http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/ Songwriter, Recording Artist, and Blogging Musician Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:54:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-3596 Graham English Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:20:44 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-3596 I don't have an answer. The trite answer is it takes as long as it takes. A timeline would depend on how much has been done already, and that's hard to measure. I would just say to practice for the sake of practicing. Sometimes the journey is the destination. I don’t have an answer. The trite answer is it takes as long as it takes. A timeline would depend on how much has been done already, and that’s hard to measure. I would just say to practice for the sake of practicing. Sometimes the journey is the destination.

]]> http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-3595 keith hudson Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:39:58 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-3595 about how many times would u say one would have to sing say the c major scale...and then the c chromatic scale before one can actually hear that note and repeat what it is...as a martial artist...one would have to practice a particular block no less than 1000 times before that block will be of use to him in a self defense situation...just wondering... about how many times would u say one would have to sing say the c major scale…and then
the c chromatic scale before one can actually
hear that note and repeat what it is…as a martial artist…one would have to practice a particular block no less than 1000 times before that block will be of use to him in a self defense situation…just wondering…

]]> http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1611 Graham English Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:37:59 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-1611 Good points Ross. And you're right. It's harder to sing what's in your mind than people think. Which is why we should all practice it as much as possible. Because the more experience you have translating music from imagination to the voice or your instrument, the easier it becomes. Good points Ross. And you’re right. It’s harder to sing what’s in your mind than people think. Which is why we should all practice it as much as possible. Because the more experience you have translating music from imagination to the voice or your instrument, the easier it becomes.

]]> http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1610 Ross Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:26:26 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-1610 I guess it's all about translating from the passive observer, the listener, to the creator, the origin. What interests me is the action of singing a note from the mind, rather than from the environment. This practice is far more difficult than you would think. When I try to create a note in my voice that is in my mind, I begin to question just how robust the note is in my minds' ear. Particularly, there is a difference in the strength of a memory of a recently heard note and that of one, which has been imagined. I guess it’s all about translating from the passive observer, the listener, to the creator, the origin. What interests me is the action of singing a note from the mind, rather than from the environment. This practice is far more difficult than you would think. When I try to create a note in my voice that is in my mind, I begin to question just how robust the note is in my minds’ ear. Particularly, there is a difference in the strength of a memory of a recently heard note and that of one, which has been imagined.

]]> http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1609 Graham English Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:54:49 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-1609 Cool trick of the mind. Thanks for sharing. Cool trick of the mind. Thanks for sharing.

]]> http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1608 mike Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:40:51 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-1608 try this , get on a piano and go up a c major scale and sing along with it, eventually you will go out of your range, but your ear can still hear it, keep going till you run out of notes, now try to keep imagining notes that are higher than on the keyboard, you can probably imagine three or four but then its like you can't even think it ! now try decending till you run out it works both ways you can't imagine a note that low, it goes out of the range of your ear, definitely shows a ear mental connection. mike try this , get on a piano and go up a c major scale and
sing along with it, eventually you will go out of your range, but your ear can still hear it, keep going till you run out of notes, now try to keep imagining notes that are higher than on the keyboard, you can probably imagine three or four but then its like you can’t even think it ! now try decending till you run out it works both ways you can’t imagine a note that low, it goes out of the range of your ear, definitely shows a ear mental connection. mike

]]> http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1607 Graham English Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:49:57 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-1607 I know how you feel Jeff! I know how you feel Jeff!

]]> http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Jeff Stephanoff Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:09:07 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-1606 yes! this is great news i've been matching my voice to notes on my guitar and matching my voice to music i hear and natural sounds that i encounter i everyday life it's done wonders, and has really made me aware of how inaccuate i was and how much i'm improving everyday it's a wonderful feeling! yes!
this is great news
i’ve been matching my voice to notes on my guitar
and matching my voice to music i hear
and natural sounds that i encounter i everyday life
it’s done wonders, and has really made me aware of how inaccuate i was and how much i’m improving everyday
it’s a wonderful feeling!

]]> http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1604 Graham English Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:02:37 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-1604 That's awesome news Anthony! Keep it up. :D That’s awesome news Anthony! Keep it up.

]]> http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1603 Anthony Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:54:23 +0000 http://i.grahamenglish.net/977/why-singing-what-you-hear-is-important-to-your-ear-training/#comment-1603 i have been singing along with the C, E G, A on CD from Absolute pitch power and also when playing on the piano in solfa...I can definitely say that my ear is improving...no end.... i have been singing along with the C, E G, A on CD from Absolute pitch power and also when playing on the piano in solfa…I can definitely say that my ear is improving…no end….

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