In Sarah Sandvig's Music Theory for Singers, singers, voice students and their teachers finally have a singer-friendly primer for basic musicianship and music theory that is directly applicable to voice training. Interval Ear-Training: Major & minor 7ths
Interval Ear-Training: Major & minor 6ths Melodic Exercises in d and b Melodic minor Go on.The Triton (Diminished 5 th/Augmented 4 th) Tab to probably get in the ballpark, and ear to fine tune. That’s a whole ‘nother blog.Ĭheck out these two kids absolutely smash a Periphery song. Until June of 1987 when I heard Anthrax Among the Living for the first time. Iron Maiden: Number of the Best through to Somewhere in Time. VH: You Really Got Me, Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love, You’re No Good, Outta Love Again, I dunno man, the first four albums, songs and solos. KISS: Shock Me, Love Gun, Detroit Rock City, Parasite, Cold Gin, Calling Dr LoveĪC/DC: The whole Back in Black album, Big Balls, Let There Be Rock. Here’s some songs I learned by ear as a kid, and played them at many backyard parties in San Jose with my step bro Troy under the band name of Knights.
Put down the guitar, come back to it later. That shit ain’t gonna help anybody, especially you. Best to bust a move whilst you’re still in school, the older you get, the more responsibilities you have, time goes out the window, and well…you’re fucked. You need lots of free time for this to work. I spent the next three hours playing it in sheer joy. When I was 18, I learned the solo to Dokken’s Tooth and Nail. Unless you’re a dabbler, and that’s okay too. I’m not saying it’s all roses, but if you don’t feel some sense of joy or accomplishment when you’ve mastered a song and can play it from beginning to end flawlessly, I ll your shit. But your motivation levels will drop and your frustration levels will rise. To some, playing music is a phase, and that’s fine. If you’re doing it because you think it’s cool or your friends are doing it, chances are you won’t stick with it. You have to be pretty committed to work on ONE SONG for countless hours. If it feels like work, then you’re probably doing it for the wrong reasons. I’d be able to sing all the lyrics, guitar lines, bass lines, solos, drum fills. You have to know the song real well. At least I did, I was way into being able to play it perfect to the album. I’ll try and give you some tips as to what helped me. That was what was on the radio (KSJO and KOME), and let’s face it, it was RAD!! So, I’d slap on a record, make sure the guitar was tuned to the song, and start. KISS, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Dokken, Ratt, Ozzy, and Van Halen were the bands I cut my teeth on as a teen. I suggest if you’re going to give the ole’ ear training a crack, start with easy shit. This is was 1980’s and there was no YouTube or Google, so self motivation was KEY. At home it was up to my turntable and myself. Those friends were Dave Hull, Eric Fraser, Steve Lane, and Scot Miller (all still playing, teaching, etc). In high school I had friends show me stuff, and vice versa. But I wasn’t going to let lessons get in the way of me learning. So guitar lessons were out of the question. He sees the light now, but if I wanted to learn music back then, I’d have to do it all on my own. How did I fall into it? Why, I’m glad you asked! As a young teenage boy growing up in San Jose, California, music was looked down upon by my father. I’m sure there are great transcribists out there, but I’d rather just do it myself. I only trust TAB by: The writer of the music or Guthrie Govan.
Not to mention, the tab is more than likely wrong and done by a 14 year old in Nebraska.
Your eyes get the benefit, not your ears. Even if you transcribe something and you’re off here and there, at least you’re LEARNING shit. Why is this important? It’s the quickest way to learn a song. Take a music class in college and ear training will be part of it for sure. Learning a TV commercial jingle, a song on the radio, stuff off your fave metal album, a keyboard line. What’s ear training? Simply put, it’s playing by ear.