The Secret of Ear Training

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The secret of ear training is in the feeling. All musical structures have a particular feeling-state associated with them which we can learn to recognize. This video outlines a practical method for gaining familiarity with recognizing THE TONIC - the most fundamental and important sound/feeling in music.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:20 - The "Tonic"
03:28 - Level 1 - Scales
04:55 - Level 2 - Chords
06:15 - Level 3 - Real Music
12:56 - Final Remarks
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@maxkonyi 9 ай бұрын

You can find the follow-up video here: kzfaq.infoY6BPB3Cso00?si=4QjwNmEvwsiI17y9

@areenashah8912 8 ай бұрын

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@user-zp6kt6ni2l 3 ай бұрын

When you have played the scale up to the last note - say B in the C major scale - the feeling, a felt tendency, *evokes an interior image of the tonic* that you can hum, sing or play.

@jtonthatrack3984 9 ай бұрын

Lol when the note doesn’t resolve I feel ANGER

@maxkonyi 9 ай бұрын

💢💢💢

@luckas221a 6 ай бұрын

when the note doesn't resolve I usually feel excited, lmao WHERE ARE WE GOING???

@yumeno-w- 6 ай бұрын

@@luckas221adats cool!! :3

@selimoztunc 5 ай бұрын

Anger leads to suffering… 😂

@librasky 5 ай бұрын

When it resolves on the wrong note , it's JAZZ I feel like some jazz players are trying to piss me off

@dawnyurenwick 9 ай бұрын

This makes me think of the episode of The Office where Andy starts singing a song about the other businesses in a building and Pam cuts him off before he can finish singing on the tonic…so he begs her to let him resolve the melody 😂

@maxkonyi 9 ай бұрын

lol

@joshkasen Жыл бұрын

1. Love the video. Wonderfully produced. 2. Thank you for actually playing the final note and not leaving me with that terrible “feeling” 😅

@maxkonyi Жыл бұрын

🙌😜🙌

@ELLIOT8209 Жыл бұрын

True. A video on tension and release would be great

@joshkasen Жыл бұрын

@@ELLIOT8209 Agreed!

@FinnDhaHuman 8 ай бұрын

Can ya drop what it actually is for us plebs

@ryancarter6876 8 ай бұрын

Same, that was the huge take away feeling, that terrible cliffhanging feeling of the note right before the tonic. (Pretty confusing since, it seems like he is saying that is the feeling on the tonic.)

@Oxdazdndconfuzd8O 8 ай бұрын

Musical Edging

@existentialcwboy Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@mahshshsrklingfa7031 Ай бұрын

Nahhhhh

@texasman2893 6 күн бұрын

precisely my brother

@BryanParnala 5 сағат бұрын

Wahahahaaah!😂😂😂😂

@nickolawl77 7 ай бұрын

As a music teacher, I always like to keep watching content from other teachers, to see if I can come up with new approaches. I've never seen this approach to ear training, and it makes so much sense. I will surely use it in my future lectures

@maxkonyi 7 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@Lwhale.3797 8 ай бұрын

As a singer, I’ve always felt insecure about my note / Interval / chord recognition abilities, but after being able to recognize the tonic note in all the exercises in the video, this renewed my confidence and made me want to make music moving forward. THANK YOU 🙌🙌 Also, OMG man, you have the most transfixing eyes 👁️👁️ I have ever seen

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

That's great! So glad that this approach has been genuinely helpful for people. I appreciate the comment 🙌🏼 ✨👀✨

@nuncotics791 5 сағат бұрын

Hey now

@away_5719 Ай бұрын

Musical Blue balls is crazy, love this

@nikooplayer 9 ай бұрын

This was probably the best course I had on ear training. Thanks.

@kestineniiquaye6110 8 ай бұрын

I side with you! Easy to understand. You got my rest! 👌

@sviborgamulin3929 21 күн бұрын

@@kestineniiquaye6110 same here. Amazing work! Thank you!!

@ThomasJLarsen 9 ай бұрын

A nice tool analyzing music in your head is the fact that about 95 - 99 % of all melodies in Western music (classic, jazz, pop, rock, anything), end on the tonic. Check it out (without touching an instrument if you are trained).

@maxkonyi 9 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@JAMES_III Ай бұрын

Gustav Mahler's Adagietto (Symphony #5) ... The most breathtaking resolve you'll ever hear ❤

@maxkonyi Ай бұрын

Will check!

