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[–] Xenoceratops 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What @quixotic120 said.

You can look at what they do in music school by searching for musicianship/aural skills syllabi.

These are the usual topics (more or less in the order they are introduced, but about halfway through become simultaneous):

  • Interval identification
  • Chord quality identification (triads, later seventh chords)
  • Scale identification (usually major and natural/harmonic/melodic minor, but some do modes and other types of scales too)
  • Solfège
  • Sight singing (rhythmic and melodic)
  • Conducting
  • Melodic dictation
  • Rhythmic dictation
  • Harmonic dictation
  • Polyphonic dictation

Keep in mind that you'll do these with a concurrent course in theoretical topics.

I should also emphasize that having a good command of theory is of tremendous help to developing your ear; a lot of what we do, especially for hard-to-hear things like inner voices in a thick texture, is logical inference based on things we know. There's a video by Sean Wilson that demonstrates this nicely.

[–] bigEgoAndILoveJazz 1 points 1 year ago

Wow thanks a lot I'll check it !

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