Music Aural Lessons In Canberra
Aural lessons with Daniel Pinkerton help the student to develop a deeper and more refined sense of hearing when they play, read, or listen to music. Aural skills are essential for any musician who wants to master their craft and express themselves more fully. Aural skills allow a musician to analyze a musical piece and to recognize its structural elements, such as chords, scales, melodies, rhythms, textures, etc., without relying on sheet music or an instrument.
About Aural Lessons
Duration
Generally lessons run for 30 or 60 minutes.
Cancellation of Lesson
If for any reason a student is unable to attend their scheduled Theory lesson, we kindly request a minimum of 24 hours notice. This allows us to offer the time slot to another student. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Aural Training Importance
Aural lessons provide the student with an improved understanding of what they hear when they’re playing, reading or listening to music. Often a neglected component of Musical Education, Aural Training is important for every practicing musician.
Daniel's Goal
My principle goal with Aural Lessons is for the student to be able to listen to and to play their favourite music without needing sheet music.
Lesson Frequency
Lesson frequency is usually once per week but can be increased depending on student needs.
Payments for Lessons
You can choose to pay for the term in advance or pay weekly. Whatever works best for you, we're happy to accommodate. Contact us to learn more about our payment options.
What You Will Gain
Aural training provides a music student with the ability to hear the nuts and bolts of music and to be able to listen beyond the surface level of a song. Aural training enables a musician to dissect a piece of music and gives them a knowing of what it is that they are actually hearing in a technical sense. A musician with a good ear understands the harmonies, keys/modes, melodies, rhythms, layerings, etc of what they are hearing without the need to see sheet music or to have an instrument in hand.
Hearing The Music
Aural students eventually are able to ‘hear’ simple and complex harmonies and their inversions, intervals (the ‘distance’ between 2 notes), what key or mode is being used to construct a particular song, to breakdown rhythms of layers/instrumentation in songs and to know how to notate the rhythms to name just a few.
It’s a neat party trick to be able to hear a song and play it instantly!