@yiler7683 9 ай бұрын

This is definitely one of the best ear training tutorials I’ve seen. It almost feels like unlocking a new superpower after watching this.

@maxkonyi 9 ай бұрын

🗝🔓👂🏼

@yoavco99 8 ай бұрын

Agreed

@PITFALL11 3 ай бұрын

The delay with you hitting the last note is so painful!

@justapieceofbread9150 8 ай бұрын

This was really helpful as a self taught musician. I didn't know how to improve or test my own hearing ability and i was surprised to nail the real music part! (Level three)

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

Nice!

@roomsey9044 8 ай бұрын

Today I learned that I'm really good at tonic recognition. I do it all the time when I'm doing solos.

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

Nice! That's very fortunate

@aliceberethart 3 ай бұрын

I love it when an artist and/or a composer plays something you don’t expect. I always expect some tonic resolution, but i love when that expectation is broken but still harmonizes. A pianist comes to mind, Michel Petrucciani. Listening to his music is a wild ride and you never know what comes next, yet it all ties together in the very very end. I especially like his performance of Round Mindnight.

@maxkonyi 3 ай бұрын

Agreed!

@derycktrahair8108 9 ай бұрын

Yrs ago in an Army Band while we were having lunch, a Cornet player would stick his bell though the window & play a Maj scale from 1 to 7 & walk away laughing. Our reaction was always "Resolve it you Bastard". Music is fun when you know how to listen.

@bobloblaw9690 8 ай бұрын

This is why I think most people who play lots of instruments started out on drums. It speeds up the feeling process necessary to make learning scales and chords less stressful and easier to apply to your music. You can't force precision, it's a slow crawling into more fluid movement. Just like with correcting your bodies movements....no amount of adjustments, massage, nor pushing through it, or over-working will 100% fix anything, since you have to train the mind/body connection to function as one to allow free flow. The mind and body already know natural movement, it's just lost at a very early age. Music is no different of a sense to the brain. Rhythm literally opens the body up without conscious effort.

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

You make some good points there! Do you really think most multi-instrumentalists started on drums? I don't think that's been my experience with people I've met, though I haven't considered it deeply...

@lunarscapes6016 Ай бұрын

@@maxkonyiI play drums as well as keyboard/piano and I’m learning guitar right now. I think the main thing about learning percussion that lends itself to learning multiple instruments is that drums are literally multiple instruments. Like I had to learn how to play marimba, which is very different from a snare drum, which is very different than a timpani, which is very different than a drumset. You essentially learn how to learn if your first instrument is drums. But I know plenty of multi-instrumentalists that have never played drums, like my girlfriend who plays guitar, bass, piano, and clarinet (I showed her drums and she was better at them her first time than anyone else I’ve seen). I definitely think ear training adds to this though, because it’s really easy for me to learn guitar because I know the order I can play notes in based on piano and I can just figure out how to do that on guitar. I don’t feel like I did a good job explaining that, but hopefully it made at least a little bit of sense.

@vcodev108 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for revealing the secret of ear training, feeling is the main ingredient that most of the music teacher never mention, thanks for guiding us in the right track as always.

@maxkonyi Жыл бұрын

🙌🙌🙌

@allwinantofranklin895 15 сағат бұрын

Man, it should be the GOAT video for Ear training...... Awesome 💯

@calebhylkema2862 3 күн бұрын

You're an excellent teacher. This is the first time that ear training has really made sense to me.

@eneldia85 Ай бұрын

Thanks for this clear explanation. Years of playing the guitar and years of vocal entonation issues. Finally I am getting there.

@clockworkhearts4085 3 ай бұрын

oh! I've been doing this unknowingly since I was a kid. I liked to try to guess what note would come next in a song, or I'd make up little tunes to hum and try to find notes that made the most sense together. I've never had any musical training so it's great to finally have a word for this.

@MelissaR784 2 ай бұрын

Same here. Had a organ growing up and played that same game until it came naturally. What's weird was when I was older and picked up a guitar, found I could play the tune by ear also.

@guscox9651 8 ай бұрын

Your idea of feeling is really true in my experience. I was practicing ii V I in ascending keys, but instead of doing it logically I was trying to hear the next key centre each time, then working backwards to ‘hear’ V and then ii. It’s hard but rewarding. Respect to you and anyone who gets into this.

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

Oh interesting exercise. I'll have to give it a go...

