Ear Training - massive, free course: Memory and Moment

[nivek_yoccm]

Guys, gals; greetings,

I’ve just released a downloadable ear training course that takes a non-traditional but entirely intuitive perspective. Think of it this way:

It’s an audio dictionary of all Western harmony—virtually every possible combination of the 12 standard notes across multiple octaves in thousands of categorized mp3s. And, through playlists of select note sets or by simply shuffling, you'll have every possible harmonic progression as well.

Each mp3 audio clip has a harmony played multiple times in context followed by a voiceover that breaks the harmony down by each note which is named individually. All mp3s are labeled for easy sorting and self-tailored exercise creation. The focus is on hearing the voices of any chord, regardless of how unusual, in the context of a forced "tonic" drone as well as whatever context you choose by whatever you drop into a playlist.

I’ve found it to be as useful for creative stimulation as for ear training. Basically, it’s a course in harmony that really pushes the boundaries of tradition. You can keep it pretty traditional if you want by combining only the most typical playlists, note sets, or chords. Some of these are included as prepared playlists and one part of the two main audio folders is devoted to more traditional chord changes.

It’s also free. Read about it, hear examples, and download it here:

http://memoryandmoment.com/

Harmony without rules,

Kevin

[wes37]

This looks awesome! I'm away from a computer for a bit, but will download the course when I get a chance. Thanks for putting this together.

[nivek_yoccm]

Thanks Wes, let me know what you think. I’ve just gone back and revised my original post. I basically finished up the course and decided to post about it here. . . then realized regardless of how much I knew the course, I still didn’t know how to talk about it, haha. Anyway, over the past week—after stepping away from it—I think I’ve got a better explanation.

If anyone has any questions, please let me know. It’s also probably best to post here in case anyone has similar questions or someone else may have a quicker response or better answer anyway. Thanks again.

[Jeff Stocks]

Kevin, this looks really interesting. I am going to spend some time with it this weekend. I am still on the hunt for a good, usable, and comprehensive ear training system. Just from the intro, this looks really promising.

I am bowing out of this site, so this will be my last post on the forum. The forum is just overrun with shills, hateful old men, etc. I honestly don't even want to be associated with it.

So... I'll give feedback directly if I have anything to offer. I'll also pass it on to the folks in my musical circle. I suspect they would be interested in it as well.

Thanks for the hard work. Really look forward to it.

[GovernorSilver]

Jeff, I'd hate to see you go man. Your posts have been golden.

[55bar]

Guys, gals; greetings,

I've just released a downloadable ear training course that takes a non-traditional but entirely intuitive perspective. Think of it this way:

It's an audio dictionary of all Western harmony--virtually every possible combination of the 12 standard notes across multiple octaves in thousands of categorized mp3s. And, through playlists of select note sets or by simply shuffling, you'll have every possible harmonic progression as well.

Each mp3 audio clip has a harmony played multiple times in context followed by a voiceover that breaks the harmony down by each note which is named individually. All mp3s are labeled for easy sorting and self-tailored exercise creation. The focus is on hearing the voices of any chord, regardless of how unusual, in the context of a forced "tonic" drone as well as whatever context you choose by whatever you drop into a playlist.

I've found it to be as useful for creative stimulation as for ear training. Basically, it's a course in harmony that really pushes the boundaries of tradition. You can keep it pretty traditional if you want by combining only the most typical playlists, note sets, or chords. Some of these are included as prepared playlists and one part of the two main audio folders is devoted to more traditional chord changes.

It's also free. Read about it, hear examples, and download it here:

http://memoryandmoment.com/

Harmony without rules,

Kevin

Hi Kevin,

This looks interesting..

You may want to check your intr PDF, as you repeat your sentence about graduation and business.

Kind regards.

[nivek_yoccm]

Haha, thanks 55bar. I thought I'd already replied; just noticed I hadn't. I think I've left that screw-up in the pdf. There's finally an update and I've done a bunch of new stuff. There'll be some new works very soon that I may start a new thread about anyway; they're pretty different in some findamental ways. Here's a paste of what I just posted regarding the update:

"I've just uploaded about 7,600 tracks for the “Chords” section of the work. If you've been using this, then you'll understand that the "Random" section is the body of the work and the "Chords" section is somewhat of a bridge to more normal harmonies and their typical chord names.

Since the original postings, I've designed a simpler, more comprehensive, and more effective presentation of harmony and now melody as well. Among other changes in the new works, every track will be unique and every possible 1, 2, and 3 note combination across two octaves will be addressed. The new works, The Audio Dictionary Of Harmony and The Audio Dictionary Of Melody, will be available very soon. A large portion of the works will be free; the full works with all chromatic notes across two octaves will be for sale as inexpensive downloads.

If you want this update, please download it soon and let others know who might want to do so. I'll be revamping this site when I get a chance to focus on the new works but will leave the Chords update downloadable for a little while. I'm taking the "full course" down very soon though as I need the space; this update is almost as big as the initial file."

[nivek_yoccm]

I've just updated the website (memoryandmoment.com (http://memoryandmoment.com/)) with the new comprehensive ear training works, The Audio Dictionary Of Harmony and The Audio Dictionary Of Melody. The old stuff and the update is still freely available at the links below. There are free versions of the new works; but since there are also full, not-free versions, I'll probably post about those in the Retailer's Forum or wherever looks like the appropriate place.