Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Ear training deep dive to clear confusion regarding practice and results. This is Part 1, dealing with the fundamentals and outlining an overall roadmap.

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Ear Training Q&A Series:
🎵 Part 1 | Essential Fundamentals: You're here!
🎵 Part 2 | Scale Degrees and Intervals: youtu.be/x5S5MYKAvBY?si=HkmVxzfK8cIB0Jfm
🎵 Part 3 | Chords and Progressions: youtu.be/pfeII1DZVQg?si=7xl7eYkE0kgUd5K1

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:08 - Basic essential skills
04:00 - Ear training roadmap
10:28 - Is music theory required?
12:23 - Transcription from a beginner perspective
15:01 - Clarifying tonic recognition
20:44 - Mistaking other degrees for the tonic
21:49 - Generating the tonic feeling when reading sheet music

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