[jazz_guitar] Ear Training, Jazz Guitar Starting Right

[Dave Woods]

It's very important to sing your scales.  Basic Modes, and the Harmonic and Melodic Minors.  I'm using Cakewalk's Dimensions Pro and a male choir.  All you have tom do is sing along with the track.

 

It starts with the Harmonic Minor from A, singing the Intervals From the Tonal Center.  Next, it breaks it into 3rds, 4ths, 5ths 6ths 7ths, and octaves.  First, they're sung straight, then the same interval is sung reversing direction.  Listen, you'll hear what I mean.

 

The Modes and the Melodic Minor are coming.  

http://www.jazzguitarstartingright.com/Harmonic%20Minor%20E.T.mp3

 

Dave Woods  

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[Elliot B]

Dave,
It looks like no one has commented on this. Let me be the first.
Downloaded the MP3 of harmonic minor intervals and sing along during my long drive to work. Sounds a bit like medieval chanting.

Thanks, and I'm looking forward to the other scales.

Elliot

--- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Woods" <david_woods@...> wrote:
>
> It's very important to sing your scales. Basic Modes, and the Harmonic and
> Melodic Minors. I'm using Cakewalk's Dimensions Pro and a male choir. All
> you have tom do is sing along with the track.
>
>
>
> It starts with the Harmonic Minor from A, singing the Intervals From the
> Tonal Center. Next, it breaks it into 3rds, 4ths, 5ths 6ths 7ths, and
> octaves. First, they're sung straight, then the same interval is sung
> reversing direction. Listen, you'll hear what I mean.
>
>
>
> The Modes and the Melodic Minor are coming.
>
> http://www.jazzguitarstartingright.com/Harmonic%20Minor%20E.T.mp3
>
>
>
> Dave Woods
>

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[Dave Woods]

Great!   The only way to be completely sure you're hearing something is to sing it.   After awhile, when you're sure you're hearing, you can practice in your head without having to sing it out loud.  This saves years of un necessary wear and tear on your hands.   This also teaches you not to practice faster than you can hear.

 

Dave Woods

 

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Dave,
It looks like no one has commented on this. Let me be the first.
Downloaded the MP3 of harmonic minor intervals and sing along during my long drive to work. Sounds a bit like medieval chanting.

Thanks, and I'm looking forward to the other scales.

Elliot

--- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Woods" <david_woods@...> wrote:
>
> It's very important to sing your scales. Basic Modes, and the Harmonic and
> Melodic Minors. I'm using Cakewalk's Dimensions Pro and a male choir. All
> you have tom do is sing along with the track.
>
>
>
> It starts with the Harmonic Minor from A, singing the Intervals From the
> Tonal Center. Next, it breaks it into 3rds, 4ths, 5ths 6ths 7ths, and
> octaves. First, they're sung straight, then the same interval is sung
> reversing direction. Listen, you'll hear what I mean.
>
>
>
> The Modes and the Melodic Minor are coming.
>
> http://www.jazzguitarstartingright.com/Harmonic%20Minor%20E.T.mp3
>
>
>
> Dave Woods
>

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[jem18rc]

Great inspiration,

My first excited realization here was that scales and other clips could be rendered for my own drive-time customized education through BIAB.

"Voice Lessons To Go Volume 2: Do Re Mi Ear and Pitch Training by Ariella Vaccarino" has helped me. Although what other hand-free tools or sound sets are already available?

There are also many free apps available for the ipod touch / phone.

--- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "Elliot B" <optics22000@...>
...

> Downloaded the MP3 of harmonic minor intervals and sing along during my long drive to work. Sounds a bit like medieval chanting.

...

[dphidt]

One of the best things that I've done for practicing while not playing has been to record/generate the chords to tunes and listen to them while driving, running, etc. When I'm in the car or at home, I'll sing chord tones, arps, various scales, or solos over the changes. At the gym, I'll try to hear the chord tones or other scales, etc. in my head and/or visualize the same on the fretboard. The only problem that I've had is that it makes running on a treadmill a bit of a challenge until you get used to it. That extra amount of concentration has caused a few missteps. :-)

The tunes are either new ones that I'm working on, or ones from my set lists. I'll usually have two versions of each tune. One w/ piano, bass, drums. The other is just bass. I usually have the head played at some point w/ vibes. I'm using BIAB 2005 for the midi generation. My only issue w/ it is that on the head, most of the jazz styles drop into a 2 beat style, rather than a walking line.

This definitely helps in hearing the changes to tunes. Using just the bass also helps w/ that and makes my ear/brain work a bit to hear the rest of the chord.

One of the best uses was listening to a bunch of bossas ripped from some CDs I have, and alternating them w/ the BIAB changes versions. Listening to these while walking outside on a hot day really locks in the bossa groove. My stride is timed to the 1/2 note bass rhythm and the heat makes you get into that relaxed, behind the beat, I ain't in a rush, mindset.

-- Mike V.

--- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "jem18rc" <jem18rc@...> wrote:
>
> Great inspiration,
>
> My first excited realization here was that scales and other clips could be rendered for my own drive-time customized education through BIAB.
>
> "Voice Lessons To Go Volume 2: Do Re Mi Ear and Pitch Training by Ariella Vaccarino" has helped me. Although what other hand-free tools or sound sets are already available?
>
> There are also many free apps available for the ipod touch / phone.
>
>
> --- In jazz_...@yahoogroups.com, "Elliot B" <optics22000@>