@lawrencetaylor4101 Жыл бұрын

After my retirement I started learning the piano. Moi? The piano? I lived my whole life joking that I was born with two left ears. I went through 6 years of choir class where the teachers told me to move my lips and not make a noise. And now, I'm looking at videos like this. BTW this was one of the most surprising ear training videos I've seen. And you started by descending the scale. So the leading tone is leading us away on a journey, and not leading us back home. I've asked two piano professors what would happen if someone taught students scales by descending to start with. Would that alter their musical creativity?

@maxkonyi Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Regarding your last question there - I don't know! Despite scales generally being taught in ascending form, humans have a great propensity towards descending melodies...

@allisonal 8 ай бұрын

Great comment! My piano teachers always had me ascend-descend in things like scales, arpeggios, etc. I had thought about why from a mechanical sense, but I hadn’t really thought about the ear training aspect of it.

@poj2121 4 ай бұрын

Never realised that I have always done this naturally and since learning music theory It's been making so much sense. Feeling really is key.

@PawanNandwani 24 күн бұрын

Ah! This is an interesting approach - I remember studying this with my piano teacher when we went through a (terrifying) book on harmony in music. The theory of it made me stress out to such an extreme point that we eventually ended up with me ditching the book and he taught me to learn by “feeling”. Seeing a visual element added to that is fascinating! Took me back to when I was in school. Good video :)

@elultimopujilense 10 күн бұрын

I just cant believe this content is free. We live in the future, no doubt about it.

@RafaelXavierOcc 8 ай бұрын

Thats an awesome class! I'm a music teacher myself and I just feel you nailed it on explaining the basics of ear training in such little time. I loved how you bring the concept of "feelings that we label". In my personal view, everything in music theory is exactly this - names we give to specific feelings caused by specific techniques of phenomena. Congratulations, and thank you for this lesson!

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

Agreed! I'm glad it resonated with you as well

@celparadise3726 9 ай бұрын

This is wonderful. It's the kind of lesson a beginner should learn on day one. Most of us, unfortunately, won't do this for many years in, especially if we're self-taught.

@kidkodama 9 ай бұрын

thoroughly enjoyed this presentation. I think I would really enjoy a sequel to this, where you go into more advanced territory. If you mastered recognizing the Tonic, where do you go from there? How do other Notes FEEL in relation to the tonic? I know there's plenty of material out there already, but if you feel like making a series out of this, it would be much appreciated!

@maxkonyi 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback. More videos in this series coming soon...

@briancleary6751 4 ай бұрын

@@maxkonyi Can't wait for exercises beyond the tonic!

@Rvx-mv5ro Ай бұрын

brooooooooooooo this process will be easier for you if you are learning to sing western or classical or any type of music i swear to god i just needed to think in the manner that this gentleman thought us to do. but i got everything right and I can safely say its because of learning to sing in key

@drymonday6832 4 ай бұрын

I learned how to play by ear and music theory from a very young age and i can say hands down it is the most important thing you can learn as a musician that will separate you from others

@jonwright3114 8 ай бұрын

I consider myself to have a “bad ear” when it comes to pitch. So, I was cynical whether a video like this would be helpful. But, man! You crushed it. The idea of stopping music, finding that “feeling”, then attempting to sing that tonic note. This is gold! You earned a subscriber and I hope many more follow my subscription. You deserve it!

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! I also considered myself to have a bad ear when I was younger...really bad!

@maypling Ай бұрын

i think this concept exists in language learning too. in our native tongue, we won't always be able to say exactly how we know something is gibberish, or why someone's accent doesn't sound native - we just know that it sounds 'off'. (maybe two words that should rhyme don't, or a word is unusual for a certain context, etc.) spelling as well - if it looks off we keep trying different things until it's resolved/familiar. this intuition is built somewhat passively over time as a child, but can still be achieved as an adult, especially with active learning. all to say, listening is super important to build a strong foundation! thanks for sharing ♥

@saik5307 3 ай бұрын

Therapist: how r u feeling today? Me: Tonic. Yep

@godisgoodallthetimeman4796 Жыл бұрын

yoooooooooooooooooooooo thanks again for the help in discord, I honestly dont deserve to know all of this so quickyl tysm

@maxkonyi Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@BBsheepy 4 ай бұрын

Amazing my brain automatically do that, especially when the radio stopped in the car and I will finish the note or the sound ... So cool and I have no idea... 😊 Thanks

@aster6000 8 ай бұрын

Subscribed after the intro. That tickled my brain in the perfect way

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

SUCCESS

@nefertitimontoya 3 ай бұрын

I got chills

@apokalyhpse Ай бұрын

Same here, sinestesic ❤

@Whatismusic123 8 ай бұрын

This is an extremely important skill many fail to learn, even with years of experience. It's also good to watch out thay you don't confuse the tonal center, with the tonic function, as they are not the same. Many confuse tonicization for modulation due to that.

