Sing the Numbers 1: The IFR Tonal Map Information

Sing the Numbers is IFR’s artistic ear training course designed just for improvisers. The course teaches you to recognize melody notes by ear and to play the sounds you imagine, using beautiful songs and melodies that were specifically designed to train your ear.

Sing the Numbers is our audio course that teaches you to recognize musical notes by ear. The course takes you on a guided tour through the sounds of our musical system, using beautiful songs and melodies that were specifically designed to train your ear.

Artistic ear training for creative improvisers

In IFR we believe that your sensitivity and your love of music are your greatest gifts as an improviser. And so your ear training program should also be artistic and beautiful.

Sing the Numbers uses beautiful songs and melodies to teach you about music. Through this process you’ll learn to recognize the sounds in the music all around you, and you’ll learn to express the sounds you imagine on your instrument.

What You’ll Learn In Sing the Numbers 1: The IFR Tonal Map?

• Play the music inside you. A huge benefit of understanding music by ear is that it allows you to play directly from your musical imagination, expressing the sounds you hear in your mind directly on your instrument.
• Understand songs by ear. Another benefit of learning to understand music by ear is that you can understand any song just by listening to it, and you can immediately play this song in any key on your instrument.
• Find the key of any song. If you can recognize the sounds of our musical system by ear, it’s very easy to find the key of any song by ear and jam right along.
• Engage in musical dialogue. Understanding music by ear also allows you to engage in a true dialogue with other soloists. For example you can repeat what they just played, riffing on these ideas together.
• Recognize chord progressions by ear. Since chords are made up of notes, recognizing these notes by ear gives you a huge advantage in learning to recognize entire chord progressions by ear as well.

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