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For a long time, there were really only three ways to become a capable musician: be born with natural talent, practice hours upon hours, or just simply sell your soul.  I trust you’re familiar with the following joke:

Person A: How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Person B: Practice, practice, practice.
Person A: Very funny. No, I’m genuinely asking. See, I sold my soul for brilliant musical talent and now I have to perform at the most important show of my life. If I miss this gig the devil wins my soul and this turns into one of those lame “careful what you wish for” stories.
Person B: That’s what she said?

Now, however, we live in a brilliant age when all computers are connected at all times, ever-seething and growing self-aware. TrainEar.com opens up a new option for improving musical knowledge, allowing us to use the web to learn to play any simple melody by ear. The Free Online Ear Training program available here uses examples from familiar songs to help teach musical intervals, regardless of your prior music experience. The program looks intimidating, and you’ll definitely be lost if don’t watch the tutorial video first. But once you figure out how to use it and start practicing things really start falling into place.

Funding for many school music programs is on the chopping block—if it hasn’t already been chopped. And you only have your students for a set amount of time each day, let alone time for one-on-one interaction. Online Ear Training from TrainEar is a great tool to bypass these roadblocks. Plus, you know your students use the internet webs 23 hours a day anyway. -NICK YINGLING

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