Re: [Hornlist] College Ear Training & Sight Singing

2006-05-19 Thread MARKSUERON
In a message dated 5/18/06 11:59:19 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now I get to the point. I have found this training unbelievably helpful. My intonation and pitch accuracy are unimaginably better than before. I try to sing everything before I ever play it, and t

Re: [Hornlist] College Ear Training & Sight Singing

2006-05-18 Thread Robert Ward
My $0.02 worth is that as a performance major, you should be practicing (in addition to rehearsing) 3 hours/day. I'm sure that the various ear training and analysis is helpful, but if you are substantially below that amount of practice, you might want to think about making some changes to

Re: [Hornlist] College Ear Training & Sight Singing

2006-05-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi- I am getting the idea already that perhaps people misunderstood me and I am sorry if this was unclear, let me straighten out before too many reply. I am not saying that "I don't need to learn theory because I am a performance major."I hate that attitude and totally believe the opposite

RE: [Hornlist] College Ear Training & Sight Singing

2006-05-18 Thread Steve Freides
sic in New York City. -S- > -Original Message- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > du] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:58 AM > To: horn@music.memphis.edu > Subject: [Hornlist] College Ear Training &

[Hornlist] College Ear Training & Sight Singing

2006-05-18 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hello all- I’ve got some stuff about ear-training, and a question about general music training vs. practicing. At my university, ALL music majors are required to take 5 terms (trimesters) of very intense ear-training, sight singing, and theory and analysis (7 term of theory actually). I don'