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  • The 10 Best Chords
    Jun 1 2026

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    In our lesson today, I'll be explaining the construction of what I consider to be the 10 most useful chords and giving you 3 repeatable exercises to identify them by ear.

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    120 Progressive Ear Training Exercises

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Perfect Intervals: The Movie
    May 6 2026

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    Can I talk about literally only 3 musical intervals for the length of a movie and give you 4 variations of exercises to fully learn the sound of them? Yes, and I could have made this a 3-hour Marvel epic. Today we are diving into perfect intervals and getting to the bottom of why they think they're so perfect.

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • 48 Melodies to Learn by Ear
    Mar 4 2026

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    Melodic dictation without the actual dictation (writing down the notes)! This is the ultimate resource to begin learning melodies by ear, with or without the aid of an instrument. In today's lesson, I'll be teaching you how to "decode" melodies by hearing them as scale degree numbers.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Cadences are Rad: Learning Chords by Ear
    Feb 4 2026

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    The best way to learn chord progressions by ear is to hear the relationship between the chords. If you know your four types of cadences, you're on the right path to learning entire progressions. This episode features three levels of progressive ear training exercises and a music theory lesson on chord progressions and cadences.

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • It's all about the Tonic
    Jan 7 2026

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    Learning music by ear is a learnable skill, although most musicians don't know where to start. Using the tonic as a point on an aural map to pinpoint all other notes against is arguably the most valuable ear training skill a musician can have. This lesson will teach you how to identify each of the 7 major scale degrees by ear and give you 3 exercises for continual practice and improvement.

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    1 hr and 7 mins