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Category Archive: Ear Training

Blues School: Major 12-Bar Blues: Harmonic Ear Training

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Major 12-Bar Blues Harmonic Ear Training using Solfege…

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2021-12-05 Blues School, Ear Training

Ear Training: Seventh Chord Recognition

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Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of the five most commonly-used seventh chords: major 7, minor 7, diminished 7, dominant 7, and half-diminished 7.

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2018-03-26 Chords, Ear Training, Study Aids

Ear Training: Triad Recognition

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Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of each of the four triad types: major, minor, diminished, augmented…

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2018-03-26 Chords, Ear Training, Study Aids

Ear Training: Melodic Interval Recognition

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Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of the following intervals: minor 2nd, major 2nd, minor 3rd, major 3rd, perfect 4th, tritone, perfect 5th, minor 6th, major 6th, minor 7th, major 7, octave…

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2018-03-26 Chords, Ear Training, Study Aids

Solfege: A Fun and Easy Ear Training Idea

Check out his video of a super simple, but effective way to do Solfege ear training…

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2018-03-22 Ear Training

Ear Training: Solfege Pitch Recognition

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Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of each of the twelve possible pitches with respect to the key center Do…

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2018-03-22 Ear Training, Study Aids

Blues School: Dorian Scale: Theory & Ear Training

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The Dorian Scale is widely-used in minor and minor-ish Blues tonalities commonly found in Blues, rock, pop, folk, and modal jazz…

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2015-04-04 Blues School, Ear Training, Scales

Blues School: Minor Blues Scale, Theory & Ear Training

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The Minor Blues Scale is the blues scale that most people are familiar with, so much so that it often just called the Blues Scale…

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2015-04-01 Blues School, Ear Training

Chord Progressions: Minor i-V7-i, Theory & Ear Training

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Studying the i-V7-i Chord Progression, the minor counterpart of the major I-V-I, will teach you the harmonic tension and release formula that makes an incredible amount of music tick…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions, Ear Training

Chord Progressions: Major I-V7-I, Theory & Ear Training

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Studying the Major I-V7-I Chord Progression will teach you about the harmonic tension and release formula that makes an incredible amount of music tick…

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2011-04-01 Chord Progressions, Ear Training

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