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Hey all,

I've recently had the notion that I need to train my ear to hear the different notes and recognize them in order to further myself in my musical journey. How to go about it has been a bit of a mystery to me, as I do not have a teacher at the moment. I tried sitting there and repeatedly playing different notes, but that got old real fast. I searched online and they have expensive software that'll teach me how to do it. And then they have funny little Flash games that don't serve their purpose.

I know this is going to take a while and it'll be hard to learn, but what is the best way of going about it? What should I be focusing on? Techniques and practice materials are welcome.

Thank you very much in advance.

-Jason

http://www.earmaster.com/

Take a look at it.

Serge

Don't forget you also need to train your ear to produce the different notes you see. The two skills compliment each other.

One way is to practice improvising. For
example, get a book of the Chopin waltzes.
These are difficult to work up to full
speed, but the l.h. part alone is
easy in many of them. So play the l.h.
part in one of the waltzes and improvise your
own r.h. part by ear. This is easy,
interesting, and fun to do, and it trains you
to play by ear, which will help you in
jazz and popular playing.

I use Functional Ear Trainer. It's free and very easy to use.

http://www.miles.be/