What Is Ear Training?

Ear Training- is a type of practice musicians do to be able to identify whats going on in a piece of music by ear.  Just as you can hear people speaking English and converse with them; a good musician should be able to do the same with sound.

Ear training is important because:

  • It connects you more to your instrument.
  • You can learn music that you can’t find written music for.
  • Is usually quicker than learning from the sheet music.
  • Makes you more adaptable to any playing situation.
  • It helps you understand music like a language.

The list goes on…  Remember music is about your ears and your muscle memory.   Great musicians aren’t thinking a lot, they are using muscle memory to play a library of sounds that are stored in their ears.  It’s not as hard as you think!

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