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The Gravity Concept: Acquiring Relative Pitch for the Bandstand Class Content | Jamie Taylor
“I can’t stress this enough though, the importance of those first fundamental steps. If anything in the class feels too challenging at the moment, go back to those major triad inversions. I promise it will bear fruit in the long run.”
~ Jamie Taylor
Relative Pitch vs Perfect Pitch
It is important to distinguish relative pitch versus perfect pitch. Relative pitch is the ability to distinguish the difference in pitch between two notes. Within tonal music, this is especially important. Perfect pitch in contrast is the ability to identify a pitch regardless of its relationship to other notes.
The purpose of this course is not to develop the ability to identify a pitch without context. Instead, the ear training within this course will provide a reference tone and then work to improve one’s ability to identify intervals, fourths, fifths, sevenths, etc. based off the initial tone. This is one of the most effective forms of playing by ear especially on the bandstand.
Developing Relative Pitch for Guitarists
Although relative pitch is particularly important for most musical instruments, this course is specially designed to enhance a guitarist’s relative pitch capabilities. The step-by-step approach will take you from understanding the tonal gravity implied by intervals to then further recognizing intervals through practice and repetition.
Whether singing or playing, your ability to identify relative pitch will greatly increase upon taking this course.
Free Bonus Session Included
Aural awareness is not a level playing field. Yes, some people are born with more natural facility, but anyone can acquire aural awareness with the right methods. Even perfect pitch can be acquired, although its usefulness is probably open to debate. The important thing is not to imagine that you aren’t ‘musical’ if you find this a difficult skill to master; the great majority of musician do! Unfortunately, so many people allow fear of ‘failure’ (and its perceived implications) to put them off even attempting to develop it, with predictably self-fulfilling results.
Example from the included 20-page Aurel Awareness PDF
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