So how does one build a strong musical ear? Oh, and if you are a strong Sight-Singer, you will be highly coveted in a choir! (By Sight-Singer, I mean, someone who can look at a score and sing it without the aid of an instrument because they have a good sense of Relative Pitch) If you get into a jam, you can use your ears to help get back on track. Having a good aural awareness helps when performing and memorizing pieces. Similarly, you will know when Mozart is moving to a certain chord because you can hear where the music is going. If you have a good sense of pitch, it is much easier to hear and to remember a melody in the Mozart Sonata that you are learning. If you’ve spent some time working on your ear, you will have a good sense of which chord the group is on at any given moment.Įar training also has its benefits when learning Classical Music. Folk music is a great place to start because many popular tunes only use three chords. Similarly, if you understand chord progressions and are able to hear how the chords move between one another, then it’s much easier to join a group of musicians and jam with them. You might even find that you don’t need music to learn a pop song. If you are able to figure out melodies as well as hear chord qualities just by listening to a song, then you will be able to pick up your favourite tunes more quickly. It’s not that one system is better than the other, just that if you can access both then you will be a very well-rounded musician! At the same time there are concert pianists who rely exclusively on reading music. We all know the stories about self-taught musicians who couldn’t read a note rising to fame in their lives. What are the benefits of developing good Relative Pitch?ĭeveloping a good ear frees you up from always being dependent on reading music. So if a trained musician with good Relative Pitch hears a melody, with knowing the key or starting pitch in advance, she would be able to play back the melody accurately. Having good Relative Pitch means the musician can hear the distance or ‘Interval’ between any two notes. without reference, they can ID the first note of a song as beginning on a middle C), most musicians develop something called ‘Relative Pitch’. While some musicians are born with the ability to accurately identify the pitches they hear, known as ‘Perfect or Absolute Pitch’ (i.e. Minor) or to identify the type of scales being used (i.e. What I mean is that they have spent a lot of time developing their ability to hear different qualities of chords (i.e. And no I’m not talking about the good-looking Brad Pitt kind. The short answer is that they have good ears. But how is it that some musicians are able to hear a melody, be it a simple folk song or a complex jazz riff, and then can play it back on their instruments without reading any music? What is ‘Ear Training’ and why is it important? As musicians we spend a lot of time practicing our instruments, learning how to read, developing effective technique, understanding theory, etc.
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