Aural Training matters for the music students 

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1. It helps with understanding and de-mystifying the music students learn. 

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2. Ear training fuels creativity. 

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3. When students learn to listen, they learn to think and feel the music in real-time. 

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At Violorn Music School the aural 'ear' training is a part of the instrumental tuition. However,  it can also be delivered as a separate lesson to students who wish to develop deeper and better understanding of the music. Amongst others, the exercises involve:

 

• melodic and harmonic intervals recognition 

• chord recognition

• cadence recognition 

• rhythmic dictations

• melodic dictations using stave notation

• pulse and meter recognition

• echoing using voice or instrument the melodies heard

• singing the written melody

• spotting the differences in heard music

• recognising musical features and elements of music