Ear Training Fun With Your iPhone, PS3, and Satellite Radio
You don’t have to sit in a tedious aural theory classroom to improve your ear training. Everyday technology like the internet, your cell phone, video games, or even your car radio can help you train...
View ArticleRock Band II: The Ultimate Ear Training Hero
Jam out with your friends and hone your music skills with Rock Band! Use Rock Band’s easy interface to practice pitch and rhythm. You don’t need to be a professional musician – even beginners can learn...
View ArticlePlay Rock Band 3… with a real Fender guitar!
The Squier Stratocaster Pro controller was just announced at the E3 conference in Los Angeles, and it has an extra trick up its sleeve. Is this a guitar which doubles as a controller, or a controller...
View ArticleTheta Music launches new online ear training games
This month, Tokyo-based company Theta Music launched a new website with a range of online ear training games, sure to be of interest to Easy Ear Training readers. I got a sneak preview of the site and...
View ArticleMusic & Life: Music, Health, and Aging
Ear training doesn’t have to start when you are in elementary school or college. Music activities like ear training benefit you no matter what your age, from eight months to eighty. This article...
View ArticleWii Music: Ear Training Through Play!
Make no mistake: Wii Music is a lot of fun. Where else can you get together with your friends and play "Sukiyaki" on steel drums and sitar, or create a full orchestral jam session in space? Wii Music...
View Article5 Surprising Ways to Become More Musical
Becoming a great musician doesn't have to mean lots of boring practice. Here are 5 fun (and surprisingly effective) ways to easily become more musical. Continue reading → The post 5 Surprising Ways to...
View ArticleOpen Your Ears to Chant Music
Join us to explore the timeless genre of chant music. Open your ears to these five chant songs and chant's integration into modern day music. Continue reading → The post Open Your Ears to Chant Music...
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New Apps Can Give Your Recordings a Professional Sound
What an age we live in! Audio recording and mixing capabilities that only a decade or two ago were limited to multi-million dollar studios are now available as mobile apps. So why does that awesome...
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PolyNome: Reinventing the Metronome, with Joe Crabtree
We were awed when we recently discovered the way-beyond-the-metronome app, PolyNome. We looked up its creator, drummer Joe Crabtree, and he filled us in on how it all came about and the mind-boggling...
View ArticleMaster Rhythm with Inner Inchronicity
A tightly-honed sense of rhythm is important for all musicians because rhythm is the gas in the music engine. Regardless of genre, having good rhythm skills can help you to sound more professional,...
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Review: Hooktheory Book I, "the music theory book you’ll love"
As musicians we crave having an instinctive understanding of the music we hear and love. Yet the traditional solution, music theory, leaves most musicians confused and frustrated. Fortunately some...
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From Virtual to Visceral: Learning how to learn music, with Paul Levy and Bob...
A few weeks ago, we spoke with two cutting-edge suburban music teachers who are making it real for their students. Rather than using the internet as a crutch, Bob Habersat and Paul Levy are creating an...
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Review: Hooktheory Book II, "the next level of chords and melodies"
For many musicians, just getting a handle on recognising common chord progressions by ear and starting to write songs is enough. But what about once you master that? Where do you go to learn advanced...
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Ask anything music: Musicpreneur Hub has the answer
Tommy Darker is thinking big. He set out to invent a whole new genre of Greek fusion music with his Kenophania project. And he has been tirelessly working to help musicians take the reins of their own...
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Free Jazz Lessons, with Steve Nixon
Pianist Steve Nixon has toured the world with a who’s who of blues and jazz greats – B. B. King, Buddy Guy, and Lonnie Brooks, to name a few. You would think regular gigs like that would be enough for...
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5 Best Practices for Online Song Collaboration
Collaboration among musicians is nothing new to the business. The Beatles, for one, were formed as a result of several individuals deciding to work together as a group, all the way back in the late...
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Making Ear Training a Game, with Steve Myers
As musicians we know the power of ear training to gain the instinctive feel for notes, chords and rhythms in music that can enable us to play by ear, write music, transcribe, improvise and more. But...
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How to Transcribe Music like a Pro: Before You Start
You hear a favorite tune on the radio and jump to your instrument, trying to pluck out the melody. You try several times, and maybe you get a few notes quickly scrawled out on some scrap paper, but...
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Stay In. Play On!
If you’re reading this then you’re well aware of the current situation with the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19. Like most of the community at Musical U, you may be faced with the prospect of staying...
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