Great free online resources for ear training and rhythm training.
Ear training is the skill of recognizing pitch, intervals, chords, chord progressions, rhythms and more. A lot of people think perfect pitch (or absolute pitch) is essential to be the next Beethoven. I think relative pitch is probably more important. Yes, perfect pitch is great if you want to transcribe a solo and you don’t have your instrument with you, but I think to recognize progressions relative pitch helps a lot more. And relative pitch is easily acquirable. This is a good list of websites to check out to develop your skills:
Ear Training:
http://www.good-ear.com/servlet/EarTrainer
http://www.musictheory.net/trainers/html/id90_en.html
http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/44
http://andyvn.ath.cx/aquallegro
Rhythm Training:
http://www.therhythmtrainer.com/
http://www.practicesightreading.com/index.php (this is about sight-reading rhythms, but you can record yourself and then train your ear by transcribing the rhythms)
To practice all of the above (and to practice in general) you need a good metronome: this is a free Java metronome from Seventh String (also the creator of Transcribe! An innovative transcribing software)
This is the page with the demo and the info about this cool looking metronome that you can use freely online or on your desktop by downloading the zip file (second link):
http://www.seventhstring.com/metronome/metronome.html
http://www.seventhstring.com/metronome/ssmetronome.zip
On a different note for all of you out there who love jazz and use real books they have on their great site a master index that helps you find any tune on most fake books:
http://www.seventhstring.co.uk/fbindex.html
Now you don’t have any more excuses to keep your ears in top conditions…get practising!
Of course remember that ear training and rhythm training are just a few of the skills you need to be a 360 degree musician: read TrueGuitarist.com’s Master-plan!
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For interval ear training, associating the two first tones of well-known melodies to each interval is a great help for beginners who sometimes have a hard time memorizing how each individual is sounding. At http://www.earmaster.com/intervalsongs/ , there is a chart generator able to compile lists of songs that you pick out yourself among a library representing many different styles (from nursery rhymes to metal) . I hope you'll like it. Cheers!
Quentin
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i think you have to start with the basics and train your ear to at least figure out if a not is lower or higher than the previous one in a sequence.
Thank you for the list of ear training tools.. You’re missing one though..
http://www.earbeater.com/online-ear-training
Thanks! You can also try the free Ear Training Radio at http://www.eartrainingradio.com