Perfect Pitch Training

Q&A: How are intervals useful for ear training?

Chris Miller — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:06:04 +0000

Question by Kayla Hills: How are intervals useful for ear training?
And can a interval have diffrent notes or are they the same note all the time

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Answer by Greg
Intervals are one of the fundamentals of ear training. Without being able to identify intervals, you won’t be able to do much of anything in aural theory.

An interval is the vertical distance between any two notes, and can start on any note.

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Q&A: Does anybody know any tricks to interval ear training? Even if I practice they end up sounding the same to me?

Chris Miller — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:10:03 +0000

Question by jezusrox1: Does anybody know any tricks to interval ear training? Even if I practice they end up sounding the same to me?
I’ve been working on musictheory.net and teoria.com I have a midterm coming up in March and I don’t want to fail! Thanks for your help!

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Answer by SupishLyJube
I take piano theory too and I found that I had the same problem you have (Everything just kind of sounded the same). My piano teacher however gave me a trick to learn some of the intervals, and now I am doing much better at naming them. You basically play the notes of the interval and associate them with the first few notes of a song. Here are a few example I feel helped me the most…

Major 2nd: Just sounds one note higher
Minor 3rd Below: Oh say can you see
Perfect 4th: Oh Christmas tree
Perfect 5th: Twinkle twinkle little star
Perfect 6th: My Bonnie
Perfect Octave: Somewhere over the rainbow

You can use those songs as an example or you could make up your own that would help you remember them even more.

Good Luck on your midterm!! Hope I was able to help out a bit…

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How long does it take to learn guitar?

Chris Miller — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:10:02 +0000

Question by Figure skater: How long does it take to learn guitar?
I wanna learn the guitar and be able to do most chords. I am 13 years old and I want to know how long it might take to learn them. My brother started when he was 17 years old and about less than a year later he learned most of the chords. How long will it take me do u think?? Cuz I heard that the younger u are when u start a sport or instrument, the faster you’ll learn. Thanks!

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Answer by Bryan
If you take lessons, not so long to get the basics. sooner you start, the sooner you will get good.

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Music Theory for Guitarists: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask (Guitar Method)

Chris Miller — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:06:02 +0000

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Q&A: I want to start playing the electric guitar, but I cannot read music. Can I play by ear?

Chris Miller — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:06:02 +0000

Question by Z…e…e…: I want to start playing the electric guitar, but I cannot read music. Can I play by ear?
I’ve played several different instruments and as hard as I tried, I never had any luck with learning to read notes, I always played by ear and composed with no written music. Can I do the same with guitar?

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Answer by TitoBob
Of course. Just learn the technique, and try to learn to read guitar chord charts which often appear on the sheet music, and you should be OK. I play keyboards by ear all the time (for over 50 years!).

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Ear Training Exercises?

Chris Miller — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:10:02 +0000

Question by epitome of innocence: Ear Training Exercises?
What are some excersizes to help with ear training? I can’t afford a class. But I do have all the tools I need at home, my dad plays guitar and bass, so we have guitars, tuners, pitch pipes, tuning forks, &c.
I also have a keyboard.

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Answer by Derek D
There are plenty of good online exercises here: http://www.good-ear.com/

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Maple Story – Slime Tree

Chris Miller — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:06:03 +0000

A duet between my brother and I… I was originally going to play this song by myself, but I realized I would have a super hard time if I did so, since the bass notes were kinda hard to reach when everything else in the music was so high up. And my brother was already next to me, eager to watch me play another Maple Story song.. so I asked him for his help. It may seem like very little help, knowing that he’s only play a total of four different bass notes, but it helps a lot in this song. For only recording this a few times, we didn’t do too bad putting it together as an ensemble. Oh, maybe I should mention that all these arrangements (if I remember correctly) are created by a person named Levin Tan. Kudos to him, because I would’ve never been able to play something by ear so well lol. ENJOY!

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44” Wide Perfect Pitch Music Sheets Red Fabric By The Yard

Chris Miller — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:06:03 +0000

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Different Summers – Camp Rock 2 Lyrics On Screen FULL SONG [HQ] {download link}

Chris Miller — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:06:02 +0000

READREADREADREAD. downloadlink: message me? (: hi. my first lyric video on sv. i was to lazy to make it all effecty. x] LOL. enjoy? (: comment. like. subscribe? (: PS. SORRY IF ANY LYRICS ARE WRONG. I LISTENED TO IT BY EAR. NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. ALL RIGHTS GO TO RIGHTFUL OWNERS. ENJOY.

Iwrote the lyrics by ear, so some parts might be messed up, if you spot them and know the corrections, please feel free to comment :] -Listen- & Enjoy :] Lyrics : I bit my tongue in the arc of conversation I met you once and I’ve fallen for your notion Do you believe that there’s treasures in the ocean? I don’t know why, I don’t know why Girl…. You make me wanna feel Things…. I’ve never felt before Girl…. You make me wanna feel Did I say I’m just a boy? Did I say I’m just a boy? Oh lonely hands grab my suitcase full of nothing I don’t know why, I don’t know why You took me here and gave me something to believe in I don’t know why, I don’t know why Girl…. You make me wanna feel Things…. I’ve never felt before Girl…. You make me wanna feel Did I say I’m just a boy? Did I say I’m just a boy? Did I say I’m just a boy? Did I say I’m just a boy…. *The audio and image is property of the respective owners. I do not, and will not claim them as my own*

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How do people play by ear?

Chris Miller — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:10:02 +0000

Question by Ally: How do people play by ear?
I have been taking piano lessons for 8+ years now, and have gotten really good. But I still can’t play songs by ear that I heard.
Even if I listen to them like at the same time I’m trying to figure out how to play it, I can’t. I think it’s amazing when people can play good by ear, but I don’t know how.

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Answer by Summer Lovin’ x
I can play by ear but not on the piano-on the violin and clarinet i can.
It’s not really that hard, because i learned my violin by listening to cd’s of songs before i even started playing them (this was when i was like 4)..

So, just make sure the song is in your ear before you try and learn it, and then learning will just come naturally. (:

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