You can make ear training something you do once in a while or you can make it part of who you are. That's the difference between ear training and a listening practice. Ear training has often been half-jokingly, half-seriously referred to as "ear … [Read more...]
Top Ear Training Articles for 2006
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...]
Everytime I hear a B, I reach for my cell phone…
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...]
Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 09-26-06
Topics covered: Shaolin Ear Training. Download: Absolute Pitch Ear Training Podcast 09-26-06 … [Read more...]
Shaolin Ear Training
Have you ever watched a lion or tiger on television, stalking and then bursting upon its prey? It leads the attack with its eyes. All the rest of its magnificent body follows its eyes as it watches sharply, calculating speed and distance, supremely … [Read more...]
Hearing and Consciousness
From Mind Hacks: Tips & Tools for Using Your Brain Hearing is the first sense we develop in the womb. The regions of the brain that deal with hearing are the first to finish the developmental process called myelination, in which the connecting … [Read more...]
Absolute Pitch University Launched
Sometimes, all it takes is a little hands-on mentoring to take you over the top... APU is an Absolute Pitch Master Mind (a coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite … [Read more...]
The Ear Training You Do Today…
...is for tomorrow's ears. As you learn new skills or behaviors, neurons connect into new groups of cognitrons, where the connecting synapses are reinforced with repeated use. In other words, these new ideas need to "shake hands" a number of times … [Read more...]
Quit On A High Point
Traditionally, learning new skills concentrates on rote repetition, reiterating the skill a large number of times until it is consistently performed correctly. But recent developments in learning theory, which have been applied with particular … [Read more...]
Portals Into Absolute Pitch: Silence
This will be some of the more esoteric knowledge pertaining to absolute pitch. But nonetheless important. Keep an open mind. Silence Absolute pitch is so well disguised that almost everybody misses it completely. If you know how to listen, you'll … [Read more...]