REQ: Berklee Online - Basic Ear Training 1

Become a more interactive and confident musician by learning how to really hear what is going on in the band while you are performing. The course focuses on the melody and bass notes and examines the harmonies, rhythms, and pulses that drive and measure music. You'll learn to notate basic rhythms and pitch, and understand the relationships between notes by using the solfege method. Through transcription exercises and the study of contemporary songs from artists such as Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, and Led Zeppelin, you'll learn to build an awareness of what's happening around you when you are playing, and build your confidence as a musician and performer.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

Conduct basic rhythms
Identify different time signatures and notate basic rhythms
Identify different key signatures and transcribe what you hear
Understand tonic, subdominant, and dominant relationships
Identify the difference between major and minor tonic
Identify primary triads in major and minor
Recognize A B elements in song form
Apply the moveable Do system to performance and composition