Try these next patterns this time we’ll use the Dorian scale, which has only one different interval from the Aeolian scale. Very often, and especially to beginners, scales sound more like a random sequence of notes that any particularly defined sound, which is another benefit of this kind of ear training for guitar. Here are three diagrams for the A Aeolian scale, each of which starts with a triad to alert your ear, then you play out the rest of the pattern.Īs these patterns are slightly more musical, they make the scale sound like what it’s supposed to sound like, if you see what I mean. What this does is it gives your ear a nudge so that it takes more notice of the sounds (intervals) in the scale, as what you tend to do when practicing scales is to switch off or not really pay attention to each scale degree, and it just becomes a technical exercise. You can either play this triad as single notes as part of the scale or play it as a chord, then play the rest of the scale. What we’re going to do is adapt several scale patterns to include a triad as the first three notes. Incidentally, this method also gives you a more musical option for starting scales from the low E string, if you suffer from that problem. So, instead of tedious interval exercises, I’ve come up with a method you can use to practice fine-tuning your ear while also practicing your scales, as well as working on your technique. Well done for the gamification of this test btw, I would push the cursor even further, gamifying stuffs like this can be great.Ear training, especially for guitar, is probably the least interesting thing to do on the instrument, though perhaps one of the most important skills to practice. This quizz lead to interesting questions to me. But once in the 1% range, there’s some I could definitely pinpoint as the answers but some that relied mostly on “gut feeling”. I found it interesting that there’s an overall progression, I didn’t tried them multiple times, only once each, but I’ll maybe do them once a day for few days and post my results as answers of this post if there’s any change.ĭoes this method can really improve my earing or is it just my ear adapting during the test but without “longterm benefit” ? Does this earing improvment can be really used in real life situations ? Am I earing better or just developing strategies that fits the purpose of this quizz ? For instance, at first, it was like when I tune a guitar, and so spotting lower second pitch was way easier than spotting higher pitch, then I refined a bit that strategy, using my hand and creating a “lower note expectation” for the second note, trying to ear if the note eared meet the expected note in my head. Then back to the sine using the melodic mode: I first took the test with default settings, getting a 8% than, after reading the comments, I got caught by the game high score aspect and decided to test once all waveform and the two mode. That was really fun, even tho a bit ear breaking even at low volume, I found the progression really interesting. I’m 31yo, musician (guitar), trained, and few earing issues as most gigging musicians, using average headphones, firefox browser.
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Try different tones for each of the first and second note to hear subtle differences in pitch when the notes have a diffrent tones.
You can also fix the first note to be a high, medium or low note or have the first note change for each test. Options allow you to play the notes melodically, one after the other, or harmonically where the first note continues playing while the second note plays. See how small an interval you can differentiate. As you get answers right, the notes will get closer together until they are almost identical.
Pick if the second note is higher or lower than the first. Two notes will be played that are 100% of a semitone apart. The intonation ear trainer is designed to help develop your ear for intonation, or how well you can pick if a note is in tune.
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