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

An important distinction for sure. Both leverage the same mechanism but with varying degrees of strength and permanence.

@isaacbeen2087 8 ай бұрын

"atonality doesn't exist" - @Whatismusic123

@lavatr8322 4 ай бұрын

Is that why I get shivers on certain notes , Or I get excited when listening to _For eg: HansZimmer-Man of Steel tracks_ And this is how Films are scored right??? I never understood how to explain to people the Way I listen to Music and Sounds.... but this is what it is... And i think most people just put on headphones and blast something..... But i truly get immersed into it..... its actually incredible to have that ability. To feel.

@maxkonyi 4 ай бұрын

While getting shivers and becoming emotionally moved by the feelings of a song is definitely related to the tonic (tonality in general), there are many more factors at play. Also, beyond all the theory, some people are just more sensitive and attuned to music in general!

@Gamvrelis 6 ай бұрын

In addition to the importance of your presentation, I really liked the depth/fullness of the piano or keyboard you were playing. Please tell us the make, model, etc. - thank you.

@maxkonyi 6 ай бұрын

I believe I was using a plugin called Keyscape for this. An amazing sounding piano. I'm playing on a MIDI controller, not a digital piano. The controller is a NI S61 mk2

@Xitaychin 8 ай бұрын

In the end I could recognise the tonic! When i started learning the theory it seemed so frustrating these scales and I don't know how the notes sound but here i understood how to find it with my inner voice or by singing aloud. Thank you a lot!!! Will practice.

@maxkonyi 8 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@KCdeeya 20 күн бұрын

the quality of this channel insane!! def subscribed

@kalyanoliveira3224 4 ай бұрын

The first time I actually felt a major third was like magic!Suddenly, I was able to understand the importance of hearing intervals and thinking relatively between pitches.

@celebratedrazorworks6732 8 күн бұрын

That was the most beautiful thing in my day. Even easy 4 a complete newb like me, easy enough to lay a foundation. Thank u kindly sir. 😊

@wagonet Ай бұрын

Ive never thought about music like a feel. Mind blown 😲

@amandaturnerpiano 4 ай бұрын

Amazing video. I'm a private piano/music teacher of many years and I was NOT taught this logic as a student. I love finding resources like this online and sharing them with my students. I will definitely be sharing this with them, along with your course.

@maxkonyi 4 ай бұрын

Nice! Thank you 🙏

@mikkudraven 8 ай бұрын

Amazing video & great explanations,really helpful! Cheers for it mate 😊

@waterlight5958 4 күн бұрын

Very interesting approach. I’d LinkedIn to try.

@spearoflonganisa2464 9 ай бұрын

Incredible - had in me all along! Thanks for this Max!!!!

@MarsianLizard 8 ай бұрын

I didn't know I needed to see that video that much. Thank you, very eye-opening (ear-opening!) content!

@XxFunkMachinexX Ай бұрын

Great video. Had a teacher tell me that an easy way to find the tonic is to find a note that you can hum throughout the entire piece that makes sense at any point in the song.

@maxkonyi Ай бұрын

Not always true but not a bad starting place!

@eviculum4518 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for giving actual ways to practice these!

@megamaxdevelopment9890 8 ай бұрын

Amazing video. I didn't think it could be so easy to get the tonic in a complete song.

@gusty17 8 ай бұрын

THE SONG YOU PLAYED SOUNDS AMAZING. Will def check out all your playlists, especially weekly productions

@philjames1019 25 күн бұрын

Cool ... loving these lessons Max!!!

@ryancarter6876 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, i loved that first track you played at the ending section! it was the bassoon playing the tonic most of the time. Killer!

@midori58 Ай бұрын

yeah tonic is the only thing I can consistently and confidently feel. I have trouble differentiating the 3 & 6 minor chords, or even the 4 & 5 major chords

@austin9526 Ай бұрын

this just came up on my recommended..thankkyouu universe

@nicooteiza Ай бұрын

What a fantastic way of teaching this!

@IshaanNigamOfficial 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful video Max.

@steveleeatfullmeasure 9 ай бұрын

So well presented!

