Jean-Michel Pilc Masterclass Series IV: Play What You Hear

[@goldenox2370]

Simply the best teacher, foucuses on things that really matter!!!

[@tibastral]

Very interesting stuff, as always, Jean Michel is so didactic !

[@pickinstone]

I study a lot with Bruce Arnold, and we practice singing and hearing lines, harmony, and rhythm together. He diagnoses me like you did here. So, how does one study with the Maestro Jean? (Seriously)

[@nirandangol]

hi Professor Jean, I really liked all of your tutorial. I had some confusion with my playing that i think you can solve . It is that i can sing and play exactly the same notes in my instrument but can't figure out the interval exactly.And next thing is do i need to sing it in solfege style like do re mi fa or could i just hum and make my own noise and imitate on my instrument?

[@btanonymous]

You don’t have to sing it in Solfege. Once you can sing it extremely accurately, it starts proving you are muscially understanding the melody, or Audiating it. Solfege is used as a system to help the brain begin to categorize the information. For children Solfege is really useful, but most people are fine with just understanding the melody with the traditional scale intervals/chord relationships. It’s important to notice that the brain audiates/musically understands the melody before the theory is introduced. If you try to use theory, or notation to read the melody before you can sing/audiate it properly, then you still have to go through the process of learning it by ear and understanding it by ear, and then re visit the theory and have it tacked onto that understanding. Old comment but thought it was worth replying to in case another person reads it

[@JonathanOvnat]

IMO it's bad teaching right there. Singing the line is aural recall, but in order to play it you need to identify what notes were played. Interval training is bound to fail for most people. Same for just trying and trying...