Why you're not able to improve your ear training skills - a scientific overview of implied harmony

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• FR

  @francesdemoretcky9973 · 4 years ago

  I’ve been a classical music for years, but it wasn’t until I tried to play jazz standards and improvise that I realized how weak my listening skills were. &nbsp;For years I diligently practiced the usual apps and online courses, so you can now add me to the list of musicians who got little out of the interval method in terms of applying what I learned to real musical contexts. &nbsp;I really got stuck in hearing chord progressions and bass notes. &nbsp; <br> <br>So I signed up for UYE. &nbsp;What grabbed me first about UYE was when I played the drone and sang a major scale against it. &nbsp;I immediately and for the first time experienced the “colors” of each degree of the scale in a tonal context. &nbsp;It was a consciousness raising experience. &nbsp; <br> <br>In a couple weeks I’ve improved my dictation skills, can find the key pretty quickly in real songs and recognize simple chord progressions. &nbsp;I’m feeling quite hopeful I will get to where I want to be with UYE program.

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• BO

  @boho_beetle · 4 years ago

  I was born with a musical pitch and until a late stage of my piano studies I couldn&apos;t read notes properly cos I always just played by ear lol<br>Pls tell YouTube algorithm that I don&apos;t need your add <br>Still, you now have one more sub :)

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• BH

  @bhirsch8189 · 5 years ago

  I purchased the “use your ear” course about 2 weeks ago. At that time, I was looking for videos to help a beginner adult violin student of mine. She could not sing and match a pitch, so I was looking solfège videos to help her practice matching pitches. The “use your ear” ad kept popping up in these videos and I was intrigued. &nbsp;My ear training in school was based on fixed do, which doesn’t establish the color of the note within the scale. Interval training always frustrated me because I always wanted to get a perfect score before moving on and inevitably my brain would glitch on at least one interval and I never understood why. While this hasn’t hindered me in being able to play anything written down, my ability to improvise is pretty pathetic. I was hoping this course would help me in my teaching and in my ability to improvise. I have to say, I am super impressed with the course. It is extremely well thought out. It starts from the basics of matching pitches and singing scales. There are exercises to practice each skill and a syllabus to help you determine when you are proficient enough to move on. The syllabus doesn’t require 100% to move on, but unlike interval training, I have been able to achieve 100% on the various chord recognition and melodic dictation exercises because they are within a key and my brain can recognize the key. (That is the problem with random interval exercises. The brain tries to find the key and it can’t because there isn’t one, so it gets tired and glitches.😩) I am currently in unit 3 and I am able to identify chord progressions that I am embarrassed to say, would have baffled my violin brain two weeks ago. I am also getting better at playing chord progressions in different keys on the piano. In the exercise where you had to identify the tonic in real songs, I started to be able to make up harmonies and sing with the songs just by playing around in the scale. So much fun! I absolutely recommend this course for anyone who wants to improve their ear!

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• SA

  @santiagoaguilarramirez7128 · 5 years ago

  I love that you place the studies you&apos;re quoting un the screen, very few people un YouTube do that, You are a pro

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• SW

  @swervj · 3 years ago

  I purchased the course a couple of weeks ago. I took ear training in college but it was never from the ground up like this course. I was never confident because the most basic fundamentals were not solid. I moved on and play jazz having over two hundred tunes I play by ear. I wish this had been available to me then. I am reaffirming and improving my skills. Love the course. Really well put together. Thanks.

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• SO

  @someone-1671 · 3 years ago

  I&apos;m one of those who can&apos;t find the chord of a song. Sometimes I use trial and errors method on my instrument but I struggle to match the right keys. I thought that I need to practice my instrument daily to develop my ear as somebody said but I don&apos;t play it. And then I find a briefing of this method and I feel attracted. It broadens my insight so I purchased the course. The course comes with clear explanation and detail exercises. It&apos;s hard for me to overcome each exercise, but I will give it a try.

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• HE

  @hearpalhere · 5 years ago

  Finally watched this video after seeing your ads pop up several times. &nbsp;Very interesting topic and I like that you provided the studies to back up what you&apos;re saying. &nbsp;I look forward to checking out more of your videos. &nbsp;Thank you!

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• GE

  @geraldinepowell5676 · 9 months ago

  Wonderful lecture. Really opened my thinking.

• JO

  @johncarlotagud5869 · 5 years ago

  I was amazed at your teachings . &nbsp;Please make more video. &nbsp; I&apos;m one of your students now. &nbsp; &nbsp;Hehe. &nbsp;Thanks a lot

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• MO

  @moderneightiesartist · 1 year ago

  This is great advice!… thanks for the great video!

• SA

  @samsongwriter3437 · 1 year ago

  Excelent!!

• 5W

  @5Wrench5 · 4 years ago

  Thank you so much for your work! It&apos;s sad that you have only 5k subs, very good info.

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