Vocal Ear Training One Note Version

The Vocal Ear Training Starts here with the: Ear Training One Note Vocal Version

Vocal Ear Training is the best ear training system for a vocalist!

This Vocal Ear Training really works! Here is what students are saying about the Ear Training One Note™ Vocal Version:

• “My accuracy is better with this version than with Ear Training One Note Complete with Piano”
• “I like it – the high end seemed much clearer to me. Also just refreshing to hear voices after all the piano stuff.”
• “Not having the tempered tuning of the piano seems to make the notes easier to detect especially in the low and high range.”
• “I just like the sound of voices better than a piano so I’m sold on the vocal edition”

Universally better? Is it the magic bullet?

Maybe Yes, Maybe No. Students who didn’t do much ear training each day noticed no difference (no surprise there). Other students who applied themselves more rigorously did not notice any improvement in their recognition initially BUT SOME DID; so if you are having problems with Ear Training One Note using a piano sound you might try the Vocal version and see if you are one of the people it can help.

Why is a voice different from a piano

A piano uses tempered tuning so that it can play in all keys. This tempered tuning, which started back in the age of Bach allowed music to be played on one keyboard in all keys. The trade-off was you had to de-tune notes so that every key would sound OK. Thus as you move up and down the keyboard notes get progressively more out of tune. Obviously in the long run you need to be able to hear the notes of the piano correctly, with this Contextual based ear training BUT for the beginner sometimes using the voice which is singing each pitch EXACTLY in tune can help to take one variable out of the equation and makes it easier to progress.

Great for vocalist and choir members

Certainly if you are a singer, work with a choir or multiple voice band this vocal version of ear training one note exercise is exactly what you need to hear what notes are being sung by your fellow vocalists.

But What is Ear Training One Note?

The idea of hearing sound based on a “key center” as opposed to an “interval” really began a revolution in the way musicians perceive sound. Most seasoned musicians hear this way naturally after years of playing but with Ear Training One Note a student can fast forward their learning so that they can experience all these years of ear training in a fraction of the time.

Hearing within a key center

If you are just becoming aware of this idea of “hearing within a key center” let’s look at a little history of ear training for musicians. The “Interval” method of Ear Training has been taught in music schools for literally hundreds of years and rarely been questioned. This method is based on hearing the distance between each note with no regard to a key center. If you are only using intervals for ear training you will develop a host of problems, only one of which is great difficulty improvising with others in a playing situation where music is going by in Real Time.

A detailed discussion

There is a detailed discussion of “interval” vs. “key center” ear training in the book that accompanies all of our beginner’s ear training books. Make sure to read this and our FAQS to understand all different aspects of ear training.

The essence of this “key center” method.

By learning the sound of all 12 notes within a “key center” you develop a completely different way of approaching ear training. With the “key center” method if you hear an “E” played in the key of C, you are not thinking that the note is four half steps above the root or in some interval relationship to any other note –your are recognizing the sound of a 3rd because you have memorized that sound within a “key center.”

Ear Training One Note Series teaches you the “Key Center” process.

By working with the audio files in the Ear Training One Note Series over time, you gain the ability to recognize the sound of all 12 notes with a “key center.” For some students this will be a quick and painless rebooting of the way they hear sound; for others it can be a frustrating path with many possible pitfalls.

Vocal Version is available as a bundle or as individual downloads

The Bundle contains Ear Training One Note: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Levels. You can also just purchase these Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced levels separately. Click on title below to go directly to the product you prefer:

• The Ear Training One Note Complete Vocal Version
• Ear Training One Note Beginning Vocal Version
• The Ear Training One Note Intermediate Vocal Version
• Ear Training One Note Advanced Vocal Version
• The Ear Training One Note™ Complete Vocal Version

The Ear Training One Note Complete Vocal Version contains all three levels of this method. You get the Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Levels in one download.

Additional Information:

• Digital IBSN: 978-1-59489-635-4
• 36 pages with 3 CDs of audio files in MP3 format. 99 MP3s per level.