At this time of year it’s easy to get distracted by all kinds of holiday fun. Decorating the tree, wrapping presents, writing Christmas cards… Or celebrating Hanukkah or just some time off work, as the case may be! But all these fun activities needn’t put a stop to your ear training: Use our new Christmas-themed Unravelling Music track to help you improve your ears and get in the festive spirit.

The new Unravelling Music ear training track March of the Candy Cane Soldiers teaches you about key modulation, chord progressions, rhythmic figures, musical codas and the circle of fifths – no music theory required! Download the tracks below and get in that festive ear training mood:

Click to download “March of the Candy Cane Soldiers” Unravelling Music pack (or right-click and “Save as…”)

Contents

• 14-page liner notes PDF with track-by-track info
• 1 full-length MP3 file, “March of the Candy Cane Soldiers”
• 6 supporting MP3 files teaching you to hear more in the song

Did you enjoy our Christmas special? Have you spotted extra musical details in the track you want to share? Leave your comment below!

We love Halloween here at EasyEarTraining.com, and the day itself has finally leapt down on us like a fiend from on high!

In case you’ve missed any of our Halloween features in recent days, here are some links to keep your ears busy today:

Halloween Is Coming Soon!

Well, Halloween has indeed come, and this spooky children’s song teaching major and minor chords and scales is very suitable for this haunted day – Sheet music PDF and piano MP3 downloadable for free!

Scary Halloween Sounds Party

Find out how you can spice up your Halloween party with terrifying sounds and eerie songs with our article on Halloween Sounds.

Grab some haunted tunes

If you need some new music to add a ghoulish twist to your home or workplace this Halloween, check out some of the songs from our article “Halloween Songs to Startle Your Ears”.

New Scary Sci-Fi Unravelling Music track

Learn all about how a scary futuristic Halloween music track is put together with this special downloadable Unravelling Music track. You get the main MP3, several supporting track (to help you dig into what’s going on) and a PDF booklet of liner notes to explain what you’re hearing. Download and listen now.

(and don’t forget last year’s track too!)

Halloween Music Quiz

You’ve heard all these songs before…. but do you know their names? Test your spooky music knowledge with our new Halloween Quiz!

If you have any extra Halloween tips to share, please leave a comment below.

All that remains is to wish all our readers and students a very Happy (and HAUNTED) Halloween!

Try fun Halloween ear training activities for kids using spooky music songs. Teach young ears to recognize major and minor chords and scales using the free song “Halloween is coming soon!”

“Halloween is coming soon!”

Learning about Minor and Major chords for Beginning Piano and Voice

Make ear training easy this Halloween with a spooky song that explores major and minor scales in the key of C. Even if a child doesn’t know the difference between major and minor scales, most students can recognize a “spooky” sounding song in minor.

Before you sing “Halloween is coming soon!”, play a major scale, a minor scale, and chords on the piano. You can discuss chord progressions with advanced students.

Ask students:

1. What do you feel when you hear a major scale?
2. What do you feel when you hear a minor scale?
3. Do you think a major scale or a minor scale is spooky? Why?

Then you can sing the special Halloween ear training song below that compares major scales and minor scales in a fun way. Beginning piano students can practice playing major and minor scales and rhythms like eighth notes and quarter notes.

Download sheet music for “Halloween Is Coming Soon”:

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