JAZZ EAR TRAINING

The first section will be major triads over C the second section will be minor triads over A

In this exercise you need to guess the melody note played on the piano over a given bass line. I will provide the key of the bass line. Later on in the exercise I will give you two notes at the same time.

I will play a 4 note voicing consisting of the root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th and you have to guess the quality of the chord. You're choices are major 7, major 7b5, major 7#5, minor/major 7, minor 7, half diminished 7, full diminished 7, dominant 7, dominant 7b5, dominant 7#5. I will play the chord twice, tell you the answer, then arpeggiate the chord

This exercise will help you to hear II - V progressions. I will play two II - V progressions consecutively and you need to distinguish the interval between them. For example if I give you Dmi7 - G7 - Ebmi7 - Ab7 then the answer would be a half step up because the second II - V progression is a half step up from the first. These different types of progressions are common in jazz music and if you are able to distinguish between them you will have a better understanding of the music and will hopefully allow you to eventually learn jazz tunes by ear.

This exercise will help you to recognize intervals quickly. I will play a note and you need to guess what it is based on the previous note.