Epic Ear Training

It's all about the Tonic

Epic Ear Training

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Send us Fan Mail Learning music by ear is a learnable skill, although most musicians don't know where to start. Using the tonic as a point on an aural map to pinpoint all other notes against is arguably the most valuable ear training skill a musician can have. This lesson will teach you how to identify each of the 7 major scale degrees by ear and give you 3 exercises for continual practice and improvement. For more practice with scale degrees, check out my collection of 120 progressive ear tr...

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