![]() ![]() Is it the WWH or the And then you should know how to play that in a shape you are comfortable with. Does this sound like the tonic? If so try to play a major scale (WWhIf it was a whole step, similar process. If the half step works you know this was either 3 to 4 or 7 to 1. The major scale formula is WWh If it is consonant great! Try going up a half step if it's wrong go up another half step. And if you know that there's a half step between the 3rd+4th and 7th+1st notes. If you play a wrong note you are only a half step away from a right note. How does one get to that point? How do you practice ear training? I'm also curious to hear from people who haven't developed this skill, do you feel like it's holding you back? Can you manage well without it? I've asked them how they got to that point, and it's always a shrug and something like "it just takes practice" I don't even have to tell them what I'm playing half the time, they can just match it. I have a few jam partners that are like that. I've gotten by so far this way, but not gonna lie, I'm a bit jealous of people who can plug into anything just by ear. But if my bandmates play a chord, I can't figure out what they're playing unless I look at their hands or they tell me which one it is. I can hear if I'm not playing the right note. However, sometimes I feel that my lack of ear training is holding me back. ![]() I have an intermediate knowledge of music theory, I'm fairly confident in my abilities as a musician, I have a band and friends who say that I have a talent for music. ![]()
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