Guitar Noise is pleased to welcome Josh Urban as a contributing writer our website. Josh’s first piece examines what many musicians refer to as the most important skill one can develop - listening. And, like almost everything about the guitar, listening has many different aspects and each must be practiced in order to become a better musician.
ear training
Ears
Great thoughts and some practical exercises in ear training from Chris in Tokyo. Rather than worry about perfect pitch, Chris teaches us about relative pitch, which many of us either already have or can develop with some time and practice.
Grow Your Ears With The Net
Let’s take a look at the plethora of learning aids and tools available to help you with ear training. It’s amazing what is freely available out there.
Solving The Puzzle
This is the third and final part in our series of articles on figuring out songs by ear. Let’s put all the pieces together and and take out the guesswork.
Unearthing The Structure
The second of three parts, this lesson looks at songs by Smashing Pumpkins, The Eagles and Talking Heads to explore the conventions of song structure.
Happy New Ear
How do you figure a song out by ear? This is the first of three lessons on how to figure out songs without guitar tab.
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