Hey everyone!

Since I was feeling I miss playing classical music, I decided to get you involved as well in a little activity meant to train your ears, technique and dynamics! What if Mozart came to you and said

'Betcha can't play this!!'

I will post here little pieces from the musical creations of the great classics - Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Vivaldi and many more and here's your end of the deal:

You can take turns on figuring them out by ear and then recording yourself playing them. You can post your take in a video or audio format without any worries

Let's have fun with some Mozart to start with! I will always post a fast version and a slow version - all the phrases will be short so, you won't have to worry about the quantity, just work your ears out and then record against a metronome Speed doesn't matter - I'm interested in you managing to sort out every note and every nuance

So, who goes first?

Cosmin

Awesome idea, Cosmin!

I'm in, but can't get anything recorded until the weekend, but I will post a take.

I was thinking of doing something with classical pieces as well

No worries mate Looking forward to hear it!



Well, let's do it together! You can tackle this one if you want and post a new one when you feel like it Deal?



Thank you Jonas!

Yes I'll definitely post a take on this one but I don't know if I'm good enough to post a new one

No worries! Just try one - it doesn't have to be complicated - just classical

Alright

Great idea Cosmin!! i'm up for doing this too!!

Here is my version @ 100 bpm. I've learned some things by ear but I think for the first time ever I figured out what key the music is in. I won't answer cause others are working this out too.

Anyway, I think I have all the notes correct. Maybe missing some nuances, but not totally sure.


https://soundcloud.com/degroot-2/ear-training-with-classical

This post has been edited by DeGroot: Feb 12 2013, 07:17 PM

Hey DG! Sounds good to me man - let's see if someone else has a recording for us



Alright Neil

Here's my take @ 100 BPM tried to be as correct as possible. I don't mean to boast but my ear is pretty well developed, as I'm mostly self-taught and I started learning, and still learn, mostly by ear; I just try to play something I like over and over again till I get most of the parts right

Recognized the key almost instantly but still needed some time to practice and build muscle memory

https://soundcloud.com/sam-ryan-stormrage/mozart-classical-music

Sam.

This post has been edited by sammetal92: Feb 16 2013, 07:22 PM

Hey Sam! This sounds well executed, so now you can move on to interpretation Try to play along with the original track (Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Pt.4). Imitate the orchestra's feel and see what you can get

Yeah, I'll do that Cosmin, thanks!

And I'm waiting for you to post more classical licks for us to play

Coming up! Some Bach or Vivaldi?

Probably both

Alright! Both it will be I got A LOT of these in the bag

First - since it's still 'Winter' here comes Vivaldi!