Can you play by ear?
If you can’t, did you know you can learn how?
If you can, did you know you can get better?
The secret is… ear training!
Let’s talk about something that is incredibly important to musicianship and it’s massively overlooked in traditional piano training.
Ear Training – it’s for everyone
It is called ear training. When I start talking about ear training, people usually fall into one of two camps, those with the natural musical ear and those without. I hear people all the time say, oh, I’m tone deaf.
But there are very few people that are actually tone deaf.
So right now if you’re thinking, “Oh yeah, I’m TOTALLY tone deaf.” Just know, it is extremely rare. Give yourself a chance and consider that all you need is some simple ear training!
Now for the people who are thinking, “Oh yeah, I can DEFINITELY play by ear. My ear is solid” and you are tempted to skip the rest of this email, STOP! 🙂
Every ear can (and should!) be improved. I guarantee that you will surprise yourself with how far you can take natural talent when you continue to steward it.
As someone with a naturally strong ear, I can personally attest to that fact.
Massive Impact
Across the board, most of the music college graduates that I’ve talked to have all agreed that the ear training was a surprising and significant takeaway for them. They were shocked at seeing just how far they grew during their study, and were surprised that something so simple was such an impactful achievement.
Ear training will make a massive impact on your skill level and your confidence as a musician.
I can’t overstate the importance of having confidence as a musician. A lot of mistakes and sloppy playing simply stems from a lack of confidence.
And confidence can only come from training and repetition.
I love this app to help with ear training!
Download it here: https://musicate.app/earpeggio
Drill of the Week! 🎶
This week’s DOTW is called The Third Finger Cross-over
CLICK HERE to view the demonstration
This exercise will help train the muscles and create muscle memory that will benefit you when playing your scales.
Using the same principle we learned doing the Thumb Tuck, you don’t want your entire arm and elbow to move when you’re playing your scales. Practicing this drill will help stretch and train your muscles to play scales quickly and smoothly.
Practice this move 20x daily for each hand!
Weekly Challenge 💪🏻
Using that Earpeggio app that I KNOW you already downloaded, 
post a screenshot of the results of any game/practice/test that you tried!
Using that Earpeggio app that I KNOW you already downloaded, practice at least one game every day!
Practice with that app this week and then head over to our Community Group and post a screenshot of one of your best scores in Tuesday’s Brag Box. Or comment below and share your big wins!
LOOKING AHEAD
I’m in the process of planning the next free Masterclass and would really love YOUR input! What would you like to see offered next?
If you would take a second and fill out this quick questionnaire, I’d be really grateful. 🙂 If you have a topic you’d love to see covered that isn’t on the questionnaire, just hit reply and let me know!
And don’t forget to join our Worship Community group. We’re going to be learning a lot together in the coming weeks!
