Earworms can be annoying, especially when you don't like the song that's playing in your head. But what if I told you that a well-crafted earworm could help you learn the melody of a new song, or a tricky solo?
Learn more about this in my latest article, The Earworm Strategy: https://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/ear-learning/earworm-strategy/
Tonal working memory is a short-term buffer in your mind that lets you answer the fundamental, repeated question of ear learning: “did I play the note I just heard?”
Unfortunately, it kind of sucks at its job, so you need to work a little bit smarter so you don't overload your tonal working memory.
Here's the latest article in my series on ear learning, Why Learning By Ear is Actually Learning By Memory: https://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/ear-learning/learning-by-memory/
Some songs I learn by ear go smoothly, others turn into a struggle—even ones I've heard plenty of times.
Turns out there's more to familiarity than I thought when it comes to learning by ear.
New in my ear learning series: 📖 https://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/ear-learning/familiarity-factor/
You know how you start building an app for yourself, and 16 years later you’re reading auditory neuroscience papers just so you can explain “ear learning” to strangers on the internet?
No? Just me? 😛
I’m kicking off a new blog series on how musicians learn songs by ear—and how Capo supports that process.
📖 Start with the primer here:
https://supermegaultragroovy.com/products/capo/ear-learning/
Chris Liscio