Busy Bards Ear Training Tony Morse

In this Episode of Busy Bards Ear Training, we go on a nice gondola ride through the canals of the major scale.  

We're only using notes 1, 7, and 5. When 1 is the tonic, or the home note, we will always feel the most comfortable when heading there. 7 always tends to point us back to home, because it’s so close. Note 5, when it’s BELOW note 1, also tends to direct us back home to note 1. We’ll cover why in a future lesson.  



If you're new here, Welcome!



At Busy Bards College we combine various musical systems to help busy guitarists master the most amount of theory with the least amount of memorization, so they can start making their own music even during their busiest workdays.

To do this, we are doing:


Call and Response Solfege Training, but with the movable numbers of a FIXED major Scale.
1 always starts the major scale.
6 always starts the minor scale.
We adjust these numbers as needed. (For example, we can do a #5 to create the leading tone of the harmonic minor scale)
We only use letter pitches (A - G#) when where to place the major scale to establish a key. (1 on G# = G# Major)
Chords are named by their root, and are harmonzied by their triads. ("The 1 Chord" = notes 1, 3, 5 and 7, "The 5 Chord" = 5 7 and 2, etc...)
Rhythm typically focuses on the START points of each hit, and I switch between a Takadimi system and a 1e+a system.



All of this allows musicians of ALL backgrounds and levels to come together during their busy work days to further their ear and musical training starting RIGHT NOW.



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TimeStamps:

(00:00:00) Introduction + Theme

(00:00:30) How Busy Bards Works + News about the Upcoming Amazon Season

(00:04:02) Directions for Ear Training + Example of Success

(00:04:47) The First Round of Call and Response

(00:07:30) The First Solo

(00:07:56) Round 2 of Call and Response

(00:11:38) The Second Solo

(00:12:15) Upcoming News, Where to Reach Me, and Closing Theme



Thank you so much for your time, and I hope you experience a moment of The Lord's peace today.

In this Episode of Busy Bards Ear Training, we go on another tour of the Major Scale.



We're only using notes 1 2 3 and 4. Notice how nice it sounds to travel from note to, to note 4. I haven't specifically taught tension and release yet, but you can really start to notice it once we bring note 4 into the equation.



This song has a country-esque song to. AND, I also have a Youtube Video to Accompany it! I might not be able to do a video for every episode as I head into a busy season of work. But, I wanted to give you a basis for what do I visualize when we do this ear training.



If you're new here, Welcome!

At Busy Bards College we combine various musical systems to help busy guitarists master the most amount of theory with
the least amount of memorization, so they can start making their own music evenduring their busiest workdays.



To do this, we are doing:


Call and Response Solfege Training, but with the movable numbers of a FIXED major Scale.
1 always starts the major scale.
6 always starts the minor scale.
We adjust these numbers as needed. (For example, we can do a #5 to create the leading tone of the harmonic minor scale)
We only use letter pitches (A - G#) when where to place the major scale to establish a key. (1 on G# = G# Major)
Chords are named by their root, and are harmonzied by their triads. ("The 1 Chord" = notes 1, 3, 5 and 7, "The 5 Chord" = 5 7 and 2, etc...)
Rhythm typically focuses on the START points of each hit, and I switch between a Takadimi system and a 1e+a system.



All of this allows musicians of ALL backgrounds and levels to come together during their busy work days to further their ear and musical training starting RIGHT NOW.





Click Here to View the Video of Today's Episode.

Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on future videos when they are made!



Instagram: Click Here or follow @busybards on instagram for news, updates, visual content, improvisations, and more.



Facebook: Click Here to follow busybards on facebook for the leftovers from instagram.



The best way to reach me is to dm me on instagram or facebook. I a very tiny following right now so believe me, if you have questions I will be VERY excited to talk your ear off.



If you'd like to purchase the mp3 of these ear training tracks, (and all of the unreleased ones) send me a DM on instagram or facebook.



TimeStamps:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:35:00) The Breakdown of the Busy Bard Method

(00:02:35) Directions for Ear Training + Example of Success

(00:03:25) The First Round of Call and Response

(00:07:00) The First Solo

(00:07:50) Round 2 of Call and Response

(00:11:00) The Second Solo





Thank you so much for your time, and I hope you experience a moment of The Lord's Peace today.

