The fastest way to train your ear

[@ivanrego9883]

Hello Ted, I can't thank you enough for putting out this video. You can explain things clearly that very few could - indeed, a talented and sincere music teacher. I am a Jazz piano student, and like you and many others, I don't have perfect pitch, although my youngest brother does, so I know quite a bit about this natural gift. On the other hand, I have a sound degree of relative pitch and had begun my training, on my own, on Solfege a few years ago. I am at a place where I am pretty good at churning out simple arrangements by ear with relative ease. That said, I want to know more about modulation and how I might twig the Solfege in this capacity. I would be very grateful for any advice you can give me. Again, Ted, thank you for all your help to us music students. You are a great and knowledgeable teacher - I enjoy your videos. Ivan Brisbane Australia

[@Froggiliciouss]

Thank you for the video! I have perfect pitch, and even so, it is very useful to develop relative pitch and it is something I struggle a lot with as I end up relying perfect pitch. Perfect pitch is amazing, but sometimes it's simply more practical to use relative pitch. For example, instead of hearing that a chord is Ab Major, then is followed by Db and Eb back to Ab, I can say that the chord progression is I-IV-V-I, instead of having to use perfect pitch to figure out each chord. It's just generally quicker and less exhausting over long periods. Thank you again for this video!

[@Weatemilly]

In our solfege training we were taught how to always reach the root note from any note in the scale with standard steps of tension resolution. It's the idea that some notes are stable (1,3,5,8) and unstable (2,4,6,7). The unstable notes have their closest relation stable note yhey resolve to and then once you're on the triad it's easy to get back to home note.

[@rebanelson607]

Excellent lesson!

[@reziahamed6654]

Thanks heaps for these wonderful series of videos.... 🥇👍👍

[@ianroman5333]

You're the best music teacher on KZbin for me ❤ good job sir

[@miamia2418]

I downloaded the functional ear trainer app after you mentioned it in the last video and I’m super happy with my progress, I can feel my relative pitch getting better every day. One feature I found useful is the advanced mode where you can get it to play a short melody instead of single notes (you have to fiddle with the settings a little) it ups the difficulty when you completed all the basic levels and is also a way to bridge the gap to transcribing real music

[@pianofluency]

Wow amazing! I'm so glad it's helping.

[@amirkhan-dk6os]

Bro app name .?

[@kevinharris9371]

​@@amirkhan-dk6osFunctional ear trainer by Alan Bainbassat

[@williammartin9751]

@@amirkhan-dk6osBro he said it. Functional Ear Trainer

[@daxiaqingliubu]

In China, we primarily use numbered musical notation, so we sing 'do re mi fa so la si'. It wasn't until five years ago that I learned this system is called 'Solfège'. We are not familiar with 'intervals'. So, when I see many foreigners immediately sing notes like 'F A C#', it seems like they all possess the superpower of absolute pitch. This might be a cultural difference between the East and West. We focus more on holistic perception and relativity, while you emphasize specific analysis and absolute positioning.

[@younglord3836]

Love your teaching want learn more

[@joeloss1]

Lots of great info here. I'm still hoping to get further with jazz improvisation and this is an essential part I've ignored so far.

[@AtliOddsson]

That zooming into the guitar 😂

[@evans383]

Nice...I never considered sight singing ear training, but it makes sense that it would help. I've actually been trying to start doing that (but I was trying to learn reading...still quute bad at it 😅)

[@shaddaikamina7840]

Thank you I’m advance

[@smithyq6335]

Functional Ear Training app really works... at least up to a point. I slowly improved with C Major, and then when tried to test me on random Keys, I thought I'd never get it ... and yet a week later I was consistently scoring 80+%, and now it is almost effortless. Unfortunately, I've never mastered the final exercises, where the notes commingling the highest and lowest registers. I tried for a month, made zero progress and basically moved on to other things. Might need to dust it off and try it again. Perhaps adding sight signing or transposing simple melodies will help.

[@pianofluency]

Awesome! If you're getting really strong on every level except the extreme registers, I bet you're ready to focus on transcribing melodies and chord progressions in the music you like.

[@aqrs269]

Hey Ted, will there be a Black Friday offering for your online course?

[@pianofluency]

Yes! Planning a discount and a bonus gift :)

[@ramisbeats]

How do you know this note will work with this note in playing melodies

[@silxbeats]

Hey, I'm having issues with finger placement especially when I'm playing different scales. My fingers be getting tied up and I be hitting wrongs😂😂...are you gonna make a video explaining how to correctly do this fluently or is it included in a course?

[@pianofluency]

Go to my channel and you'll find a reference video with all major scale fingerings :) enjoy!

[@RolandHuettmann]

I do not use an iPhone. Is there a Android version?

[@pianofluency]

Looks like there is!

[@ianroman5333]

Transposing melodies is the best for me because I want to sing in combination of perfect and relative pitch. But before that, learn my music theory.

[@BestTrader-hp2sd]

Do you teach jazz?

[@pianofluency]

No jazz courses yet, but I teach privately and most of my private students are learning jazz. calendly.com/tedcasemusic/50-minute-lesson-individual

[@YellowfeverX]

Hold on a sec,, No android app:(?

[@kevinharris9371]

Yeah. It's there