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Nice website, but on guitar things are more complicated than piano, because there are several positions to play the same chord, including open strings. So this intervall ear training and learning chords on the guitar (not on music sheet) is the best way imo.
yea todd, i only mentioned because some exersizes only concentrate on notating without ear training. but i have to admit its very cool and a lazy method to learn fretboard shapes learn faster than light
Fretboard shapes are a tool, and of course, are useful.
Im not saying dont utilize all that stuff.
I guess i should have been more specific about which part of the site i meant for people to see.
I called this thread "Train your EARS" so, i assumed you would checkout the Ear Training, intervals section. You can ignore the notational sections. Find the ear training interval section. It will play you 2 reference notes.
You have to determine what interval you're hearing, just by hearing it. I think at bare minimum, everybody should be able to identify all 12 intervals by ear.
The next thing to tackle would be building chords. You can take out your guitar for this one.
hehe thats all i wanted to hear LOL (jk) i actually already had a program on the PC, "Ear Pro" or something... i had planned to do intervall recognition everyday. I only had the patience to do it the first two days. The third day i forgot it But its great, and REALLY helps.
i can identify all major and minor triads (3,5,7) and the 2s of course. But the 4s and 6s are sounds im not used to, i guess.
All good stuff Todd. I went through a phase of doing a load of this stuff. The band in a box program has a load of ear training software built in and I go through brief phases of using it.
I think that the most instrument friendly way of working on ear training is simply playing through tunes by ear in all twelve keys in open position. It forces you to feel for the note and applies the interval training in real time on your instrument.
I use band in a box for this too, since I can get it to play any tune through in all twelve keys.
Since you have to play along and get the tune in real time it is fantastic ear training and twelve key work. Things tend to 'stick' more this way because it is a more emotional and musical experience.
If only somebody 'cool' would suggest this then people here might try it.
No Todd, you'r way cool. You repeatedly snub me by ignoring me when I address you directly. I went to to school, I know what cool is, thats cool.
Since I am not cool I feel free to agree with you when you make a perfectly sensible suggestion. I can even add another idea without seeming to contradict you.
It can help to identify intervals with well known songs - a perfect fourth is the first two notes of "here comes the bride" an octave-first two notes of "somewhere over the rainbow". Major 6th "My Bonnie lies over the ocean" A tri tone is a police siren in some places. Anybody got more? How about for chords?
You repeatedly snub me by ignoring me when I address you directly.
Really?? Can you remind my of a specific occasion?
Never meant to do that. I hold you in very high regard in this forum. You contribute alot here. If i snubbed you, i certainly didnt mean to. I apologize. T
It can help to identify intervals with well known songs - a perfect fourth is the first two notes of "here comes the bride" an octave-first two notes of "somewhere over the rainbow". Major 6th "My Bonnie lies over the ocean" A tri tone is a police siren in some places. Anybody got more? How about for chords?
That's a good strategy for notes played in sequence.
Notes played simultaneously, (chords) are a little different.
Cant think of any strategies for chords. Just repetition, and focus. T
If you're swimming in the ocean, and you start hearing low octave minor seconds, that usually means there's a great white shark in the area. Swim faster. T
thank you todd, i'm glad you posted that. i don't want to shell out the dough for auralia lol.
I forwarded the link to my theory prof, he thanks you too!
What todd is saying is that ideally you will be able to hear all of the intervals and/or be able to generate all the intervals you hear in your head (voice usually the best way) as if it were second nature.
The way this is achieved in university is to scare students to death by making them sight sing music. which is important in developing musicianship.
after all, reading a score and knowing what it will sound like befor eyou play it is a very very very useful skill.
If you're swimming in the ocean, and you start hearing low octave minor seconds, that usually means there's a great white shark in the area. Swim faster.
I knew there was some practical application to ear training. Just couldn't put my finger on it till now.
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But its great, and REALLY helps. 
I'm grumpy. 
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