Ear Training, Solfège and Sound Education

What is it about?

Motivated by Marshall McLuhan’s suggestion that advances in technology serve to alter sense perceptions, and that it is the role of artists to be aware of such changes, the author explores intersections and contrasts among five different approaches to the subject and practice of ear training in the context of sound recording technology, with attention to how these approaches serve to expand and challenge traditional ear training pedagogy and what these changes to tradition reveal about how sound recording technology has altered our sense perceptions.

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Why is it important?

The author explores ideas of both composers and sound engineers regarding what new kinds of listening skills are needed by music professionals today. The examination of modern-day ear-training practices contributes to larger discussions about how sound recording technology has changed the way we listen to and appreciate music and other sound-based art.