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Good Ear for Music

the ability to perceive various qualities of musical sounds, such as pitch, loudness, and timbre, and to sense the functional relations between sounds in a musical system and in musical compositions. The most important aspect of a good ear is general musicality, as reflected in emotional responsiveness to musical phenomena. A person who lacks this quality is not suited for musical composition and performance.

People who have a good ear for music may have absolute pitch, relative pitch, or a good inner, or mental, ear. Absolute pitch is the ability to identify notes immediately and give their sol-fa names without comparing them to a standard sound. Relative pitch is the ability to identify pitch relations and music intervals, such as seconds, thirds, and fourths. A person who has an inner ear for music is able to imagine and remember individual qualities of musical sounds, melodic and harmonic progressions, and entire pieces.

A good ear can be developed by practice. The solfège is a special exercise designed to promote its development.

REFERENCES

Helmholtz, H. Uchenie o slukhovykh oshchushcheniiakh. … St. Petersburg, 1875. (Translated from German.)
Maikapar, S. M. Muzykal’nyi slukh, 2nd ed. St. Petersburg, 1915.
Voprosy metodiki vospitaniia slukha (collection of articles; editor in chief A. K. Ostrovskii). Leningrad, 1967.
Nazaikinskii, E. V. O psikhologii muzykal’nogo vospriiatiia. Moscow, 1972.
Revesz, G. “Prüfung der Musikalität.” Zeitschrift für Psychologie, vol. 85, 1920.

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