On this weeks episode of Busy Bards Ear Training, not only do we get our feet wet in a new Ear Training track, but we also explore a new segment called "Musings on a Mower".



In this weeks ear training track, we explore the Major Scale, where 1 = A. Putting us in the key of A Major (not that we're terribly worried about that, yet)



Since we're slowly learning our place in the major scale, we're only exploring notes 7, 1, 2, and 3.



Also, I want to use this podcast as a chance for me to casually, but valuably, give you my two cents on musical concepts, questions, and problems, so you can start to find the path that's right for busy musicians such as your self.



We talk about....

(00:00:00) Theme and Introduction

(00:00:50) Musings on a Mower Back Story. Comma. You'll Love it. Period.

(00:02:35) Let's talk about Visualization. Are you imagining the scales, pitches, and numbers the same way I am? Perhaps we have to work something out....

(00:04:30) How I thought i HAD to invent my own style of notation to be "original", yo.

(00:05:30) The first things that guitarists and pianists do when they start to learn instrument.

(00:06:30) Who really wants to go back to square one of learning sheet music, when you've been playing for years?

(00:07:30) How sheet music doesn't put CREATION at the forefront, hence why you avoid it.

(00:08:32) How professional pianists approach sheet music, and how guitarists get it wrong.

(00:09:55) The most effective ways to practice music, AWAY from your instrument.

(00:14:30) Setting up the Exercise in A Major

(00:15:45) The Exercise begins!

(00:18:45) My example of a Solo

(00:20:00) The Exercise Continues

(00:23:31) Your Solo!



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Stay tuned for an eventual video podcast!

In this episode of Busy Bards Ear Training, we're going to explore our first major scale ear training track.



(00:00:00) Theme and Welcome

(00:00:55) Why it took so long between episodes.

(00:02:30) I Finally explain why i'm a "former" teacher...hint hint...I got fired lol.

(00:05:20) The Early History of Busy Bards, and where these ear training tracks come from.

(00:07:05) Recap of the Major Scale from last episode, and why we use numbers.

(00:09:40) Example of the call and response method.

(00:12:00) Let the training.....BEGIN!

(00:15:30) Example of what I mean when I want you to improvise...starting today.

(00:18:00) Training, Part 2.








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In this episode of A Nuclear Survivor's Guide to Music, our squad of survivors finally starts to create the sounds of music they recognize in their daily lives. But...just because you know the seven notes it takes to build a song...does it suddenly mean you have everything it takes to make music? Find out in this episode.



Next week, we'll break character for a few weeks to really start working with these sounds, be sure to follow this podcast so you don't miss it.






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Do you truly need absolute pitches? That is, do you need to think of music in terms of A, A#, B, C, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, and G#? Well….Yes and No.



Absolute pitches and the musical alphabet are very important for helping you pick an absolute, fixed pitch, to build your template of music (scale) off of. But once you have that established….is knowing the musical alphabet really the key to creating music? Well. Why don’t you go grab a piano and start making music right now! Harder than you thought? Exactly. There’s something else you need to make music.



And luckily, our hero is going to introduce that concept to the village of fools in this weeks episode of “A Nuclear Survivor’s Guide to Music, Part 5!



(00:00:00) You walk in on the villagers practicing rhythm….and wish you just stayed in your tent.

(00:01:25) Should we learn the pitches A-G#? I suppose a little bit…

(00:03:20) Learning what a half step is

(00:05:41) The Octave: The Same note but at a higher or lower pitch

(00:07:20) Moving up and down in half steps.

(00:08:50) Naming the Absolute Pitches

(00:11:30) The Group has many questions about absolute pitches.

(00:13:25) How Musicians use absolute pitches to communicate to other musicians so they can play songs instantly.

(00:14:00) Shouldnt you have everything you need to start making music? Not Quite….

(00:15:46) The Two Paths you could take when it comes to pitches…The easy one…and the in-depth one.

(00:17:15) The Final Review: Everything you need to remember about absolute pitches for now.






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