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Open Your Ears to the Music of Björk

Nick Long — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 15:00:35 +0000

Spend a little while making small talk at a party and eventually someone will ask you to name your favorite recording artist… But for a music geek giving a definitive answer is not unlike being asked which one of your children is your favourite! After a bit of “umming” and “ahhing” with a suitably furrowed [...]

Music & Life: Fun Rhythm Activities for Valentine’s Day

Sabrina Peña Young — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:00:56 +0000

It’s almost time to celebrate Valentine’s Day! We have three fantastic, fun and free rhythm songs for you. Try our new music activities and ear training songs like the Chocolate Triplet Boogie Woogie and the Valentine Rhythm Song. These songs teach you (or your students) basic triplet rhythms with a fun Valentine’s Day theme. Musical [...]

Bass Tone: Time to Test Yourself!

Christopher Sutton — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:00:30 +0000

We’ve covered a lot of different material in the Bass Tone series: after 9 articles and 6 podcast episodes, it’s about time to stop and check whether your ears have kept up! We’ve had a few quizzes along the way, but this week it’s time to add a final test on bass effects, and re-check [...]

Listen to Les, Part 3: Audio Effects

Nick Long — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:15:04 +0000

In this, the concluding part of our series on the genius Les Paul, we are going to be looking at his contribution to the world of effects. For a modern guitarist, effects pedals are an integral part of their sound. There are a dizzying array of boxes available to feed the contemporary guitar slinger’s G.A.S. [...]

Ear Training Series Spotlight

Christopher Sutton — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:39:18 +0000

With over 150 articles here at EasyEarTraining.com it would be easy to miss out on some that might be useful for your aural skills training. Today we’re going to take a look at the 9 Training Series we have here on the site, and what each of them can offer you as a musician or [...]

Music & Life: Scary Halloween Sounds Party

Sabrina Peña Young — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:00:41 +0000

Kids love spooky sounds! Work on their ear training skills and help them identify different timbres, pitch, and dynamics this Halloween. Enjoy making your own Foley sounds, play sound charades, and scare your Halloween party guests. You’ll also find lots more Halloween music resources below, so read on… if you dare! Scary Halloween Sounds 1. [...]

Music & Life: Spooky Halloween Song!

Sabrina Peña Young — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:00:05 +0000

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 [...]

Bass Tone Podcast 6: Bass FX, Part 2

Christopher Sutton — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:00:14 +0000

In episode 6 of the Bass Tone podcast, Bass FX Part 2, Nick Long explores some more unusual effects you can add to your bass tone. You'll learn:• What modulation effects are and how they work • The Chorus and Flanger effects and how they impact your tone • The sound of Wah-Wah effects, and why they combine well with distortion effects • Pitch-shifter effects (including octaver effects)

Bass Tone: Bass Effects, Part 2

Nick Long — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:00:02 +0000

Learn all about the sound of bass effects like modulation, octave, pitch shift, wah-wah, chorus and flanger/phaser in Part Two of Bass Effects. Ear training for bass players!

Music & Life: Turn Down the Volume!

Sabrina Peña Young — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:00:20 +0000

Ears still reeling from the latest Godsmack, Black Eyed Peas, or Lady Gaga concert? Jam out to your fave artists Disturbed, Audioslave, Rihanna, and Kanye West 24/7 on your iPod? Do you love your music LOUD? Keep it up and you might end up as deaf as your Granny by age 30! If you want [...]