JAZZ EAR TRAINING Danny Wolf
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Episode 9 (chord Qualities)
I will play a 4 note voicing consisting of the root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th and you have to guess the quality of the chord. You're choices are major 7, major 7b5, major 7#5, minor/major 7, minor 7, half diminished 7, full diminished 7, dominant 7, dominant 7b5, dominant 7#5. I will play the chord twice, tell you the answer, then arpeggiate the chord
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Episode 8 (II - V progressions)
This exercise will help you to hear II - V progressions. I will play two II - V progressions consecutively and you need to distinguish the interval between them. For example if I give you Dmi7 - G7 - Ebmi7 - Ab7 then the answer would be a half step up because the second II - V progression is a half step up from the first. These different types of progressions are common in jazz music and if you are able to distinguish between them you will have a better understanding of the music and will hopefully allow you to eventually learn jazz tunes by ear.
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Episode 8 part 2 (II-V progressions)
This is the same exercise as the first part of episode 8 except you will now have to name the last two chords of the progression after hearing the first two.
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Episode 7 (more interval training)
This exercise will help you to recognize intervals quickly. I will play a note and you need to guess what it is based on the previous note.
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Episode 6 (modes of the major scale)
I will play a scale based on a mode of the major scale and you have to guess which one it is. You can choose from ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrian.
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Episode 5 (recognizing extensions in dominant chords)
This exercise will help you to hear all the extensions of a dominant chord. I will play the chord twice; the first time as a block chord, the second time each note separately.