What Should You Listen For in a Piece of Music? (Ear Training)
When you hear a song, album or a piece of music in general, what are the elements which exist and how do you figure out each and every ingredient? This detailed Ear Training tutorial focuses on the Elements of Rhythmic, Harmonic & Melodic Ear Training and what you need to do as a musician in order to transcribe them. We follow a stepwise approach in this lesson so that you don't have to stress too much if you haven't got the exact chord - G minMaj7 for instance! You will get a road map to move forward as a student of music. Along the way we talk about perfect pitch myths, Indian swaras and relative pitch, melodic curves, how to transpose, functional harmony, instrument families, articulations and the importance of singing. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 Performance 00:14 Introduction 00:53 Ear Training vs Music Theory 02:13 Perfect Pitch Myths 03:49 Indian Swaras and Relative pitch 05:27 Cluster of Notes - Scales 06:26 Let’s not forget rhythm! 06:47 Apps or Not? 07:42 The 3 Pillars of Music 09:52 Macro vs Micro Ear Training 10:33 Understanding Time Feel 11:55 Melodic Transcription Flowchart 12:04 Scales vs Keys vs Modes 14:30 Melodic Curves 17:05 How to Transpose 18:28 Chords and Harmony 21:18 Chord Type 22:24 Functional Harmony 23:40 “Density” of Music 25:33 Finding the “Right Music” 26:42 Organic Ear Training Strategies 26:58 Instrument Families 29:18 Articulations 29:53 Build your Curiosity 30:35 Jamming and Collaborating 32:10 Methods of learning Music - Listen, Write & Play 34:32 Importance of Singing 35:39 Final words of advice ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #EarTraining #ActiveListening #MusicTheory
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