Repeating Missed Notes During Ear Training

Repeating Missed Notes During Ear Training

Repeating Missed Notes During Ear Training

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Repeating Missed Notes During Ear Training

Q: OK, I’ll try one session a day doing all notes in Contextual Ear Training. I’m already doing so for Ear Training One Note. I actually had a few questions:

  • 1) In Ear Training One Note do you recommend repeating wrong notes 3 or 4 times or just letting them slide so to speak?
  • 2) In Contextual Ear Training should I sing saying the word of the degree or just any in tune sound? Movable DO would be ultra confusing as I learned music in Spain where they use fixed DO.
  • 3) Could I do some work with the minor one note CD or do you recommend waiting until I’m better at major? Currently I’m at about 30% with one note major.

Thanks for your help.

A: Yes definitely repeat the wrong notes 3 or 4 times that will help to engrain them in your memory.  For the Contextual Ear Training you can sing any sound.  I sing the solfeggio because later on I’m going to have you singing solfeggio to keep track of what key you are in when we work on modulation so you might want to get use to that now.  I know if will probably be hard for you if you learned fixed “DO.” But maybe doing it once a day with the exercise and slowly build up your ability.  You can do the minor cadence work too if you want to add that in. Usually it’s not so hard for most notes.  People run into a problem with a few notes like the 6th and the major 3rd but give it a try.  Just remember that you are changing the “context” so your mind with initially have some problems but over time it will become natural.  Patience is the key :)

Best Regards,

Bruce

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