Ears

I’ll admit it – I’ve never really worked as hard as I should have on ear training. Most of my early music experience revolved around playing written music. As a music major in the early 1970’s we were required to take classes in aural skills. I never really spent time on those classes, to my detriment.

In my current musical endeavors I’ve finally realized the error of my ways with respect to developing my ears. And so now my ear training journey will begin. I’m starting with an ear training app – Beato Ear Training. I paid the money and now I’m going to start working on it. I also purchased another ear training course but I’m going to start with the Beato program.

My plan is to spend half an hour each day with the app. We’ll see how it goes.

In other news, G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome) has struck. In my April 2, 2023 post I talked about my two fretless basses, one 4-string (which I really like) and one 5-string (which I like less). Well, I decided I really want to only have to deal with one fretless bass so I have acquired the 5-string version of my 4-string fretless, an Ibanez SRF705. I am starting to get to know that instrument. And now I’m thinking of parting ways with my previous fretless basses. What’s the opposite of G.A.S.?