John Wilkinson @MuuPuklip 2021-04-03
Iâve had an ear training eureka moment.
And yes, I was in the bath.
Iâve been slowly plugging away at learning intervals on @rickbeatoâs https://beatoeartraining.com and on the Functional Ear Trainer iPad app.
And I didnât think I was getting anywhere.
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John Wilkinson @MuuPuklip 2021-04-03
But I was lying in the bath earlier listening to some 1990s English pop music songs with my eyes closed and I found myself trying to pick out intervals.
At first it was all a wash of nice sounds and I thought I was going to get nowhere.
Then I narrowed down.
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John Wilkinson @MuuPuklip 2021-04-03
Was listening to just the bass (guitar) and started picking up or working out some notes.
Root. Root. Thatâll be the fifth. Yes, fifth. Root.
Then I became aware that there was a load of space between the bass and the guitars and the vocal line.
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John Wilkinson @MuuPuklip 2021-04-03
Then I found myself picking up some (clean) guitar chords.
1. 1. 4.
Then I had a bit of âARRRGGGHHH! Iâm hearing numbers! Iâve ruined music for myself and all Iâll hear from now on is numbers!â
Took a while to get over that and reassure myself.
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John Wilkinson @MuuPuklip 2021-04-03
Found myself doing it again. Picking up some distorted guitar chords and single note at a time riff lines.
The vocal stuff I canât hear right at all yet though. Thatâs going to take some work. Iâm thinking I will have to latch the vocals to either chords or the bass line.
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John Wilkinson @MuuPuklip 2021-04-03
Iâm still kinda freaked out.
Itâs like a door opened in my head and I have now been into a new magical world.
And thereâs loads of work to be done in there to build up accuracy and endurance and isolating bits to work through.
This is good.
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John Wilkinson @MuuPuklip 2021-04-03
Thank you @rickbeato! Your https://beatoeartraining.com works.
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