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 Welcome
to Lesson Number 9. To help teach chords
it is wise to teach "Ear Training."
Ear Training is something that each musician
learns in order to help them to be better
players. I'd like you to be able to increase
your skills, so Ear Training is important
and rewarding. It's great to be able to
pick out someone playing a minor or a major
chord in a song. And, when you are reading
music, Ear Training helps your brain to
recognize the possible sound of a chord
before you play it. That's nice. And if
you play the chord, and you hear something
unexpected, you can check later to see if
that chord is written correctly or if you
played it correctly. Keep this in mind:
"There are lots of mistakes in written
music." I've read many pieces of music
with lots of errors, so don't assume you've
made the mistake until you've checked it
out.
Below
are some Ear Training exercises. Look at the
chord and then push play on the slider bar
to hear the chord. Do this for 5 minutes total.
When you are done, try to play each
chord on your own keyboard.
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