Announcing our new iPhone app: Step and a Half!
We are excited to announce our new ear training app for iPhone and iPod Touch: Step and a Half will be released on the App Store this Thursday, 8th July, and we wanted to give EasyEarTraining.com...
View ArticleRelativePitch in the iPhone App Directory
Our interval training app for iPhone, RelativePitch recently got a great review in the iPhone App Directory: (click to enlarge) The iPhone App Directory is published regularly by Imagine Publishing in...
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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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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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Jazz Improvisation and Fixed-Key Ear Training with Julian Bradley (The...
Want to get amazing ears for improvising jazz music? We recently published an experts guide to starting jazz improvisation ear training and today we’re going in-depth with one of the contributors:...
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3 Keys to Fast Ear Training Success from Scott Edwards (Ear Training HQ)
When you first start exploring the world of musical ear training, it’s easy to get lost in all the different approaches and conflicting advice out there. From the classical “aural skills” tests (e.g....
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Ear Training Site Profile: DLP Music Program
Continuing in our series of ear training site profiles… We’ve covered the Dallas School of Music‘s innovative “Discover, Learn and Play” online training program here on the site before, including a...
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How to Learn Intervals
All great musicians rely on their sense of what’s called “relative pitch” to play and understand music. “Relative pitch” is the ability to accurately hear the distances between notes. The core skill of...
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Announcing SingTrue: the app which can teach anybody to sing in tune
Today I am delighted to announce a new app from Easy Ear Training. It’s called SingTrue™ and it can teach anybody to become a confident, capable singer and musician. This is an app for complete...
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Howto: Use iAction to plan your ear training
Last week we introduced you to iAction: a fantastic new iOS app for goal setting, progress tracking, and the support you need to keep you on course. We think it’s a great complement to our ear training...
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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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