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Originally Posted by Fretsource
Hi - I'm developing a new lesson on ear training. It covers a few sections ranging from single notes to chord progressions and I'll be posting each section as I finish it. So far I've posted the first section on finding single notes by ear, (unfortunately the most boring part,) Next is melodic phrases and I'll get it done ASAP. I hope some of the 'beginners' will find these lessons useful. And I'm sure the 'beyonds' will all agree with me about the importance of developing a good musical ear. |
Fretsource--
Nice job. This is really good stuff. It's well written and broken down so any level of guitarist can advance. The importance of ear training could never be stressed too much. And I can see where you're headed (I think) with this series, or at least I think it fits in nicely with understanding 'chord scales' and 'the Nashville system'.
One bit of input is about learning to tune the guitar by ear. I think you could expand on this. Maybe you already thought about this but are against it? I see where on 'what to do' under point 5 that you do talk about this. I guess I'm suggesting a separate section within this structure that is about tuning alone.
I don't mean getting all sidetracked on temperal tuning (although the basics of that are probably important to know). I'm mostly talking about learning to hear the 'beats' and the unification and checking tuning by octaves, etc. Maybe this fits somewhere within the single note scheme. Probably one of the biggest things for guitarists to get is how the B string is really important in the overall tuning.
Anyway, just a couple of pennies for thought. Again, great job on this, and I look forward to reading more. Thanks for providing an invaluable resource.
Take care,
Steve