@kenneth1767 9 ай бұрын

This is great. I'm an artist relatively new to making music, and I use the same approach in color mixing. Instinctively note the feeling the color produces, and then mix till that feeling is matched. With the music I've been singing to harmonize with notes or chords, and find that this feeling and expectancy for notes is slowly developing.

@maxkonyi 9 ай бұрын

Yeah! Great to hear. It all comes in time...

@jeromeweaver809 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thank you!

@chcorreia 7 ай бұрын

As a teacher (comp sci, not music), congratulations for your skills in breaking down the hard stuff in its simple parts and communicating it beautifuly in simple language.

@maxkonyi 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad it's coming across...

@Sophia_Regina 21 күн бұрын

You have a great storytelling ability. Thank you for this video

@StevenSuarezArdila 9 ай бұрын

I can't describe how much I appreciate this video! This is the best ear training I've seen so far! You're amazing! Thank you very so much!

@DMT4Dinner 8 ай бұрын

Very insightful, thank you!

@japavlin 6 ай бұрын

Awesome explanation and study examples 😊

@lonez117 9 ай бұрын

praise be sent to ya whole lineage, this was so helpful in understanding

@Dooality 9 ай бұрын

Really great way of thinking about it!

@billyraymyers1002 Ай бұрын

Stumbled across this vid today and I felt compelled to say that your delivery is fantastic! These demo tracks sound amazing too, definitely going to deep diving your discog! +1 Sub

@alexn1168 Ай бұрын

I guess the years of playing guitar and singing allows me to recognize tonics easily. I never learned a lot of music theory so I’m now going through from the start to try and up my skills.

@terryhigson434 9 ай бұрын

Very good advice mate, good vid. Music is all about feeling.

@Oumaigodii 8 ай бұрын

Great video!! Thanks for the incredible content

@bobbyortiz 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, I needed this!

@ericklorena 9 ай бұрын

What a great and useful video! Thanks

@hervecasal8035 Ай бұрын

Wonderful !a revelation ! A great thank❤

@Leviathan894 4 ай бұрын

This was a really refreshing and I think approachable way to think about ear training. Also it got the listener involved and all around this was really helpful.

@fiatlux3748 7 ай бұрын

Very good, thank you, this help me a lot.

@bizzar2792 Жыл бұрын

Did this in realtime w/ my midi keyboard. Great breakdown!

@ilyanerad143 Жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much Max! Such a great teacher Production is also on point! Love the colors and visualization

@maxkonyi Жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Thanks 🙌

@goldog2816 9 ай бұрын

Great lesson. thanks for the post ......

@bransunmitchellartist9229 7 ай бұрын

Much more palatable than most who try to explain music theory. Thank you

@sidneycandido2917 9 ай бұрын

Nossa, precisava muito desse video. Muito obrigado, Max. Melhores 13 minutos de teoria musical que tive nos últimos anos.

@barbarasayas7536 3 ай бұрын

I’ve never checked this out before, because I didn’t know it existed. I just know I’ve been doing it now that I’ve seen this video. The first example was easy for me… not sure of the second example… but it was a great experience.

@martinmilan3169 9 ай бұрын

Ground breaking. Thanks a lot

@miahlovato81 3 ай бұрын

LOVE this video!!! I'm a live musician that pursued DJing. I highly recommend this to any DJs out there. I use it to fine tune my students ears. I myself watch it frequently to keep my ears sharp. thank you for making such an awesome tutorial!!!

@Sayezofficial 8 ай бұрын

Amazing video, thanks for the tips

@matttyner8804 4 ай бұрын

My grandfather tried to explain this to me when i was a teenager trying to emulate his guitar playing but he wasnt great at explaining stuff, this is helpful for me. He was self taught and just played by feel on several instruments with real skill and natural instinct. But he couldn't say why the tones should change, for him it was just obvious and natural where to go with the melody and progression, i wish i could do that myself. He gave me his song book but it was just lyrics because he didnt need to know the chords lol 😂

@maxkonyi 4 ай бұрын

That's great ✨

@olyna 2 ай бұрын

Impeccable vidéo production for a very engaging narrative. Always look forward for your video.

@terilamarco515 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, thank you !

@villeladan 9 ай бұрын

Adorei a dica, obrigado!

@wagonet Ай бұрын

Can you do more videos like this? it's so good.

@bryermusicstudio2727 29 күн бұрын

Thank you very much for a perspective I have not seen before and more importantly I relate to seemingly innately. Congratulations and again thank you.