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		<title>How to Double Your Progress With Ear Training</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/12/29/how-to-double-your-progress-with-ear-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ethan Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a lot of experience with theory classes or with playing in an organized ensemble, you’re probably familiar with two different but equally important types of ear training method. When we sit down to practice though, we tend to focus only on one of them: the basic, practice-the-interval-until-you-could-recognize-it-asleep memorization method (or derivatives of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music &amp; Life: Teens, Listening, and Ear Training</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/09/29/music-life-teens-listening-and-ear-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabrina Peña Young</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=6334</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your teenage daughter can rattle off the lyrics to her 320 favorite tunes on her iPod but doesn&#8217;t remember you asking her to babysit her younger brother on Saturday night. Your high school senior can improv the sweetest guitar riff complexities by ear on the spot, yet blanks out during the chemistry lecture at school. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music &amp; Life: Music, Health, and Aging</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/08/16/music-life-music-health-and-aging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/08/16/music-life-music-health-and-aging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabrina Peña Young</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=6069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ear training doesn&#8217;t have to start when you are in elementary school or college. Music activities like ear training benefit you no matter what your age, from eight months to eighty. This article provides useful information for: Older adults who want to discover the benefits of music Music students and health professionals interested in creative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music &amp; Life: The Hidden Power of Music and Memory</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/08/02/music-life-the-hidden-power-of-music-and-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/08/02/music-life-the-hidden-power-of-music-and-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabrina Peña Young</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alzheimers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[app]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ear training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[harmony]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=6080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Any mainstream American pop tune, Beethoven symphony, or British children&#8217;s song shares a common thread: Western harmonies. Why does Western culture center on specific chords? What is the link between memory, harmony, and ear training? Does music improve memory? Growing up in Western culture, your ear and brain absorbed a specific &#8220;musical hierarchy&#8221; where the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music &amp; Life: The Power of Rhythm</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/05/25/music-life-the-power-of-rhythm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/05/25/music-life-the-power-of-rhythm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sabrina Peña Young</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rhythm]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fun]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=5166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rhythm guides your lives. From the steady rhythm of the heart pulsing life-giving blood, to the breathing in and out of oxygen necessary for survival to the simple left-right-left-right marching pace as you walk along your path, rhythm governs each second that tick, tick, ticks away. It is no wonder that rhythm has been proven [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ear Training News</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/03/16/ear-training-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2011/03/16/ear-training-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Sutton</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auto-tune]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[composer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fMRI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GarageBand]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=4642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few recent developments in the world of music and sound which might help inspire or guide you in your ear training! Jump to: What the iPad 2 and GarageBand app mean for music The many benefits of music in schools A chance to support a new (truly modern!) opera How the brain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Words of Encouragement</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/04/15/a-few-words-of-encouragement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/04/15/a-few-words-of-encouragement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph DuBose</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/?p=681</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alright, we’ve covered quite a bit of ground in the last three articles and by now you might feel a little overwhelmed by the enormity of ear training. So, let’s go back over the highlights of what has been covered so far. Ear training requires a focused attention Training the ear to distinguish between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction To Frequency Training</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/02/23/introduction-to-frequency-training/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/02/23/introduction-to-frequency-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fotios Koulakos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frequency Fundamentals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.iphoneeartraining.com/?p=118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you identify the frequency of a kick drum? How about a snare drum? A woman’s voice? A man&#8217;s? How about an F#2 played on a piano? As an audio professional (audio recording/mixing engineer, music producer, mastering engineer, etc.) you should be able to identify these frequencies. Why? We’ll get to that shortly. First, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s &#8216;frequency training&#8217; all about?</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/02/05/whats-frequency-training-all-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/02/05/whats-frequency-training-all-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fotios Koulakos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey audio professional….yes you….picture this scenario! You’ve been working quietly at your boss’ studio. You know, the daily drudge; setting up microphones, setting up drum kits, getting the vocal mic ready for the latest singer dreaming of stardom. Hey, you even double up duty as the “lunch grunt”. Still though, by watching, imitating and learning, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Ear Training for Musicians</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/02/04/the-importance-of-ear-training-for-musicians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Evdokimoff</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iphoneeartraining.com/?p=54</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ear training is an integral component of our musical studies. In ear training we are developing our inner ear, the ability to accurately hear and identify musical elements in our head while reading, listening to, and thinking about music. Conservatories, colleges and universities usually require students to take ear training courses as part of their [...]]]></description>
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