This is hopeless

bj · Post by bj » 23 Sep 2005, 16:41

I've been playing guitar for almost 15 year. In that time I have never been able to develop my ear. Two weeks of using this software have told me that that is not going to change; I simply have a tin-ear. I cannot get past exercise #16, they all sound exactally the same. I've been stuck for 11 days.

Tomarrow I will list my gear on eBay. Knowing there is no future with this for me has robbed me of my interest in music. Thanks.

Waigin · Post by **Waigin** » 23 Sep 2005, 19:28

I'm sorry to hear that, I'm hopeless too. I can't make a difference between a C and a D when play on the guitar or the piano. It's already 2 months, I'm using it. It took me many many days to pass the exercices 16, but I did it.

When I go to the guitar course and my teacher is tabbing a song. I never get a note. I'm way off completely, last week, I said I ear a C and a G, he said that I was wright. I was so surprise. I do the exercices about 15-20 minutes a day since 2 months and I just start to improve. It's really not easy but the software DID improve me. I'm not the only one that I know in person can say the same thing than me. Just try a little bit longer and you will see some change. I was completely useless to be able to say anything when I was tabbing event it was an easy song with only guitar.

don't give up, it's a fantastic software. I didn't believe it at the beginning specially when the first 16 exercices it was easy and do it very fast. You have to be patient and don't over-exercices.

macrobilly · Post by **macrobilly** » 20 Sep 2009, 11:27

Earmaster's rhythm training has made me punch a few holes in the wall, and almost made me give up on music. The ear training parts I'm better at, but still can't recognize REAL music.

I would suggest going to the Wikipedia article on ear training. There you will find real life musical examples of intervals, for example, a descending minor sixth is widely known in that song from "A Love Story." A descending perfect fifth can be heard in The Flintstones theme song.

Then go to musictheory.net and go to the trainer section and select "Interval Ear Trainer." There you can work on specific intervals you're having trouble with by selecting and deselecting them. I had major problems with recognizing the difference between a perfect fifth and fourth.

Post by **Quentin** » 21 Sep 2009, 04:36

Hi,
A great list of template melodies for intervals can be found here on the EarMaster forum.

A simple web app can be used for basic ear training, but why use that when you already have a fully-featured program like EarMaster where you can easily customize each and every exercise.

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For your problems recognizing intervals/chords in "real" music, you could try to take the EarMaster lessons with your instrument at hand and play the answers on your instrument before answering. This could help your ear memorize the sound of the interval/chord as played on your instrument.

Post by **Quentin** » 24 Nov 2009, 07:13

We have released a list of known melodies for interval training with videos at www.earmaster.com/intervalsongs/ .

You can select a song for each interval, and then create a ready-to-print interval song reference chart

That list is probably the most extensive you can find on the net. There are also audio samples of each interval, piano and guitar voicings, and a daily challenge in recognizing the interval starting a given song.

Check it out and have fun!

jake8008 · Post by **jake8008** » 23 Jan 2010, 12:25

What we are doing here is growing part of the brain, which can be so slow.

To speed things up, I take suppliments with evidence that it helps grow new synapsis.

http://www.smart-publications.com/memor ... health.php

I've never had a good ear, but I can tell a major difference in taking suppliments. I also take other stuff, like vinpocitine, huperzine, aceytl carnitine. Can be expensive, but I would recommend at least taking:

choline
uridine
dha

bretmichal · Post by **bretmichal** » 01 Feb 2010, 21:41

I am sorry bj , for all these kind of inconvenience that makes you all suffering from the sound distraction. Especially most of you have the difficulty in distinguishing the 2 different sounds

Aenima · Post by **Aenima** » 30 Aug 2010, 17:53

Ahhm in which topic is that exercise 16 you mentioned?

Post by **Quentin** » 31 Aug 2010, 01:37

I think he or she was referring to the interval activites at lesson#16: Unison to 5th with random pitches.

svisio · Post by **svisio** » 16 Oct 2010, 17:56

I bought this book, This Is Your Brain on Music. I think it is possible to teach yourself to id intervals and eventually pitches. You need a stable frame of reference. Recorded hit songs work because you remember them in the correct pitch. Not like christmas carols which you have heard all your life in different non-standard tunings. The book is great, explains how your brain remembers pitch. I am going to keep trying.

singchef · Post by **singchef** » 25 Oct 2010, 19:10

I've been doing exercises for a while. At times I do feel as if I'm going nowhere but, I keep going because I know it won't happen overnight or even in 6 months. It's going to take a long time. But I will get better.

paulstapp · Post by **paulstapp** » 22 Nov 2010, 23:20

I have had high frequency hearing loss since I was younger than 11.

I was thrown out of every choir. Condemned for being TONE DEAF.

Earmaster did not help than.

I had a hearing test than I got a new digital hearing aid that only amplifies the frequencies that I have a hard time hearing.

Now I am making headway.

It is slow but Earmaster is helping

Paul

This is hopeless

This is hopeless

This is your brain on Music

keep trying

Bj get a hearing test