvisation skills by enabling you to hear and respond to musical ideas spontaneously.
2. Ear Training Exercises:
– Interval Recognition: Practice identifying and distinguishing different intervals by playing them and associating them with well-known songs or melodies or your favorite songs.
– Chord Identification: Train your ear to recognize different chord qualities (major and minor for now) by listening to chord progressions and focusing on the individual chord qualities.
– Melodic Dictation: Listen to melodies and try to transcribe them by notating the pitch and rhythm accurately.
– Rhythmic Dictation: Practice recognizing and notating different rhythms by clapping or tapping along to rhythmic patterns.
– Harmonic Progression Identification: Listen to chord progressions and try to identify the chords being played, paying attention to the tonal center and the relationship between chords.
List of Songs for Active Listening:
– “What’s Going On” by Marvin Gaye (R&B/Soul)
– “Stormy Monday” by T-Bone Walker (Blues)
– “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck Quartet (Jazz)
– “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen (Pop/Rock)
– “So What” by Miles Davis (Jazz)
I’d like to encourage you to listen to the songs above and work on identifying the major and minor tonalities, chord progressions, intervals, and other musical element. You can also try to play along on your instruments or sing along to further develop your ear training skills.
Pretty, straightforward! Continue sharpening your skills! Keep developing!
Until next time,
This has been your Arsenal Report: Take Five: Did to Your Hear It?