Ear Training: How to Set Up Your Musical Mind for Success

[@timoteoabilenelyda7531]

THANK YOU, Mr. Frantz! This could be a concrete chute, channeled directly to the foundation. Blessings to ya from Edneyville, NC, Appalachia, USA!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I think this12 minute video has set me up for the next 12 years of practice. I only started understanding music at 65 yoa after a life saying that I had been born with two left ears. My choir teachers told me early on to move my lips and not make a noise. Now I'm even trying to sing. Merci, this helped a lot.

[@painlesslynx5550]

Thanks for such helpful insight! I cant express how much this helps those who are starting out (like me). It’s awesome to have someone like you providing guidance and advice on KZbin for free!

[@key-notes]

Thank you for your kind words! Honored to help.

[@guitargod6997]

No one is inducing me to say this. With over a half century of playing experience I can only say that this is refined and comprehensive content elegantly delivered.

[@jeffh5388]

Great channel. I’m so happy I found this. Thank you for such valuable information.

[@key-notes]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@susanlennon]

This is truly beautiful, and affirming to me as a beginner. ❤

[@key-notes]

Thank you so much!

[@guitargod6997]

I just discovered this channel today and subscribed. As a classical guitarist and evolving pianist with over fifty plus years of music experience, I can vouch that every nuance and suggestions by this gracious and generous teacher are solid gold! In this case ear training. Thanks for your gifts to all musicians!

[@key-notes]

Thank you for your very inspiring words!

[@corpprotect]

This was so helpful. I love playing Elton John and learning live versions of his songs but rely heavily on muscle memory. The moment I try to improvise and change a chord inversion I get lost and forget what comes next. Very frustrating so I pretty much have to learn a specific version of the song and not deviate. I’ll try your suggestions. Thank you!

[@ryxsenl3018]

Educational even outside of musical domain. I am deeply rooting for the channel (:

[@key-notes]

Thank you so much! Truly appreciated. 🙏

[@JayCee-hw4zc]

Fantastic!

[@nickiadams4388]

Thanks for this! By singing inner voices you said without the aid of the piano would you go on to sing while you play a la Glenn Gould?

[@key-notes]

@@nickiadams4388 Only as an exercise. This can really help, especially with the inner voices since they’re harder to hear. I’d try not to sing when performing though!

[@nickiadams4388]

@@key-notes Yes, that makes sense! So sing parts away from piano, then sing while playing, then sing with your fingers ;)

[@key-notes]

@@nickiadams4388 Yes, exactly!

[@IIlIIlIIlIIlIIlIIlIIIIlI]

I'm really frustrated because I don't understand harmony... My piano pieces are very advanced but I don't really understand the music (harmony). What can I do? 😭😭

[@key-notes]

This is a common problem, one for which there is a solution, so don’t worry. First, realize that technical complexity is not the same thing as musical complexity. Some pieces may be advanced technically yet harmonically they may be relatively straightforward. Chopin’s first Etude, Op. 10, No. 1 is an example-harmonically this piece is in essence a chorale. Second, start with harmonically simple pieces, rather than trying to learn more complex harmony in the musically advanced pieces you’re playing. Third, do consider joining Key-Notes (www.key-notes.com)! This is a music learning platform that uniquely combines video instruction with apps that allow you to develop core musical skills in a highly focused way. I developed two apps for Key-Notes that specifically solve your problem. One is Interactive Scores, which illuminates the language of music, including all chords as well as non-chord tones, plus pretty much anything you see in a piece of sheet music. You’ll see at a glance the harmonies used in the music you’re learning. There are also hundreds of concise, on-demand video lessons built directly into this app. The second app is Chordio, which trains you to play the chords found in any piece using a MIDI keyboard. It’s fair to say that Chordio is the fastest possible way to learn chords. Often I work with students who have had piano lessons for years but who still are unable to play basic chords in any inversion without spending a long time thinking through each note. When they use Chordio, they master all the common chords within weeks. Hope this helps. Best wishes in your musical journey!

[@dmytrooleinichenko9865]

It all sounds to me like years and years of hard practice without guarantee expected result. I don't believe that it is affordable if your profession is not musician

[@timpullen4941]

Why do people say Oral when they mean Aural. (They are completely different).

[@key-notes]

As far as I can tell I clearly said “aural,” and I even made a point of pronouncing it correctly! The transcript is machine-generated and mistakenly has “oral,” which of course is completely different. If you heard something other than “aural,” then maybe I’ve been in Europe too long.

[@key-notes]

@timpullen4941 I listened a couple more times with headphones, and I do very clearly say “aural,” at least to my ears. I pronounce “oral” completely differently. Maybe wherever you’re from people pronounce them similarly? Incidentally, I do sometimes talk about the aural/oral tradition in music since both of these factors are important.

[@key-notes]

@timpullen4941 Thanks again for calling my attention to this. It looks like this was an inaccuracy in the automatic transcription. Turns out it’s possible to edit the automatically generated transcript, so I fixed it there (though it might not be live just yet). I assume you were looking at the transcript rather than listening? I listened to every instance where I meant to say “aural” and, to my ears at least, “aural” is clear. Maybe I need to work on my aural skills to hear what you may have heard? Or maybe I need to work on my oral skills to pronounce “aural” clearly?!

[@CaesarTjalbo]

@@key-notes your pronunciation of "aural" is fine, don't worry

[@key-notes]

@@CaesarTjalbo Thank you!

[@karstdejong]

How about imagining music in our mind that has not been invented by someone else and written in a score?

[@shilohpatten3761]

You can’t. It was all basic Euclidian geometry. They knew why what sounded the best came from simple math. That’s why the Digital Millennial Copyright Act explains how and why. Famous composers didn’t reinvent the wheel; nor did they discover the common count to 4. It’s not infringing to comp chords.