Ear Training – Learn Jazz Standards https://www.learnjazzstandards.com Jazz advice and Jazz tips for Jazz musicians Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:36:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Ear Training – Learn Jazz Standards https://www.learnjazzstandards.com 32 32 EAR TRAINING: 5 FUNDAMENTAL STEPS TO DEVELOP YOUR MUSICAL EAR https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-fundamentals/ https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-fundamentals/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:36:24 +0000 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/?p=46755 Regular ear training exercises will help you improve your musicianship skills and bring you one step closer to the improviser’s holy grail—playing exactly what you hear in your head on the spot. With consistent effort, you can use your ear to identify chords and chord progressions, recognize intervals, and understand melodies—all without picking up your […]

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]]> https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-fundamentals/feed/ 0 How to Train Your Ears to Hear Intervals the RIGHT Way nonadult Ear Training Chord Progressions: How To Identify Chords By Ear In 4 Steps https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-chord-progressions/ https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-chord-progressions/#respond Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:07:53 +0000 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/?p=1434 Two of the freedoms we yearn for as musicians are recognizing chord progressions on the spot and understanding songs by ear. Being shackled by reliance on sheet music can be draining, especially in styles of music like jazz which are based on improvisation. We all want to get to the level where we can hear […]

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]]> https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-chord-progressions/feed/ 0 How to Develop Your Ear to Instrument Connection https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/develop-ear-instrument-connection/ https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/develop-ear-instrument-connection/#respond Fri, 08 Sep 2017 19:55:45 +0000 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/?p=49857 I get a lot of emails asking me questions like, “how do I learn songs by ear?”, “how do I learn solos by ear?”, “how do I play the music I’m hearing in my head?” All of these questions can be summed up in one simple question: how do I play what I hear? Through consulting […]

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]]> https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/develop-ear-instrument-connection/feed/ 0 How to Identify 7th Chord Extensions By Ear https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/identify-7th-chord-extensions-ear/ https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/identify-7th-chord-extensions-ear/#respond Wed, 23 Aug 2017 15:31:10 +0000 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/?p=48810 If you want to become an excellent improviser, you need to have a solid ear. You need to have ears trained to hear anything that comes your way and ready to react quickly to your musical environment. I’ve talked a lot about ear training on our blog because I truly believe it is one of […]

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]]> https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/identify-7th-chord-extensions-ear/feed/ 0 Ear Training: Master Singing Intervals https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-master-singing-intervals/ https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-master-singing-intervals/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2017 15:26:53 +0000 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/?p=45787 Having great ears is an important asset for a jazz musician or any kind of musician to have. That’s why working on ear training fundamentals is so important. Working on fundamentals such as intervals, chord and chord progression recognition helps train our ears to a deeper level. I’ve gone over interval recognition before in a […]

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]]> https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-master-singing-intervals/feed/ 0 Why Ear Training Is Important For Jazz Musicians https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-important-jazz-musicians/ https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-important-jazz-musicians/#respond Fri, 23 Jun 2017 15:34:03 +0000 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/?p=45197 When it comes to jazz or any music that revolves around improvisation, having strong ears is of utmost importance. What is improvisation anyway? It’s playing in the moment. There is no time to pre-meditate the lines you are going to play. You don’t get to try a bunch of variations of a lick and decide on […]

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]]> https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-important-jazz-musicians/feed/ 0 Ear Training 101: Hearing 2 Intervals In a Row https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-101-hearing-2-intervals-row/ https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-101-hearing-2-intervals-row/#respond Fri, 02 Dec 2016 16:50:51 +0000 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/?p=36291 For this next test in our Ear Training 101 series, we are going to be turning up the heat a little bit with our interval recognition skills. It’s one thing to be able to recognize your intervals when isolated to just two notes (the root note and the interval defining note), but when you add another […]

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]]> https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/ear-training-101-hearing-2-intervals-row/feed/ 0 Ear Training 101: Chord Recognition https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/chordrecognition/ https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/chordrecognition/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:29:25 +0000 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/?p=32931 Last time in our Ear Training 101 series, we talked about interval recognition. We discussed how important ear training is to jazz musicians (and musicians in general) and concluded with an interval recognition test to see how well you could do. If you haven’t taken that test yet, be sure to do it. We also […]

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]]> https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/chordrecognition/feed/ 0 Ear Training 101: Take the Intervals Test https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/intervalseartraining/ https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/learning-jazz/ear-training/intervalseartraining/#respond Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:51:50 +0000 https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/?p=32703 One of the most important things for a jazz musician (or any musician) to develop is their ears. Improvisation requires the ability to create melodic and rhythmic ideas on the fly, and in order to do this, we need to be able to hear the music we are trying to create. If we can’t hear […]

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