2. Ear Training Exercises You Can Do by Yourself

[@ananth1784]

It really cannot get better than this. This is literally "gold". The way has been laid out but it is going to be a herculean task to practice. But i can feel the vibes that if i practice it, i am going to find "gold". Have to practice methodologically.

[@Pascal-st1ep]

How are the results, for those curious?

[@cedzimagination]

Yoh man! This is great.. Ear training is truly the "secret sauce" for any musician... Thank you so much for this series... Looking forward to more💯✌🏾

[@Zonewriter3]

This is great! I Inured my two index fingers recently and can't play for several weeks. I figured I could devote what was practice on the keys time to ear training time, "When fishermen can't fish...they mend their nets!." I stumbled on your lessons and they are perfect for my rehab time. I don't have to play...just listen and loop your intervals lessons. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into producing great quality content! Thanks for your passion to share and teach!

[@mayasty]

Amazing! Thank you! I can’t wait your next lessons.

[@pindakaas42]

Hell yeah. Why I cant think of practicing up AND down by myself will always be a mystery, but hey, after you are taught better nobody can tell the difference, right? ^^

[@vextronx]

Thank you so much, dude! Great content! :)

[@ciclistacronico]

great tips! Thanks and Avanti!

[@Solomon.Y_Music]

Please post it upload more videos like this it's very useful for all thak you sir

[@Galayak]

This. Is. It. I have a question. Isn't it "dangerous" to check accuracy when your ear isn't trained? Like, to someone untrained it could sound as if they are singing correctly the scale, when in reality they are botching it midway, right?

[@lmomhodges4842]

Yeah. They could completely mess up the middle and still land on the tonic, and move on without having perfected the scale as a whole. I belive that it would be more effective to play alongside for a while or check some of the problem notes with an instrument to make sure that the scale is down.

[@SuperZutsuki]

It would make sense to check random notes while singing to make sure you're sticking to the scale.

[@Wiloptic]

Suggestion This is much better when u sing with the solfege notations Do re me .... It give each not a more identifiable character I have realized that most western teachers skip this very important step Could there be any reason for this?

[@lucamoscetta6915]

Great content!

[@lolwhatever7307]

What if i have 1.5 octave range from G to C? Should i only sing scales that fits? Or can i sing unfinished scales?

[@aldotanca9430]

Your voice might be centered differently than the person in the video, you might find it more comfortable to start from a lower C. Also, you could move the higher part of the exercise to the lower octave. If you are not familiar with solfege, perhaps read about Movable Do.

[@evandocarmo2209]

Whistle it!

[@Debangshuification]

What if i don't have a melodic voice?

[@moonman57]

1:28 listen im sorry to be That Guy, but, correction: the major scale is what all _western_ music theory is based off of. even that is not entirely correct, but it's more true than saying _all_ music theory is based on it. other cultures have their own theories of music (e.g. hindustani classical music) that are as valid, useful and interesting as anything else. some musical traditions don't even base tuning on the harmonic series and still have a very clear logic. point being, 'western (particularly classical) music theory is the only music theory' is a eurocentric trap that is best avoided

[@karolakkolo123]

For most purposes, learning ear training on the major scale is ok. Most people in the west who are ear training won't specifically make hindu music, y'know. Of course that other cultures use other scales. Even western-influenced musicians used very unusual scales, like the promethean scale used by Scriabin. Don't fall in the "music is diverse so I have to learn all its diversity from the very beginning" trap. Any starting reference point is good. The western one just happens to be more popular across the globe

[@cedzimagination]

You're right! Though I think this was more geared towards most of the population and not "all". Cause not everyone can start practicing ear training with say the "hindu scale" 😂😂 though for improvisation/creative purposes I'd want to learn most of these other scales/modes. 🥂

[@aldotanca9430]

How does that affect the relevance of this tutorial though, given context? Not at all. It is indeed true that the major scale should not be regarded historically as the source of "all music". Indeed, not even as the source of the european main musical tradition, given music was taught for most of its history as a combination of hexachords which allowed even young children to modulate intuitively in ways which are complex and advanced in the eyes of anybody learning music like it is taught commonly today. But that is a consequence of a shift in musical education, from being aimed exclusively at professional musicians which were trained to improvise it since the youngest age, it became instead a tool for non professional musicians to replicate it. That shift made the major scale central to pedagogy, to an extent that it is now used as a starting point in music theory in general. This tutorial covers just that pedagogical tradition. Indeed one could not even learn to solfege indian classical music precisely with a piano, because the temperament is different. Same goes for baroque solfege. However that provides a starting point and a frame of reference. Indeed the bilawal raga wich is tipically one rāga taught first in indian classical is nothing but the major scale :) Some grade are tempered differently, but not so much that they sound as completely different intervals. So, you are right that it is not the center of "all" music, but you are perhaps incorrectly assuming that this video was about "all" music.

[@man0sticks]

You are correct. You are “that guy.” But you’re not really sorry.

[@spreefeech7634]

But isn't sargam used in hindustani classical also equivalent to the Western major scale. He is literally asking us to use "sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa" as the base for theory. Sure there are differences down the line but everything starts from this even in hindustani or carnatic classical for that matter.