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September 1, 2008 By Graham English

I don't know if you listen to RadioLab, but they recently did an episode on the phenomenon of getting songs stuck in your head. They called it "earworms." Well, they asked listeners to call in and talk about their earworms and techniques to eradicate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, earworms, engineering, frequencies, links, mixing, music production, perfect pitch, podcasts, RadioLab

Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 08-20-07

August 20, 2007 By Graham English

Topics covered: The pleasure of finding things out, Richard Feynman, Dr. Kurt Fischer, dynamic skill theory, developmental levels, adult learning, ear training, and much more... Download: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 08-20-07 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast, Audio, Music Education Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, abstract, adult learning, development, discovery, Ear Training, education, goals, Harvard, Kurt Fischer, learning, learning absolute pitch, motivation, peak performance, perfect pitch, Practice, relative pitch, Richard Feynman, skill theory, skills, values, wonder

Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 04-27-07

April 27, 2007 By Graham English

Topics covered: Learning absolute pitch, your motives, absolute pitch disinformation, motivation to learn absolute pitch, and more. Download: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 04-27-07 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast, Audio, Music Education Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, aural acuity, Ear Training, goals, learning, learning absolute pitch, motivation, motives, perfect pitch, Practice, relative pitch

Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 04-09-07

April 9, 2007 By Graham English

Topics covered: Singing what you hear, the body/mind connection in music, exercises to improve your musicianship, and more. Download: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 04-09-07 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast, Audio, Music Education Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Ear Training, emotions, exercises, feel, hearing, intervals, mind, Music Theory, perfect pitch, relative pitch, singing

Destroying The Myth That Music Is Annoying If You Have Absolute Pitch

March 31, 2007 By Graham English

There's a perpetually propagated myth that if you have absolute pitch, then if you listen to music that is out of tune, you have a bad experience. If there is any truth to this myth, it's definitely not an absolute. Some people may be disturbed by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, APP FAQ, Kind Of Blue, Language, Miles Davis, Mozart, myth, perfect pitch, personality, pitch, relative pitch, temperament, tempered scale, tuning

iTheory: Music Theory And Ear Training With Your iPod

March 3, 2007 By Graham English

iTheory is a free ear training tool for your iPod. It took me a couple of tries to get it installed correctly, but it works great. The interface isn't as clean as I would like. You have to scroll past hundreds of notes before you get to the iTheory … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Ear Training, ear training software, iPod, iTunes, relative pitch

The Best of The Graham English Blog 2006

December 31, 2006 By Graham English

Here's the final entry to my 2006 Celebrations and Reflections series. According to my stats, these are the top 20 most popular posts of 2006. Have a happy New Year! How To Be An Expert Your Goals As Waveform What is RSS and Why Do I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Ear Training, Music Business, Songwriting

Top Ear Training Articles for 2006

December 17, 2006 By Graham English

I hope your ear improved in 2006. I know mine did. Just in case you haven't been reading my blog all year, here's my favorite ear training articles for 2006. Is Your Ear Suspect? Why Singing What You Hear Is Important To Your Ear … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, Ear Training, ear training freeware, ear training software, EarTrainingHacks, perfect pitch, relative pitch

Everytime I hear a B, I reach for my cell phone…

December 5, 2006 By Graham English

It's pretty funny actually. I'll be watching TV or a movie and whenever I hear the note B in the soundtrack, I reach for my phone. All because I have Miles Davis' All Blues as my ringtone. :) In case you missed it, I've talked about ear training … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, EarTrainingHacks, perfect pitch, pitch triggers

Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 12-04-06

December 4, 2006 By Graham English

Topics covered: The art of sound, aural distinctions, absolute sound, loudness, location, and more. Download: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 12-04-06 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast, Audio, Music Education Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, absolute pitch ear training, Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast, absolute sound, aural distinctions, Ear Training, perfect pitch, perfect pitch ear training, perfect pitch podcast, the art of sound

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