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Busy Bards Ear Training

by Tony Morse

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Latest episodes

An Ear Training Gondola Ride through the Canals of the Major Scale (Episode 12)

December 13, 2023 · 14 min

In this Episode of Busy Bards Ear Training, we go on a nice gondola ride through the canals of the major scale. We're only using notes 1, 7, and 5. When 1 is the tonic, or the home note, we will always feel the most comfortable when…
Authentic Major Scale Ear Training: A Country Dance (Episode 11)

December 1, 2023 · 14 min

In this Episode of Busy Bards Ear Training, we go on another tour of the Major Scale. We're only using notes 1 2 3 and 4. Notice how nice it sounds to travel from note to, to note 4. I haven't specifically taught tension and release yet…
Major Scale Ear Training #2: "Musings on A Major" (Episode 10)

October 17, 2023 · 26 min

On this weeks episode of Busy Bards Ear Training, not only do we get our feet wet in a new Ear Training track, but we also explore a new segment called "Musings on a Mower". In this weeks ear training track, we explore the Major Scale…
Major Scale Ear Training 1: When I Say Major, you say....Major! (Episode 9)

October 10, 2023 · 22 min

In this episode of Busy Bards Ear Training, we're going to explore our first major scale ear training track. (00:00:00) Theme and Welcome (00:00:55) Why it took so long between episodes. (00:02:30) I Finally explain why i'm a "former"…
Meet the Major Scale (A Nuclear Survivor's Guide to Music Part 6)

October 3, 2023 · 24 min

In this episode of A Nuclear Survivor's Guide to Music, our squad of survivors finally starts to create the sounds of music they recognize in their daily lives. But...just because you know the seven notes it takes to build a song...does it…

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You don't need the Musical Alphabet as much as you think. (A Nuclear Surivor's Guide to Music, Part 5)

June 27, 2023 · 20 min

Do you truly need absolute pitches? That is, do you need to think of music in terms of A, A#, B, C, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, and G#? Well….Yes and No. Absolute pitches and the musical alphabet are very important for helping you pick an…
Rhythm (EXTRA PRACTICE)

June 22, 2023 · 24 min

In this episode, you’ll take a more frank, laid back tour of the 22 “Rhythm Bricks” or “building blocks” of rhythm. Rhythm, in it’s simplest state, is not much more than placing these 22 blocks at will on a canvas of beats (the measure)…
Rhythm: The Early Bird Gets the Beat (A Nuclear Survivor's Guide to Music Pt. 4)

June 20, 2023 · 24 min

Now that the foundation of rhythm is established; The central beat, our teacher is able to take it to the next level. While listening to the bickering of the camp-mates, you decide to use the natural rhythm of the birds singing in the…
EXTRA PRACTICE: Central Beat

June 14, 2023 · 23 min

You want more practice with finding the central beat in real music? You got it! In this “half/bonus” episode we’ll take a break from “A Nuclear Survivor’s Guide to Music”. We’ll have a quick chat, and then go straight into some exciting…
Never lose the Central Beat of the Song Again! (Nuclear Survivor's Guide to Music Pt. 3)

June 14, 2023 · 25 min

You realize you were just in a nuclear blast. Tired, out of energy, and out of hope, you fall into comatose listening to “Busy Bards Ear Training Podcast” again…and again…and again… You wake up three years later in a survivor’s camp full…
Don't Waste your Time with Ear Training! (Nuclear Survivor's Guide to Music Pt. 2)

June 14, 2023 · 49 min

I’m super glad you see the value in ear training! Scales, modes, solfege, chords, etc are all excellent things to practice, especially on the road! But…if you take the wrong path, you could end up in danger of colossally wasting your time…
A Busy Musician, A Dusty Instrument (A Nuclear Survivor's Guide to Music Pt. 1)

June 14, 2023 · 10 min

You like music. And you’re probably listening to this during your commute to your work that destroys your ability to practice. But what would you do if the fabric of society collapsed tomorrow? Everyone dreams about how they’d survive with…

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About the show

Do you want to play music by ear, but find that life gives you no time to practice, leaving your expensive instruments to collect dust? Join Tony Morse each week for the easiest sing-along guided tour of applied music theory, intervals, melodies, harmonies, chords, rhythms, and more. Hop in the traffic jam of beginner and veteran musicians improvising the soundtrack to their daily grind.