Unit 1, video version
This is the video version of Unit 1. It's no longer sold on its own. If you already own it, it's in your library and nothing changes.
The course itself is audio, and that's the version that's kept current. Unit 1 Audio starts with two notes and runs 41 sessions. The first week is free.
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When music students think of ear training, they often picture long hours of monotonous interval drills and tedious sight-reading exercises—it's no wonder they've nicknamed it "ear straining." But ear training doesn't have to be a time-consuming grind filled with relentless drills.
The Flawless Ear Training Course offers a revolutionary approach designed to open your ears to the intricate world within musical structures. Our method helps you listen deeply and immerse yourself in sound, transforming not just how you play music but how you feel it.
Take a moment to listen to this excerpt from Sibelius's String Quartet.
As you listen, consider:
Can you clearly hear all four parts—the two violins, viola, and cello?
Are you able to identify the intricate interplay between the instruments?
Do the opening chords, intervals, and progressions reveal themselves to you?
If not, you're not alone. Most ear training programs don't equip you to hear inside a musical work. Traditional methods often fall short because they rely on automated processes and isolated exercises—learning one interval at a time until all 12 basic intervals are covered. This tedious and ineffective approach can leave you confused about the best path forward.
Musicians need a multi-faceted ear training approach that includes exercises that complement and reinforce each other. The Flawless Ear Training Course is professionally designed to provide just that. By engaging with our program, you can efficiently complete your daily ear training and go about your day while continuously improving.
Imagine being immersed in music, hearing each inner part with clarity and confidence. Our unique method helps you effortlessly recognize intervals, chords, and progressions with greater ease. That's the power of our course—it transforms your musical experience from the inside out.
So, are you ready to hear music as you've never heard it before?
I have been studying music since I was four, and I have trained with some of the best. I have attended a handful of different universities and attended multiple different music camps in my pursuit of becoming the best musician I can be.
Recently I had one of my guitar instructors (Grant Gordy) tell me that my technique is great but the only way forward for me to advance to the next level (pro level) of musicianship is for me to really work on my ear. That was six months ago.
I have taken Kevin's course seriously since the first pre-course lessons. My hard work is starting to pay off.
I want to develop a pro-level ear more than anything. I am starting to see that if I continue with Kevin's course, I just might achieve my goal!
Fellow musicians and fans have already started to take notice.
Hi Kevin, thank you so much for doing this project. Please keep doing what you are doing. You make the impossible becomes possible. I never thought I could do the Pitch Breakdown, Interval or Chord exercises. Up to this lesson, my ears can tell with confidence. I am listening to a major triad or a perfect fifth. The Pitch Breakdown becomes straightforward. I am still struggling with memorizing the six measures of pitch notation. However, this will improve with practice. Once again, massive thanks!
It’s working! I can now hear both notes in the intervals. Bass clef is still a bit of a challenge to my ear, but it is getting better. Thanks!
Thanks for the advice, and the course. It really works! I've started ear training a few weeks ago and, after having done introductory lessons A, B, and C, today I finally managed 100% in the chord vs interval recognition exercise of Lesson 1, while about one week ago I thought I would never make it.
I think we should make a Nobel Prize for music and give it to you, your channel is really special with a lot of knowledge that I didn't find anywhere else... Thank you
Thanks again Kevin for keeping this going. The more I dive into your lessons, the more certain I feel that you are creating something unique in the world that very much needs to exist. I am a trained musician, so these lessons are all very simple for me at this point, and probably will be for several months. However, I feel that I'm learning to listen more deeply into the individual pitches and intervals, like probing down to the vibrational cycles themselves. I can only imagine your composition course is equally as powerful if you are using this same incremental approach. I'll be sure to check that out soon!
To truly immerse yourself in the music you love and hear deeply into its essence, you need a process that naturally enhances your ability to perceive the inner workings of sound.
Many musicians, when attempting to identify an interval, resort to common methods that often fall short of fostering true musical understanding:
Associating Intervals with Familiar Tunes Using songs like "Here Comes the Bride" for a Perfect Fourth or "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" for a Major Sixth to recognize intervals.
Counting Up Scales Mentally playing a major or chromatic scale to "count" up to the interval they're trying to uncover.
Relying on Anchor Intervals Using a familiar interval, like the Perfect Fifth, as a reference point to determine others—often using it to hear a Minor Sixth.
Interval Inversion Techniques Inverting a smaller interval and singing it up or down an octave to identify a larger, seemingly more difficult interval. For instance, recognizing that a major third ascending becomes a minor sixth descending when shifted an octave.
Using Solfége Syllables Internalizing various intervals through solfége (do, re, mi...) to map out pitches.
Visualizing a Keyboard Mentally picturing piano keys to calculate the half steps and whole steps within an interval.
Some even attempt less conventional methods, like trying to manifest a better ear through sheer willpower or listening to intervals repeatedly while they sleep, hoping for subconscious absorption.
While these techniques might yield limited results, developing your ear can actually be a natural and straightforward journey when approached correctly.
Most importantly, effective ear training doesn't demand hours of your day. With just 30-45 minutes of focused practice, you can make remarkable progress. By incorporating the right techniques, your ear continues to develop naturally throughout the day, even as you attend to other activities.
Within just three weeks of starting a comprehensive ear training program, you'll begin to notice exciting changes in how you perceive sound. Here are some signs that you're on the right path:
Nature's Melodies Unveiled You hear birds and can identify the intervals they're singing.
Rhythms in Motion While running on a treadmill, you notice the hum resonates as a major or minor second.
Musical Machines The beeping of your car's warning lights reveals itself as a major or minor third—even if slightly out of tune.
Discovering Overtones You begin to hear additional notes, known as overtones, that weren't apparent before when listening to intervals.
Speech Becomes Song Conversations take on a new dimension as you naturally hear intervals within spoken words.
Listen to William Shatner. His expressive speech patterns are rich with intervallic relationships. Can you hear the musicality in his words?