KEY NOTE RECOGNITION

by Bruce Arnold

To play "by ear" a musician must first sense the key a chord or chord progression is in.  You must also be able to sense key modulations in order to follow chord progressions that change key.  The exercise found in this book is crucial to developing these skills.  

Imagine being able to know the key of what you are hearing by just playing one note on your instrument.  Think about the power this gives you to follow unfamiliar chord changes and get a quick sense of where keys are changing.  This is the first step in developing the ability to follow complicated chord changes or to make informed scale choices when playing over a chord progression.  

More importantly, developing the skills found in this book allows you to organize and remember sound based on how you hear it, not on how you consciously think about it.  It will move you away from remembering sound based on non-musical distinctions such as instrument fingerings, and toward remembering and organizing sound based on how you hear it.  Ultimately, this brings you closer to a deeper understanding of music and you will be able to store and retrieve music in your mind from a much more musical place.

Recommended prerequisite to this book: "Ear Training: One Note Advanced" or the completion of "Ear Training: One Note Complete Method."

Mr. Arnold frequently recommends that students use the digital download editions of the ear training books.  This allows immediate transfer of audio files to an MP3 player.  MP3 players are a much better tool for organizing sound than traditional CDs.   This allows a student to customize their ear training practice sessions.  MP3 players also allow you to practice anywhere an important ingredient to success with this method.  And finally digital downloads save you money.  You will find the digital edition of this book HERE.

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