Ep. 20 : Ear Training - How To Hear Chord Progressions Using Bass Lines(Part 1)

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🎧 Ep. 20: Ear Training - How To Hear Chord Progressions Using Bass Lines
Are you ready to improve your ear training and take your understanding of music theory to the next level? In this powerful episode, we dive deep into the essential skill of hearing chord progressions by identifying bass lines. Whether you’re a music student, aspiring musician, or passionate music theory enthusiast, this episode gives you practical strategies to train your ears to recognize intervals, root movements, and the harmonic function of chords based on bass note patterns.

Discover how recognizing scale degrees, diatonic functions, and cadences can unlock your ability to play by ear, compose music, and transcribe songs faster and more accurately. We also break down common chord progressions and show how to isolate the bass line to predict the harmonic structure. This is Part 1 of a multi-part series designed to build your ear from the ground up!

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1. Intro - Guitar Performance: ‘Lagrima’ by Francisco Tarrega (00:00:00)

2. A Very Special Episode 20! (00:01:29)

3. Review : EAR TRAINING and INTERVALS (00:03:50)

4. Audio Example : The P4 and P5 (00:04:50)

5. Sound Association - File Folders in The Brain (00:06:37)

6. Audio Examples : I, IV, V with Bass Lines (00:08:09)

7. The Ear Training Game Begins (00:10:07)

8. Ear Training Exercise 1 (00:13:15)

9. Ear Training Exercise 2 (00:16:48)

10. Ear Training Exercise 3 (00:18:14)

11. The Super Duper Bonus Round (00:18:44)

12. More Intervals and Progressions (00:21:37)

13. Breakdown/Summary (00:23:54)